Please pray for Marilyn as she undergoes cataract surgery tomorrow, that surgery would be successful and recovery quick and without complication.
Thanks!
Pastor
Thanks!
Pastor
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Winter Jam is tomorrow
If you want to go to Winter Jam with the Klaustermeiers let us know asap! Text or call at 6363591061.
We will leave from church promptly at 1:30. Doors to the Scottrade open at 5pm.
There's no saving places in line or saving seats allowed. $10 at the door.
We will be standing in line for several hours
Once the place is filled the doors are shut.
Thanks!
Pastor
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FW: Running For A Hug, Pass It On! 5K/1 Mile Walk
Attached is a flyer for a Fun Run/Walk called "Running for a Hug" that will take place on Saturday, February 13 at 8am. It will begin at the Blackhawk Middle School Fieldhouse.
Cost is $20 before Feb 2 and $25 after.
All proceeds go to "Operation Backpack" which is an organization that fills the backpacks of kids in need with food to bring home on the weekends.
Fill out the form and send it in along with your check to the address on the form. (Or just give it to Lisa Chapman when you see her.)
You're also asked to bring a jar of peanut butter or box of crackers on the day of the race.
Thanks for participating!
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:51:59 +0000
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Subject: Running For A Hug, Pass It On! 5K/1 Mile Walk
Cost is $20 before Feb 2 and $25 after.
All proceeds go to "Operation Backpack" which is an organization that fills the backpacks of kids in need with food to bring home on the weekends.
Fill out the form and send it in along with your check to the address on the form. (Or just give it to Lisa Chapman when you see her.)
You're also asked to bring a jar of peanut butter or box of crackers on the day of the race.
Thanks for participating!
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:51:59 +0000
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Subject: Running For A Hug, Pass It On! 5K/1 Mile Walk
Operation Backpack is holding a run to help fill the shelves. I hope to see you all there! The Woodles(AKA Medals) are amazing. If you know of someone that would like to sponsor please let me know. Thanks can't wait to see you all there! There will be lots of Chocolate.
If you have any questions please feel free to call me Lisa Chapman 636-297-1035.
Daily Email: Thursday, January 21, 2016
DEVOTION Luke 4:16-30
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
The word "fickle" means "changing frequently especially as it regards one's loyalties interests, or affections. As you read the passage above, were you as struck by the fickleness of the people in Nazareth as I was?
At first they were happy to see him. Here was this hometown boy who made something good out of his life. As he read the passage, they were all so very proud of him. They had also heard that he had done miracles all over the place, so they couldn't wait for him to do some in his hometown as well. Surely he would do some great things.
That's when things took a drastic turn. Jesus doesn't tell them what they want to hear. In fact, he tells them that there won't be any miracles done there in Nazareth. Instead, he is going to be going to the Gentiles. To the people in Nazareth, this was the most offensive thing he could say and do. They got so mad at him, that he would rather spend time with the Gentiles and foreigners than the people of his hometown, that they started a riot and were about to when Jesus, and I don't know how he really did it, but it said he passed through their midst and got away.
The feelings of the people about Jesus went from pure pride and joy to wrath and disappointment in an instant simply because Jesus said something they didn't want to hear.
How fickle are you when it comes to Jesus, faith, and the church? If I were to say something you didn't like, even if it were true and you needed to hear it, would you leave the church?
The law doesn't feel good when it hits us between the eyes. Our first reaction to someone telling us that we're doing something wrong is probably not going to be favorable. Yet, can we or should we hate someone when they tell us the truth even when it hurts?
You're gonna have to come to church this weekend to get the rest of this message.
Let us pray: Lord, help me to take you at your word, and help me to appreciate those who preach and speak your word to me, even when it hurts. Help me to trust and have faith in all of you and not just the things that I like about you. Amen.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down.And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?" 23 And he said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself.' What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well." 24 And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian." 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, he went away.
The word "fickle" means "changing frequently especially as it regards one's loyalties interests, or affections. As you read the passage above, were you as struck by the fickleness of the people in Nazareth as I was?
At first they were happy to see him. Here was this hometown boy who made something good out of his life. As he read the passage, they were all so very proud of him. They had also heard that he had done miracles all over the place, so they couldn't wait for him to do some in his hometown as well. Surely he would do some great things.
That's when things took a drastic turn. Jesus doesn't tell them what they want to hear. In fact, he tells them that there won't be any miracles done there in Nazareth. Instead, he is going to be going to the Gentiles. To the people in Nazareth, this was the most offensive thing he could say and do. They got so mad at him, that he would rather spend time with the Gentiles and foreigners than the people of his hometown, that they started a riot and were about to when Jesus, and I don't know how he really did it, but it said he passed through their midst and got away.
The feelings of the people about Jesus went from pure pride and joy to wrath and disappointment in an instant simply because Jesus said something they didn't want to hear.
How fickle are you when it comes to Jesus, faith, and the church? If I were to say something you didn't like, even if it were true and you needed to hear it, would you leave the church?
The law doesn't feel good when it hits us between the eyes. Our first reaction to someone telling us that we're doing something wrong is probably not going to be favorable. Yet, can we or should we hate someone when they tell us the truth even when it hurts?
You're gonna have to come to church this weekend to get the rest of this message.
Let us pray: Lord, help me to take you at your word, and help me to appreciate those who preach and speak your word to me, even when it hurts. Help me to trust and have faith in all of you and not just the things that I like about you. Amen.
__________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Thurs- Newsletter deadline
Sat- Basement reserved; worship 5pm (Pastor Grund will be here.)
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; High School youth Bible Study 5pm
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WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- 8:30- Jack Bunge; 11- Jacob Cluver
Ushers- Marv Hendershot, Don Luebke, Dave Callies, Don Nolte
Altar- Set up- Marilyn Foster, and Sue Ruhl; Clean up- Lois Boeger
Elders- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Jason Cluver; 11- Jim Rahn
Greeters- 8:30- Rob and Julie Schaumberg; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch
Lay readers- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30-Jacob Nagel; 11 - Jim Rahn
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat- (None, Pastor Grund here) 8:30- Alaina Heitgerd; 11- Zack Hoelscher
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YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: What did Shechem do to Dinah, and what did Dinah's brothers do in revenge?
This answer comes from Denise Schlesselmann all the way in the Czech Republic.
So the answer to the question is that Shechem the Hivite saw Dinah while she was visiting the Hivite women. Dinah is the oft forgoten sibling of Joseph and his brothers. Shechem was the son of the ruler. Shechem decided Dinah was the girl for him but instead of first asking his dad to get the girl for him he "took her and violated her". But then he really fell in love with her and spoke tenderly to her. So now he asked his dad to get Dinah to be his wife. Hamor, Shechem's dad went to Jacob while his sons were there and told him "My son loves your daughter, let's have them get married. Then your sons can marry our daughters. You can live in our land." Shechem chimes in "I will pay any price I just want the girl!" Jacobs sons said "Okay but only if you get circumcised." Hamor and his sons said "Okay." They convinced all the men in the city to be circumcised so that they could marry into Jacob's family and the men could get their property too. 3 days after the circumcision Simeon and Levi went to the city and killed every man. The took Dinah back too. Then they took all their property, wives and children. Jacob was angry because he knew all the people where they lived were angry with Jacob's family. But the brothers said they were only defending their sister. It was after this that God told Jacob to leave and gave him the name of Israel
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TODAY'S QUIZ: What was Jacob's name changed to? (Hint: It is the name of a country that is still around today.)
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NEWS!!!!
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH BIBLE STUDY MEETING AND PIZZA SUNDAY JANUARY 24 @ 5PM!!
We will be talking about what it means to live in God's grace without getting lazy.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2016 ALTAR FLOWER CHART IS PRETTY EMPTY!!
It is hanging on the bulletin board in the narthex. Sign up if you wish to place flowers on the altar! If it is for a special occasion (in memory of loved one, birthday, anniversary, etc.) please indicate that as well. Cost is $25 payable to St. John's.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
FELLOWSHIP REFRESHMENT SIGN UP SHEET IN ON THE WALL BY THE COFFEE POT. IF YOU HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF DONUTS IN THE PAST, MAYBE IT'S TIME YOU GIVE BACK!!!
Sign up today and make some Sunday school kid's day!
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS ARE IN YOUR MAILBOXES!!!
Are you getting ready to do your taxes? Don't forget about your offering statements in your church mailboxes! You could even give the money you get back from this itemization to church!
_________________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE COME AND GET YOUR DISHES FROM THE KITCHEN!!
One more week and then those dishes that are left will be taken to Good Shepherd Thrift Store to be sold.
_________________________________________________________________________
YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!
Tickets are $25 a piece. All proceeds go to help our youth afford their trip down to New Orleans for the National Youth Gathering as well as do many other service projects and youth events.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OPERATION BACKPACK FOR JANUARY IS CANNED FRUIT!!
You can also do individual size cups.
(Remember this is for the poor and needy children of our community and county that often receive two breakfast and lunch at school, and have very little or no food at home.)
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GENERAL PRAYERS:
For BABY BLAKE, a young child who received a kidney transplant from Laurie Jansen, a friend of many in the congregation.
For MARIANNE LINKE, as she remains in Warrenton Manor due to trouble with congestive heart troubles and pneumonia.
For JOANNE HACHTEL, as she recovers from rotator cuff surgery.
For PASTOR MCCRACKEN, from Trinity in Troy, who is on a two month leave to heal from cancer treatments.
For PASTOR PIPER, from St. Paul, New Melle, as he recovers from a heart attack he had while running a 5K in Florida.
For THOSE DEALING WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS in the days and weeks ahead, that the Lord would provide for their needs, and use us, if need be, to help.
For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is in need of more funding to continue her mission work in the Czech Republic.
Daily Email: Wednesday, January 20, 2016
DEVOTION: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts,[b] yet one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts.
We all have our parts to play in the church. No one person is more important than another. It is one big family!
Do you think of the church as your family? Or is it just like a membership in any other club in which you pay your dues to get something out of it?
In a family, every person has his or her thing to do, responsibility to the greater good. In a family everyone in it has something invested in it. If you are a member of a family, the family is yours. A club is owned and run by someone else. You just come and pay your dues and get the benefits.
Have you ever had something as small as a hangnail. That little soreness effects your whole body. When you bump it on something the whole body cringes. Or if you have a sore bac, are you able to concentrate on anything else?
So it is with the church. We rejoice together and we suffer together. We are a FAMILY! We are the BODY OF CHRIST!
Prayer: Lord, make me live as part of the body of Christ and take my membership in that body, that family, seriously. Amen.
__________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Wed- Ladies Aid meeting canceled due to snow; Choir 7pm
Thurs- Newsletter deadline
Sat- Basement reserved; worship 5pm (Pastor Grund will be here.)
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; High School youth Bible Study 5pm
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- 8:30- Jack Bunge; 11- Jacob Cluver
Ushers- Marv Hendershot, Don Luebke, Dave Callies, Don Nolte
Altar- Set up- Marilyn Foster, and Sue Ruhl; Clean up- Lois Boeger
Elders- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Jason Cluver; 11- Jim Rahn
Greeters- 8:30- Rob and Julie Schaumberg; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch
Lay readers- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30-Jacob Nagel; 11 - Jim Rahn
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat- (None, Pastor Grund here) 8:30- Alaina Heitgerd; 11- Zack Hoelscher
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: What did Shechem do to Dinah, and what did Dinah's brothers do in revenge?
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One Body with Many Members
12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves[a] or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts,[b] yet one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts.
We all have our parts to play in the church. No one person is more important than another. It is one big family!
Do you think of the church as your family? Or is it just like a membership in any other club in which you pay your dues to get something out of it?
In a family, every person has his or her thing to do, responsibility to the greater good. In a family everyone in it has something invested in it. If you are a member of a family, the family is yours. A club is owned and run by someone else. You just come and pay your dues and get the benefits.
Have you ever had something as small as a hangnail. That little soreness effects your whole body. When you bump it on something the whole body cringes. Or if you have a sore bac, are you able to concentrate on anything else?
So it is with the church. We rejoice together and we suffer together. We are a FAMILY! We are the BODY OF CHRIST!
Prayer: Lord, make me live as part of the body of Christ and take my membership in that body, that family, seriously. Amen.
__________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Wed- Ladies Aid meeting canceled due to snow; Choir 7pm
Thurs- Newsletter deadline
Sat- Basement reserved; worship 5pm (Pastor Grund will be here.)
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; High School youth Bible Study 5pm
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- 8:30- Jack Bunge; 11- Jacob Cluver
Ushers- Marv Hendershot, Don Luebke, Dave Callies, Don Nolte
Altar- Set up- Marilyn Foster, and Sue Ruhl; Clean up- Lois Boeger
Elders- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Jason Cluver; 11- Jim Rahn
Greeters- 8:30- Rob and Julie Schaumberg; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch
Lay readers- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30-Jacob Nagel; 11 - Jim Rahn
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat- (None, Pastor Grund here) 8:30- Alaina Heitgerd; 11- Zack Hoelscher
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: What did Shechem do to Dinah, and what did Dinah's brothers do in revenge?
(No answer yesterday so I'm leaving it up till I get one!)
___________________________________________________________________________
NEWS!!!!
2016 ALTAR FLOWER CHART IS PRETTY EMPTY!!
It is hanging on the bulletin board in the narthex. Sign up if you wish to place flowers on the altar! If it is for a special occasion (in memory of loved one, birthday, anniversary, etc.) please indicate that as well. Cost is $25 payable to St. John's.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
FELLOWSHIP REFRESHMENT SIGN UP SHEET IN ON THE WALL BY THE COFFEE POT. IF YOU HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF DONUTS IN THE PAST, MAYBE IT'S TIME YOU GIVE BACK!!!
Sign up today and make some Sunday school kid's day!
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS ARE IN YOUR MAILBOXES!!!
Are you getting ready to do your taxes? Don't forget about your offering statements in your church mailboxes! You could even give the money you get back from this itemization to church!
_________________________________________________________________________________
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH BIBLE STUDY MEETING AND PIZZA SUNDAY JANUARY 24 @ 5PM!!
We will be talking about what it means to live in God's grace without getting lazy.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE COME AND GET YOUR DISHES FROM THE KITCHEN!!
One more week and then those dishes that are left will be taken to Good Shepherd Thrift Store to be sold.
_________________________________________________________________________
YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!
Tickets are $25 a piece. All proceeds go to help our youth afford their trip down to New Orleans for the National Youth Gathering as well as do many other service projects and youth events.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OPERATION BACKPACK FOR JANUARY IS CANNED FRUIT!!
You can also do individual size cups.
(Remember this is for the poor and needy children of our community and county that often receive two breakfast and lunch at school, and have very little or no food at home.)
___________________________________________________________________________________
GENERAL PRAYERS:
For BABY BLAKE, a young child who received a kidney transplant from Laurie Jansen, a friend of many in the congregation.
For KAILYN AND HAILEY BLECHLE AND THEIR FAMILY as they mourn the loss of their great grandpa Ray Wilson.
For MARIANNE LINKE, as she remains in Warrenton Manor due to trouble with congestive heart troubles and pneumonia.
For JOANNE HACHTEL, as she recovers from rotator cuff surgery.
For PASTOR MCCRACKEN, from Trinity in Troy, who is on a two month leave to heal from cancer treatments.
For PASTOR PIPER, from St. Paul, New Melle, as he recovers from a heart attack he had while running a 5K in Florida.
For THOSE DEALING WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS in the days and weeks ahead, that the Lord would provide for their needs, and use us, if need be, to help.
For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is in need of more funding to continue her mission work in the Czech Republic.
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FW: Daily Email: Tuesday, January 19, 2016
DEVOTION: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts,[b] yet one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts.
We all have our parts to play in the church. No one person is more important than another. It is one big family!
Do you think of the church as your family? Or is it just like a membership in any other club in which you pay your dues to get something out of it?
In a family, every person has his or her thing to do, responsibility to the greater good. In a family everyone in it has something invested in it. If you are a member of a family, the family is yours. A club is owned and run by someone else. You just come and pay your dues and get the benefits.
Have you ever had something as small as a hangnail. That little soreness effects your whole body. When you bump it on something the whole body cringes. Or if you have a sore bac, are you able to concentrate on anything else?
So it is with the church. We rejoice together and we suffer together. We are a FAMILY! We are the BODY OF CHRIST!
Prayer: Lord, make me live as part of the body of Christ and take my membership in that body, that family, seriously. Amen.
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CALENDAR:
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One Body with Many Members
12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves[a] or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts,[b] yet one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts.
We all have our parts to play in the church. No one person is more important than another. It is one big family!
Do you think of the church as your family? Or is it just like a membership in any other club in which you pay your dues to get something out of it?
In a family, every person has his or her thing to do, responsibility to the greater good. In a family everyone in it has something invested in it. If you are a member of a family, the family is yours. A club is owned and run by someone else. You just come and pay your dues and get the benefits.
Have you ever had something as small as a hangnail. That little soreness effects your whole body. When you bump it on something the whole body cringes. Or if you have a sore bac, are you able to concentrate on anything else?
So it is with the church. We rejoice together and we suffer together. We are a FAMILY! We are the BODY OF CHRIST!
Prayer: Lord, make me live as part of the body of Christ and take my membership in that body, that family, seriously. Amen.
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CALENDAR:
Wed- Ladies Aid meeting at noon; Choir 7pm
Thurs- Newsletter deadline
Sat- Basement reserved; worship 5pm (Pastor Grund will be here.)
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; High School youth Bible Study 5pm
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WORSHIP WORKERS:
Acolyte- 8:30- Jack Bunge; 11- Jacob Cluver
Ushers- Marv Hendershot, Don Luebke, Dave Callies, Don Nolte
Altar- Set up- Marilyn Foster, and Sue Ruhl; Clean up- Lois Boeger
Elders- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30- Jason Cluver; 11- Jim Rahn
Greeters- 8:30- Rob and Julie Schaumberg; 11- Dan and Lisa Rausch
Lay readers- Sat- John Hachtel; 8:30-Jacob Nagel; 11 - Jim Rahn
Sat. Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat- (None, Pastor Grund here) 8:30- Alaina Heitgerd; 11- Zack Hoelscher
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YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ: What did Shechem do to Dinah, and what did Dinah's brothers do in revenge?
(No answer yesterday so I'm leaving it up till I get one!)
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NEWS!!!!
2016 ALTAR FLOWER CHART IS PRETTY EMPTY!!
It is hanging on the bulletin board in the narthex. Sign up if you wish to place flowers on the altar! If it is for a special occasion (in memory of loved one, birthday, anniversary, etc.) please indicate that as well. Cost is $25 payable to St. John's.
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FELLOWSHIP REFRESHMENT SIGN UP SHEET IN ON THE WALL BY THE COFFEE POT. IF YOU HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF DONUTS IN THE PAST, MAYBE IT'S TIME YOU GIVE BACK!!!
Sign up today and make some Sunday school kid's day!
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CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS ARE IN YOUR MAILBOXES!!!
Are you getting ready to do your taxes? Don't forget about your offering statements in your church mailboxes! You could even give the money you get back from this itemization to church!
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HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH BIBLE STUDY MEETING AND PIZZA SUNDAY JANUARY 24 @ 5PM!!
We will be talking about what it means to live in God's grace without getting lazy.
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PLEASE COME AND GET YOUR DISHES FROM THE KITCHEN!!
One more week and then those dishes that are left will be taken to Good Shepherd Thrift Store to be sold.
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YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!
Tickets are $25 a piece. All proceeds go to help our youth afford their trip down to New Orleans for the National Youth Gathering as well as do many other service projects and youth events.
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OPERATION BACKPACK FOR JANUARY IS CANNED FRUIT!!
You can also do individual size cups.
(Remember this is for the poor and needy children of our community and county that often receive two breakfast and lunch at school, and have very little or no food at home.)
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GENERAL PRAYERS:
For BABY BLAKE, a young child who received a kidney transplant from Laurie Jansen, a friend of many in the congregation.
For KAILYN AND HAILEY BLECHLE AND THEIR FAMILY as they mourn the loss of their great grandpa Ray Wilson.
For MARIANNE LINKE, as she remains in Warrenton Manor due to trouble with congestive heart troubles and pneumonia.
For JOANNE HACHTEL, as she recovers from rotator cuff surgery.
For PASTOR MCCRACKEN, from Trinity in Troy, who is on a two month leave to heal from cancer treatments.
For PASTOR PIPER, from St. Paul, New Melle, as he recovers from a heart attack he had while running a 5K in Florida.
For THOSE DEALING WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS in the days and weeks ahead, that the Lord would provide for their needs, and use us, if need be, to help.
For DENISE SCHLESSELMANN as she is in need of more funding to continue her mission work in the Czech Republic.
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UPCOMING WEBINAR - Equipping the Parents of Prodigal Young Adults
I thought this looked very interesting, and would be very helpful to many PARENTS OF ADULT CHILDREN WHO HAVE LEFT THE CHURCH OR ARE CURRENTLY INACTIVE. Check it out and sign up!
Lutheran Hour Ministries
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