Here's Sunday's sermon for the many who didn't here it this past weekend.
It's especially a good word for those who think their worth is based on their accomplishments and success… or lack of it!
Have a blessed week y'all!
https://youtu.be/LJcArsoo0MY
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15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love[a] toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Paul just can't stop talking about Jesus. Notice what he starts off with in this passage. He spends the first three verses talking about the person or people to whom he is writing and the wonderful faith they have, but then he transitions to all about Jesus and the next twelve verses are all about him.
He doesn't expand on what the people are all about. He only expands on what Jesus is all about.
I could write devotions and articles and whole books about all the wonderful people that are part of the St. John's family. There are A LOT of fantastic people who make up St. John's! You all do many wonderful things. You work hard! You take care of your families. You show your love for the Lord in many and various ways. I am proud of you all, and so is Jesus!
Yet, my lauding and magnifying you is not going to help you one bit. What's going to help you is JESUS! He alone can give you faith! He alone can work a good work in you! He alone can change your heart and mind and bring you to repentance when you falter and fail. And He alone can bring you to heaven to be with Him forever!
So yes, I am proud of the many gracious and fantastic members off St. John's, but I am much more proud and will continue to magnify and praise the Lord Jesus above all things, because He alone is the Way, and the Truth, and the Life!
Prayer: Lord, I thank you for creating, giving faith to, and sustaining the members of St. John's! I thank you for making them who you have called them to be. Most of all I thank you for giving them Jesus and raising them to eternal life with you by grace through faith. Amen. _______________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Wed- Oak Pointe Worship 10am; Youth Night 6:30-7:30
Thurs- Karate 6:15-7:45; Lutheranism 101 6:30
Fri- Assemble newsletter
Sat- Worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30; Sunday school 9:45; Worship 11am
______________________________________________________________________WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS WEEK:
Acolyte- 8:30- Cierra Figura; 11- Addie Hoelscher
Ushers- Allan Dreyer, Lew Feldkamp, Kent Jacobsmeyer, Paul Klover
Altar- Set up- Terry McKenzie; Clean Up- Lois Boeger
Elders- Sat- Jason Cluver; 8:30- Al Benton????, 11- Steve Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Lew and Dianne Feldkamp; 11- Steve and Sandy Robine
Lay Readers- Sat- Judy Koprowski; 8:30- Jennifer Figura; 11- Stephanie Owenby
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Sat Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Projectionists: Sat- Fischer, 8:30- Schaumberg; 11- Sherman
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ :
Find a verse in Proverbs that talks about too much wealth being a bad thing.
(I'll leave this up again today.)
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NEWS!!!!
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP FOR 12-18 YEAR OLDS IS EVERY WEDNESDAY DURING THE SUMMER FROM 6:30-7:30!!
Come for the Bible Study…. Stay for the fun!
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PARADE FLOAT MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 6 AT 7PM!!
Would you like to participate in building a float to represent St. John's in our Fair Parade? Come to this meeting to give your ideas. We'd like to do something to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
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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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PRAYERS:
For MARIANNE LINKE, who is recovering from heart catheterization and repair.
For SUE RUHL, as she remains hospitalized with a broken hip.
For Dawn Frye's dad, WALTER BRADLEY, who has been diagnosed with cancer and will be undergoing intense radiation therapy.
For LOIS BOEGER'S MOM, EVELYN TOEDEBUSCH, as she has been moved to Breeze Park for more extensive and round the clock care.
For PAT MANNESS as she will be undergoing extensive surgery and rehab on her hand next Friday, May 26.
For a FRIEND OF AL AND KAREN BENTON who is dealing with brain cancer.
For CAROL BRAZEE recovering from sinus surgery at home.
For MARILYN FOSTER as she prepares for her retirement.
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 off the treatments for a month and then he will have tests to see
how the cancer is doing. He is still using the feeding tube.
For PAT MANGELEE, a good friend of Marilyn Foster's daughter Tabitha, who has liver and kidney failure.
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1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
4 And while staying[a] with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
Sometimes, as Christians, we get too focused on when Jesus will come back, and we fail to realize and live in the fact that we have the Lord with us and in us right now. We are already living in grace!
The disciples were told to wait in Jerusalem until the promised Holy Spirit came upon them. They weren't told to wait until he came back. In last week's Gospel reading we heard the same promise of the Holy Spirit from Jesus.
The power and peace of the Holy Spirit is nothing to sneeze at. It is, as it were, a little bit of heave on earth. When we know by faith that we are saved from our sin and that our creator holds nothing against us because of his Son, we have that peace that goes above and beyond all understanding. When the Holy Spirit lives in us he gives us faith and guides us in the faith. He works through His means of grace to bring about faith and continually increase and sustain that faith!
What a blessing it is to know that we are already in the grace of God. What a joy it is to know the heavenly Father loves us so. What a peace it gives all of us to know that he is with us and in us every step of the way!
Prayer: Lord Jesus, we thank and praise you for sending your Holy Spirit into us so that we need not fear, but can rejoice in the love and forgiveness you give us. Keep us in the faith and increase our faith daily. Amen.
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CALENDAR:
Tues- Quilting 9-2
Wed- Oak Pointe Worship 10am; Youth Night 6:30-7:30
Thurs- 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- Cierra Figura; 11- Addie Hoelscher
Ushers- Allan Dreyer, Lew Feldkamp, Kent Jacobsmeyer, Paul Klover
Altar- Set up- Terry McKenzie; Clean Up- Lois Boeger
Elders- Sat- Jason Cluver; 8:30- Al Benton????, 11- Steve Robine
Greeters- 8:30- Lew and Dianne Feldkamp; 11- Steve and Sandy Robine
Lay Readers- Sat- Judy Koprowski; 8:30- Jennifer Figura; 11- Stephanie Owenby
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Sat Pianist- Molly Hendershot
Projectionists: Sat- Fischer, 8:30- Schaumberg; 11- Sherman
________________________________________________________________
YESTERDAY'S QUIZ :
Find a verse in Proverbs that is a father speaking to his son.
Chapters 2-7 are all about a father talking to his son (Thanks Don)
(Actually, the whole book of Proverbs was written in such a way as a father talking to his son.)
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TODAY'S QUIZ: Find a verse in Proverbs that talks about too much wealth being a bad thing.
_________________________________________________________________
NEWS!!!!
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP FOR 12-18 YEAR OLDS IS EVERY WEDNESDAY DURING THE SUMMER FROM 6:30-7:30!!
Come for the Bible Study…. Stay for the fun!
____________________________________________________________________
PARADE FLOAT MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 6 AT 7PM!!
Would you like to participate in building a float to represent St. John's in our Fair Parade? Come to this meeting to give your ideas. We'd like to do something to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
___________________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________________________
PRAYERS:
For MARIANNE LINKE, who is hospitalized because of heart attack symptoms. She is having a heart catheterization today.
For SUE RUHL, as she remains hospitalized with a broken hip
For Dawn Frye's dad, WALTER BRADLEY, who has been diagnosed with cancer and will be undergoing intense radiation therapy.
For LOIS BOEGER'S MOM, EVELYN TOEDEBUSCH, as she has been moved to Breeze Park for more extensive and round the clock care.
For PAT MANNESS as she will be undergoing extensive surgery and rehab on her hand next Friday, May 26.
For a FRIEND OF AL AND KAREN BENTON who is dealing with brain cancer.
For CAROL BRAZEE recovering from sinus surgery at home.
For MARILYN FOSTER as she prepares for her retirement.
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 off the treatments for a month and then he will have tests to see
how the cancer is doing. He is still using the feeding tube.
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