DAILY DEVOTION AND CHURCH NEWS: Tuesday, May 7, 2019

DEVOTION: Revelation 7:9-17 English Standard Version (ESV)

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

⁹ After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰ and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"¹¹ And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."

¹³ Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" ¹⁴ I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵ "Therefore they are before the throne of God,
    and serve him day and night in his temple;
    and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
    the sun shall not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat.
¹⁷ For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

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CALENDAR:

Tues- Quilting 9-2; Little Lambs 3 year old program 6:30

Wed- Little Lambs 4 year old program 6:30; Choir 7

Thurs- Karate 5:45-7:45

Sun- Worship 9; Fellowship; Adult Bible Study and Sunday School 10:15; Worship 10:45

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

 

Sunday @ 9-

Organist- Ned Quest

Acolyte- Nick Schulze

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

Communion assistant- Roy Bohning

Lay Reader- Kathy Fischer

Projectionist- Perricones

Altar set up- Jodi Baldwin

Tellers- Team #2

 

Sunday @ 10:45-

Pianist- Molly Hendershot????

Acolyte- Addie Hoelscher

Worship Assistant- Jason Cluver

Projectionist- Sarah Cluver

 

Monday @ 6:30-

Acolyte- Savannah Masters

Worship Assistant- Sam Johnson

Projectionist- Cara Klaustermeier

Altar Clean Up- Bruce and Dani Richardson

 

 

 

YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:  Name a Psalm asking God for mercy because of sin.  (Don Nolte says, "Psalm 51")

 

TODAY'S QUIZ: Name a Psalm written by Solomon.

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NEWS AND NOTES:

 

WORSHIP HELPER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

We could definitely use more people in many areas!!

 

Altar guild- We need more for set up and to clean up! (Set up can happen anytime Friday or Saturday or even early Sunday morning as long as it's done before 9am worship. Clean up can happen anytime after Monday night worship.)

 

Tellers/ Offering Counters- Usually happens after 9am worship on Sunday morning.

 

Readers- We can always use more readers for our 9am worship and if we ever get a lot of them, we'll add them to the 10:45 and Monday services as well.

 

Projectionists- We can always use more of them for all three of our services.

 

Pianists/guitarists/instrumentalists- We are always looking to enhance our worship and use all the gifts that God has given our congregation.  We could especially use music leaders for our 10:45 and Monday services. 

 

Please consider serving the Lord in one of these areas!!  Get involved! 

 

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BACCALAUREATE SERVICE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS AT WHS WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 @ 6:30pm!!

This is a service to honor, thank God for, and bless our graduates and their families! Please spread the word! 

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ARCHITECT PLAN APPROVAL VOTE SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, MAY 19 at 10:15!

Please plan on attending this voter's meeting!!

TWO FAMILIES NEED TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY!!

If you can help out, please bring a check to either Terry in the church office or directly to Little Lambs during the week, or you can put it in the offering plate, but if you do that, make sure it is clearly marked for Little Lambs tuition!!

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QUILT RAFFLE TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!  CALL OR COME BY THE CHURCH OFFICE TO PURCHASE THEM FROM TERRY OR ONE OF THE QUILTERS WHEN YOU SEE THEM!

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OPERATION BACKPACK FOOD FOR MAY IS CANNED FRUIT.

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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 JOHN HOENIG, He was hit in the face by a steel beam at work today. He has a broken jaw and cracked wisdom tooth. He'll have surgery when the swelling goes down and jaw will be wired for 7 weeks.

 

For those dealing with cancer and treatments ALAN HOFELDT, RAY STARK, 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