DAILY DEVOTION AND CHURCH NEWS: Monday, March 25, 2019

DEVOTION: Isaiah 12 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

12 You will say in that day:
"I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
    for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
    that you might comfort me.

² "Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the Lord Go is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation."

³ With joy you^[c] will draw water from the wells of salvation. ⁴ And you will say in that day:

"Give thanks to the Lord,
    call upon his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples,
    proclaim that his name is exalted.

⁵ "Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
    let this be made known in all the earth.
⁶ Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
    for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

 

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CALENDAR:

Mon- worship 6:30

Tues- Quilting 9-2

Wed- Supper 5:30; Worship 6:30; Choir 7:15

Fri- 7-8 graders to Camp Windermere

Sun- 5^th Sunday worship 10am; Potluck 11:30

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

Monday, 6:30-

Acolyte- Cameron Faerber

Worship assistant- Steve Mauch

Projectionist- Cara Klaustermeier

Altar clean up- Don Nolte

 

Wednesday 6:30-

Organist- Barb Dreyer

Acolyte- Haley Rausch

Ushers- Don Tunure, Dave Burmeister, Brent Davis, Larry Schulze

 

Sunday, 10am—

Organist- Barb Dreyer

Acolyte- ?????

Ushers- Doug Walters, Dave Callies, Kevin Luebke, Dick Peterson

Communion assistant- Roy Bohning

Lay reader- Lois Boeger

Projectionist- None

Altar Set Up- Cheri' Hofeldt

Tellers- Team #1

Altar Clean Up- Pam Linke

 

 

 

YESTERDAY'S QUIZ: (Thursday's question wasn't answered so I'll leave it up one more day.

 

 

TODAY'S QUIZ:  Who was Gaal?

 

 

NEWS:

A REMINDER OF OUR GOALS FOR 2019 IN CASE YOU FORGOT!!!  Attendance in both worship and Bible class has been slipping a bit lately!!
A 10% increase in worship attendance.

A 5% increase in Bible study attendance

Add two new Bible study opportunities during the week

Add two new outreach events to reach out to the community. 

 

If you are a member of St. John's and you think these goals are good ones, then I encourage you to do your part to make them a reality!! 

 

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THIS WEEKEND IS A 5^TH SUNDAY WEEKEND!!!

 

That means that

1. There is only one worship service on Sunday at 10am.
2. There is a potluck afterwards.  Everyone is welcome to come!  Just bring a side dish, salad, or dessert to share!!  Sloppy joes will be the main course!
3. There will be Sunday school DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICE.  There will be a time listed in the bulletin where Pastor Grund will dismiss the younger children to go with Ms. McDowell for a fun activity.
4. There is no worship service on Monday night. 

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7^th and 8^th GRADERS GOING TO CAMP WINDERMERE THIS WEEKEND!!

Please pray for these 10 kids, Mrs. Figura, and pastor that we have safe travel, and that the kids grow together and grow in faith!

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OPERATION BACKPACK FOOD FOR MARCH IS INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SNACKS (granola bars, fruit snacks, Little Debbie Snack Cakes, Instant Oatmeal)

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 CHECK YOUR MAILBOXES AND THE SHELVES BELOW THEM FOR YOUR OFFERING ENVELOPES!!!
Some of you haven't emptied your church mailboxes in a while.  Others of you might not even know that you have a mailbox.  If you are an adult member of St. John's you have a church mailbox!  Your copy of the new constitution is in your mailbox and your 2019 offering envelopes are on the shelves underneath the mailboxes.   Get your stuff!!! 

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PRAYERS:

 

For BETTY SUTOR, Lisa Rausch's mom, as she is recovering from heart failure.

 

For NANCY PETERSON as she remains hospitalized.  She will be undergoing more tests today to get a correct diagnosis.  

 

For JIM HUSTER as he recovers from surgery to remove a kidney stone.

  

For those dealing with cancer and treatments HAROLD ANDERSON, JOHN MORRIS, father in law of Elise Morris; GEORGE HOELSCHER, MARILYN FOSTER, PASTOR RON LEHENBAUER, MARY BREUER, MARI GILB, both friends of Sandy Robine, Toni Mauch's brother RAY KOLN, and hundreds of others who are dealing with this dreaded disease.  That God would provide healing and relief, but that God would also work through the pain and suffering to bring faith and in crease faith in those who need it.   .

 

For DIANNE FELDKAMP'S SISTER, DONNA MAYES, who has been diagnosed with ALS, and her other sister, DEBBIE BURGER, who has been diagnosed with Grave's disease. 

   

 

 

PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For COLTON FIGURA AND DANNY DREYER who are both home but remain on active duty in the military.

 

For CONNER FIGURA going through tech training for the Air Force. .

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their