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PUBLISHED BY THE MISSOURI DISTRICT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD March 10, 2016

What's the Need? Pastors and commissioned ministers struggle with personal and/or professional challenges from time to time. Being in ministry often means bearing others' burdens, and sometimes facing daily challenges feeling isolated and alone. When President Hagan came to office he had a desire that our Missouri District would develop a team of caring individuals who would be in place to support professional church workers and their families. The five-person "Church Worker Care Team" is now in place and they are here to listen and care, allowing for individuals to share the burdens that are heavy on the heart. Other Missouri District colleagues will be identified and recruited for the Church Worker Care Team as the need presents itself. Read more . . .

Love Multiplied
Taken from the March 2016 Rural & Small Town Mission Newsletter
By the Rev. Jacob T. Mueller, Pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Emma, MO

December 1, 2014, was a typical Monday. That first Monday in Advent was a calm day in Emma — until sirens broke the calm. A house caught fire midmorning, shortly after the family had left for work and school. The building was saved, but everything inside was a total loss. That evening, our congregation's LWML group held its annual Christmas party. We were quickly able to figure out who lived in the house which had burned. The home was occupied by Analise, a single mother with four small children. It turns out that just six weeks earlier we had visited them while doing door-to-door surveys with Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ. We had a connection; how could we help? Read more . . .

Join Us At The Walther Round Table

Friends of Walther are cordially invited to attend this year's Walther Round Table on Wednesday, April 13. We will be observing the anniversaries of three occurrences which had much significance for C. F. W. Walther and the Missouri Synod: the Altenburg Debate (1841); C. D. F. Wyneken's Not der deutschen Lutheraner in Nordamerika [Distress of the German Lutherans in North America] (1841, often called his Notruf); and the beginning of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of North America (1866).

Click here for a Walther Round Table schedule showing topics and times. The program will be in the Conference Room at Concordia Historical Institute (CHI).

Please contact CHI no later than Monday, April 11. Like last year, there will be a free will offering at the meal. We hope that you can attend and be enriched by this year's program. If you have questions, please contact CHI at 314-505-7900, or Thomas Manteufel at 314-505-7135 manteufelt@csl.edu.

Announcements/Other News

Upcoming Missouri District Event in conjunction with Ambassadors of Reconciliation

We are pleased to announce that the Missouri District will be hosting a new training course from Ambassadors of Reconciliation on April 16 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wentzville. Click HERE for more information and to register.

Elder's Training Conference
Join us down at the Lake for the 2016 Elders Retreat at Heit's Point, May 13-14, 2016.The retreat with the theme "Pastors & Elders as Partners" is designed to strengthen the bond between pastors and elders through Bible study, presentations and discussions. The retreat will also focus heavily on "Healthy Servants." Pastors and elders will leave with practical applications for their work together.

Weekend Facilitators are:

President Lee Hagan Rev. Gene Wyssmann,
Missouri District Assistant
to the President Family Life & Youth,
Congregational Health

You can register by calling 660-668-2363 or CLICK HERE to download the flyer/registration form.

Missouri District Lutheran Jr High Retreat

The Missouri District Lutheran Jr High Retreat is returning this spring around the theme, "Delivered," focused on the Lord's Prayer.

Our presenter & worship leader is Rev. Jeffrey Meinz, who grew up in Farmington, Missouri. He has served at Walcamp Outdoor Ministries in Kingston, Illinois and as Director of Youth and Family Ministry at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He became a pastor in 2014 and continues to serve at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. Jeffrey has spoken to numerous youth gatherings and events. His humorous messages serve as the foundation for God's truth, the Bible.
And……The Relentless Project is returning to provide our music!

Registration deadline is March 21. CLICK HERE to register now!

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 18 at 7 pm. Read more...

On Palm Sunday, March 20, the Concert Band from Concordia University--St. Paul will be enhancing the worship services at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Chesterfield. This 38-musician band, along with Lord of Life's Martin Ott pipe organ, will make this festival Sunday a true celebration. Services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m.

Lutheran Singles Ministry Retreat
April 8-10, 2016
Saint Paul Lutheran High School in Concordia, MO Hosted by: Saint Paul Lutheran High School & Lutheran Singles Ministry Planning Committee
Click HERE for brochure/registration form.

2016 Heartland DCE Conference
DCEs and other parish professionals who are interested in enhancing the intentionality and effectiveness of Christian education in the church are invited to attend the 2016 Heartland DCE Conference at Concordia University, Nebraska from May 19-21. Keynote speakers include Dr. Thom Rainer, Thom and Joani Schultz and Dr. Phil Schwadel. Registration is $100. Go to www.cune.edu/heartlandDCE for more information.

2016 LWML Missouri District Convention

Dates: June 3-5, 2016
Location: Osage Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Theme: God's Love Spans the Centuries, based on Matthew 28:20b
"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
CLICK HERE for more information.

FREE CHOIR ROBES AND LITURGICAL COLOR STOLES
Chapel of the Cross Lutheran Church in St Peters has 25+ black choir robes and 25+ two-sided stoles (red/purple and teal/white). The robes are used and in fair-good condition. The stoles were hand-made by one of our members years ago and still beautiful. If interested please contact Bev in the church office, 636-928-5885 or office@chapelofthecrosslutheran.org.

District and Church Events
( Missouri District Junior High Spring Retreat, Go and Be Reconciled: What Does This Mean?, 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: Thursday, March 10, 2016

DEVOTION: Luke 20:9-20 (ESV)
"The Parable of the Wicked Tenants"

⁹And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while. ¹⁰When the time came, he sent a servant^[a] to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. ¹²And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. ¹³Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.' ¹⁴But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.' ¹⁵And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "Surely not!" ¹⁷But he looked directly at them and said, "What then is this that is written:

"'The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone'?^[b]

¹⁸Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."

¹⁹The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. ²⁰So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

This parable is about God's relationship with the people he created.

1. He gave us this world to us to live in and to reap the benefits of it.

2. He sent prophet after prophet (Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, etc.) that the people rejected and treated badly. People continue to reject the Word today.

3. Then he sent his Son, and they rejected him. They beat him and they killed him thinking they could somehow keep the property for themselves. They didn't understand that the Lord had sent His Son to rescue them. People still reject Him and act hostile toward Him.

Even though the world is not ours, we often think it is. Even though our possessions and even our own abilities and talents are gifts from God, we somehow think that they are ours, and so we treat them as such. When we fail to realize that all we have is a gift of God, and then he comes expecting to get just some of the fruit of the vineyard, and we don't give him what is owed to him, namely the honor, respect, love and the fruits of faith that he has cultivated, what do you think his reaction should be?

Thankfully, if you believe and have received the owner of the vineyard, namely the Lord Himself, you need not worry about being destroyed. This parable is a warning to those who reject God's message and His messengers. It is a warning to those who think that the vineyard, namely their very lives, are their own and not the Lord's. It is a warning to those who don't realize and understand that the Lord is God, and He alone will judge.

It is also a reminder of God's grace to us even while we are here on this earth. He has planted this world, with all of it's blessings and put us in this vineyard we call earth, not to abuse it, and certainly not to dishonor our creator with it, but to keep it and harvest it for the day when the Lord returns!

Live in this world knowing that it is only temporary, that it is not your own, and that one day the master will return and all we have to do is receive him and share his fruit with Him forever!

Prayer: Lord, you have blessed us with so many blessings, too abundant for us to recount it all. Make us grateful tenants of your creation, and help us to share the fruits of your labor with you. Amen.
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CALENDAR:
Thurs- Board of outreach meeting has been moved to next Tuesday at 6pm; Gun club organizational meeting 7pm
Sat- worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; Elder meeting noon
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WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- 8:30- Hannah Johnson 11- Gus Klaustermeier

Ushers-  Sun- Scott and Alex Heitgerd, Bob and Tom Linke

Altar- Sun Set up- Terry McKenzie ; Clean up- Wanda Turnure

Elders- Sat- Steve Robine; 8:30- Roy Bohning; 11- Don Turnure

Greeters- 8:30- Allan and Barb Dreyer; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch

Lay Readers- Sat- Steve Robine; 8:30-  Tim Linke; 11 -  Kailyn Blechle

Pianist- Sat- Barb Dreyer

Organist- Wed and Sun- Rachel Fisher

Projectionists: Sat- Perricone 8:30- Schaumberg; 11- Kalene Masters
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YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: Where was Moses supposed to go to see the Promised Land and to die?

Deuteronomy 32:48-52 (ESV)

⁴⁸That very day the Lord spoke to Moses, ⁴⁹"Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. ⁵⁰And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, ⁵¹because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel. ⁵²For you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel."

Thanks Don Nolte!

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TODAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: Who saved the Israelite spies in Jericho? What was her occupation? Who is her most famous descendant?

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NEWS!!!!

GUN CLUB ORGANIZATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7PM!!!

1. I'd like it to at least start out on an introductory/educational level to learn the basics of gun safety and handling.

2. I'd also like it to include everyone: men and women, boys and girls.

3. The first 15 minutes of our gatherings would be devotion/Bible study time.

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HOW MUCH DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LUTHERAN?

How did it start?

Who is Martin Luther?

Why are there so many different Lutheran denominations?

Why am I Lutheran?

What do Lutherans believe about:

Angels

Demons

ghosts

heaven

hell

politics

guns

death penalty

etc..........

If you want to know then mark your calendars for the first Wednesday after Easter at 7pm to be at church!!

We are going to begin a class called "Lutheranism 101", which I would say is like the advanced class after confirmation.

Please reply or call/email @ 636-359-1061 to let me know you are interested.

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SIGN UP FOR CHURCH DIRECTORY PHOTOS!!

The photographer will be here March 16-19. Sign up after worship or online through the church website www.stjohnswarrenton.com Go to the website and click on the text link to the photographer's scheduling site. For assistance or questions contact Alan Hofeldt at 456-3070.

And just a reminder that next week, when you get your family picture taken, bring food for Operation Backpack, and you will get $5 off your picture order. Keep it in mind when you go to the grocery store.

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SIGN UP FOR EASTER LILLIES!

A sign up sheet is on the counter in the narthex. Sign your name and if in memory of someone or for a special occasion. Price is $14.50 each. You will be able to take them home after Easter Services.

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LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL WILL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR STARTING TOMORROW FOR CURRENT STUDENTS AND ST. JOHN'S MEMBERS!!! OPEN REGISTRATION FOR EVERYONE STARTS APRIL 1.

Registration forms are available from Little Lambs or the church office. All registration forms must accompany the $45 nonrefundable registration fee. Children should be 3 or 4 by August 1. For more info talk to Lisa Rausch or Karin Klaustermeier.

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SATURDAY PIANIST NEEDED

We could use another pianist on Saturday night since Tim and Kathleen Sherman have moved to Wentzville and transferred their membership there. Please let me know if you or someone you know is available one Saturday a month. You get paid.

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PLEASE SUPPORT LITERACY IN WARREN COUNTY!!

Warren County Literacy Inc. (of which I am a member and on the board along with Allan Dreyer) is going to be giving away 70 bookcases stocked with books in April to children who are in the head Start Program in Warren County. This is the fifth year for this wonderful event. What we need is people to sponsor a bookcase for $50. If you are able and willing, please reply to this email or call/text at 636-359-1961. Make checks payable to Warren County Literacy Inc. The ceremony at which the kids get their bookcases is on Sunday, April 10 at 2pm at Wright City Middle School.
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ONE MORE LENT DINNER NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 5:30PM!!

A generous free will offering is strongly encouraged!!

March 16-
Fried Chicken
potatoes
corn
rolls
desserts

As always, thank you for your continued support of the future of Christianity!!!

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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!

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OPERATION BACKPACK FOR MARCH IS INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SNACKS AND PACKETS OF OATMEAL!!

(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 MELISSA BADER as she prepares to undergo extensive back surgery to fuse three vertebrae together. Her recovery will be very long and extensive. Pray for her family, especially Leo, as they prepare to care for her

For SHARON GARRETT a friend to some at St. John's, and soon-to-be member, who fell and broke both of her ankles and is recovering at Delmar Gardens, O'Fallon.

For DON BRAZEE as he has finally been diagnosed with a small spot of cancer in his lung and will be starting treatment soon.

For MARIAH, a granddaughter of Pat Jaeger's best friend, who has been diagnosed with childhood leukemia.

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

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Prayer request for Melissa Bader

Please pray for Melissa Bader as she prepares to undergo extensive back surgery to fuse three vertebrae together. Her recovery will be very long and extensive. Pray for her family, especially Leo, as they prepare to care for her.

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Pastor's Message from 3/6/16

Watch, listen and share with those who need to hear it!

https://youtu.be/VJzC2MdiVTE

"Go and Be Reconciled" Forgiveness Seminar

If you want to learn how to forgive and be forgiven or how to teach others (especially your children and grandchildren) to do the same, please consider going to this seminar and let me know that you want to go!
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"Go and Be Reconciled: What Does This Mean?"

A one-day seminar of reconciliation

Saturday, April 16th

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Immanuel Lutheran Church

632 East Hwy. N

Wentzville, MO 63385

Click Here to Register for this Seminar

Registration fee: $20 per person, lunch included

Who should attend? Pastors, elders, and church leaders

Conflict in congregations can cause hurt and divisions that divert our attention from the work that the Lord has given to us. This seminar is intended to help congregational leaders to model Biblical approaches to conflict.
"Go and Be Reconciled: What Does This Mean?" reflects on the biblical teaching for reconciliation while reviewing the six chief parts of Christian doctrine from Luther's Small Catechism. The study answers "What does this mean?" through two parts: "Be Reconciled to God" and "Be Reconciled to Others."

More information (schedule, presenter bio) can be found on the Missouri District Web site.

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Daily Email: Wednesday, March 9, 2016

DEVOTION: Philippians 3:4b-14 English Standard Version (ESV)
⁴If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: ⁵circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; ⁶as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law,^[a] blameless. ⁷But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ ⁹and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— ¹⁰that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
¹²Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. ¹³Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

There is nothing comparable to knowing Jesus as Lord. No amount of accolades, no prize, no wealth, no power.... nothing can compare.

Why? Because knowing Christ gives us:

1. Peace- When we know Christ and his forgiveness, we need not fear anything, even death. We may suffer for a time. We will certainly experience pain. We can't get out of this earth without experiencing death, unless Jesus comes back first. But we also know that even death won't destroy us. We know that there is no end to our life with Jesus! And so we have that peace that the world doesn't understand. We can go through anything, endure everything, and do everything through Christ who gives us strength.

2. Reconciliation- While the world keeps on fighting their fights fruitlessly and pointlessly, we are able to give and receive forgiveness. We don't have to hold on to grudges. We don't have to hate someone forever no matter how evil they were to us or to the people we love. By the power of the Holy Spirit we can let that sin go. We don't have to hold on to guilt either. As Paul says, "Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

3. the resurrection! We have the truth that Jesus is alive! Because Jesus has risen from the dead, and death has not held him, it can't hold us either! Praise the Lord!

Prayer: Lord, thank you for giving us knowledge of you! Give that knowledge to others through us as we live our lives in your grace. Amen.

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CALENDAR:
Wed- Supper 5:30; Worship 6:30; Choir 7:15
Thurs- Board of outreach meeting 5pm; Gun club organizational meeting 7pm
Sat- worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; Elder meeting noon
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WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- Wed- Zack Hoelscher 8:30- Hannah Johnson 11- Gus Klaustermeier

Ushers-   Wed- Alan Hofeldt, Tim Linke, Rich Talbbert, Don Turnure; Sun- Scott and Alex Heitgerd, Bob and Tom Linke

Altar- Wed Candles- Terry McKenzie; Sun Set up- Terry McKenzie ; Clean up- Wanda Turnure

Elders- Sat- Steve Robine; 8:30- Roy Bohning; 11- Don Turnure

Greeters- 8:30- Allan and Barb Dreyer; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch

Lay Readers- Sat- Steve Robine; 8:30-  Tim Linke; 11 -  Kailyn Blechle

Pianist- Sat- Barb Dreyer

Organist- Wed and Sun- Rachel Fisher

Projectionists: Sat- Perricone 8:30- Schaumberg; 11- Kalene Masters
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YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: Who became the leader of the Israelites after Moses? Joshua (Thanks Don Nolte and Doug Herzog!)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: Where was Moses supposed to go to see the Promised Land and to die?

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NEWS!!!!

WHO'S INTERESTED IN A GUN CLUB AT ST. JOHN'S AFTER EASTER?? PLEASE COME TO AN ORGANIZATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL MEETING AT 7PM ON THURSDAY!!!

I have been wanting to start a gun club at St. John's for quite some time.

1. I'd like it to at least start out on an introductory/educational level to learn the basics of gun safety and handling.

2. I'd also like it to include everyone: men and women, boys and girls.

3. I would like to have an organizational meeting with all who are interested next Thursday at 7pm!!

4. The first 15 minutes of our gatherings would be devotion/Bible study time.

5. Please reply or call/email @ 636-359-1061 to let me know you are interested.

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HOW MUCH DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LUTHERAN?

How did it start?

Who is Martin Luther?

Why are there so many different Lutheran denominations?

Why am I Lutheran?

What do Lutherans believe about:

Angels

Demons

ghosts

heaven

hell

politics

guns

death penalty

etc..........

If you want to know then mark your calendars for the first Wednesday after Easter at 7pm to be at church!!

We are going to begin a class called "Lutheranism 101", which I would say is like the advanced class after confirmation.

Please reply or call/email @ 636-359-1061 to let me know you are interested.

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SIGN UP FOR CHURCH DIRECTORY PHOTOS!!

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SIGN UP FOR EASTER LILLIES!

A sign up sheet is on the counter in the narthex. Sign your name and if in memory of someone or for a special occasion. Price is $14.50 each. You will be able to take them home after Easter Services.

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LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL WILL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR STARTING TOMORROW FOR CURRENT STUDENTS AND ST. JOHN'S MEMBERS!!! OPEN REGISTRATION FOR EVERYONE STARTS APRIL 1.

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SATURDAY PIANIST NEEDED

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PLEASE SUPPORT LITERACY IN WARREN COUNTY!!

LENT DINNERS ARE EVERY WEDNESDAY DURING LENT AT 5:30!!

Over the last many, many years your Jr. and Sr. high youth and their parents (mostly their parents) have been serving dinner on Wednesday nights during Lent. While this is a good way for the youth and their parents to serve and give back to the congregation, it is also supposed to be a way for them to raise money for their service projects and trips.

Unfortunately over the past several years, they have barely broken even on these dinners. The parents usually donate the desserts and even much of the other food out of their own pockets. Without that the youth would probably lose money.

It is especially important that they make money this year, as they will need all they can get to make their goal for the National Youth Gathering in new Orleans.

I want to encourage you all to attend these dinners, and, while there is no set price per person for these dinners, a generous free will offering is strongly encouraged!!

Below is the Menu for each week:

March 9-
pasta
salad
rolls
desserts

March 16-
Fried Chicken
potatoes
corn
rolls
desserts

As always, thank you for your continued support of the future of Christianity!!!

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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!

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OPERATION BACKPACK FOR MARCH IS INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SNACKS AND PACKETS OF OATMEAL!!

(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 SHARON GARRETT a friend to some at St. John's, and soon-to-be member, who fell and broke both of her ankles and is recovering at Delmar Gardens, O'Fallon.

For DON BRAZEE who is hospitalized and is waiting for results from a biopsy.

For MARIAH, a granddaughter of Pat Jaeger's best friend, who has been diagnosed with childhood leukemia.

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

Bible study at 11:30 canceled

Due to a few of the usual folks not being there and other things going on, Bible study will be canceled for today.

$5 off pictures next week!!

Just a reminder that next week, when you get your family picture taken, bring food for Operation Backpack, and you will get $5 off your picture order. Keep it in mind when you go to the grocery store.

Daily Email: Tuesday, March 8, 2016

DEVOTION: Isaiah 43:16-21

16 Thus says the Lord,
    who makes a way in the sea,
    a path in the mighty waters,
17 who brings forth chariot and horse,
    army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
    they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
18 "Remember not the former things,
    nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
    and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me,
    the jackals and the ostriches,
for I give water in the wilderness,
    rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
21     the people whom I formed for myself
that they might declare my praise.
 
We all like new things, don't we?  Well, not always.  If this new thing is a new job because the old one that we loved went away, we might not like it too much.  If it's a new diagnosis the next time you go to the doctor, it may not be something you enjoy too much.  If it is a new hymn in church you definitely won't like it, it's just a proven fact.  
 
The new thing that the Lord is doing and will do is something we will definitely like though.  He will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
 
When we are burned out and just dusty, dirty, dry, and done with life, the Lord will provide the water we need to wash ourselves, to drink, and to be refreshed.  The waters of baptism do just that.  In them we are renewed day by day as we remember what the Lord has done for us.  He has washed away all that hinders and holds us down.  
 
The old way of things was dependent on the people.  God promised that if the people did all that he commanded and lived lives worthy of Him, they would live long in the land that he had given them.  If they disobeyed the Lord and did what is evil in his sight, they would be taken away and would no longer live in the promised land.  
 
The new way is that the Lord sent his perfect sinless Son to live the perfect life we couldn't live and die the sacrificial death we couldn't die all in our place and for us.  This new way doesn't depend on us.  It only d3epends on Almighty God!  It is the only way that will work, because He is able to do it.  We aren't!  
 
What a new and wonderful way it is!  Praise the Lord!
 
Prayer: Lord, thank you for making your Son Jesus the new way in this wilderness we call life so that we can make it through to the end which is you and eternal life.  Amen. 

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CALENDAR:
Tues- Quilting 9-2; Bible study 11:30-12:15; Trustees meeting 7pm
Wed- Supper 5:30; Worship 6:30; Choir 7:15
Thurs- Board of outreach meeting 5pm; Gun club organizational meeting 7pm
Sat- worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; Elder meeting noon
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WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- Wed- Zack Hoelscher 8:30- Hannah Johnson 11- Gus Klaustermeier

Ushers-   Wed- Alan Hofeldt, Tim Linke, Rich Talbbert, Don Turnure; Sun- Scott and Alex Heitgerd, Bob and Tom Linke

Altar- Wed Candles- Terry McKenzie; Sun Set up- Terry McKenzie ; Clean up- Wanda Turnure

Elders- Sat- Steve Robine; 8:30- Roy Bohning; 11- Don Turnure

Greeters- 8:30- Allan and Barb Dreyer; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch

Lay Readers- Sat- Steve Robine; 8:30-  Tim Linke; 11 -  Kailyn Blechle

Pianist- Sat- Barb Dreyer

Organist- Wed and Sun- Rachel Fisher

Projectionists: Sat- Perricone 8:30- Schaumberg; 11- Kalene Masters
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YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: What is the "Ceremony of Reminder" in Deuteronomy? Deuteronomy 27:11-26

¹¹That day Moses charged the people, saying, ¹²"When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. ¹³And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ¹⁴And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel in a loud voice:
¹⁵"'Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
¹⁶"'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
¹⁷"'Cursed be anyone who moves his neighbor's landmark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
¹⁸"'Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
¹⁹"'Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
²⁰"'Cursed be anyone who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's nakedness.'^[a] And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
²¹"'Cursed be anyone who lies with any kind of animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
²²"'Cursed be anyone who lies with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
²³"'Cursed be anyone who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
²⁴"'Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
²⁵"'Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
²⁶"'Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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TODAY'S QUIZ: Who became the leader of the Israelites after Moses?