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PUBLISHED BY THE MISSOURI DISTRICT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD JANUARY 29, 2016 The Missouri District is very excited about our new additional efforts to communicate with you. In addition to our current website, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn communications, we are expanding to include the following: Weekly Voice of Missouri e-newsletter (The Voice of Missouri will no longer be a quarterly, printed and mailed newspaper) Monthly extended printable version of the Voice of Missouri e-newsletter Monthly District Newsnotes (important Missouri District wide related news/announcements and events) that will be sent to church offices to be placed in the church's newsletters/bulletins and/or website. This is the fourth edition of the new weekly Voice of Missouri e-newsletter. It will be e-mailed weekly on a Friday. We hope you enjoy it! Retired School Administrators Recognized At the Missouri District Mid-year Administrators' Conference on Friday, January 22 four administrators were recognized as they are retiring at the end of the 2015-16 school year. Read more... New Americans Who Love to Sing By Judith Meyer, Timothy Lutheran Church and Christian Friends of New American's                                                   Betty Mulat. 1st row, 2nd from right Diana Wulu. 2nd row, 2nd from right Betty Mulat, born in the Sudan, and Diana Wulu, who was born in Liberia, are both juniors at Lutheran High School South, St. Louis. They have been singing in school choirs since they both attended Word of Life Lutheran School, and now are members of the elite Lancer Singers of Lutheran South. Both are CFNA scholarship students.  Read more . . . Transfiguration Is The Focus of Feb. 7 Bach at the Sem Concert Program features three cantatas The upcoming Bach at the Sem concert at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis has as its theme the person of Christ, true God and true Man, with whom Christians journey in the coming season of Lent. The third concert of the 23rd season will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus on the campus of Concordia Seminary with a selection of works by J.S. Bach performed by the American Kantorei under Music Director Dr. Maurice Boyer.  Read more . . .       The Lutheran Women's Missionary League of the Missouri District's 24th Biennial Convention will be held June 3-5 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.  The theme for this convention is "God's Love Spans the Centuries". Click here for additional information and to register to attend.   Announcements/Other News The LCMS Foundation is taking applications for two paid internship opportunities for college students (Business Intern and Legal Intern). The LCMS Foundation sees these internships as a way to expose people to the work of the LCMS at the national level and to increase awareness of the LCMS Foundation and their work in charitable gift planning and congregational endowment/investment management. At the same time, with the Lord's blessing and guidance, they also hope to use these experiences to help raise up the next generation of leaders in the church. Please click on the below job titles for details on the positions and how to apply. Business Intern Legal Intern Bringing Faith to life in living color through live painting performances is the original goal of Mike Lewis, The Jesus Painter, whose organization will be sharing his gifts and talents at a live performance at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Washington on Friday, March 18th at 7 PM. Read more . . . District and Church Events            ( Peer Ministry Training for High School Students, Missouri District Junior High Spring Retreat, National Youth Gathering and            RSTM: Engaging Your Community Event) Installations and Ordinations Personnel Changes and Calling Congregations LCMS Missouri District News                            (Send Me St. Louis Announces Winter/Spring Training Schedule) Obituaries

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Daily Email: Monday, February 1, 2016

DEVOTION: Psalm 99

1 The Lord reigns,
    let the nations tremble;
he sits enthroned between the cherubim,
    let the earth shake.
2 Great is the Lord in Zion;
    he is exalted over all the nations.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name—
    he is holy.

4 The King is mighty, he loves justice—
    you have established equity;
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.
5 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
    Samuel was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered them.
7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

8 Lord our God,
    you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,
    though you punished their misdeeds.[a]
9 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,

    for the Lord our God is holy.  

Did you catch verse 8, especially the part that says, "you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds."  God is just and he isn't going to let the misdeeds of his creation go unchecked.  Imagine if you never scolded your child after you told him not to run out into the parking lot.  He'd keep doing it and eventually get hit by a car.  

If the Lord doesn't discipline us as we need, we will continue in our sin and eventually lose our faith because of it, causing us to lose our eternal life in paradise.  He doesn't want that for us.  he wants us to be with him forever.  

Make no mistake,, he doesn't enjoy it when his children suffer.  He doesn't take joy in giving us the consequences we deserve.  He would rather that we stay away from sin all together.  Yet, he knows that we still will.  That is why he is a "forgiving God".  He forgave us for the sake of His Son, Jesus, because he knew we would never be free from sin on our own.  Because Jesus took on our punishment willingly and perfectly, and because He suffered the penalty of hell and died for us, the Lord God, our good Father, canceled our debt.  

He is our good, good Father. and we are loved and forgiven by Him!  There is no better relationship than that!  Trust in that relationship today!

Prayer: Lord, bless us to know that you are our good Father who, at times, must discipline us because you love us that much.  We ask you to discipline us ass we need so that we may not be disqualified for the eternal prize.  Amen. 

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CALENDAR:

Mon- Confirmation 5-6:15; Family Night 6:15-7:30

Tues-  Quilting 9-2; "Christianity the First Three Centuries" video series 11:30-12:15

Wed- Choir 7pm

Sat-  worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; SCRIP ORDERS DUE
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WORSHIP WORKERS:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Zack Hoelscher; 11- Hannah Johnson

Ushers-  Don Hance, Rich Boeger, Doug Walters, Don Tate

Altar- Set up- Lucille Luebke; Clean up- Terry McKenzie

Elders- Sat- Jason Cluver; 8:30- Roy Bohning; 11- Randy Sweet

Greeters- 8:30- Don and Donna Sherman; 11- Randy and Patty Sweet

Lay readers- Sat- Sandra Perricone; 8:30-  Roy Bohning; 11 -  Randy Sweet

Sat. Pianist- Kathy Barrow

Sun 11am pianist- Molly Hendershot

Organist-  Rachel Fisher

Projectionists:  Sat- Tony and Sandra Perricone 8:30-  Sarah Cluver; 11- Hannah Johnson
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YESTERDAY'S  BIBLE QUIZ:   How did Moses (God through Moses) make the bitter water sweet?

The Lord showed him a piece of wood and Moses threw it in the water and the water became sweet.  (Thanks Don Nolte!!)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: From whom did Moses get most of the materials for the tabernacle?

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NEWS!!!! 

SCRIP ORDERS ARE DUE THIS SUNDAY!!!
If you haven't got your order in yet, please do so Sunday, and make sure you include a check or cash with your order!!  Whatever percentage you see next to the store from which you order a gift card is the amount of money we receive.  

If you buy $200 worth of gift cards we could get anywhere between $5 and $20 in free money!!  What a great way to support your family/church!!  

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NEW MEMBER DINNER WAS GREAT YESTERDAY!!  

We had close to 60 new members present (about 2/3 of those on the list.), plus several of our elders, our board of stewardship, and our board of outreach!  

Please introduce yourself to people you don't know when you see them at church. They are part of your family as you are both brothers and sisters in Christ!

I just wish I felt better so I could've enjoyed it more (especially the food).  Thanks for putting up with me in my weakened condition everyone!

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YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!

Tickets are $25 a piece.  All proceeds go to help our youth afford their trip down to New Orleans for the National Youth Gathering as well as do many other service projects and youth events.

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SPRINGTIME IN BRANSON

Sign the sheet in the narthex if you are interested in a two day trip to Branson on April 16 and 17.  Cost will be around #300 per person.  The itinerary for Saturday upon arrival in Branson is to head to the College of the Ozarks (a.k.a. Hard Work U) for a tour led by a college student.  . From there we will go to do a self guided tour of the Keeter Museum.  Saturday evening we will go to the Sight and Sound Theater for "Moses".  This is the first year for "Moses" in Branson.  Watch the February newsletter for more details.  There will be a surprise for Sunday.  We are running out of time, so please, if you know your friends want to go, sign up quickly as deposits need to be made and tickets purchased.  Remember, the more people we get to go the cheaper it is for all.

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2016 ALTAR FLOWER CHART IS STILL PRETTY EMPTY!!

It is hanging on the bulletin board in the narthex.  Sign up if you wish to place flowers on the altar!  If it is for a special occasion (in memory of loved one, birthday, anniversary, etc.) please indicate that as well.  Cost is $25 payable to St. John's. 

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 DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM RECEIVING THIS DAILY EMAIL?

If you know of someone who isn't currently receiving my daily emails but would like to, please reply to this email with their email address and I will add them to the list.  THANK YOU!

_____________________________________________________________________________

OPERATION BACKPACK FOR JANUARY IS CANNED FRUIT!!

You can also do individual size cups.

 

(Remember this is for the poor and needy children of our community and county that often receive two breakfast and lunch at school, and have very little or no food at home.)

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GENERAL PRAYERS:

 For RUTH WALTERS as she recovers from knee replacement surgery.

For PASTOR KLAUSTERMEIER as he tries to recover from bronchitis (and who knows what else.)

 

For PASTOR MCCRACKEN, from Trinity in Troy, who is on a two month leave to heal from cancer treatments.

 

For PASTOR PIPER, from St. Paul, New Melle, as he recovers from a heart attack he had while running a 5K in Florida.

 

For THOSE DEALING WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS in the days and weeks ahead, that the Lord would provide for their needs, and use us, if need be, to help. 

 

For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is in need of more funding to continue her mission work in the Czech Republic.

 

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Daily Email: (Afternoon edition) Thursday, January 28, 2016

DEVOTION: Luke 4:31-44 English Standard Version (ESV)
³¹ And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath, ³² and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. ³³ And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴ "Ha!^[a] What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God." ³⁵ But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. ³⁶ And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!" ³⁷ And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.
          ³⁸ And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. ³⁹ And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.
          ⁴⁰ Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. ⁴¹ And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
            ⁴² And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, ⁴³ but he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose." ⁴⁴ And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
 
Jesus is so powerful that even the demons and even Peter's mother-in-law's  fever submitted to his voice.  Yet, those things are not why he came.  Yes, he cast out demons, and yes he was able to heal any and every disease, but he came for a greater purpose!  He came to proclaim and to be the good news that the people truly needed.  He came not just to save their mortal earthly bodies, but even more, to save their souls. 
 
He did all of this without lifting a finger.  he did it with His very Word.  Those very Words, from that very mouth were the same Words that created the world and everything in it.  Those are the very Words that gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. 
 
His Word has power to cast out demons, heal diseases, and raise the dead!  Imagine the power it can and should and does have in your life!  Let God's Word work its power in you today that you may have Real life and Real peace. 
 
Prayer: Lord, make your Word have its way with me today.  Amen.
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CALENDAR:

Fri- Assemble newsletter 9am
Sat-  worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; High School youth Bible Study 5pm; New member luncheon noon
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WORSHIP WORKERS:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Jacob Cluver; 11- Alaina Heitgerd

Ushers-  Figura family

Altar- Set up- Marilyn Foster, and Sue Ruhl; Clean up- Betty Schirr and Cheryl Bettlach

Elders- Sat- Charlie Figura; 8:30- Steve McDowell; 11- Dave Winter

Greeters- 8:30- Rich and Peggy Talbert; 11- Dave and Lil Winter

Lay readers- Sat- Marcia Sevier; 8:30- Steve McDowell; 11 - Kailyn Blechle

Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot

Organist-  Rachel Fisher

Projectionists:  Sat- Perricone 8:30-  Julie Schaumberg; 11- Gus Klaustermeier
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YESTERDAY'S  BIBLE QUIZ:   How did Moses (God through Moses) make the bitter water sweet?

 

(No answer yesterday, so we'll keep this question up one more day.)

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NEWS!!!! 

 

DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM RECEIVING THIS DAILY EMAIL?

If you know of someone who isn't currently receiving my daily emails but would like to, please reply to this email with their email address and I will add them to the list.  THANK YOU!

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NEW MEMBER DINNER IS SUNDAY AT NOON!!  SO FAR WE HAVE 70 NEW MEMBERS  COMING! 

If you haven't RSVP'd please do so TODAY!!

If you have become a new member of St. John's since 2012 you are invited.  Your invitation was put in your church mailbox!!

______________________________________________________________________________________________

YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!

Tickets are $25 a piece.  All proceeds go to help our youth afford their trip down to New Orleans for the National Youth Gathering as well as do many other service projects and youth events.

 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SPRINGTIME IN BRANSON

Sign the sheet in the narthex if you are interested in a two day trip to Branson on April 16 and 17.  Cost will be around #300 per person.  The itinerary for Saturday upon arrival in Branson is to head to the College of the Ozarks (a.k.a. Hard Work U) for a tour led by a college student.  . From there we will go to do a self guided tour of the Keeter Museum.  Saturday evening we will go to the Sight and Sound Theater for "Moses".  This is the first year for "Moses" in Branson.  Watch the February newsletter for more details.  There will be a surprise for Sunday.  We are running out of time, so please, if you know your friends want to go, sign up quickly as deposits need to be made and tickets purchased.  Remember, the more people we get to go the cheaper it is for all.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2016 ALTAR FLOWER CHART IS STILL PRETTY EMPTY!!

It is hanging on the bulletin board in the narthex.  Sign up if you wish to place flowers on the altar!  If it is for a special occasion (in memory of loved one, birthday, anniversary, etc.) please indicate that as well.  Cost is $25 payable to St. John's. 

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS ARE IN YOUR MAILBOXES!!! 

Are you getting ready to do your taxes?  Don't forget about your offering statements in your church mailboxes!  You could even give the money you get back from this itemization to church! 

_________________________________________________________________________

OPERATION BACKPACK FOR JANUARY IS CANNED FRUIT!!

You can also do individual size cups.

 

(Remember this is for the poor and needy children of our community and county that often receive two breakfast and lunch at school, and have very little or no food at home.)

___________________________________________________________________________________

GENERAL PRAYERS:

A prayer of thanksgiving FOR MARIANNE LINKE who finally got to go home from the nursing home yesterday!!!

 

For RUTH WALTERS as she recovers from knee replacement surgery.

 

For MARILYN FOSTER as she recovers from cataract surgery.

 

For PASTOR MCCRACKEN, from Trinity in Troy, who is on a two month leave to heal from cancer treatments.

 

For PASTOR PIPER, from St. Paul, New Melle, as he recovers from a heart attack he had while running a 5K in Florida.

 

For THOSE DEALING WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS in the days and weeks ahead, that the Lord would provide for their needs, and use us, if need be, to help. 

 

For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is in need of more funding to continue her mission work in the Czech Republic.

 

Pastor Klaustermeier's Sermons from Jan 17 and 24

Just click on the links, watch the videos, and then share them with anyone who needs to hear the good news of Jesus who suffered, died, and rose again for them!
 
Jan 17, 2016
https://youtu.be/FMx9zTJO98U
 
 
Jan 24, 2016
https://youtu.be/elaTM4YEU1o

Daily Email: Wednesday, January 27, 2016

DEVOTION:  1 Corinthians 12:31b-13:13 (ESV)
 
And I will show you a still more excellent way.

13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ² And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ³ If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,^[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.

⁴ Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant ⁵ or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;^{[b] 6} it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
⁸ Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. ¹¹ When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. ¹² For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
¹³ So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
 
The most excellent way is the way of love.  What does REAL LOVE look like?  In short, It looks like Jesus.
 
Jesus forgave his enemies, in fact, he forgave everyone, unconditionally, out of LOVE! 
 
He called people out when they were sinning.  He didn't let them ruin their lives with their sin.  he brought them to their knees in repentance so that they would get out of their sins and be saved. 
 
He suffered all things,  including hell itself, so that we wouldn't have to suffer it for all eternity, all out of LOVE!!
 
He is the epitome of patience, kindness, humility, and submission. 
 
HE IS LOVE!
 
So next time you want to know what true love is, look to Jesus and know that you have all the love you'll ever need.  Then go out and love everyone around you with that love!  Jesus has given you the power to love others as he has loved you!  Be humble!  Be a servant!  Look to the interests and needs of others before your own.  Bear with those who are weaker in faith.  Bear the burdens of others as if they were your own.  Care for others as if their life depended on it.  FORGIVE ALWAYS!!!  Just love people!
 
Prayer: Lord, help us to get off our high horses and love the way you want us to love.  Amen.
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CALENDAR:

Wed- Choir 7pm

Fri- Assemble newsletter 9am
Sat-  worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; High School youth Bible Study 5pm; New member luncheon noon
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Jacob Cluver; 11- Alaina Heitgerd

Ushers-  Figura family

Altar- Set up- Marilyn Foster, and Sue Ruhl; Clean up- Betty Schirr and Cheryl Bettlach

Elders- Sat- Charlie Figura; 8:30- Steve McDowell; 11- Dave Winter

Greeters- 8:30- Rich and Peggy Talbert; 11- Dave and Lil Winter

Lay readers- Sat- Marcia Sevier; 8:30- Steve McDowell; 11 - Kailyn Blechle

Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot

Organist-  Rachel Fisher

Projectionists:  Sat- Perricone 8:30-  Julie Schaumberg; 11- Gus Klaustermeier
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YESTERDAY'S  BIBLE QUIZ:   What was the last plague against Egypt before the exodus?

Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die,  from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the hand mill, even all the firstborn of the cattle.  Thanks DON NOLTE!!

 

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TODAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: How did Moses (God through Moses) make the bitter water sweet?

______________________________________________________________________

NEWS!!!! 

 

DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM RECEIVING THIS DAILY EMAIL?

If you know of someone who isn't currently receiving ,y daily emails but would like to, please reply to this email with their email address and I will add them to the list.  THANK YOU!

_____________________________________________________________________________

NEW MEMBER DINNER IS SUNDAY AT NOON!!

If you have become a new member of St. John's since 2012 you are invited.  Your invitation was put in your church mailbox!!

______________________________________________________________________________________________

YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!

Tickets are $25 a piece.  All proceeds go to help our youth afford their trip down to New Orleans for the National Youth Gathering as well as do many other service projects and youth events.

 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SPRINGTIME IN BRANSON

Sign the sheet in the narthex if you are interested in a two day trip to Branson on April 16 and 17.  Cost will be around #300 per person.  The itinerary for Saturday upon arrival in Branson is to head to the College of the Ozarks (a.k.a. Hard Work U) for a tour led by a college student.  . From there we will go to do a self guided tour of the Keeter Museum.  Saturday evening we will go to the Sight and Sound Theater for "Moses".  This is the first year for "Moses" in Branson.  Watch the February newsletter for more details.  There will be a surprise for Sunday.  We are running out of time, so please, if you know your friends want to go, sign up quickly as deposits need to be made and tickets purchased.  Remember, the more people we get to go the cheaper it is for all.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2016 ALTAR FLOWER CHART IS STILL PRETTY EMPTY!!

It is hanging on the bulletin board in the narthex.  Sign up if you wish to place flowers on the altar!  If it is for a special occasion (in memory of loved one, birthday, anniversary, etc.) please indicate that as well.  Cost is $25 payable to St. John's. 

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS ARE IN YOUR MAILBOXES!!! 

Are you getting ready to do your taxes?  Don't forget about your offering statements in your church mailboxes!  You could even give the money you get back from this itemization to church! 

_________________________________________________________________________

OPERATION BACKPACK FOR JANUARY IS CANNED FRUIT!!

You can also do individual size cups.

 

(Remember this is for the poor and needy children of our community and county that often receive two breakfast and lunch at school, and have very little or no food at home.)

___________________________________________________________________________________

GENERAL PRAYERS:

A prayer of thanksgiving FOR MARIANNE LINKE who finally got to go home from the nursing home yesterday!!!

 

For RUTH WALTERS as she recovers from knee replacement surgery.

 

For MARILYN FOSTER as she recovers from cataract surgery.

 

For PASTOR MCCRACKEN, from Trinity in Troy, who is on a two month leave to heal from cancer treatments.

 

For PASTOR PIPER, from St. Paul, New Melle, as he recovers from a heart attack he had while running a 5K in Florida.

 

For THOSE DEALING WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS in the days and weeks ahead, that the Lord would provide for their needs, and use us, if need be, to help. 

 

For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is in need of more funding to continue her mission work in the Czech Republic.