Family Night next Monday is Baked Potato Bar

Next Monday's family night is a Baked Potato Bar!!  YUMMY!! 
 
(Note: I may cook some hotdogs along with it.) 
 
 
The potatoes are already here:
 
Some of the toppings have already been spoken for including: shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, bacon, and chives.
 
We could still use broccoli, and chili if you'd like to bring it.  Please let me know if you are. 
 
Also, we need some salads and desserts to round out the meal.  Let me know you are bringing those as well. 
 
 
See you then!!!

Daily Email: Tuesday, October 13, 2015

 

DEVOTION:  Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 (ESV)

¹⁰ He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. ¹¹ When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? ¹² Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

¹³ There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, ¹⁴ and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand. ¹⁵ As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. ¹⁶ This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind? ¹⁷ Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.

¹⁸ Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. ¹⁹ Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. ²⁰ For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

 

Notice, that it doesn't say "He who HAS money...", but "He who LOVES money". 

 

God has given different gifts to different people.  To some he has given the gift of leadership, to others the gift of caring and encouragement, to others the gift of teaching, to others the gift of working with his hands, and to others the gift of wealth.  IT IS A GIFT FROM GOD as Solomon says very clearly in verse 19. 

 

It is the LOVE of money that is the root of all kinds of evil.  When you LOVE money more than you LOVE God, you are breaking the first commandment and you will never be satisfied with your money. 

 

So how do we keep from loving money?  GIVING IT AWAY, THAT'S HOW!  When you can freely give it as God has given it to you, then you know that money has not become your god.  If you can't give it and you depend on it for your happiness and contentment, that's when you know that it has become your god. 

 

I know many people who have been destroyed and many others who are being destroyed by their own love of money.  It has destroyed their relationships.  It has destroyed their reputation.  It has destroyed their joy and contentment.  As Solomon says, "Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger."

 

If you are caught up in this love of money, I urge you to turn away from it!  REPENT!  If your money is causing you to have it as a god, give it away!  GIVE IT AWAY!  Don't let it cause you misery or discontentment anymore. 

 

Then let the love of Christ wash over you and dwell in you richly!  In Him you will find true satisfaction.  Even in the middle of struggle and uncomfortable physical circumstances you will have true peace.  Trust in the Lord!

 

Prayer: Lord, help me to realize that true contentment and satisfaction can only come from you and never will it come from wealth.  Amen.

 

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CALENDAR:

Tues- Quilting 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15; Trustees meeting 7

Wed- Choir 7pm

Thurs- karate 6:15-7:45

Fri-  Bible Study at Hendershot's 7pm

Sat-  Men's breakfast 8am; Basement reserved for Toedebusch Anniversary 11am-4pm; Worship 5
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; SCRIP orders due
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WORSHIP WORKERS:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Hannah Johnson; 11- Gus Klaustermeier
Ushers-  Scott and Alex Heitgerd; Bob and Tom Linke
Altar- Set up- Don Hance; Clean up- Sandy Robine
Communion Assistants- Sat- Dave Winter; 8:30- Steve McDowell; 11- Steve Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Jim and Vickie McRae; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson
Lay readers- Sat- Sandra Perricone 8:30- Jacob Nagel 11- Hannah Johnson
Sat. Pianist- Barb Dreyer
Organist-  Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat. Pam Bueltmann, 8:30- Lydia Miller, 11- ?????
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NEWS!!!!  PLEASE READ IT ALL!!!!

 

CHILDREN'S EVENT AT PUMPKINS GALORE THIS SATURDAY AT 11AM!!

All kids (and parents of course) in 5th grade and younger are invited to come out to Pumpkin's Galore located at 26415 South Stringtown Rd in Wright City.  We will be meeting there and parents are asked to stay with their children.  There will be a hayride, bounce house, horse drawn carriage ride, face painting, and a kid's train ride.  Each child will also receive a pumpkin that they can paint and take home.  The cost is $10 per child.  Please let Kelsey know you are coming by calling the church office at 456-2888 or emailing her at koverbeck@live.com

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HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE AT HEITGERD HOUSE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 6-10pm!!

We need people to sign up to bring chili and desserts and to help set up and clean up.  Call the church office or sign up on the sheet that is on the counter in the narthex.

 

WE WANT EVERYONE TO COME!!  Please make plans to do so!!  It's always a fun time to get to know your brothers and sisters in Christ better! 

 

Soda and water will be provided!  You can bring your own adult beverages (beer, wine, etc.) if you'd like. 

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MEN'S BREAKFAST IS THIS SATURDAY!!

Pancakes, sausage, bacon, and scrambled eggs!!

 

We will start a study called, "Christianity and the Competition" a video series led by Dr. Paul Maier on the difference between Lutherans and other Religions and Denominations. 

 

PLEASE RSVP SO I KNOW HOW MUCH FOOD TO BUY AND MAKE!!!

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A NEW SUNDAY MORNING ADULT BIBLE STUDY CALLED "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY:  THE LUTHERAN DIFFERENCE"! 

Do you want to have a clearer definition of marriage according to God's Word?

 

Do you want to be able to explain your views on marriage and family when you get into discussions about it and when you want to teach your kids?

 

Do you want to strengthen your own marriage and family?

 

THEN COME TO BIBLE STUDY ON SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 9:45!!!!!!!

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QUILT TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!!  

The drawing was not held at the carnival to give people more time to purchase more tickets.  You may purchase tickets from any quilter or from the church office throughout the week.  Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.  

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LADIES AID IS SELLING CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR $5 a BOX!!  

Once they're gone, that's it.  There won't be another order when they run out!  Get them today!  They're in the basement and you can give money to whoever is in the office. 

___________________________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE ORDER SCRIP !!!!! 

A NEW AND EASY FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY!!! 

 

The order forms are on the table in the narthex!  Just about every store that you can think of is on the list!  Use the cards just like you would use a debit/credit card and help St. John's make  A LOT of money!

Place your order, along with your check, made payable to St. Johns, in the "Bob the Builder" box. 

  
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OPERATION BACKPACK FOR OCTOBER IS CANNED VEGETABLES!! !

Many children in our community are very poor.  They are able to get some of their meals at school during the week, but often go hungry on weekends.  Operation backpack is a way that our community has decided to help these kids. 
 
Every month throughout the school year, each church participating will take one food item and collect just that food item.  At the end of the month the food will be delivered to school.  The school officials along with volunteers will distribute the food to kids backpacks to take home.   

Throughout the month of October we will be collecting canned veggies. All size cans and even individual portions will be accepted.  The fruit will be delivered to the schools November 1.   We will have a box in the narthex for deposits.

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UNMARKED BLUE ENVELOPE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GOING TO THE BUILDING EXPANSION PROGRAM
If you'd like it to go to the DCE fund you need to mark it for that!  Please make sure you mark the ENVELOPE clearly for the DCE PROGRAM!
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DO YOU HAVE A KROGER CARD?  ENROLL IT IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM!!!
Register it online www.krogercommunityrewards.com and have it swiped each time you shop to earn money for Little Lambs. 
 
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GENERAL PRAYERS:

For DIANNE HANCE who is having surgery today to put a permanent trachea tube in her neck and also install a feeding tube to make her more comfortable and help her to recover.

 

For MARIANNE LINKE who is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery and had a setback on Friday but is doing better now.

 

For CAL TAMELER as he has cornea transplant surgery on Wednesday.

 

For DON PANHORST who is recovering from his first two chemo treatments last week.   

 

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

 

For DAVE AND CAROL KOHRS, who are BOTH on hospice care.

 

For WILMA WEIGLE as she continues to deal with the after effects of a severe stroke almost two years ago.  

Help needed with concessions on Friday at football game

We are in need of just three or four more people to work the concession stand at the Warrenton High School football game this Friday. 
 
No experience necessary!

6-10pm. 
 
Please reply to this email or text/call me at 636-359-1061.

Daily Email: Monday, October 12, 2015

DEVOTION: Psalm 119:9-16 English Standard Version (ESV)
⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure?
    By guarding it according to your word.
¹⁰ With my whole heart I seek you;
    let me not wander from your commandments!
¹¹ I have stored up your word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against you.
¹² Blessed are you, O Lord;
    teach me your statutes!
¹³ With my lips I declare
    all the rules^[a] of your mouth.
¹⁴ In the way of your testimonies I delight
    as much as in all riches.
¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts
    and fix my eyes on your ways.
¹⁶ I will delight in your statutes;
    I will not forget your word.
 
 
How can a young man keep his way pure?"  What a good question, and one that should be pondered and answered by every young man (and woman for that matter) out there.  This one thing is of utmost importance.  If you want your young men and women to keep their way pure and to grow up to be God fearing men and women, then they ABSOLUTELY need to guard their way according to God's Word. 
 
That means BEING IN WORSHIP EVERY WEEK!  That means BIBLE STUDY ON A REGULAR BASIS!  That means PRAYING WITH AND FOR YOUR KIDS!  it mean YOU, AS A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT, BEING AN EXAMPLE OF GUARDING YOUR OWN WAY IN GOD'S WORD!!
 
The only problem is that most of the time young men and women have no interest in keeping their way pure.  They are too concerned with honing their abilities and skills so they can be successful in whatever they are pursuing; whether it be excellence in a sport, financial success and security, the biggest and best scholarships, that relationship with that special someone that they are infatuated with, etc. 
 
Don't get me wrong, all of those things are good in and of themselves, but when they are pursued without guarding their way according to God's Word, there will be no satisfaction in any of it.  There will always be something missing.  Those relationships will be empty.  Those trophies and awards will be fleeting and phony.  That promotion will be only be a highlight in a life of hard work with nothing real to show for it. 
 
It is the way of following God and His Word that provides true satisfaction, true rest, true security, and true life.  But don't believe me, believe God's Word! 
 
I urge you parents to rearrange your priorities.  If you have to be gone for one of those traveling teams on a Sunday morning, find a place of worship that meets on Saturday night or sometime during the week.  NEVER NEGLECT GOD'S WORD FOR YOUR FUN OR EVEN FOR YOUR DREAMS.  You will always regret it!
 
Keep your way pure by guarding it according to God's Word and trust and rest in his grace when you do! 
 
Prayer: Lord, help me to guard my way according to your Word.  Amen.

 

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CALENDAR:

Mon- Confirmation 5-6; Youth meeting 6; Family night 6:15

Tues- Quilting 9-2; Bible Study 11:30-12:15; Trustees meeting 7

Wed- Choir 7pm

Thurs- karate 6:15-7:45

Fri-  Bible Study at Hendershot's 7pm

Sat-  Men's breakfast 8am; Basement reserved for Toedebusch Anniversary 11am-4pm; Worship 5
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; SCRIP orders due
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Hannah Johnson; 11- Gus Klaustermeier
Ushers-  Scott and Alex Heitgerd; Bob and Tom Linke
Altar- Set up- Don Hance; Clean up- Sandy Robine
Communion Assistants- Sat- Dave Winter; 8:30- Steve McDowell; 11- Steve Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Jim and Vickie McRae; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson
Lay readers- Sat- Sandra Perricone 8:30- Jacob Nagel 11- Hannah Johnson
Sat. Pianist- Barb Dreyer
Organist-  Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat. Pam Bueltmann, 8:30- Lydia Miller, 11- ?????
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEWS!!!!  PLEASE READ IT ALL!!!!

 

CHILDREN'S EVENT AT PUMPKINS GALORE THIS SATURDAY AT 11AM!!

All kids (and parents of course) in 5th grade and younger are invited to come out to Pumpkin's Galore located at 26415 South Stringtown Rd in Wright City.  We will be meeting there and parents are asked to stay with their children.  There will be a hayride, bounce house, horse drawn carriage ride, face painting, and a kid's train ride.  Each child will also receive a pumpkin that they can paint and take home.  The cost is $10 per child.  Please let Kelsey know you are coming by calling the church office at 456-2888 or emailing her at koverbeck@live.com

______________________________________________________________________________________________

HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE AT HEITGERD HOUSE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 6-10pm!!

We need people to sign up to bring chili and desserts and to help set up and clean up.  Call the church office or sign up on the sheet that is on the counter in the narthex.

 

WE WANT EVERYONE TO COME!!  Please make plans to do so!!  It's always a fun time to get to know your brothers and sisters in Christ better! 

 

Soda and water will be provided!  You can bring your own adult beverages (beer, wine, etc.) if you'd like. 

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

MEN'S BREAKFAST IS THIS SATURDAY!!

Pancakes, sausage, bacon, and scrambled eggs!!

 

We will start a study called, "Christianity and the Competition" a video series led by Dr. Paul Maier on the difference between Lutherans and other Religions and Denominations. 

 

PLEASE RSVP SO I KNOW HOW MUCH FOOD TO BUY AND MAKE!!!

____________________________________________________________________________________________

A NEW SUNDAY MORNING ADULT BIBLE STUDY CALLED "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY:  THE LUTHERAN DIFFERENCE"! 

Do you want to have a clearer definition of marriage according to God's Word?

 

Do you want to be able to explain your views on marriage and family when you get into discussions about it and when you want to teach your kids?

 

Do you want to strengthen your own marriage and family?

 

THEN COME TO BIBLE STUDY ON SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 9:45!!!!!!!

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

QUILT TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!!  

The drawing was not held at the carnival to give people more time to purchase more tickets.  You may purchase tickets from any quilter or from the church office throughout the week.  Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.  

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

LADIES AID IS SELLING CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR $5 a BOX!!  

Once they're gone, that's it.  There won't be another order when they run out!  Get them today!  They're in the basement and you can give money to whoever is in the office. 

___________________________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE ORDER SCRIP !!!!! 

A NEW AND EASY FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY!!! 

 

The order forms are on the table in the narthex!  Just about every store that you can think of is on the list!  Use the cards just like you would use a debit/credit card and help St. John's make  A LOT of money!

Place your order, along with your check, made payable to St. Johns, in the "Bob the Builder" box. 

  
 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

OPERATION BACKPACK FOR OCTOBER IS CANNED VEGETABLES!! !

Many children in our community are very poor.  They are able to get some of their meals at school during the week, but often go hungry on weekends.  Operation backpack is a way that our community has decided to help these kids. 
 
Every month throughout the school year, each church participating will take one food item and collect just that food item.  At the end of the month the food will be delivered to school.  The school officials along with volunteers will distribute the food to kids backpacks to take home.   

Throughout the month of October we will be collecting canned veggies. All size cans and even individual portions will be accepted.  The fruit will be delivered to the schools November 1.   We will have a box in the narthex for deposits.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
UNMARKED BLUE ENVELOPE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GOING TO THE BUILDING EXPANSION PROGRAM
If you'd like it to go to the DCE fund you need to mark it for that!  Please make sure you mark the ENVELOPE clearly for the DCE PROGRAM!
________________________________________________________________________________________
DO YOU HAVE A KROGER CARD?  ENROLL IT IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM!!!
Register it online www.krogercommunityrewards.com and have it swiped each time you shop to earn money for Little Lambs. 
 
__________________________________________________________________________________________

GENERAL PRAYERS:

For DIANNE HANCE who has a trachea tube to help her to breathe due to COPD after falling and breaking her hip and having hip surgery.

 

For MARIANNE LINKE who is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery and had a setback on Friday but is doing better now.

 

For CAL TAMELER as he has cornea transplant surgery on Wednesday.

 

For DON PANHORST who is recovering from his first two chemo treatments last week.   

 

For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is back in the Czech Republic to continue her mission work.

 

For DAVE AND CAROL KOHRS, who are BOTH on hospice care.

 

For WILMA WEIGLE as she continues to deal with the after effects of a severe stroke almost two years ago.  

A little funny to start your Monday: Brings home the sermon from yesterday

  A very successful attorney parked his brand new Bentley in front of his
office, ready to show it off to his colleagues. As he was getting out, a
> truck came along too closely and completely tore off the driver's door.

> Fortunately, a cop in a police car was close enough to see the accident
> and pulled up behind the Bentley with his ....lights flashing.

> Before the cop had a chance to ask any questions, the attorney started
> screaming hysterically about how his Bentley, which he had just purchased
> the day before, was completely ruined and would never be the same, no
> matter how any car body shop tried to make it new again.

> After the lawyer finally wound down from his rant, the cop shook his head
> in disbelief. "How unbelievably materialistic are you," he
> said. "You are so focused on your possessions that you neglect the most
> important things in life."

> "How can you say such a thing?" asked the lawyer.

> The cop replied, "Don't you even realize that your left arm is missing? It
> was severed when the truck hit you!"

> "OH, MY GOD!!!" screamed the lawyer.

>
> "My Rolex!"

 

 

Fwd: Warren County Community Resource Fair October 29,2015 5-7:30pm

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From: LUCASJM@WARRENCOR3.K12.MO.US
Date: 10/09/2015 10:29 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: REVKLAUS@hotmail.com
Cc: KARIN.KLAUSTERMEIER@hotmail.com
Subject: Warren County Community Resource Fair October 29,2015 5-7:30pm

Warennton high school is holding a Community Resource Fair in the Warrenton High School Gym on Thursday, October 29, 2015.  Please come and learn about the many resources and supports available to families in Warren County.

There will be free door prizes, free chances to win baskets and gift cards, and free hotdogs for everyone attending.

There will also be limited transportation available.  Please contact Shanna Weber at 636-456-6901 for more information.

Have a great day,

Jeanne Lucas
9th Grade Counselor
Warrenton High School
636-456-6902  x2332

New Adult Bible study starts this Sunday at 9:45

We are finally starting a new Bible study this Sunday.  Below is info about it!  PLEASE COME AND GROW IN GOD'S WORD!!!

 

 

"Marriage and Family:  The Lutheran Difference"

 

In the marriage vows Lutherans still say "Till death parts us".  Isn't that a little archaic?  As Lutheran interact with other Christians, they often find themselves struggling to explain their beliefs and practices.  The Bible and the Lutheran Confessions have a great deal to say about marriage and the family.  Luther's insight that marriage is not a sacrament but rather a gift of the created order had profound, positive implications for married life in the Christian west.  If marriage and family could be viewed as God's gifts, society might see a renewed appreciation of marriage and the family. 

Daily Email: Thursday, October 8, 2015

DEVOTION:  Hebrews 3:12-19 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹² Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. ¹³ But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴ For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. ¹⁵ As it is said,

"Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

¹⁶ For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? ¹⁷ And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸ And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? ¹⁹ So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

 

 

Mark 10:17-22 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁷ And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" ¹⁸ And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹ You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" ²⁰ And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth." ²¹ And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." ²² Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

 

 

I was at Good Shepherd daycare in Wright City for a while yesterday and I noticed something about the kids.  They all like to do things themselves without any help, until they figure out that they can't do it, and then they want your help and they want it IMMEDIATELY.  Then, when they can't do it themselves and you can't help them immediately, they cry and pout till they get what they want. 

 

In our Gospel reading we see a person that is described as a "rich young man".  The young man wanted to do it himself, for we see him ask, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"  We all know that there is nothing you can do to "inherit" something.  You have to be born into a family or the person with the thing you want to inherit has to give it to you.  Since neither of those were going to work for the young man he figured there must be something he could do to inherit it.  But there wasn't anything he could do, at least anything he was willing to do.  Jesus told him that he should "sell all he had and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."  

 

"An evil, unbelieving heart" as the writer of Hebrews describes it, wants to hold on to worldly possessions, when in essence, those worldly possessions are holding on to that person.  An evil and unbelieving heart doesn't want to follow Jesus and live in Him, that kind of heart is like an obstinate, stubborn child who wants to do it all himself. 

 

Jesus wants us to realize that we can't do it all ourselves.  In fact, we can't even start the process of salvation.  All we can do is run to Jesus and plead with him to open the doors of heaven for us, which He gladly and freely does.  All we can do is surrender to him and let him pick us up in his arms like little children and carry us through this life to the eternal life to come. 

 

Quit being stubborn and obstinate children.  Quit trying to do it on your own.  Independence is good for some things, but it has no place in the work of salvation.  That is all dependent on Jesus!  Be dependent on him! 

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:     What news made Ezra tear his clothes and lament over Israel?  The news was that the men of Israel had taken foreign, unbelieving wives.  That was against God's law at the time. 

 

In the New Testament it is changed slightly that if a man or woman, who becomes a believer in Jesus,  has an unbelieving spouse he/she should not divorce her, but should stay married and love him/her with the love of Christ and share Christ with him/her daily.  At the same time, Paul urges people that if they are not married, they should not become unequally yoked by marrying an unbeliever.  (A yoke was a thing that held to oxen or horses together as they plowed a field or pulled a cart.  To be unequally yoked meant that maybe one ox was smaller or that they were not always wanting to go in the same direction. which would result in one pulling on the other and turning to the right or left instead of going straight. 

 

The moral of that story is that you should marry someone who has the same beliefs as you and will go straight toward Jesus with you.

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CALENDAR:

Thurs- SPECIAL FALL BLESSING SERVICE AT WHS  7pm; karate 6:15-7:45

Sat-  Worship 5
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; ELDERS MEETING noon
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WORSHIP WORKERS:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Zack Hoelscher; 11- Sarah Cluver
Ushers-  Alan Hofeldt, Tim Linke, Rich Talbert, Don Turnure
Altar- Set up- Linda Callies; Clean up- Joanne Hachtel
Communion Assistants- Sat- Steve Robine; 8:30- Don Turnure; 11- Dave Winter
Greeters- 8:30- ???????  Anyone want to take this?  (Erv Yoder is out of town.); 11- Joan Sexton
Lay readers- Sat- Steve Robine 8:30- Allan Dreyer 11- Christine Winn
Sat. Pianist- Tim Sherman
Organist-  Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat. Perricones, 8:30- Terry McKenzie, 11- Jacob Winn
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NEWS!!!!  PLEASE READ IT ALL!!!!

 

SCHOOL BLESSING SERVICE at WARRENTON HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS TONIGHT at 7pm!! 

 

FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) is hosting it

 

Pastor Klaustermeier and Pastor Steve Kohler will be preaching.  Nick and Amy Tallo will be leading the music!

 

We want all our church's youth to be there! 

 

You don't have to be an athlete! 

 

You don't even have to be a student! 

 

We just want you to be there to help us bless our schools!!!

 

The school needs our prayers!!!

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MEN'S BREAKFAST WILL BE THE 17TH AND NOT THIS COMING SATURDAY AS IT IS IN THE NEWSLETTER!!

Sorry for the confusion!  Please make correction to your calendars and come next Saturday, October 17 for pancakes, sausage, bacon, and scrambled eggs!!

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QUILT TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!!  

The drawing was not held at the carnival to give people more time to purchase more tickets.  You may purchase tickets from any quilter or from the church office throughout the week.  Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.  

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

LADIES AID IS SELLING CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR $5 a BOX!!  

Once they're gone, that's it.  There won't be another order when they run out!  Get them today!  They're in the basement and you can give money to whoever is in the office. 

___________________________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE ORDER SCRIP !!!!! 

A NEW AND EASY FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY!!! 

 

The order forms are on the table in the narthex!  Just about every store that you can think of is on the list!  Use the cards just like you would use a debit/credit card and help St. John's make  A LOT of money!

Place your order, along with your check, made payable to St. Johns, in the "Bob the Builder" box. 

  
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OPERATION BACKPACK FOR OCTOBER IS CANNED VEGETABLES!! !

Many children in our community are very poor.  They are able to get some of their meals at school during the week, but often go hungry on weekends.  Operation backpack is a way that our community has decided to help these kids. 
 
Every month throughout the school year, each church participating will take one food item and collect just that food item.  At the end of the month the food will be delivered to school.  The school officials along with volunteers will distribute the food to kids backpacks to take home.   

Throughout the month of October we will be collecting canned veggies. All size cans and even individual portions will be accepted.  The fruit will be delivered to the schools November 1.   We will have a box in the narthex for deposits.

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UNMARKED BLUE ENVELOPE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GOING TO THE BUILDING EXPANSION PROGRAM
If you'd like it to go to the DCE fund you need to mark it for that!  Please make sure you mark the ENVELOPE clearly for the DCE PROGRAM!
________________________________________________________________________________________
DO YOU HAVE A KROGER CARD?  ENROLL IT IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM!!!
Register it online www.krogercommunityrewards.com and have it swiped each time you shop to earn money for Little Lambs. 
 
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GENERAL PRAYERS:

For DIANNE HANCE who is recovering from hip surgery.

 

For MARIANNE LINKE who is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery and is doing well.

 

For JOHN NORDWALD, Brett's dad, as he is recovering from bypass surgery. 

 

For DON PANHORST who is recovering from his first two chemo treatments last week. 

 

A prayer of thanksgiving For BROOKS EBERT, infant son of Derek and Andrea, who finally got to go home from the hospital after 50 days there.

 

For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is back in the Czech Republic to continue her mission work.

 

For DAVE AND CAROL KOHRS, who are BOTH on hospice care.

 

For WILMA WEIGLE as she continues to deal with the after effects of a severe stroke almost two years ago.  

Daily Email: Wednesday, October 7, 2015

 

DEVOTION:

 

Psalm 90:12-17 (ESV)

¹² So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.
¹³ Return, O Lord! How long?
    Have pity on your servants!
¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
    that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    and for as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶ Let your work be shown to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.
¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

 

 

 

 

Amos 5:6-7 and 10-15 (ESV)

⁶ Seek the Lord and live,
    lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
    and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
⁷ O you who turn justice to wormwood
    and cast down righteousness to the earth!

¹⁰ They hate him who reproves in the gate,
    and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
¹¹ Therefore because you trample on the poor
    and you exact taxes of grain from him,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
    but you shall not dwell in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
    but you shall not drink their wine.
¹² For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
    and turn aside the needy in the gate.
¹³ Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time,
    for it is an evil time.

¹⁴ Seek good, and not evil,
    that you may live;
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
    as you have said.
¹⁵ Hate evil, and love good,
    and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
    will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

 

 

Most of you reading this today have played hide and seek. You know that there is usually one who is seeking while the rest go and hide.  When you are the seeker you look for the best hiding places.  You don't really look out in the open,  A person who is hiding and doesn't want to be found does stand out in the middle of a room or a field and yell, "Here I am." unless, of course, he wants to be caught and found. 

 

In the Old Testament passage above and in the Gospel reading for this past Sunday we are told to "Seek the Lord" and "Seek His Kingdom and His righteousness".   

 

The good news is that Jesus isn't hiding.  He isn't playing a game of hide and seek with you.  He is standing out in the wide open spaces.  He is right where he may be found.  You don't have to look far.  Just look in his Word and you will find him.  Just look in his church and you will easily see him in the faces of his children, in His Word as it goes in to your ears, and in His body and blood as you eat and drink off it.  He actually comes to you!  All you have to do is OPEN YOUR EARS AND EYES!!

 

Unfortunately, the world, and even us at times, have closed ears, eyes, and hearts.  We would rather be our own gods and find something to do or make our own rules.  When we do this we just get more lost, more depressed, more confused, and more discouraged.

 

God wants you to take a look at your life and see whether you've been seeking him or something else.  Have you been looking for God's goodness and grace or the world's false hopes and stuff?  Have you been seeking the Lord or seeking something else that you think is just hidden. 

 

There is no "hidden" truth apart from Jesus.  Quit looking for it.  Trust in the Lord with all your heart!  Keep seeking Him in His Word and Sacraments.  Keep seeking him in the fellowship of the saints!  Keep seeking Him where He wants you to find Him. 

 

Prayer: Lord, help us to repent from seeking things that have nothing to do for you and instead seek You!  Amen.

 

 

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:     What is a "song of ascent"?  Any one of 15 psalms from 120-134 were sung by the Hebrew pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem or maybe while ascending Mount Zion or the steps to the Temple.   These psalms (120-134) begin with the words "A song of ascents".  (Thanks Dianne!)  Dianne will be away from her computer for a while recovering from hip surgery so I will need others to answer this daily quiz.)

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TODAY'S QUIZ: What news made Ezra tear his clothes and lament over Israel?

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CALENDAR:

Wed- choir 7pm

Thurs- SPECIAL FALL BLESSING SERVICE AT WHS  7pm; karate 6:15-7:45

Sat-  Worship 5
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; ELDERS MEETING noon
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WORSHIP WORKERS:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Zack Hoelscher; 11- Sarah Cluver
Ushers-  Alan Hofeldt, Tim Linke, Rich Talbert, Don Turnure
Altar- Set up- Linda Callies; Clean up- Joanne Hachtel
Communion Assistants- Sat- Steve Robine; 8:30- Don Turnure; 11- Dave Winter
Greeters- 8:30- ???????  Anyone want to take this?  Erv Yoder is out of town.); 11- Joan Sexton
Lay readers- Sat- Steve Robine 8:30- Allan Dreyer 11- Christine Winn
Sat. Pianist- Tim Sherman
Organist-  Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat. Perricones, 8:30- Hailey Blechle or Terry McKenzie, 11- Jacob Winn
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NEWS!!!!  PLEASE READ IT ALL!!!!

 

SCHOOL BLESSING SERVICE at WARRENTON HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS on THURSDAY at 7pm!! 

 

FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) is hosting it

 

Pastor Klaustermeier and Pastor Steve Kohler will be preaching.  Nick and Amy Tallo will be leading the music!

 

We want all our church's youth to be there! 

 

You don't have to be an athlete! 

 

You don't even have to be a student! 

 

We just want you to be there to help us bless our schools!!!

 

The school needs our prayers!!!

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MEN'S BREAKFAST WILL BE THE 17TH AND NOT THIS COMING SATURDAY AS IT IS IN THE NEWSLETTER!!

Sorry for the confusion!  Please make correction to your calendars and come next Saturday, October 17 for pancakes, sausage, bacon, and scrambled eggs!!

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QUILT TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!!  

The drawing was not held at the carnival to give people more time to purchase more tickets.  You may purchase tickets from any quilter or from the church office throughout the week.  Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.  

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

LADIES AID IS SELLING CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR $5 a BOX!!  

Once they're gone, that's it.  There won't be another order when they run out!  Get them today!  They're in the basement and you can give money to whoever is in the office. 

___________________________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE ORDER SCRIP !!!!! 

A NEW AND EASY FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY!!! 

 

The order forms are on the table in the narthex!  Just about every store that you can think of is on the list!  Use the cards just like you would use a debit/credit card and help St. John's make  A LOT of money!

Place your order, along with your check, made payable to St. Johns, in the "Bob the Builder" box. 

  
 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

OPERATION BACKPACK FOR OCTOBER IS CANNED VEGETABLES!! !

Many children in our community are very poor.  They are able to get some of their meals at school during the week, but often go hungry on weekends.  Operation backpack is a way that our community has decided to help these kids. 
 
Every month throughout the school year, each church participating will take one food item and collect just that food item.  At the end of the month the food will be delivered to school.  The school officials along with volunteers will distribute the food to kids backpacks to take home.   

Throughout the month of October we will be collecting canned veggies. All size cans and even individual portions will be accepted.  The fruit will be delivered to the schools November 1.   We will have a box in the narthex for deposits.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
UNMARKED BLUE ENVELOPE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GOING TO THE BUILDING EXPANSION PROGRAM
If you'd like it to go to the DCE fund you need to mark it for that!  Please make sure you mark the ENVELOPE clearly for the DCE PROGRAM!
________________________________________________________________________________________
DO YOU HAVE A KROGER CARD?  ENROLL IT IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM!!!
Register it online www.krogercommunityrewards.com and have it swiped each time you shop to earn money for Little Lambs. 
 
__________________________________________________________________________________________

GENERAL PRAYERS:

For DIANNE HANCE who fell on Saturday and broke her hip.  She had a partial replacement yesterday (Tuesday) and is recovering.

 

For MARIANNE LINKE who is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery and is doing well.

 

For JOHN NORDWALD, Brett's dad, as he is having bypass surgery this morning. 

 

For SCOTT CLARK who is recovering from a severe infection and was in the hospital for a week and a half.  He finally got to go home yesterday.

 

For DON PANHORST who is recovering from his first two chemo treatments last week. 

 

For BROOKS EBERT, infant son of Derek and Andrea, who should be going home TODAY after a month and a half in the hospital.

 

For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is back in the Czech Republic to continue her mission work.

 

For DAVE AND CAROL KOHRS, who are BOTH on hospice care.

 

For WILMA WEIGLE as she continues to deal with the after effects of a severe stroke almost two years ago.