Now is the time to register for the upcoming Missouri District Mission Summit. Our first district wide witness and outreach equipping event will be held June 3 at Concordia Seminary. Lutheran Hour speaker, Rev. Greg Seltz, will be the keynote speaker. The schedule includes twenty-six different sectionals for church leaders from all congregational settings. There is no cost to the attendees for the event, but we are asking that you register online for the event. For more information or the registration link, go to
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ALL KIDS AND YOUTH SUMMER BREAK CELEBRATION!!!!!
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Daily Email: Monday, May 15, 2017
DEVOTION: Psalm 66:8-20 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Bless our God, O peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard,
9 who has kept our soul among the living
and has not let our feet slip.
10 For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.
13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
I will perform my vows to you,
14 that which my lips uttered
and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
17 I cried to him with my mouth,
and high praise was on my tongue.
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
19 But truly God has listened;
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!
In the section on the Lord's Prayer in our catechism, one of the questions is "Whose prayers are acceptable to God?" Answer: "Only those who believe in Jesus Christ may pray to God and expect to be heard."
If you truly believe in God, believe in Jesus, and pray in His name; you can expect to be heard. He hears you!
But just because He hears you doesn't mean he is going to do exactly what you want. Your will isn't always his will. And that's a good thing. Can you imagine what your life would be like if God gave you everything you want. You'd be ruined. You'd be dead.
What true, real, and right prayer does is that it aligns your will with God's will. The more you pray in the name of Jesus, the more God aligns your will with his own. Then, when you have his will in mind, you are less likely to ask for foolish or wrong things. You are more likely to ask and seek his will. Then God will have no problem doing what you ask.
Most of us, including myself, could do so much better with our prayer lives. We fail to pray when we ought. We don't pray God's will. We don't spend nearly enough time with the Lord in prayer.
I encourage you to change that for yourself. Find a time and place when and where you can devote your undivided attention to prayer. Remember that it is a two way street. Make sure you are listening to God as much as you are talking. Make sure you are surrendering yourself to his will in prayer. Then expect to be heard and to be blessed in ways that you may never understand or imagine.
Prayer: Lord, bless my prayer life. Make me come to you more in prayer and to surrender my will to yours. Amen.
CALENDAR:
Mon- nothing scheduled
Tues- Board of outreach meeting 8am; Quilting 9-2
Wed- Sewing dresses for Africa 9:30-noon; Ladies Aid noon; Last Day of School Celebration 5:30-7; Choir 7
Thurs- Newsletter deadline; Karate 6:15-7:45; Lutheranism 101 6:30
Fri- Bible Study at Hendershot's house 7pm
Sat- Men's Breakfast 8am; Worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30; Sunday school 9:45; VOTER'S MEETING 9:45; Worship 11am; Marilyn's retirement Luncheon NOON
______________________________________________________________________WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS WEEK:
Acolyte- 8:30- Sarah Cluver; 11- Cameron Faerber
Ushers- Larry Schulze, Scott Schulze, Gary Scott, Dave Winter
Altar- Set up- Lucille Luebke; Clean Up- Pam Linke
Elders- Sat- Charlie Figura; 8:30- Al Benton, 11- Randy Fischer
Greeters- 8:30- Al and Karen Benton; 11- Marv and Molly Hendershot
Lay Readers- Sat- Sandra Perricone; 8:30- Karen Benton; 11- Lisa Lacy
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Sat Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Projectionists: Sat- Perricone, 8:30- Yoder; 11- Masters
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ : Who was Adonijah?
He was the fourth son of David by Haggith and rival to the throne with Solomon. He even declared himself king ,but David had Solomon anointed king and Solomon later had him put to death.
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TODAY'S QUIZ: How many chariots and horses did Solomon have?
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NEWS!!!!
MEN'S BREAKFAST IS THIS SATURDAY AT 8AM!!!!
Come for the food! Stay for the Bible Study!
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VOTER'S MEETING THIS SUNDAY AT 9:45
All confirmed members of St. John's 18 years old and up are voting members of St. John's! Be there!!
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QUILT DRAWING IS THIS SUNDAY DURING THE VOTER'S MEETING!
There's still time to get your tickets! Call 456-2888 to get them today!
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MARILYN FOSTER'S RETIREMENT LUNCHEON IS THIS SUNDAY, MAY 21 AT NOON!
Let's shower her with gift cards and money to show our appreciation and send her into retirement with our love!
We will have fried chicken and cake, and we are asking each family to bring either a side dish or salad. Cake will be provided as well.
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ARMED FORCES SUNDAY DOOR OFFERING WILL BE ON MAY 20 and 21!!
We will be a collecting a door offering to provide for Bible sticks for our soldiers. Most armed forces personnel can't take their phone or computers with them when they are deployed and paper Bibles are too inconvenient. Bible sticks are just the right size and can fit easily into a pocket and carried wherever they go. Each Bible stick cost $25 to make and to ship. There have been over 800,000 of these Bible sticks given to soldiers since it began and thousands of more ready to ship. They just need the funds to get them out the door.
Here's one testimony from a soldier. "I am coming back into the arms of the Father who has never forsaken me. This mp3 Bible came right on time, because I have been contemplating suicide."
Please make a note for yourself to bring some money for this very worthy ministry next weekend!!!
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LITTLE LAMBS ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR IS OPEN!!!!
Student must be 3 for younger class or 4 for older class by August 1.
$45 nonrefundable registration fee required.
Registration packets can be picked up at Little Lambs during school hours and in the church office during non-school hours.
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OPERATION BACKPACK ITEMS COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IS CANNED FRUIT!!
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AGAPE DONATIONS ALWAYS ACCEPTED!!
Any nonperishable food items, diapers, toiletries, etc.!!
Perishable food items can be taken directly to Agape at 713 Powell St. in Warrenton. Call 456-4645 to find out when they're open or for more info.
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YOUR KROGER CARD CAN EARN MONEY FOR LITTLE LAMBS
Go to www.kroger.com/communityawards and register your card today!!
PRAYERS:
For PAT MANNESS as she will be undergoing extensive surgery and rehab on her hand in the near future.
For the SWEET FAMILY as they mourn the loss of Patty's mom.
For a FRIEND OF AL AND KAREN BENTON who is dealing with brain cancer.
For HUNDREDS OF OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD.
For THE PEOPLE IN UGANDA who are beginning to die from starvation due to drought and famine.
For CAROL BRAZEE recovering from sinus surgery at home.
For KEN FOSTER recovering from back surgery at home.
For PAT KING, as she is recovering from knee replacement surgery at home.
For MARILYN FOSTER as she prepares for her retirement.
For PATTY SWEET'S MOTHER, Virginia, who is on hospice care and is nearing the end of her life.
For DANIELLE MEINE KRAMER, whose leukemia is back after a brief respite from it. She had it for several years while in high school. (She grew up riding Karin's school bus to school.)
For Mim Dunn's nephew DAVID HAHN who is dealing with severe throat cancer.
For LOIS BOEGER'S MOM, EVELYN TOEDEBUSCH, who has been on hospice care for the last few months and slows down a little more every day, but is doing well.
Prayer request for the Sweet family
Please pray for the Sweet family as Patty's mom passed from death to life early this afternoon.
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Fwd: The Voice of Missouri E-Newsletter (May 12, 2017)
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Summer Sunday school teachers needed
We are in need of 2-3 Sunday school teachers to fill in from time to time throughout the Summer.
We are going to just have one big class and will be dong some fun Science activities to show how science and the Bible can go together and we can see how God is the God of science as well.
Karin Klaustermeier will be in charge of it, but she will need several people to take over when she is gone or needs a break. It wouldn't be more than three or four Sundays.
Please let me know if you are willing! THANKS
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FW: Volunteers Needed this Saturday!
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Daily Email: Thursday, May 11, 2017
Some important new news this morning. Please read all the way through!
DEVOTION: John 14:1-14 English Standard Version (ESV)
I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life
14 "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;[a] believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going."[c] 5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.[d] From now on you do know him and have seen him."
8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me[e] anything in my name, I will do it.
Jesus is going against the popular way of doing things here. He is not being all-inclusive. He is not letting people believe whatever they want to believe about him. Some might even say he is being closed minded. What am I talking about, you ask? I am talking about Jesus' restrictive and narrow words, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
You aren't going to get to God, to heaven, to eternal life any other way. You won't get there by being good enough, whatever that means. You won't get there by your own knowledge. You don't have enough. You won't get there by staying away from all the bad stuff. It's too late, you were born into that bad stuff. You won't get there by living up to God's expectations, because you haven't.
The only way you are going to get to the Father, to see Him and to live with Him forever, is through Jesus! Through His perfect life, suffering, death, and resurrection you will get to the Father. Through His unconditional love and His will you will get to see the Father face to face. Jesus is it!
To those who reject this way, truth, and life this is offensive. They can't imagine a God who wouldn't let them live, do, and believe the way they want to. T us who are being saved, we understand that the Lord Jesus is trying to save us from ourselves. He knows that every other way and every other belief only leads to death, and He doesn't want death for us. He wants life.
This gives us the ultimate comfort, because we know that our salvation and our way to the Father is not dependent upon us. We can rest assured that our salvation is already accomplished. We don't need to fear losing our salvation every time we fall into temptation. We can rest comfortably in the rock of our salvation!
I urge you to trust in Christ's promise to you today that He is the way and the truth and the life and that one day you will make it home to your heavenly Father!
Let us pray: Lord, thank you for making the way for us back to you, for providing the only truth that we need, and forgiving us life here on earth and life eternal. Amen.
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CALENDAR:
Thurs- Little Lambs Roundup (closing program) 5:45; No karate
Fri- Graduation Dinner 5:30-6:30
Sat- Worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30; Sunday school 9:45; Worship 11am; Mother's Day
______________________________________________________________________WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS WEEK:
Acolyte- 8:30- Abby Vossen; 11- Kalene Masters
Ushers- Jim Huster, Alex Heitgerd, Tom Linke, Bob Linke
Altar- Set up- Don Hance; Clean Up- Joanne Hachtel
Elders- Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Jason Cluver, 11- Al Benton
Greeters- 8:30- Lew and Dianne Feldkamp; 11- Al and Karen Benton
Lay Readers- Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Allan Dreyer; 11- Karen Benton
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Sat Pianist- Kathy Barrow
Projectionists: Sat- Mauch, 8:30- McKenzie; 11- Cluver
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ :
Who became king after David? Solomon
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TODAY'S QUIZ: Who was Adonijah?
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NEWS!!!!
MARILYN FOSTER'S RETIREMENT LUNCHEON IS SUNDAY, MAY 21 AT NOON!
Let's shower her with gift cards and money to show our appreciation and send her into retirement with our love!
We will have fried chicken and cake, and we are asking each family to bring either a side dish or salad. Cake will be provided as well.
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FLOOD HELP WORK DAY THIS SATURDAY IN EUREKA!!!
If you'd like to help with flood clean up and recovery efforts, there will be a big group led by our Missouri district Early Response Team. Check in time is 8-8:30 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Eureka, but if you can't make it by then, they will take you whenever you can get there and for as long as you can work.
I am planning on going. If you'd like to go with me, we'll meet at 7am at church! We'll be back home by 3pm. Let me know if you wanna go asap!
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OUR NEW CHURCH OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE TERRY MCKENZIE!!
Please congratulate her and pray for her and for Marilyn as they work on making the transition and as she begins her ministry at St. John's.
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ARMED FORCES SUNDAY DOOR OFFERING WILL BE ON MAY 20 and 21!!
We will be a collecting a door offering to provide for Bible sticks for our soldiers. Most armed forces personnel can't take their phone or computers with them when they are deployed and paper Bibles are too inconvenient. Bible sticks are just the right size and can fit easily into a pocket and carried wherever they go. Each Bible stick cost $25 to make and to ship. There have been over 800,000 of these Bible sticks given to soldiers since it began and thousands of more ready to ship. They just need the funds to get them out the door.
Here's one testimony from a soldier. "I am coming back into the arms of the Father who has never forsaken me. This mp3 Bible came right on time, because I have been contemplating suicide."
Please make a note for yourself to bring some money for this very worthy ministry next weekend!!!
____________________________________________________________________
LITTLE LAMBS ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR IS OPEN!!!!
Student must be 3 for younger class or 4 for older class by August 1.
$45 nonrefundable registration fee required.
Registration packets can be picked up at Little Lambs during school hours and in the church office during non-school hours.
______________________________________________________________________________
OPERATION BACKPACK ITEMS COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IS CANNED FRUIT!!
______________________________________________________________________________
AGAPE DONATIONS ALWAYS ACCEPTED!!
Any nonperishable food items, diapers, toiletries, etc.!!
Perishable food items can be taken directly to Agape at 713 Powell St. in Warrenton. Call 456-4645 to find out when they're open or for more info.
______________________________________________________________________________
YOUR KROGER CARD CAN EARN MONEY FOR LITTLE LAMBS
Go to www.kroger.com/communityawards and register your card today!!
GENERAL PRAYER
For all of our graduates, college: Kristen Toedebusch (graduated from college in December), Taryn Linke and Chris Groeber (if there are others that I am missing please let me know); High school: Conner Figura, Anna Hargrove, Ben Hoelscher, Shawn Jaeger, Conrad Schaumberg, Dana Sherman, Emma Tinnin, and Rebecca Winn that the Lord would bless them and keep their faith strong as they make transitions and move on to new things.
For all of our kids and teachers as they finish up the school year.
For PAT MANNESS as she undergoes more tests today.
For a FRIEND OF AL AND KAREN BENTON who is dealing with brain cancer.
For HUNDREDS OF OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD.
For THE PEOPLE IN UGANDA who are beginning to die from starvation due to drought and famine.
For CAROL BRAZEE recovering from sinus surgery at home.
For KEN FOSTER recovering from back surgery at home.
For PAT KING, as she is recovering from knee replacement surgery at home.
For MARILYN FOSTER as she prepares for her retirement.
For PATTY SWEET'S MOTHER, Virginia, who is on hospice care and is nearing the end of her life.
For DANIELLE MEINE KRAMER, whose leukemia is back after a brief respite from it. She had it for several years while in high school. (She grew up riding Karin's school bus to school.)
For Mim Dunn's nephew DAVID HAHN who is dealing with severe throat cancer.
For LOIS BOEGER'S MOM, EVELYN TOEDEBUSCH, who has been on hospice care for the last few months and slows down a little more every day, but is doing well.
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