Worship canceled for today (Sunday, February 10)

Worship is canceled this morning due to ice. Join us Monday at 6:30!

Facebook live worship at 10am today!

Church tomorrow?

I probably won't have enough time to get the word out about whether or not worship is canceled for tomorrow as stuff isn't supposed to start falling till 5am. So I probably won't cancel worship unless I absolutely can't get out.

Use your own best judgment. If you think it's too dangerous for you, stay home.

Have a great night everyone!

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St. John's Softball team???

Anyone interested in getting a church softball team together again? I'm willing to get it together if I can get enough people! We need around 12 people with an equal number of men and women. Let me know asap as I think registration is going to close soon. Registration is $360 per team so if we get 12 players that's $30 a person. The league starts April 7.

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DAILY DEVOTION AND CHURCH NEWS: Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019

DEVOTION: Matthew 4:12-17 English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹²Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. ¹³And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

¹⁵"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
    the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
¹⁶the people dwelling in darkness
    have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
    on them a light has dawned."

¹⁷From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Luke 4:16-5:10 English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷And 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,
¹⁹to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

²⁰And 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. ²¹And he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." ²²And 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?" ²³And 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.'" ²⁴And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. ²⁵But 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, ²⁶and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.²⁷And 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."²⁸When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. ²⁹And 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. ³⁰But passing through their midst, he went away.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

³¹And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath, ³²and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. ³³And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴"Ha!^[b] What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God." ³⁵But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. ³⁶And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!" ³⁷And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Jesus Heals Many

³⁸And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. ³⁹And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

⁴⁰Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. ⁴¹And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

⁴²And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, ⁴³but he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose." ⁴⁴And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.^[c]

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

5 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, ²and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. ³Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. ⁴And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." ⁵And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." ⁶And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. ⁷They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." ⁹For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, ¹⁰and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men."

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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK:

Thurs- Alzheimers Support group w/special presentation 1pm; Karate 6:15-7:45

Sun- Adult Bible Class 8am; Traditional Worship 9; Fellowship, Sunday school and adult Bible class 10:15; Chapel 10:45

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WORSHIP WORKERS:

Sunday, 9am—

Acolyte- Savannah Masters

Ushers- Don Turnure, Dave Burmeister, Brent Davis, Larry Schulze

Communion assistant- Steve McDowell

Lay reader- Steve McDowell

Projectionist- Kathy Fischer

Altar Set Up- Marilyn Foster

Tellers- Team #2

Sunday 10:45

Acolyte- Tyler Faerber

Worship assistant- Dave Winter

Projectionist- Sarah Cluver

Monday, 6:30-

Acolyte- Abby Vossen

Worship assistant- Sam Johnson

Projectionist- Cara Klaustermeier

Altar clean up- Pam Linke

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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ: Who was Eleazar and what was his job as priest? Which Eleazar? (Don Nolte reminded me that there were two Eleazars and that both of them were priests. Aaron's son, Eleazar the first was to be in charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offerings, and the anointing oil. He is to be in charge of the entire tabernacle and everything in it. , including its holy furnishings and articles. Numbers 4:16

Son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23) Chief of the Levites and high priest or (2) Son of Abinadab (I Sam. 7:1 Chief of David's mighty men, a Levite and a priest. The duty of the priest was to keep guard of the sanctuary, offer sacrifices and serve at the tent of meetings. Num. 18

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TODAY'S QUIZ:

What was used as a signal to call the community together and have them set out on their journey?

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NEWS:

ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP WILL HAVE A SPECIAL SPEAKER TODAY AT 1PM!

To talk about normal brain aging versus abnormal and what the signs of dementia and Alzheimer's often look like.

PLEASE TURN IN YOUR BABY BOTTLES THIS WEEK!!!

If you didn't turn in your baby bottle yesterday at worship please bring it back filled with money! We need your donations asap!! The Warren County Options Center thanks you for your support!

LADIES BREAKFAST AND BIBLE STUDY STARTING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 AT 8AM!!

You read that right! The women of our congregation will be able to gather for breakfast along with the men once a month and then we will separate and each of us will have our own Bible studies.

Lois Boeger will be leading the women's Bible study, and pastor will be leading the men's.

LADIES, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS TO START THIS EFFORT OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT!!! Please rsvp to let me know whether or not you will be there so I can prepare enough food for everyone!!

END OF THE YEAR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS ARE IN YOUR CHURCH MAILBOXES!!

Are you working on your taxes yet? Get to work and don't forget to claim your church offerings!!

ST JOHN'S GOALS FOR 2019!!!
A 10% increase in worship attendance.

A 5% increase in Bible study attendance

Add two new Bible study opportunities during the week

Add two new outreach events to reach out to the community.

If you are a member of St. John's and you think these goals are good ones, then I encourage you to do your part to make them a reality!!

PRAYERS:

For those dealing with cancer and treatments HAROLD ANDERSON, JOHN MORRIS, father in law of Elise Morris; GEORGE HOELSCHER, PASTOR RON LEHENBAUER, MARY BREUER, MARI GILB, both friends of Sandy Robine, Toni Mauch's brother RAY, and hundreds of others who are dealing with this dreaded disease. That God would provide healing and relief, but that God would also work through the pain and suffering to bring faith and in crease faith in those who need it. .

For DIANNE FELDKAMP'S SISTER, DONNA MAYES, who has been diagnosed with ALS, and her other sister, DEBBIE BURGER, who has been diagnosed with Grave's disease.

PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL:

For COLTON FIGURA AND DANNY DREYER who are both home but remain on active duty in the military.

For CONNER FIGURA going through tech training for the Air Force. .

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

Pregnancy Options Center of Warren County Banquet is Thursday, March 21!!

Calling all Pro-lifers!!

The Pregnancy Options Center of Warren County needs your support! There are two ways that you can support it through our banquet coming up on Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 at Holy Rosary!!

You can attend the banquet and make a pledge or a one time donation at or before that evening!

You can be an underwriter and help to pay for the cost of the event. This is good for businesses as you would get the name of your business listed as an underwriter and supporter of the POC.

If you want to do either or both of these things, please contact me 636-359-1061 or reply to this message! Thanks so much!