The Spirit of St.John - St. John Lutheran Church of Owatonna

The
Spirit of St. John
Newsletter of St. John Lutheran Church
July 2016
The Mission of St. John Lutheran Church: “We are disciples of Christ,
gathered to celebrate and sent into the world to proclaim God’s Good News.”
“A Message from Bishop Steve Delzer”
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I spent yesterday morning and early afternoon participating in the
celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Mabel First Lutheran Church in
Mabel. The worship service and the dinner and program that followed were
filled with thankful celebration for the blessings of the past 125 years of
ministry in the Mabel community, and a joyful expectation for the future into
which Jesus is leading this congregation. As I drove away my heart was filled
with joy and peace.
Then I turned on the radio and heard the awful news about the shooting in
Orlando, Florida. My first thought was, "O God, not again!" Feeling like my
heart was breaking over this senseless act of violence, and on the verge of
tears for the victims and their families and friends, the words that came to
mind were those words of lament from Psalm 13:
How long, O Lord? Will you forget (us) forever?
How long will you hide your face from (us)?
How long must (we) bear pain in (our) soul,
and have sorrow in our heart all day long?
Consider and answer (us), O Lord (our) God!
Since yesterday afternoon I have struggled with what to say that might be
helpful in the midst of yet another tragic and painful event. I invite you to
join me in the following for the next 30 days:
Each morning pray the prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi (ELW, p. 87):
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow
love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where
there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness,
light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be
consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to
love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are
pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Each day ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to intentionally seek some way
every day to be an instrument of God's peace in what you say, or in the way
you think, or in what you write, or in what you post on Facebook, or in what
St. John Lutheran Church
Each evening pray these petitions from the second set of Prayers of
Intercession from the Service of Healing in the ELW Occasional Services for
the Assembly (pages 273-274):
Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, and especially for
all who are suffering or are in any affliction.
Merciful God, you sent your Son to be our peace. Help all those who suffer
any pain or grief, hopelessness or anxiety. In your great mercy, hear us, O
God.
God of peace and reconciliation, bring an end to the sickness of the world,
especially violence, terrorism, war, and their causes. In your great mercy,
hear us, O God.
Loving God, mend broken relationships and bring peace to our families,
our congregation(s), (our) communities, and the world. In your great
mercy, hear us, O God.
O God, we bring these intercessions before you, knowing that you will hear
us as you have promised, and will answer according to the mercy shown in
Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
May our prayers, our words, and our actions help to bring to our
communities and our world healing, hope, joy, and the peace of God that
passes all human understanding.
FREEZER FOR SALE
Our church council recently authorized the purchase of a new double door
freezer for the kitchen which has been delivered and installed. As a result, the old
white freezer is for sale for $100.00. If you are interested in purchasing the
freezer, please contact Leroy Holthus at 213-1090 or Corey Ihrke at 676-5641.
SUMMER FOOD ROCKS!
FREE meals available to ALL children ages 1-18.
No income guidelines, simply show up at the site of your choice!
Wilson Elementary - 325 Meadow Lane, Owatonna
Breakfast
Hot Lunch
Monday—Thursday 8:00—8:30 am
Monday—Thursday 12:15—12:45 p.m.
July 11th through August 4th
July 11th through August 4th
Owatonna Junior High - 500 15th Street NE, Owatonna
(Enter through NW Athletic doors)
Lunch Only
Monday—Friday
12:15—12:45 p.m.
June 13th through August 12th
(No lunch Monday July 4th)
Children ages 1-18 east for FREE
July 2016
Minutes St. John Lutheran Church Council (Unapproved)
June 13, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Informational Items:
None.
Action Items:
M/S/P (Weiss/Jirele) Motion to amend the dates of the Growth & Giving
Challenge to 05/09/2016 to 12/31/2016.
M/S/P (Weiss/Jirele) Motion to liquidate the Fastenal stock given by the
Don Tuerk estate.
M/S/P (Weiss/Jirele) Motion to invest $100,000.00 from the Don Tuerk
gift in the Mission Investment Fund.
M/S/P (Reese/Rau) Motion to purchase a new double door freezer for the
kitchen at $3585.00 plus $320 for delivery & installation with funds
from the WELCA fund.
Members Transfer In: M/S/P (Reese/Jirele)
Linda Healy
Members Transfer Out
Chad Grams
Correspondence:
Thank you from Steele County Food Shelf
Thank you from Steele County Clothesline.
Thank you from Pastor Jim / Ministerial Fund.
Thank you from the MN Adult & Teen Challenge.
Respectfully submitted,
RELAY FOR LIFE - JOIN OUR TEAM
The event will take place on Friday, July 15, 2016 from 6:00pm–6:00am at the
Owatonna Fairgrounds. We will also be having a family campout at the St. John
church fairground parking lot that evening for the walkers to rest and
spend time with others in the congregation. We would like this to be
an all church event and look forward to a huge success to do our part
in helping to put an end to cancer. For more information, contact
Jessica Rau at [email protected] or call her at 507-676-8031.
Owatonna Community Blood Drive
The American Red Cross will hold their Community Blood Drive at St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church on Wednesday, July 13, and Thursday, July 14,
from 12:00—6:00 pm, and Friday, July 18 from 8:00 am—1:00 pm. To
schedule an appointment, please call 1-800-733-2767; register online at
Sharon Arndt, Secretary
Sponsor a Radio Broadcast
**********************************************************
If you would like to sponsor a radio broadcast, the following dates are
available in 2016. The cost of sponsoring a radio broadcast is $95. Please call
the church office at 451-7293 to reserve your date(s). Thank you.
July 17, 24
August 21, 28
St. John Lutheran Church
Gifts and Memorials
May 16, 2016 to June 19, 2016
MEMORIALS
Chuck Fuller
Furnace, AC, and Parking Lot Fund
Elvira Middlestadt
Furnace, AC, and Parking Lot Fund
Garden and Landscaping Fund
Radio Fund
St. John Foundation
WELCA
Youth Fund
Chuck Mittelstadt
Undesignated Gift & Memorial Fund
$
20.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
105.00
330.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
20.00
$ 100.00
GIFTS
St. John Prayer Chain
The prayer chain, a ministry at
St. John, intercedes for those in
need. To add names to the prayer
chain, please notify Pastor Dave,
the church office at 451-7293, or
you may write your request on paper and place
it in the prayer box located on the narthex welcome table.
Prayer Chain requests are not publicized
unless it is requested to be added to the weekly
Baptisms
Malia Marie Hachfeld
June 11
Dana Marie Hachfeld
June 11
Gavriel Joel Sanchez-Sorensen
June 11
Ryker Robert Anhorn
June 12
Noah Arlen Tacheny
June 12
Weddings
None
Funerals
None
ST. JOHN SCRIP PROGRAM
THANK YOU to everyone who use Scrip cards. Your support really does
make a difference. Remember, SCRIP is great for your regular household
purchases and for gifts throughout the year. Stop by the SCRIP table on
Sundays between services or at the church office during the week to purchase
SCRIP. For any questions, contact the church office at 451-7293 or Gloria
Zimmermann at 455-2346.
As of May 31, 2016, our YTD profit earned is $797.42. Thank you to all
who support our SCRIP program through your purchases. It is greatly
appreciated!
We have numerous local retail SCRIP cards in stock and many, many others
(local and non-local) are available to order in. A complete retailer list can be
July 2016
ST JOHN INCOME AND EXPENSE
5-31-2016
May
Actual
May
Budget
YTD Actual
YTD Budget
Income
$ (298,753.22)* $
27,290.41
$ 242,817.57
$ 169,802.05
Expense
$
69,089.93
$
30,355.81
$ 203,976.88
$ 163,042.05
Net Income
(Loss)
$ (355,839.81)
$
( 3,065.40)
$
38,840.69
$
6,760.00
$
15,028.20
Chg in Bal. Sheet
Sale of 3M Stock+ $
Record Gift
MIF Loan – Princ. $
Street Assess. Princ $
Adjusted
Income (Loss)
15,028.20
(697.77)
(2,327.09)
$
$
(526.30)
(2,327.09)
$ (53,154.59)
$ (2,327.09)
$
$
(2,614.59)
(2,327.09)
$ (355,839.81)
$
(5,918.79)
$
$
1,818.32
(1,612.79)
*Moved Tuerk Estate investments recorded in February 2016 out of income into dedicated
savings. Income will be recognized at the time the funds are used (spent).
+Income recorded at the time the gift was received (2015). When stock sold in 2016, proceeds
As of May 31, 2016:
HVAC & Parking Lot Loan Balance
Less: Dedicated Funds
Net Loan Balance
Total Pledged
$ 198,121.50
$ (33,796.28)
$ 164,325.22
$ 65,520.36
The “Growing in Giving Challenge”
As your church council has been deliberating how best to steward the
generous gift that Don Tuerk left to the church, one of the four areas they have
been looking at has to do with a matching challenge to the whole congregation
as a way of paying down, or even paying off, our recent debt for the major
project that was for the new “Heating, A/C, and Parking Lot resurfacing.”
Here is the challenge your council is setting before the entire congregation:
All the gifts given and/or pledged between now and the end of the year,
designated for the “Heating, A/C, and Parking Lot,” will be matched dollar for
dollar up to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars. Should all of our
giving reach this goal it will not only pay off the entire loan we now have, but
any additional monies will be used to pay down the three street assessments
we have from the past few summers. (12th St., 14th St., and Lincoln Ave.)
St. John Lutheran Church
St. John July Caring Cupboard
During the month of July we will be continuing to accept monetary donations
for the ELCA Malaria Campaign. These donations may be taken to the office or
placed in the offering plate designated as “Malaria Campaign”.
In addition, we will be accepting monetary donations for the Weekend Pantry.
These donations may be taken to the office or placed in the offering plate
designated as “Weekend Pantry”.
A Note From ST. John Missional Ministries
A heartfelt THANK YOU on behalf of the Hospitality House to
all the caring persons who volunteered a meal for the residents thru
August 3rd!
Meals are provided to the Hospitality House the first and third
Thursdays of the month. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex if
GREETING CARD MINISTRY
This group meets the first Wednesday at 1:00 pm and would welcome anyone
interested in joining them to make lovely, inexpensive greeting cards. In the
narthex, a new display rack, donated by Marcia Nelson, allows for easier viewing
ST. JOHN GARDENS
We have a great need right now for volunteers to keep
down the weeds in the church gardens! If you can devote
an hour or so at your convenience, we can maintain an
appealing and welcoming approach to our house of worship.
If you’re not sure if it’s a weed, keep looking—you will
find something you know for sure is a weed. Please contact
Arlene Dammel at 612-991-2340 if you are able to help. Thank you!
Weekend Pantry program
Thank you to everyone for their support of the Weekend Pantry Partnership,
between Our Saviors Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran Church, Sacred Heart
Catholic Church. Our final food pack was on June 3. Through the partnership,
we were able to help 20 families, including 98 adults and children, with food
support during the school year. Our volunteers put in approximately 125 hours
each month ordering, shelving, and packing food for these families. The total
cost per individual for weekend meals during the year was $153. We are thankful
for reasonably priced food from Channel One in Rochester and locally to Kwik
Trip, Schultz Organic Farms, and Fareway Foods for their help with the project.
It has been a great year for learning and for helping. Plans are underway to
resume on September 16th. Hopefully we will be able to add families to our
numbers. Additional volunteers will be needed and welcomed! As Christians we
should help and serve our neighbors. God’s Work, Our Hands.
July 2016
Happenings
Board Meetings
Children, Youth, No July Meeting
and Family
Light Lutheran Lunch
Wednesday, July 27
12:00 NOON
Everyone is invited and may bring
a friend or two for a meal and
some fun fellowship.
The meal will consist of:
Old Fashioned Weiners on a Bun,
Baked Beans, Potato Salad,
Cole slaw, Dessert, and beverage.
Men’s Bible Study
Christian
Service
No July meeting
Education
No July Meeting
Fellowship
July 5, 1:30 pm
Fundraising and No July meeting
Events
Missional
Ministries
July 5, 5:00 pm
Properties
July 26, 12:00 pm
Worship and
Music
July 26, 4:30 pm
Council
August 8, 6:00 pm
The Men’s Bible Study meets every Executive Board July 21, 6:00 pm
Wednesday at 11:45 am at Pizza Ranch.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
July 6, 1:00 pm
Greeting Card
Ministry
Quilting group
If you are interested in helping,
the quilting group meets on the 2nd
and 4th Tuesdays of each month at
Altar Guild
July 2, 8:30 am
Eucharist
Ministers
July 18, 4:15 pm
Newsletter Crew July 25, 1:00 pm
Sponsor a Family with
weekend pantry
If you would like to sponsor a weekend
pantry, the following dates are available in
2016. The cost of sponsoring a weekend
pantry is $100. Please call the church
office at 451-7293 to reserve your date(s).
Thank you.
July 10, 17, 31
Sunday Worship
Traditional Worship
8:00 a.m.
Blended Worship
9:30 a.m.
Saturday Worship
Contemporary Worship
5:00 p.m.
Thursday Vespers
5:00 p.m.
1301 Lincoln Avenue
Owatonna, MN 55060-4099
St. John Lutheran Church
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Boundary Waters Bible Camp
July 7—July 11
Depart 7:30 am; Return approx. 9:00
pm
Relay for Life
July 15 - 16
Park cars at SCFF
Rally Sunday
August 18
September 11
JOIN THE ST. JOHN RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM
The event will take place on Friday, July 15, 2016 from 6:00pm–6:00am at the Owatonna
Fairgrounds. We will also be having a family campout at the St. John church fairground
parking lot that evening for the walkers to rest and spend time with others in the
congregation. We would like this to be an all church event and look forward to a huge
success to do our part in helping to put an end to cancer. For more information, contact
Jessica Rau at [email protected] or call her at 507-676-8031.
OKTOBERFEST 2016
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JULY 2016
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH
Sunday
Church
Office: 451-7293
Fax: 451-3001
Kitchen: 451-0362
Monday
Pastor Dave
Office: 451-7293
Cell: 676-1212
Tuesday
Wednesday
Intern Pastor Karl
Office: 451-7293
Cell: 727-415-8811
Thursday
Altar Guild
Pat Giesler
507-685-4672
Friday
1
Saturday
2
8:30 am Altar Guild
5:00 pm Contemporary Worship
Klein Ranch
3 7th Sunday of Pentecost
4
5
6
8:00 am Traditional Worship
9:30 am Blended Worship
10:30 am Blended Practice
INDEPENDENCE DAY
OFFICE CLOSED
12:00 pm Owatonna Clergy
1:30 pm Fellowship Bd. Mtg.
5:00 pm Missional Ministries
Bd. Mtg.
5:30 pm TOPS (Rm #39)
8:30 am Staff Mtg (Leroy)
11:45 am Men’s Bible Study *
1:00 pm Greeting Card Ministry
7
8
9
5:00 pm Vespers Worship
5:00 pm Contemporary Worship
Summer String Lessons 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Boundary Waters Canoe Trip
10 8th Sunday of Pentecost
11
12
9:00 am Quilting
5:30 pm TOPS (Rm #39)
8:00 am Traditional Worship
9:30 am Blended Worship
10:30 am Blended Practice
Boundary Waters Canoe Trip
17 9th Sunday of Pentecost
8:00 am Traditional Worship
9:30 am Blended Worship
10:30 am Blended Practice
18
4:15 pm Eucharist Ministers
24 10th Sunday of Pentecost 25
8:00 am Traditional Worship
9:30 am Blended Worship
10:30 am Blended Practice
1:00 pm Newsletter Crew
13
8:30 am Staff Mtg (Karl)
11:45 am Men’s Bible Study *
15
16
NEWSLETTER
INFO DUE
5:00 pm Vespers Worship
5:00 pm Contemporary Worship
Summer String Lessons 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
19
3:00 pm Park Place—Comm.
5:30 pm TOPS (Rm #39)
20
8:30 am Staff Mtg (Joyce)
11:45 am Men’s Bible Study *
26
27
9:00 am Quilting
12:00 pm Properties Meeting
4:30 pm Worship & Music
Bd. Mtg.
5:30 pm TOPS (Rm #39)
8:30 am Staff Mtg (Pastpr Dave)
11:45 am Men’s Bible Study *
12:00 pm Light Lutheran Lunch
31 11th Sunday of Pentecost
8:00 am Traditional Worship
9:30 am Blended Worship
10:30 am Blended Practice
Holy Communion is offered at ALL worship services.
14
* Held at Pizza Ranch
21
22
5:00 pm Vespers Worship
6:00 pm Executive Bd. Mtg
28
5:00 pm Vespers Worship
23
5:00 pm Contemporary Worship
29
30
5:00 pm Contemporary Worship
Date
Ushers
Co
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Acolytes
Vault Duty
Greeters
Lectors
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Sue Reese
Fra Ku ista, Ja e Middlestadt
TBD
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Ge e Nelso
Reu e a d LaDo
Kathy Gordo
July
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— th Su day of Pe tecost
:
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# Bloo e rader # Ja ke
Russ Karle
Jef a d Krisie Kapla
Gloria Zi
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Sharo Ar dt
Euge e Kru ke erg, Gary Liedtke
Ja kie Gei g
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— th Su day of Pe tecost
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Sa dy Jirele
Sharo Stark, Cheryl Sore se
Sa dy Boss
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Terry a d De Hof a
Sharo Ar dt
Jea Weiss
Da a d Sa dy Ja ke
Jef Spri g org
Julie Wuger
Ja i e Walker
Be ky Haas
July
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# Mitelstadt
# Lewiso
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# Nelso
# Oeltje
July
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:
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# Joh so
# Jirele
Jessi a Rau
Mari a d Darle e Je se
Jessi Karle
:
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# Ku at
# Peterso
Ge e Nelso
Chris a d Adrie Ja o so
TBD
August -
th Su day of Pe tecost
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# Skali ky
# Stark
Corey Ihrke
Clayto a d Bar A derso
Gloria Zi
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# Bishop
# Gei g
Sharo Ar dt
Ja es a d Julie E eli g
TBD
Radio A
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July : Russ Karle
July
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A.M.
: Ro Marschel
July
: Ge e Nelso
July
: Ti
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July
: Gordy Zi
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August : Les Gei g