St. John's Group Email READY IN 3 CLASS NEXT WEEK

 

There is a class for emergency preparedness that will be on Thursday, January 12, 2012, at 7:00 pm at the Warrenton Wesleyan Church, 806 S. Hwy 47, Warrenton, MO.   It will last 1 to 1 ½ hours. 

RSVP to  lhoeft@warrencountymo.org or call 636-456-7474, by 4:00 pm Tuesday, January 10.

 

               

 

Linda Hoeft

Warren County Health Dept.

104 W. Booneslick, Suite H

Warrenton, MO  63383

636-456-7474 - phone

636-456-4966 - fax

 

 

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St. John's Group Email Projector Schedule: PLEASE SIGN UP!

I need lots of folks to sign up.  (Please note than, beginning on January 29, we will need two projector's on Sundays.)

 

Jan 7- Perricone

8-

 

Jan 14-

15-

 

Jan 21-  Perricone

22-

 

Jan 28-

29-  9am                                              11am-

 

 

Feb 4-

5- 9am-                                                11am-

 

 

Feb 11-

12- 9am                                               11am-

 

 

Feb 18-

19-  9am-                                             11am-

 

 

Feb 22- (Ash Wednesday) 

 

 

Feb 25-

26- 9am-                                              11am-

 

 

Wed, Feb 28-

 

 

 

Mar 3-

4- 9am-                                                11am-

 

 

Wed, Mar 7-

 

 

Mar 10-

11-   9am-                                           11am-

 

 

Wed, Mar 14-

 

 

 

Mar 17-

18- 9am-                                              11am-

 

 

Wed, Mar 21-

 

 

Mar 24-

25-  9am-                                            11am-

 

 

Wed, Mar 28-

 

 

 

Mar 31-

Apr 1- (Palm Sunday)  9am-                                      11am-

 

 

Apr 5- (Maundy Thursday)

 

 

Apr 6- (Good Friday)

 

Apr 8- (Easter Sunday)

6:30am                                                10am-

St. John's Group Email Help Complete Trinity-Claiborne, Louisiana

Anyone skilled in brick laying that would like to volunteer down in New Orleans or interested in donating to help finish rebuilding the church that has been empty since Katrina?  Below is the info!
 

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Dear Jeremy, We're in the final three months of the Campaign to Restore Trinity-Claiborne in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, and we're just around the corner from our favorite project phase: drywall, painting and flooring!   As we near completion, we've got a great opportunity for you to send a lasting message of hope to everyone who will soon be serving and being served at Trinity!    For $100, you can order a personalized brick that will be permanently installed in the new walkway through Trinity's redesigned courtyard! Your donation will also go toward purchasing materials that'll put the finishing touches on this two-year project!   Just click the "Buy a Brick" image above to download the order form, complete it with your personal message and send it with your donation to Camp Restore, 9301 Chef Menteur Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70127.   Also, if you or someone you know is experienced at brick paving, we'd love for you to come work with us on the installation in the next two months! Send us a reply if you're interested!   Thank you for all you do serving others! Keep it up! Peace, Rev. David Goodine, Executive Director RAI Ministries, Inc. (Camp Restore)   Quick Links   Book a Group    More About Us           Book a group now and join us in New Orleans as we work to restore Faith, Home and Community in the Name of Jesus!

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St. John's Group Email Thursday, January 5, 2012

DEVOTION: (From Pastor Klaustermeier)
 
1 Thessalonians 1:6  "And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the JOY of the Holy SPirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia."
 
Was one of your resolutions to have a better attitude this year?  Mine was.  I confess that I have not always had the best attitude and so have not always been the best example to others of what a Christian should look like.  Sometimes I can be pretty grumpy and take it out on the people I love, saying and doing things that I would, in a different frame of mind, never say or do. 
 
So my resolution this year is to have a better attitude in all circumstances.  I need to have a better attitude so that I may be a good example of what a Christian ought to be, a positive role model, and someone who brings light into people's tough circumstances and lives. 
 
There are two things I ask of you in this:
1. That you hold me accountable for this.  If you see me starting to get a bad attitude and being negative, tell me. 
2. Join me in being a more positive and joyful person!
 
Notice the middle part of this verse though.  "It says, "for you received the word in much AFFLICTION with the joy of the Holy Spirit."  Even in times of trouble and struggle, even in times of great distress and affliction, we can receive the WORD with JOY.  Translation:  Your circumstances don't matter!  What matters is the forgiveness and the love of the triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, that you have within you! 
 
Join with me in helping to make St. John's a more positive church, a group of people that everyone wants to be a part of, a place where people will see the Holy Spirit at work! 
 
Prayer:  Lord God, help us to be examples, just like the Thessalonians, of people who receive the Word with JOY and imitators of YOU!  Amen.
 

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:    What are the names of Noah's three sons?  Shem, Ham and Japheth  (Dianne Hance was the first person to answer two days in a row.  Can anyone defeat her?  I don't think so.)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: What were Abraham and Sarah's names before they got their new names? 

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CATECHISM: 

8th commandment: You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Question: What does God forbid in the eighth commandment?

Answer: 

a. God forbids us to tell lies about our neighbor in a court of law or elsewhere, that is, to lie about, or wothhold the truth from our neighbor.

b. to betray our neighbor, that is. to reveal our neighbor's secrets.

c. to slander our neighbor or hurt our neighbor's reputation.

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CHURCH CALENDAR

Thurs- Jonesburg Nursing Home worship 10:30; Alzheimer's Support group 1-2pm

Fri- nothing

Sat-  worship 5pm

Sun- Bible Study 8; worship 9; Bible Study and Sunday school 10:15

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NEWS: 

PROJECTOR SCHEDULE:  Please sign up!!!!!!!!  (Please note than, beginning on January 29, we will need two projector's on Sundays.)

Jan 7-

8-

 

Jan 14-

15-

 

Jan 21-

22-

 

Jan 28-

29-  9am                                              11am-

 

 

Feb 4-

5- 9am-                                                11am-

 

 

Feb 11-

12- 9am                                               11am-

 

 

Feb 18-

19-  9am-                                             11am-

 

 

Feb 22- (Ash Wednesday) 

 

 

Feb 25-

26- 9am-                                              11am-

 

 

Wed, Feb 28-

 

 

 

Mar 3-

4- 9am-                                                11am-

 

 

Wed, Mar 7-

 

 

Mar 10-

11-   9am-                                           11am-

 

 

Wed, Mar 14-

 

 

 

Mar 17-

18- 9am-                                              11am-

 

 

Wed, Mar 21-

 

 

Mar 24-

25-  9am-                                            11am-

 

 

Wed, Mar 28-

 

 

 

Mar 31-

Apr 1- (Palm Sunday)  9am-                                      11am-

 

 

Apr 5- (Maundy Thursday)

 

 

Apr 6- (Good Friday)

 

Apr 8- (Easter Sunday)

6:30am                                                10am-

 

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TRIVIA NIGHT COMING UP SATURDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 21, RIGHT AFTER CHURCH!!!!

Trivia Night!  Sign up your team of 8 for the New Year's Trivia Night to be held January 21 immediately following the Saturday night service.  $40 per team; bring drinks and snacks for your team.  50-50 raffle; proceeds to go to the Building Fund;  winners will receive their entry fee back.  For more information, call Lois Boeger at 456-8621.  Sign up sheet is on the counter in the narthex.

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New worship service starting on Sunday, January 29 at 11am.  

 

 It will be modeled after the hundreds of chapel services I, and many of you, attended and led as students and teachers in Lutheran schools and churches across America. 
 
It will be geared toward young people, young families, and the young at heart. 
 
Below are some details of the service:
 
1. We will have more interaction with the congregation during our songs and during the message.  (Think doing motions and other fun things during the songs and question/answer time during the sermon.)  There will be more teaching and more explanation of things. 
 
2. We will incorporate more multimedia (video and audio). 
 
3. The service will be a bit shorter to accomodate younger families.  We should be done by noon every Sunday, even on communion Sundays.  ( Consider it "Wiggle" friendly.)
 
4.  Music will be a variety of more "modern" songs and songs from "All God's People Sing" on piano.  We will also do many of the old favorites.  (We don't have a praise team right now, but I am still hopeful that some folks will volunteer to help us out with guitars and things.)
 
5.  Communion will be on 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.
 
6. Most importantly, as with all of our worship services, it will be done in the name of our Trinue God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
 
 
What we ask of you from now until January 29 is that you support this endeavor, that you invite people who would, for whatever reason, like to attend this type of worship, and that you pray for this endeavor and for our church in general that it owuld be blessed beyond measure in 2012.
 
If you have any skills or talents that you feel would benefit this service please contact me at 359-1061. 
 
Then on January 29, COME to the service and participate. 
 
The vision is that this will be a great blessing to our church and that it will fit the needs of young families, kids, teenagers, and the young at heart so that we can bring more people into the body of Christ this year than ever before.  
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PASTOR NOW HAS TEXTING ON HIS PHONE

I know it is about five years too late, but I have finally joined the 21st century's most used form of communication.  If texting is the best way to communicate with you, I urge you to give me your cell phone number so I can communicate better with you in 2012.  I am even thinking of sending out a "Bible Verse Text of the Day" to all who would want it. 

 

I especially want to urge our young people to send me their cell numbers so I can better communicate with them. 

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OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE INSTALLED THIS WEEKEND AT OUR WORSHIP SERVICE

Whether you are newly elected or are continuing to serve your term, please be there to be installed for 2012.  It is important that the congregation see who their leaders are so that they can pray for and support them.   

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YOUTH GROUP STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION

***SAVE THE DATE***  The date of the Youth Group Steak Dinner and Auction has been set for Saturday, February 11, 2012.   Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.  Please join us for a night of fun and fundraising.  We will be having the old favorites:  silent auction  and 50/50 drawing as well as the new favorites: live auction, dessert dash, wine raffle, and the WILD HEARTS JACKPOT DRAWING where there is a chance to win $500.00.

 

Tickets for the WILD HEARTS $500 DRAWING are on sale now.  Please ask a youth group member to get  yours.  The tickets are 1 for $10 but for an additional $10 you can get 10 more tickets and have 11 chances at winning! 

 

The youth will begin selling dinner/auction tickets at the beginning of January in the narthex after services. Tickets are $15 per person.  Bid only tickets are $5.00.   You may also contact Marilyn to reserve tickets.

In order to guarantee that you get to sit with a special group of family or friends, you may want to consider purchasing a table of 8 for $120.

 

BUY A POINSETTIA FOR THE ALTAR FOR CHRISTMAS IN MEMORY OF OR IN HONOR OF SOMEONE!!

Please sign the sheet in the narthex by Wednesday, Deember 14.  They are $12.50 each. 

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A MOMENT OF GRACE FLORIST IS DONATING 10% oF EACH ST. JOHN'S MEMBER'S SALE BACK TO THE CHURCH

Each time you purchase flowers and other gifts from A MOMENT OF GRACE and tell them you are a member at St. John's, the church receives a tithe from them.   A Moment of Grace is located at 511 N Hwy 47 and the phone number is 456-9334.

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PRAYERS: (If I have missed anyone please let me know.)

For the family of Robyn McNew's cousin MARY KUTRIP, as she passed away on Tuesday.

 

For ANNA HOELSCHER who is recovering at Jonesburg Nursing Home after falling and breaking her hip.

 

For DAVE KOHRS who is recovering well after surgery to remove a tumor from his abdomen.

 

For PATRICK BIONDO, a son of a friend of Toni Mauch.  Patrick was in a serious car accident on Saturday evening and will be undergoing several surgeries to try to repair a large portion of his scalp and a broken hand.

 

For MRS SISSON AND HER NEW BABY, CHLOE, as they both grow stronger with each passing day.  Baby Chloe has about 2 mor emonths in the hospital.   

 

For KEN SUTOR, Lisa Rausch's dad, who is was brought home and is on hospice care, but is in good spirits.

 

For KEN WAGNER who is home and is doing well, although he still has a LONG way to go.

  

For JANICE MCKENZIE who will has a huge ulcer and is getting treatment for it.

 

For ED KOHRS who is at Delmar Gardens in Chesterfield 

 

For JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, who continues to be up and down because of chemotherapy treatments.   

       

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St. John's Group Email Trivia Night

Trivia Night COMING JANUARY 21!! 

 

Sign up your team of 8 for the New Year's Trivia Night to be held January 21 immediately following the Saturday night service.  $40 per team; bring drinks and snacks for your team.  50-50 raffle; proceeds to go to the Building Fund;  winners will receive their entry fee back.  For more information, call Lois Boeger at 456-8621.  Sign up sheed is on the counter in the narthex.

 

St. John's Group Email Wednesday, January 4, 2012

DEVOTION: For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His Name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

This past Christmas season was an unusual one for the Salvation Army and its Red Kettle Campaign.

Yes, they had a few of their kettles stolen, but they also received some incredibly generous gifts. Did I hear you asking, "What kind of gifts?" Well, there was

* an anonymous giver in Bloomington, Illinois, who continued a 20-year tradition of giving a gold coin;

* the owner of a local coin exchange in Frederick, Maryland, who gave five, gold South African Krugerrands and then bought them back for $9,000;

* an anonymous donor in Spokane, Washington, who threw in a dollar bill -- a dollar bill wrapped around a $5,000 diamond ring.

They also received a $30 silver coin, which came wrapped inside a note. The note read, "I've saved this ounce of silver for twenty years, I'm unemployed for 13 months, my house is in foreclosure, I'm filing for bankruptcy, and at 61 my retirement is shot, but I still know there are families in worse shape."

Steve Schroeder, development director for The Salvation Army said, "It's a true Christmas spirit when you get the coins just because somebody cares enough to really make a sacrifice to donate."

As much as I'd like to agree with Schroeder, I think he's wrong, and Isaiah was right.

The true Christmas spirit is found in a Bethlehem manger. There we see a wonderfully unique Child, a Child who is both the Son of God and of humankind. By God's will, command and promise, Jesus was born to seek and save the lost, to redeem those under the Law, to lay down His life as a ransom for us all.

Jesus was born to change the world, our lives, our eternal destinies. He lived, died and rose to accomplish that purpose.

True, the centuries have seen many wondrous Christmas gifts given: the jeweled eggs of Faberge and the presents contained in the Neiman-Marcus catalog are all reflections of the Christmas spirit of giving. But none can compare with the fact that unto us a Child was born, unto us God's Son was given.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, in my lifetime I may receive many great and thoughtful gifts. May each of them keep me mindful of Your Gift, the Gift of Your Son, who saves me. This I pray in my Savior's Name. Amen.  
 
 
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:    When God looked down at man and saw his wickedness he said "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be ______ years."  Please fill in the blank with the right number of years God gave man to live on the earth.    120 (Thanks to Dianne Hance for the quick answer.)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: What are the names of Noah's three sons?

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CATECHISM: 

8th commandment: You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Question: What does this mean?

Answer: 

We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.

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CHURCH CALENDAR

Wed- Bell choir 6:30; Choir 7:30

Thurs- Jonesburg Nursing Home worship 10:30; Alzheimer's Support group 1-2pm

Fri- (On your January calendars it is says the youth are going to the Rock, but that has been rescheduled for February.)

Sat-  worship 5pm

Sun- Bible Study 8; worship 9; Bible Study and Sunday school 10:15

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NEWS: 

 New worship service starting on Sunday, January 29 at 11am.  

 

 It will be modeled after the hundreds of chapel services I, and many of you, attended and led as students and teachers in Lutheran schools and churches across America. 
 
It will be geared toward young people, young families, and the young at heart. 
 
Below are some details of the service:
 
1. We will have more interaction with the congregation during our songs and during the message.  (Think doing motions and other fun things during the songs and question/answer time during the sermon.)  There will be more teaching and more explanation of things. 
 
2. We will incorporate more multimedia (video and audio). 
 
3. The service will be a bit shorter to accomodate younger families.  We should be done by noon every Sunday, even on communion Sundays.  ( Consider it "Wiggle" friendly.)
 
4.  Music will be a variety of more "modern" songs and songs from "All God's People Sing" on piano.  We will also do many of the old favorites.  (We don't have a praise team right now, but I am still hopeful that some folks will volunteer to help us out with guitars and things.)
 
5.  Communion will be on 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.
 
6. Most importantly, as with all of our worship services, it will be done in the name of our Trinue God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
 
 
What we ask of you from now until January 29 is that you support this endeavor, that you invite people who would, for whatever reason, like to attend this type of worship, and that you pray for this endeavor and for our church in general that it owuld be blessed beyond measure in 2012.
 
If you have any skills or talents that you feel would benefit this service please contact me at 359-1061. 
 
Then on January 29, COME to the service and participate. 
 
The vision is that this will be a great blessing to our church and that it will fit the needs of young families, kids, teenagers, and the young at heart so that we can bring more people into the body of Christ this year than ever before.  
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PASTOR NOW HAS TEXTING ON HIS PHONE

I know it is about five years too late, but I have finally joined the 21st century's most used form of communication.  If texting is the best way to communicate with you, I urge you to give me your cell phone number so I can communicate better with you in 2012.  I am even thinking of sending out a "Bible Verse Text of the Day" to all who would want it. 

 

I especially want to urge our young people to send me their cell numbers so I can better communicate with them. 

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE INSTALLED THIS WEEKEND AT OUR WORSHIP SERVICE

Whether you are newly elected or are continuing to serve your term, please be there to be installed for 2012.  It is important that the congregation see who their leaders are so that they can pray for and support them.   

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

YOUTH GROUP STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION

***SAVE THE DATE***  The date of the Youth Group Steak Dinner and Auction has been set for Saturday, February 11, 2012.   Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.  Please join us for a night of fun and fundraising.  We will be having the old favorites:  silent auction  and 50/50 drawing as well as the new favorites: live auction, dessert dash, wine raffle, and the WILD HEARTS JACKPOT DRAWING where there is a chance to win $500.00.

 

Tickets for the WILD HEARTS $500 DRAWING are on sale now.  Please ask a youth group member to get  yours.  The tickets are 1 for $10 but for an additional $10 you can get 10 more tickets and have 11 chances at winning! 

 

The youth will begin selling dinner/auction tickets at the beginning of January in the narthex after services. Tickets are $15 per person.  Bid only tickets are $5.00.   You may also contact Marilyn to reserve tickets.

In order to guarantee that you get to sit with a special group of family or friends, you may want to consider purchasing a table of 8 for $120.

 

BUY A POINSETTIA FOR THE ALTAR FOR CHRISTMAS IN MEMORY OF OR IN HONOR OF SOMEONE!!

Please sign the sheet in the narthex by Wednesday, Deember 14.  They are $12.50 each. 

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A MOMENT OF GRACE FLORIST IS DONATING 10% oF EACH ST. JOHN'S MEMBER'S SALE BACK TO THE CHURCH

Each time you purchase flowers and other gifts from A MOMENT OF GRACE and tell them you are a member at St. John's, the church receives a tithe from them.   A Moment of Grace is located at 511 N Hwy 47 and the phone number is 456-9334.

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PRAYERS: (If I have missed anyone please let me know.)

For ANNA HOELSCHER who is recovering at Jonesburg Nursing Home after falling and breaking her hip.

 

For DAVE KOHRS who is recovering well after surgery to remove a tumor from his abdomen.

 

For PATRICK BIONDO, a son of a friend of Toni Mauch.  Patrick was in a serious car accident on Saturday evening and will be undergoing several surgeries to try to repair a large portion of his scalp and a broken hand.

 

For Mrs. Sisson (first grade teacher at Daniel Boone) and her newborn baby girl who was born very early and weighs in at a little over a pound and a half.   Her name is Chloe Michelle. 

 

For KEN SUTOR, Lisa Rausch's dad, who is was brought home and is on hospice care, but is in good spirits.

 

For KEN WAGNER who is home and is doing well, although he still has a LONG way to go.

  

For JANICE MCKENZIE who will has a huge ulcer and is getting treatment for it.

 

For ED KOHRS who is at Delmar Gardens in Chesterfield

  

For Robyn McNew's cousin MARY KUTRIP who is dealing with terminal cancer and has quit doing treatments for it. 

 

For JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, who continues to be up and down because of chemotherapy treatments.   

       

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St. John's Group Email From Pam Bueltmann: Sister Hiltrudis

I heard on the news this morning that Sister Hiltrudis of the Precious Blood Church in O'Fallon  had died.  She was 91.  After she made our last paraments for Good Shepherd, she was replaced by a new computer system and altzheimers.     When we dedicated the white paraments that were in memory of Molly Hendershots parents , Lew and I went to O'Fallon and got her and brought her to the service at Good Shepherd?  We were going to take her to Big Boy's for breakfast, but she had something else going and we took her right home.  She enjoyed it greatly.  She took Lew and I to the basement to her workshop.  She worked with metal and wood and stained glass . She showed us many of the things she had made to place on the grounds of her Church.   Also showed us the garment she was making  for the visit of the Pope to St. Louis.  We felt it, and it was so heavy.  We had made some good cherry wine, and we got extra fast service by taking her a bottle on each visit.  She said it helped her sleep. Also took us to the cemetery on the grounds where she would be buried.  She had  made stained glass windows for several of the Churches in the area. She also made many of the paraments for St. John's Church.    

 

 Such a talented and gracious lady and Lew and I were so fortunate to have had the benefit of her friendship. 

 

St. John's Group Email Tuesday, January 3, 2012

DEVOTION:  (from Pastor Klaustermeier) (NOTE: A lot of the time the devotion for the day is from Lutheran Hour Ministries, but today I wanted to start the year off with my own thoughts and some new NEWS.)
 
Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.  And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.  Colossians 3:16-17

 
2012 has begun.  Most of us are back to work and school.  One question that remains unaswered is what this year is going to be like.  Is it going to be the same as 2011?  Is it going to be worse or better?  For most of us, our hope and prayer is that it is better.  We all made mistakes in 2011 that we would like to forget about.  We have learned from them and now it is time to move forward to a better day.  As Paul said in his letter to the Philippians, "One thing I do:  forgetting what lies behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."   We have made our resolutions and now it is time to get going on them and make our ideas and our plans come to fruition.  It is time to get to work and do the things that need to be done.  God has given us our mission and we have chosen, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to accept and fulfill it! 
 
How do we go about doing it?  What steps should we take?  What should our attitude be?  As it says in our reading for today everything that we do should be done with thankfulness and gratitude.  Everything should be done with a sense of joy and a sense of peace in the knowledge of our salvation.  Everything should be done in the name of Jesus. 
 
Do your plans and resolutions include this very important ingredient?  Are you doing things in the name of Jesus?  Do you have gratitude in your heart for what he has done for you?  If not, take time out today to add this special ingredient to what you want to accomplish.  Go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to be in and to guide all that you want to accomplish. 
 
As a church, we have plans too.  One of the biggest things that we have planned for the church in 2012 is the start of a  New worship service starting on Sunday, January 29 at 11am.  I like to call it a "Chapel" service.  It will be modeled after the hundreds of chapel services I, and many of you, attended and led as students and teachers in Lutheran schools and churches across America. 
 
It will be geared toward young people, young families, and the young at heart. 
 
Below are some details of the service:
 
1. We will have more interaction with the congregation during our songs and during the message.  (Think doing motions and other fun things during the songs and question/answer time during the sermon.)  There will be more teaching and more explanation of things. 
 
2. We will incorporate more multimedia (video and audio). 
 
3. The service will be a bit shorter to accomodate younger families.  We should be done by noon every Sunday, even on communion Sundays.  ( Consider it "Wiggle" friendly.)
 
4.  Music will be a variety of more "modern" songs and songs from "All God's People Sing" on piano.  We will also do many of the old favorites.  (We don't have a praise team right now, but I am still hopeful that some folks will volunteer to help us out with guitars and things.)
 
5.  Communion will be on 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.
 
6. Most importantly, as with all of our worship services, it will be done in the name of our Trinue God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
 
 
What we ask of you from now until January 29 is that you support this endeavor, that you invite people who would, for whatever reason, would like to attend this type of worship, and that you pray for this endeavor and for our church in general that it owuld be blessed beyond measure in 2012.
 
If you have any skills or talents that you feel would benefit this service please contact me at 359-1061. 
 
Then on January 29, COME to the service and participate. 
 
The vision is that this will be a great blessing to our church and that it will fit the needs of young families, kids, teenagers, and the young at heart so that we can bring more people into the body of Christ this year than ever before. 
 
 
 
Prayer:  Lord God, help me to move forward in faith and to do your will, praising you in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude and thankfulness in my hear to You that you will be praised and honored in ALL things and that others will see my good works and glorify YOU by coming to faith in YOU!  Amen. 
 
 
 
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:  Who was Apollos?   (fron Wikipedia)  Apollos was an apostle who is also a 1st century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the New Testament. After the Christian couple Priscilla and Aquila corrected his incomplete Christian doctrine, his special gifts in preaching Jesus persuasively made him an important person in the congregation at Corinth, Greece after Paul's first visit there.^{[1 Cor. 3:6]} He was with Paul at a later date in Ephesus

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TODAY'S QUIZ:  When God looked down at man and saw his wickedness he said "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be ______ years."  Please fill in the blank with the right number of years God gave man to live on the earth. 

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CATECHISM: 

6th commandment: You shall not steal.

Question: What does God require of us in the seventh commandment?

Answer: 

a.  We should help our neighbor to improve and protect that person's possessions and income.

b. We should help our neighbor in every need.

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CHURCH CALENDAR

Tues- Quilters 9-2; Bible study 11:30-12:15

Wed- Bell choir 6:30; Choir 7:30

Thurs- Jonesburg Nursing Home worship 10:30; Alzheimer's Support group 1-2pm

Fri- (On your January calendars it is says the youth are going to the Rock, but that has been rescheduled for February.)

Sat-  worship 5pm

Sun- Bible Study 8; worship 9; Bible Study and Sunday school 10:15

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NEWS: 

PASTOR NOW HAS TEXTING ON HIS PHONE

I know it is about five years too late, but I have finally joined the 21st century's most used form of communication.  If texting is the best way to communicate with you, I urge you to give me your cell phone number so I can communicate better with you in 2012.  I am even thinking of sending out a "Bible Verse Text of the Day" to all who would want it. 

 

I especially want to urge our young people to send me their cell numbers so I can better communicate with them. 

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OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE INSTALLED THIS WEEKEND AT OUR WORSHIP SERVICE

Whether you are newly elected or are continuing to serve your term, please be there to be installed for 2012.  It is important that the congregation see who their leaders are so that they can pray for and support them.   

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ANYONE WANT TO GO DOWN TO JOPLIN WITH ME FOR A COUPLE DAYS IN JANUARY DURING THE WEEK?

 

WORKERS NEEDED IN JOPLIN

Immanuel Lutheran Church in in Joplin is taking workers to help with construction.  
 
YOU CAN GO ON YOUR OWN IF YOU WANT or,  I'd love to take a group for a couple days in January and/or February to work on some houses.   
 
Trent Davis, Immanuel's director of disaster response sent the following: 
 
 "The Lord has blessed us with the ability to get five decent sized projects under roof before the weather has gotten too ugly here, however we have only a few teams committed from Dec-Feb. We need additional teams.
 
All help will be greatly appreciated. Types of skills we are looking for include: electricians, plumbers, HVAC, drywall, painters and interior trim.
Not everyone on a team needs to be skilled but we need enough skilled folks to give direction to the willing. Thanks and Blessings!"
 
 
Contact information for Trent is:
Director of Disaster Response Trent Davis
Immanuel Lutheran Church – LCMS; 2616 Connecticut Ave; Joplin, MO 64804;
417.624.0333 | fax: 417.624.2774;
 
 
If anyone wants to go with me for a few days let me know asap and I will set it up.  I'm pretty sure that all we'd really have to pay for is food. 
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YOUTH GROUP STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION

***SAVE THE DATE***  The date of the Youth Group Steak Dinner and Auction has been set for Saturday, February 11, 2012.   Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.  Please join us for a night of fun and fundraising.  We will be having the old favorites:  silent auction  and 50/50 drawing as well as the new favorites: live auction, dessert dash, wine raffle, and the WILD HEARTS JACKPOT DRAWING where there is a chance to win $500.00.

 

Tickets for the WILD HEARTS $500 DRAWING are on sale now.  Please ask a youth group member to get  yours.  The tickets are 1 for $10 but for an additional $10 you can get 10 more tickets and have 11 chances at winning! 

 

The youth will begin selling dinner/auction tickets at the beginning of January in the narthex after services. Tickets are $15 per person.  Bid only tickets are $5.00.   You may also contact Marilyn to reserve tickets.

In order to guarantee that you get to sit with a special group of family or friends, you may want to consider purchasing a table of 8 for $120.

 

BUY A POINSETTIA FOR THE ALTAR FOR CHRISTMAS IN MEMORY OF OR IN HONOR OF SOMEONE!!

Please sign the sheet in the narthex by Wednesday, Deember 14.  They are $12.50 each. 

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A MOMENT OF GRACE FLORIST IS DONATING 10% oF EACH ST. JOHN'S MEMBER'S SALE BACK TO THE CHURCH

Each time you purchase flowers and other gifts from A MOMENT OF GRACE and tell them you are a member at St. John's, the church receives a tithe from them.   A Moment of Grace is located at 511 N Hwy 47 and the phone number is 456-9334.

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PRAYERS: (If I have missed anyone please let me know.)

NEW

For ANNA HOELSCHER who is recovering at Jonesburg Nursing Home after falling and breaking her hip.

 

CONTINUED

For DAVE KOHRS who is recovering well after surgery to remove a tumor from his abdomen.

 

For PATRICK BIONDO, a son of a friend of Toni Mauch.  Patrick was in a serious car accident on Saturday evening and will be undergoing several surgeries to try to repair a large portion of his scalp and a broken hand.

 

For Mrs. Sisson (first grade teacher at Daniel Boone) and her newborn baby girl who was born very early and weighs in at a little over a pound and a half.   Her name is Chloe Michelle. 

 

For KEN SUTOR, Lisa Rausch's dad, who is was brought home and is on hospice care, but is in good spirits.

 

For KEN WAGNER who is home and is doing well, although he still has a LONG way to go.

  

For JANICE MCKENZIE who will has a huge ulcer and is getting treatment for it.

 

For ED KOHRS who is at Delmar Gardens in Chesterfield

  

For Robyn McNew's cousin MARY KUTRIP who is dealing with terminal cancer and has quit doing treatments for it. 

 

For JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, who continues to be up and down because of chemotherapy treatments.   

       

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St. John's Group Email acolyte and projectionist both needed for 11pm service!!

Our scheduled acolyte is not able to be here Saturday night for our 11pm service.  If anyone is able to fill in please reply. 
 
Also, if I remember correctly, I don't have a person to run the computer for 11pm either.  I have lost the schedule so someone let me know if this is not the case.  If you can help me in this way please reply!
 
Thank you!
Pastor

St. John's Group Email Ormie the Pig - Devotion

A little laugh from your St. John's Board of Outreach & Evangelism JUST BEFORE you are exposed to all those Christmas goodies.  Maybe, just maybe, God was trying to tell Ormie that he really didn't need those cookies!

 

I saw this as a great demonstration of how God DOES tell us what is good (or not good) for us; but we just don't stop and truly "listen". 

 

May you all be blessed with the ability to listen to God's Holy Spirit in the new year and blessed with the wisdom to listen. 

 

 Invite an unchurched friend to come with you to Christmas worship this week-end.  What a great gift to give someone you love.  The gift of learning about the greatest gift of all to us, the birth of God's son, our savior, Jesus Christ.  Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace good will toward men!

 

Hey, let's all "get in the boat" in 2012 and become more active "Fishers of Men".   For that matter you can fish from shore or the dock too!  Pick up the phone or send an email to someone and tell them about Jesus.  Once you get started you get better.  Some days the "fish" may not be biting; but other days may be the day you'll reel one in!!!  Happy fishing for Christ in 2012!!!!

 

Merry Christmas with Christian love and friendship from your Board of Outreach & Evangelism.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS FUNNY FOR YOU!     We've all had days like this!   Click here: Ormie

St. John's Group Email Thursday, Dec 21, 2011

DEVOTION: 
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. John 3:16-17

You know the song: "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree."

After that first verse things get a little bit cloudy for me. Sure, I remember to put the golden rings on day five, but I'm confused about the placement of the things that follow. Which goes first: the lords-a-leaping or the ladies milking?

Understand, I don't spend a lot of time thinking about that song. Not near as much as the folks at Pittsburgh Bank PNC. Their experts have calculated it would cost your true love $24,263.18 to give you all the things on that song's rather strange Christmas list.

They also have figured that price is an increase of $823.80 over last year. And, in case you're wondering, the cheapest gift on the list is the $15 partridge in a pear tree, and the most expensive is the $6,300 seven swans-a-swimming. As far as the aforementioned golden rings, they actually dropped by .8 percent.

So, those are the facts. But they are not all the facts.

If you really want to know all the facts, if you really want to know what the Person who loves you most has given to you, you're going to have to take a journey in time and location.

The time is a little over 2,000 years ago; the place is Bethlehem.

There, in an animal's feeding trough you can see God's Son wrapped in swaddling clothes. He is the Gift. Yes, He looks like a human baby because that is exactly what He is. But He is more, far more, than any other human child.

He is your Redeemer.

Look and see what God's love for you has done. As an adult, walk with Him and see how He taught as no other man has ever taught; see how His word had the ability to heal men's bodies and bring peace to troubled hearts.

Look and see what God's love for you has done. Stay awake with Him in the Garden of Gethsemane, and stand in awe of a heart that was willing to take the guilt of all your sins unto Himself. Travel with Him to His trials, and watch how He refused to defend or release Himself. Watch at the cross as love endured pain unlike anything this world has seen before or since.

Travel with His friends to His tomb and see how His lifeless body is quickly buried. Then, before dawn, three days later, go to the tomb and see Him rise.

Look at all these things, and you will see what God's true love has given to you.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, for loving me when I was unlovable, I give thanks. May I be truly grateful for Your great gift of grace. This I pray in my Savior's Name. Amen.
 
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:         Who was Onesimus? 
Below is the answer from Pat King (along with the wikipedia version)

Onesimus is the dude who came before Twosimus, and Three. They were actually brothers, with unimaginative parents, who couldn't think up decent names, so they gave they these idiotic ones.

 

But in Biblical stuff, he was that slave that ran off, met Paul and became a Christian. Then Paul convinced him, "Hey! Slavery ain't so bad! Go back, have fun!" So he did.

 

For the non-abridged version, read this:

 

 

Saint Onesimus (d. ca. 68 AD) (Greek: Ὀνήσιμος, Onēsimos, meaning "useful," also called Onesimus of Byzantium and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in some Eastern Orthodox churches) was a slave to Philemon of Colossae, a man of Christian faith. Eventually, Onesimus transgressed against Philemon and fled to the site of Paul the Apostle's imprisonment (most probably Rome or Caesarea) to escape punishment for a theft he was said to have committed,^[3] there, he heard the Gospel from Paul and converted to Christianity. Paul, having earlier converted Philemon to Christianity, reconciled the two and wrote a letter to Philemon (which today exists in the New Testament as the Epistle to Philemon ^[4]). The letter read (in part):

"	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord. For this is perhaps why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave, as a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.	"
—Paul of Tarsus to Philemon, Epistle to Philemon 1:10-16 (ESV)

Due to this epistle from Paul, Philemon indeed accepted Onesimus as a brother and freed him of slavery^{[citation needed]}. Although it is doubted by some authorities, it may well be that this Onesimus was the same one consecrated a bishop by the Apostles and accepted the episcopal throne in Ephesus following the Apostle Timothy. During the reign of Roman emperor Domitian and the persecution of Trajan, Onesimus was imprisoned in Rome and martyred by stoning (although some sources claim that he was beheaded^[5]).
He is regarded as a saint by several Christian churches, including the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, which commemorates him and Philemon on February 15

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TODAY'S QUIZ:  Who was Apollos?

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CATECHISM: 

6th commandment: You shall not steal.

Question: What does God forbid in the seventh commandment?

Answer: God forbids every kind of robbery, theft, and dishonest way of getting things. 

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CHURCH CALENDAR

Thurs- nothing scheduled

Fri- nothng scheduled

Sat-  Christmas Eve worship 7pm and 11pm

Sun- Christmas Day worship 9am

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NEWS: 

CHRISTMAS WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Saturday- 7 and 11pm

Sunday- 9am

 

Hope to see ALL of you there on both days!

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ANYONE WANT TO GO DOWN TO JOPLIN WITH ME FOR A COUPLE DAYS IN JANUARY DURING THE WEEK?

 

WORKERS NEEDED IN JOPLIN

Immanuel Lutheran Church in in Joplin is taking workers to help with construction.  
 
YOU CAN GO ON YOUR OWN IF YOU WANT or,  I'd love to take a group for a couple days in January and/or February to work on some houses.   
 
Trent Davis, Immanuel's director of disaster response sent the following: 
 
 "The Lord has blessed us with the ability to get five decent sized projects under roof before the weather has gotten too ugly here, however we have only a few teams committed from Dec-Feb. We need additional teams.
 
All help will be greatly appreciated. Types of skills we are looking for include: electricians, plumbers, HVAC, drywall, painters and interior trim.
Not everyone on a team needs to be skilled but we need enough skilled folks to give direction to the willing. Thanks and Blessings!"
 
 
Contact information for Trent is:
Director of Disaster Response Trent Davis
Immanuel Lutheran Church – LCMS; 2616 Connecticut Ave; Joplin, MO 64804;
417.624.0333 | fax: 417.624.2774;
 
 
If anyone wants to go with me for a few days let me know asap and I will set it up.  I'm pretty sure that all we'd really have to pay for is food. 
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YOUTH GROUP STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION

***SAVE THE DATE***  The date of the Youth Group Steak Dinner and Auction has been set for Saturday, February 11, 2012.   Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.  Please join us for a night of fun and fundraising.  We will be having the old favorites:  silent auction  and 50/50 drawing as well as the new favorites: live auction, dessert dash, wine raffle, and the WILD HEARTS JACKPOT DRAWING where there is a chance to win $500.00.

 

Tickets for the WILD HEARTS $500 DRAWING are on sale now.  Please ask a youth group member to get  yours.  The tickets are 1 for $10 but for an additional $10 you can get 10 more tickets and have 11 chances at winning! 

 

The youth will begin selling dinner/auction tickets at the beginning of January in the narthex after services. Tickets are $15 per person.  Bid only tickets are $5.00.   You may also contact Marilyn to reserve tickets.

In order to guarantee that you get to sit with a special group of family or friends, you may want to consider purchasing a table of 8 for $120.

 

BUY A POINSETTIA FOR THE ALTAR FOR CHRISTMAS IN MEMORY OF OR IN HONOR OF SOMEONE!!

Please sign the sheet in the narthex by Wednesday, Deember 14.  They are $12.50 each. 

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A MOMENT OF GRACE FLORIST IS DONATING 10% oF EACH ST. JOHN'S MEMBER'S SALE BACK TO THE CHURCH

Each time you purchase flowers and other gifts from A MOMENT OF GRACE and tell them you are a member at St. John's, the church receives a tithe from them.   A Moment of Grace is located at 511 N Hwy 47 and the phone number is 456-9334.

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PRAYERS: (If I have missed anyone please let me know.)

For DAVE KOHRS who is recovering well after surgery to remove a tumor from his abdomen.

 

For PATRICK BIONDO, a son of a friend of Toni Mauch.  Patrick was in a serious car accident on Saturday evening and will be undergoing several surgeries to try to repair a large portion of his scalp and a broken hand.

 

For Mrs. Sisson (first grade teacher at Daniel Boone) and her newborn baby girl who was born very early and weighs in at a little over a pound and a half.   Her name is Chloe Michelle. 

 

For KEN SUTOR, Lisa Rausch's dad, who is was brought home and is on hospice care, but is in good spirits.

 

For KEN WAGNER who is home and is doing well, although he still has a LONG way to go.

  

For JANICE MCKENZIE who will has a huge ulcer and is getting treatment for it.

 

For ED KOHRS who is at Delmar Gardens in Chesterfield

  

For Robyn McNew's cousin MARY KUTRIP who is dealing with terminal cancer and has quit doing treatments for it. 

 

For JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, who continues to be up and down because of chemotherapy treatments.   

       

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