Daily Email: Wednesday, June 13, 2018

2 Corinthians 5:1-17 English Standard Version (ESV)

Our Heavenly Dwelling

5 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ² For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, ³ if indeed by putting it on^[a] we may not be found naked. ⁴ For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. ⁵ He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

⁶ So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, ⁷ for we walk by faith, not by sight. ⁸ Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. ⁹ So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. ¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

¹¹ Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. ¹² We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. ¹³ For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. ¹⁴ For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; ¹⁵ and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

¹⁶ From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. ¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.^[b] The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

 

https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.klaustermeier/videos/10155581647708803/

 

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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK:

Wed- Disciple Makers 6:30-7:30

Thurs- Stephen Ministry meeting 6pm; Karate 6:15-7:45

Fri- Bible Study and fellowship at Hendershot's house 7pm

Sat- Men's Breakfast 8am

Sun- FATHER'S DAY; Adult Bible class 8:15; Worship 9:30; Adult Bible Class and Sunday school 10:45

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

Acolyte- Dulci Rahn

 

Ushers- Lew Feldkamp, Rich Boeger, Brett Nordwald, Scott Schulze

 

Altar- Set up- Ruth Walters; Clean Up- Terry McKenzie

 

Communion assistant- Roy Bohning

Greeters- Doug and Ruth Walters

 

 Projectionist- Schaumbergs

 

Lay Reader- Roy Bohning

 

Organist- Patty Golden

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ  How did Elijah go to heaven?  In a whirlwind seated in a chariot of fire.

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TODAY'S QUIZ:  What natural disaster happened to Judah during the reign of Joash and is spoken about in the book of Joel?

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NEWS:

DISCIPLE MAKERS TONIGHT!!  Please join us!  6:30-7:30

Name that Verse Game

Bible Rap

More Creation Learning

Exercise

Faith5

 

Kids of all ages, 0-100, are welcome to join us!  We want to see you!!  It's only an hour.  What do you have to lose?

 

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MEN'S BREAKFAST THIS SATURDAY AT 8AM!!  PLEASE JOIN US!!

Who's coming?  RSVP to pastor!!

Biscuits, sausage gravy, eggs, sausage, fruit, Bible study!!! 

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PASTOR AND ALAN HOFELDT WERE AT THE MISSOURI DISTRICT CONVENTION THIS PAST SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…   WHAT IS THE MISSOURI DISTRICT OF THE LCMS AND WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE CONVENTION?

The Missouri District is all of the 268 Lutheran Church Missouri Synod congregation located in Missouri.  We have our own system of governance and our own structure of ministry together.

Every three years a lay delegate and a pastor from each congregation meet in convention in Columbia to elect our president and officers for the next three years and to decide other important business.  Below are the results that pertain specifically to you as members of St. John's:

1. President Lee Hagan was re-elected to his second term. 
2. I (pastor) was elected as the "circuit visitor" for eight congregations (Christ, Augusta; Holy Cross, OFallon; Immanuel, Wentzville, St. Paul, New Melle; Trinity, Troy; Trinity, Wellsville, Grace, Wellsville; and St. Paul, Jonesburg).  (This basically means I will be helping out congregation when challenges arise or when they need a new pastor).
3. A restructuring was approved that is very similar to the restructuring we are doing at St. John's.  They eliminated four boards and created one new board of directors and a council on mission and ministry. 

Please say a prayer of thanks for all of those who serve at the district level and pray as they continue to assist congregations in making disciples. 

SERVANT EVENT SPOTS OPEN FOR OUR TRIP TO CORPUS CHRISTI, JULY 8-13!!!!

Who wants to go?  Reply to this email or text me at 359-1061 if you have any questions or are interested!!

It's free for those who helped with the Steak Dinner. $200 for everyone else!

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TRUSTEES WORK DAY COMING UP SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 8-Noon AT LEAST

Things on the to do list include

Replacing lights in the sanctuary

Hanging parking lot lights

Painting in office hallway

Fix tiles and base trim around altar area

Spray and pull weeds

Fix facia on outside of church by offices

Power wash old sign and side of church

Fix plexiglass in several light fixtures

Replace exterior door from preschool to playground

Fix the lights that light up the cross on the north side of the building

 

If you know of anything else that needs done, please let me or one of the trustees (Brett Nordwald, Brent Davis, Tony Perricone, Paul Brockfeld, Larry Schulze, Dave Callies, or John Hoenig) know.

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YARD SIGNS FOR THE PREGNANCY OPTIONS CENTER

Would you like to have a sign in your yard promoting the pregnancy options center? 

It simply says:

Pregnant?

Need Help?

Call 636-235-1477

 

Please sign the sign up sheet on the counter in the narthex or reply to this email and I will sign you up. 

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DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?

You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!!  Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!

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PRAYERS: 

For CAROL BRAZEE as she is very near the end of her life on earth.

 

For BUCK HAMPTON, AND MARY WILLIAMS who are all on hospice care.  

 

  For JEANNIE SIEBOLD, DENISE HOOKER (Betty Tameler's daughter),  GEORGE HOESCHER,  as they continue to deal with cancer. 

 

 

PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For CONNER FIGURA who is in Air Force basic training in San Antonio.

 

For both DAN DREYER and SAM HARGROVE as they adjust to civilian life and await their next assignments.

 

For COLTON FIGURA deployed to Turkey for five more months.

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daily Email: Thursday, June 7, 2018

 

DEVOTION:  Mark 3:20-35 English Standard Version (ESV)

²⁰ Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. ²¹ And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind."

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

²² And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." ²³ And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴ If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ²⁶ And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. ²⁷ But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.

²⁸ "Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, ²⁹ but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"—³⁰ for they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

³¹ And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. ³² And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers^[a] are outside, seeking you." ³³ And he answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" ³⁴ And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother."

 

https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.klaustermeier/videos/10155568514353803/

 

 

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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK:

Thurs- Alzheimer's Support Group 1pm; Karate 6:15

Sat- Basement reserved 1-6pm

Sun- Adult Bible class 8:15; Worship 9:30; Adult Bible Class and Sunday school 10:45

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

Acolyte- Cierra Figura

 

Ushers- Don Turnure, Don Nolte, Brent Davis, Larry Schulze

 

Altar- Set up- Terry McKenzie; Clean Up- Sandy Robine

 

Communion assistant- Randy Fischer

Greeters- Dave and Hope Tinnin

 

 Projectionist- Erv Yoder

 

Lay Reader- Don Nolte

 

Organist- Barb Dreyer

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:      Who was Jehoshaphat?

 

There was actually three of them mentioned in scripture.  It was a common name.  Here's Don Nolte's findings.

 

Recorder under David and Solomon. 2 Sam. 8:16,  a trumpeter 1 Chr. 15:24, Solomon's purveyor 1 Kings 4:17, son and successor of Asa on the throne of Judah, a God fearing king in close alliance with Israel !kings 15:24  2 Kings 8:16  2 Chr.17-21:1

TODAY'S QUIZ:  How did Elijah go to heaven?

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NEWS:

WE HAD A GREAT START TO "DISCIPLE MAKERS" LAST NIGHT!!  We were crowded in the overflow. 

 

NEXT WEEK:

Name that Verse Game

Bible Rap

More Creation Learning

Exercise

Faith5

 

Kids of all ages, 0-100, are welcome to join us!  We want to see you!!  It's only an hour.  What do you have to lose?

 

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YARD SIGNS FOR THE PREGNANCY OPTIONS CENTER

Would you like to have a sign in your yard promoting the pregnancy options center? 

It simply says:

Pregnant?

Need Help?

Call 636-235-1477

 

Please sign the sign up sheet on the counter in the narthex or reply to this email and I will sign you up. 

_________________________________________________________________________

DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?

You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!!  Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!

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PRAYERS: 

For the FAMILY OF THE PERRICONES, as a cousin of Tony's committed suicide.

 

For RON WILLIAMS AND HIS COWORKERS, as one of his coworkers had a son, who was also a coworker, commit suicide.

 

For GUS KLAUSTERMEIER, as he recovers from surgery to fix his sunken chest.

 

For CAROL BRAZEE, BUCK HAMPTON, AND MARY WILLIAMS who are all on hospice care.  

 

For LIL WINTER as she is having a procedure done on her back on Thursday.

 

For MIKE AND AMBER VOSSEN as they were in a motorcycle accident and are recovering from injuries at home.

 

For JEANNIE SIEBOLD, DENISE HOOKER (Betty Tameler's daughter),  GEORGE HOESCHER,  as they continue to deal with cancer. 

 

 

PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For CONNER FIGURA who is in Air Force basic training in San Antonio.

 

For both DAN DREYER and SAM HARGROVE as they adjust to civilian life and await their next assignments.

 

For COLTON FIGURA deployed to Turkey for five more months.

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spots open for servant/mission trip to Corpus Christi

There are a few spots that have opened up for our servant/mission trip to Corpus Christi July 8-13.... Who wants to go?

Itxs free for those who helped with the Steak Dinner. $200 for everyone else!

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DISCIPLE MAKERS STARTS TONIGHT AT 6:30 IN THE OVERFLOW!

Our new Wednesday night ministry "Disciple Makers" begins this evening at 6:30.  I am excited about it, and I hope and pray that you can make it! 

 

An hour of fun, music, art, and growing together in faith awaits! 

 

This is the perfect thing for families who are looking for a good way to connect with other families and with each other!  Please join us! 

 

It's that hour when you'd just be flipping through channels anyway, am I right?

 

Go through the preschool doors and up the stairs to the overflow! 

 

Daily Email: Wednesday, June 6, 2018

DEVOTION: 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹³ Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak, ¹⁴ knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. ¹⁵ For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

¹⁶ So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self^[a] is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, ¹⁸ as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

5 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

 

https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.klaustermeier/videos/10155566384953803/

 

 

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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK:

Wed- Disciple Makers 6:30-7:30

Thurs- Alzheimer's Support Group 1pm; Karate 6:15

Sat- Basement reserved 1-6pm

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

Acolyte- Cierra Figura

 

Ushers- Don Turnure, Don Nolte, Brent Davis, Larry Schulze

 

Altar- Set up- Terry McKenzie; Clean Up- Sandy Robine

 

Communion assistant- Randy Fischer

Greeters- Dave and Hope Tinnin

 

 Projectionist- Erv Yoder

 

Lay Reader- Don Nolte

 

Organist- Barb Dreyer

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:     

Who is considered the most evil king to ever rule Israel? Ahab

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TODAY'S QUIZ:  Who was Jehoshaphat?

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NEWS:

"DISCIPLE MAKERS" BEGINS TONIGHT AT 6:30!!

Everyone (REGARDLESS OF AGE) who wants to have fun learning the Scriptures with songs, skits, arts and crafts, and small groups will meet upstairs in the overflow at 6:30pm!  This is a fun, fast-paced, exciting opportunity to grow as a church family and grow in our own individual faith!  I'm looking forward to it!!   Please join us! 

 

Please come in the preschool doors and go up the stairs. 

 

Our main focus in this is having the adults teach the kids the faith, but as we have all experienced, sometimes kids do a great job of teaching adults the faith too!  We want parents and grandparents to stay with the kids!  We want other adults of all ages to come and participate!  IT IS FOR OUR WHOLE CHURCH FAMILY!!!  Come and enjoy fun, fellowship, and God's Word!

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YARD SIGNS FOR THE PREGNANCY OPTIONS CENTER

Would you like to have a sign in your yard promoting the pregnancy options center? 

It simply says:

Pregnant?

Need Help?

Call 636-235-1477

 

Please sign the sign up sheet on the counter in the narthex or reply to this email and I will sign you up. 

_________________________________________________________________________

DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?

You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!!  Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!

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PRAYERS: 

For the FAMILY OF THE PERRICONES, as a cousin of Tony's committed suicide.

 

For RON WILLIAMS AND HIS COWORKERS, as one of his coworkers had a son, who was also a coworker, commit suicide.

 

For GUS KLAUSTERMEIER, as he recovers from surgery to fix his sunken chest.

 

For CAROL BRAZEE, BUCK HAMPTON, AND MARY WILLIAMS who are all on hospice care.  

 

For LIL WINTER as she is having a procedure done on her back on Thursday.

 

For MIKE AND AMBER VOSSEN as they were in a motorcycle accident and are recovering from injuries at home.

 

For JEANNIE SIEBOLD, DENISE HOOKER (Betty Tameler's daughter),  GEORGE HOESCHER,  as they continue to deal with cancer. 

 

 

PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For CONNER FIGURA who is in Air Force basic training in San Antonio.

 

For both DAN DREYER and SAM HARGROVE as they adjust to civilian life and await their next assignments.

 

For COLTON FIGURA deployed to Turkey for five more months.

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daily Email: Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Genesis 3:8-15 English Standard Version (ESV)

⁸ And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool^[a] of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. ⁹ But the LordGod called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"^[b] 10 And he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." ¹¹ He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" ¹² The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." ¹³ Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

¹⁴ The Lord God said to the serpent,

"Because you have done this,
    cursed are you above all livestock
    and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
    and dust you shall eat
    all the days of your life.
¹⁵ I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring^[c] and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel."

 

https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.klaustermeier/videos/10155564051398803/

 

 

 

 

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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK:

Tues- Quilting 9-2

Wed- Disciple Makers 6:30-7:30

Thurs- Alzheimer's Support Group 1pm; Karate 6:15

Sat- Basement reserved 1-6pm

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WORSHIP WORKERS: 

Acolyte- Cierra Figura

 

Ushers- Don Turnure, Don Nolte, Brent Davis, Larry Schulze

 

Altar- Set up- Terry McKenzie; Clean Up- Sandy Robine

 

Communion assistant- Randy Fischer

Greeters- Dave and Hope Tinnin

 

 Projectionist- Erv Yoder

 

Lay Reader- Don Nolte

 

Organist- Barb Dreyer

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:     

What did God do through Elijah for the widow who used up the rest of her oil and flour to make Elijah some bread?

 

Neither her jar of flour nor her jug of oil would be empty until day the Lord would send rain upon the earth.  1 Kings 17:14.

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TODAY'S QUIZ: Who is considered the most evil king to ever rule Israel?

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NEWS:

"DISCIPLE MAKERS" BEGINS TOMORROW, JUNE 6 AT 6:30!!

On June 6 everyone who wants to have fun learning the Scriptures with songs, skits, arts and crafts, and small groups will meet upstairs in the overflow at 6:30pm!  This is a fun, fast-paced, exciting opportunity to grow as a church family and grow in our own individual faith!  I'm looking forward to it!!   Please join us! 

 

Please come in the preschool doors and go up the stairs. 

 

Our main focus in this is having the adults teach the kids the faith, but as we have all experienced, sometimes kids do a great job of teaching adults the faith too!  We want parents and grandparents to stay with the kids!  We want other adults of all ages to come and participate!  IT IS FOR OUR WHOLE CHURCH FAMILY!!!  Come and enjoy fun, fellowship, and God's Word!

______________________________________________________________________________________

YARD SIGNS FOR THE PREGNANCY OPTIONS CENTER

Would you like to have a sign in your yard promoting the pregnancy options center? 

It simply says:

Pregnant?

Need Help?

Call 636-235-1477

 

Please sign the sign up sheet on the counter in the narthex or reply to this email and I will sign you up. 

_________________________________________________________________________

DO YOU HAVE A THRIVENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OR POLICY?

You may be eligible to receive money for Little Lambs or Good Shepherd!!  Go to www.thrivent.com/choicedollars to check it out!

____________________________________________________________________________________

PRAYERS: 

For the FAMILY OF THE PERRICONES, as a cousin of Tony's committed suicide.

 

For RON WILLIAMS AND HIS COWORKERS, as one of his coworkers had a son, who was also a coworker, commit suicide.

 

For GUS KLAUSTERMEIER, as he recovers from surgery to fix his sunken chest.

 

For CAROL BRAZEE, BUCK HAMPTON, AND MARY WILLIAMS who are all on hospice care.  

 

For LIL WINTER as she is having a procedure done on her back on Thursday.

 

For MIKE AND AMBER VOSSEN as they were in a motorcycle accident and are recovering from injuries at home.

 

For JEANNIE SIEBOLD, DENISE HOOKER (Betty Tameler's daughter),  GEORGE HOESCHER,  as they continue to deal with cancer. 

 

 

PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For CONNER FIGURA who is in Air Force basic training in San Antonio.

 

For both DAN DREYER and SAM HARGROVE as they adjust to civilian life and await their next assignments.

 

For COLTON FIGURA deployed to Turkey for five more months.

 

For DAVID TATE stationed in Japan, and ALEX WALTERS, stationed in Tennessee.  That God would bless their service to our country and keep them safe as they all await possible deployment.

 

For CALEB FIGURA AND VINCE MASTERS who are both serving our country in the National Guard and take time out of their lives, jobs, and families to go on duty several times a year.