- St. John`s!
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- St. John`s!
Coming Events Sun Feb 22 9:00am Worship 10:15am Adult-Teen Bible Class/Sunday School 1:00pm Church Volleyball - Sleepy Eye Middle School Gym Door #1 Mon Feb 23 Pastry Puffin Sale Begins 11:30am Circuit Meeting - Gibbon 7:00pm Worship 8:00pm Adult-Teen Bible Class Tue Feb 24 9:00am Newsletter Assembly 5:00pm Parent Basketball Scrimmage - St. Mary's, HS Gym 6:00pm Sunday School Staff Mtg. 6:00pm St John's on TV - Channel 8 7:00pm Choir Practice Wed Feb 25 1:30pm St John's on TV- Channel 8 4:30pm Lenten Worship 5:30pm Lenten Meal (BBQ's served by Youth Group) 7:00pm Lenten Worship Thu Feb 26 4:00pm SECC Worship 6:30pm Dave Ramseys' Financial Peace University Class Portraits of Christ to Remember Fri Feb 27 No Afternoon Bus 4:30pm MLC BB Tournament Sat Feb 28 MLC BB Tournament Sun Mar 1 9:00am Worship w/communion 10:15am Adult-Teen Bible Class/Sunday School 1:00pm Church Volleyball - Sleepy Eye Middle School Gym Door #1 MLC BB Tournament (TBA) BB Fun Night - Happy Joe's (BB Players/ Cheerleaders) - after the tournament Mon Mar 2 2:00pm Ladies Aid Mtg 7:00pm Worship w/communion 8:00pm Adult-Teen Bible Class STEWARDSHIP STATISTICS 2-8-15 Year-to-Date Receipts Needed Year-to-Date Weekly Avg. 32 wk Fund Weekly Receipts Needed/Week Home $3,139.10 $7,560.00 $222,486.63 $241,920.00 Synod $221.00 $ 481.00 $14,443.92 $15,392.00 MVL $163.00 $ 288.00 $ 8,302.08 $9,216.00 Attendance St. John’s Lutheran Church and School Church 10am: 124 (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) 221 Walnut Street SE • 216 3rd Ave SE Sleepy Eye, Minnesota 56085 Bible Class SECC 14 12 Rev. Chris Cordes, Pastor ~ Mr. Dan Rick, Principal 507-794-4500 [email protected] 920-312-3829 [email protected] Church and School Office: (507) 794-6200 • Fax: (507) 794-6202 www.stjohnsse.com 1st Sunday in Lent February 22, 2015 • Welcome, guests! If our form of worship seems unfamiliar, that’s okay. If it feels like you’re joining a conversation already in progress, you are! In a way the family of God has been visiting with him for centuries and the style of conversation has developed over time. But after a short time of listening and observing, you’ll find yourself caught up and participating in this long-felt joy of conversation between God and his dearly loved people. What’s next? If you’re just getting back to church or looking for a new church, let this be your road map on the journey. → Come back next week. The connection between yourself and Christ gets closer and stronger with more listening to his word, the Bible. And the connection with his people grows also as we experience his truth and love together, extending his peace in our relationships. → Sign up for The Four Key Concepts. This short course gives you the very basics for a good relationship with God. If you know anything from the Bible, know these four keys! Then the rest of the Bible starts to open up for you. → Sign up for Bible Inquirer’s Class. This comparative religions course digs into the Bible’s basic teachings while letting you see how other religions and denominations, including ours, handle those teachings. You get to see the Bible’s own word on these topics and let God’s Spirit show you what the Bible says. This is a prerequisite for membership here because we base membership not on feelings and style but on unity in God’s precious truths. • Personal Hearing Devices are available in the pass-through window near the elevator. • Please silence or turn off your cell, for an undisturbed worship hour! • Restrooms are downstairs, through doors on the west wall. Basketball Update: Congratulations to the St. John's basketball team for competing in eight games in three days and winning six of them! On Thursday, February 12th the Warriors traveled to St. Paul's, Arlington for a doubleheader. St. John's faced Arlington in the first game and lost 25-36. Matthew Beussman lead the Warriors with 13 points. St. John's then played Immanuel, Hutchinson in their second game and won 25 to 21. Matthew Beussman had 12 points and Yuri Soloviyov had 10 points. The St. John's basketball team then traveled to Hutchinson for a tournament on Saturday, February 14. The team played three pool games and won their first against St. Paul's, St. James 10 to 5. Matthew Beussman lead the team with 4 points. The Warriors then played in their second pool game and beat St. Paul's, Arlington 24 to 13. Matthew Beussman again lead the team with 8 points, Molly Landkammer with 6 points, and Yuri Soloviyov with 6 points. The Warriors then defeated St. Johns, Redwood Falls 20 to 14. Matthew Beussman lead the team with 10 points. The Warriors finished 3-0 in their pool play and took the 1st seed in the bracket. In their first bracket round the Warriors beat Immanuel, Gaylord 27 to 20. Matthew Beussman led the team with 13 points and Yuri Soloviyov with 12 points. St. John's again played St. Paul's, Arlington and won in overtime 27 to 25 in an exciting game that moved them into the championship game of the tournament. Matthew led the team with 10 points and Molly Landkammer had 6 points. In their sixth game of the day the Warriors lost in the championship game 12 to 21 to Immanuel, Hutchinson. Matthew Beussman led the team with 12 points. The Warriors ended their tournament with a 5-1 record and a 2nd place fin- ish. The current record for the Warriors is 16-8. The Warriors have a week break and then will play in another tournament at Martin Luther College with their first game at 4:30 on Friday, February 27th. Thank You! Jack and I would like thank all those who were there to give us a warm farewell, I like to think it’s not goodbye, but we will see you soon. Jack and Judy The MVL Booster Club Annual Auction is scheduled for Sunday, March 22. We ask that you consider a labor of love donation in the form of a pie(s) to the MVL Booster Club Auction. Sign up in back up church by March 15. You may bring the pies to MVL between the hours of 9:00 AM –1:00 PM on Saturday, March 21 or Sunday, March 22. Thank you! Special Prayers For: Melva Christensen, Carol Eckstein, Ron Ellevold, June Grundmeyer, Dan Hacker, Lorna Havemeier, Cheri Heidemann, Arla Lehnert, Leona Lendt, Melvin Lendt, Robert Lendt, Jerry Lux, Konner Mathiowetz, Peyton Moldan, Esther Pabst, George Piotter, Agnes Piotter, Doc Romberg, Neoma Schmid, Bev Wischstadt The Passion History lessons we are using this year are from a new translation of the Bible, being prepared by a group of Lutheran pastors and professors. It is a sample project, in draft form, to illustrate the style and aims of this new Wartburg Project translation. For more information, visit //warburgproject.org ] Our New Mission Statement Learn, love, live for Christ! 2 Acknowledgements: All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973. 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Hymns and worship sourced from Christian Worship: Hymnal, —New Service Settings, and –Supplement, 1993, 2002, 2008 respectively, by Northwestern Publishing House. All rights reserved. Smiley face photo http://www.clker.com/cliparts/4/0/b/ b/1374113266939249091smiley_face_clip_art_hight-md.png Used by permission and OneLicense.net License #A-7 15805 and/or CCLI License #11281329. 11 During season of Lent, we want to make use of older children from our school to help out with ushering. It is a fun way to get them involved in service to our Lord. Watch for them and encourage them in serving him. Directory Pictures: Pictures will be taken this Sunday and next. If you would like to be in our new directory, please have your picture taken one of these Sundays. Thank you! Lenten Donations Needed: Please sign up in back of church if you can donate any items for our Lenten suppers. Thank you! Flowers for Easter: If you wish to order lillies or colorful blooming plants for Easter through the Hosanna Circle, there is a sign-up list in the narthex. Part-time Office Position: St. John’s is currently accepting applications through February 27th for a part -time office position for approx. 12 hrs. weekly. The position will mainly consist of bookkeeping with knowledge of Quickbooks and Microsoft office being helpful. This person’s duties will require them to be in the office two days a week. Those wishing to apply should fill out an application. Applications can be found in the office. Questions can be directed to Jim Mielke or Lisa Hillmann. Sewing Project Day February 28th! Everyone is welcome to participate in sewing baby items for New Beginnings Home. We will start at 9 am in the church basement. Bring: sewing machines, notions and threads, ribbon pieces, and a sharp scissors if you have them. We will have jobs for everyone - even if you don’t sew! Also, if you are willing to launder some of the purchased fabric ahead of time, please contact Rachel Cordes. Sign up in the narthex if you are able to bring a salad for the day. This project is made possible financially through a Thrivent Action Team grant! 10 Camp Shetek will be held June 13-19th this year. Camp is for all children Grade 3 - 8 to enjoy wholesome activities in an outdoor setting. There is time for Bible Study, Worship, games, swimming, fishing, biking and singing. You may pay IN FULL or the pay the DEPOSIT amount when you register. The Regular Registration cost of $ 225 per person will apply for all registrations received after April 1st. No reservations will be accepted after May 15th. Names that are received after May 15th will be contacted if we have space. PLEASE NOTE: A second or third child from the same family WILL RECEIVE A $ 20 discount. Financial Assistance is available through generous supporters of Camp Shetek. Please explain your needs on the back of the form or in an email to the Director. Please register online at www.welsmn.org OR mail this form, with payment, to: Minnesota Valley Lutheran Bible Camp c/ o Rev. James A. Renz, 715 7th Ave. North St. James, MN 56081-1608 Church Volleyball will be starting soon! Please come and enjoy Christian fellowship! There is no skill level required for good Christian fun with one another! Volleyball gym dates are Sundays, February 22, March 1, March 8, March 15 from 1-3pm in the Sleepy Eye public middle school gym. Please enter school door #1. Reserve these Sunday afternoons for your enjoyment! Dear St. John’s Church Family, I have received an email notification the funds from St. John’s will go towards my MLC tuition. Thank you for contributing to my education. I appreciate the help to pay for school! I am double majoring in early childhood and elementary education, and am always studying hard. I am looking forward to my first early field experience, in March, where I will be teaching reading to third through fifth graders. • For Parents: If your child is restless during the service, please use the lobby or lower level to quiet him/her down, so you can rejoin the assembly in worship. A TV monitor is on in the lower level so you don’t have to miss much while your child gets calm. Children’s worship bags are available for small children during the service. Find them next to the upper elevator door. • Offerings: Our offerings make it possible to run the programs and ministries of our church, participating with the Lord our God in his kingdom plans and expansion. Each member is taught to make his own decision what to give, based on the simple principles of giving first to God, generously and with a heart of trust. If you are a guest, you are not expected to participate in the Offering. We’re just glad you can be here and listen to God’s Word with us! • There are resources for you and your family to discover on the display tables in the Narthex (lobby). Take home some helpful tools and news – free! • Sunday School is a HUGE blessing for all ages at St. John’s, because it’s like power-learning and sibling fun all in one! Children can stay right in the sanctuary where we worship, moving to the front where the piano is for some fun songs to start Adults and teens can head downstairs where the fun begins in a topic focused on growing your lifestyle and character. USHER ON DUTY 9:00 AM – Gary Schroeder 7:00 PM – Leo Derkowski GREETERS 9:00 AM – Volunteers Needed 7:00 PM – Marcia Derkowski ORGANIST Brent Nolte COUNTERS Dittbenner/Dallmann Thanks again for all your support! Molly Maasz 3 Portraits of Christ to Remember This Wednesday we began the season of “Lent”. During the next six weeks we turn our hearts to the story of Jesus’ humility. We watch him go deeper and deeper into willing humiliation, because that was the only way he could save us from our sins. So, while we marvel at his sufferings, we also take the time necessary to repent of all sins, turning from them and to him for the package of forgiveness and life he came to win for us. As the days “lengthen” (the word “Lent” comes from this word) toward springtime, so our hope increases as Christ’s crucifixion nears. Pre-Service Prayers: hymnal p. 10-11 and 134-139 Service of the Word Page 38 in front of the hymnal What happens after the seminar? Following this introductory Phase 1 seminar – if we decide to proceed with the proposed ministry planning process – we'll continue with Phase 2 (Analysis), Phase 3 (Mission/Vision Setting), and Phase 4 (Strategic Implementation). Crossroads Consulting strongly recommends a proactive, consensus-building approach to ministry planning, not the unhealthy and unadventurous head-in-the-sand approach. Let’s see what else they propose. The Saturday, March 14 seminar starts promptly at 9:00 am and ends at 12:30 pm. Arrive early and enjoy the refreshments. www.timeforcrossroads.com Hymns and Songs: 351 – Hail, O Once Despised Jesus 419 vs. 1,2,3,5 & 7 – If God Himself Be for Me LAPPY Song book pg. 96 vs. 3 – God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending (Offering Hymn) 359 – Jesus, My Great High Priest 332 – Go, My Children, with My Blessing (Closing Hymn) “What an amazing amount of helpful information you shared with us! I only wish more of our members would have been exposed to it.” Scripture Lessons: Romans 8:31-39 – Absolute security 31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all 4 9 Come to the Seminar “Responding to Today’s Realities” these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Saturday, March 14, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm What’s the purpose of this seminar? This introductory Phase 1 seminar, presented by Crossroads Consulting Ministry (Rev. Dr. Elton C. Stroh, Director), will help our congregation lay a biblical and conceptual foundation for planning future ministry. We’re told lots of useful information will be shared, and we’ll have opportunities to provide input. What will we be hearing and talking about? Session 1: The Cultural Context for Ministry Factors that Shape Ministry Context Some Trends that Impact Ministry Trends in WELS and Our Congregation Connecting Church and Culture Questions to Consider Session 2: The Church Confronts Change Collecting and Comparing Our Thoughts on Change Three Key Questions on Change in the Church Church Sizes (Growth Obstacles and Strategies) Vital Components of Ministry Planning Learning from Turnaround and Growing WELS Churches 8 5 Mark 1:12-15 – Jesus enters his ministry. 12 At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, 13 and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him. 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" Taking the message home _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Message: Part 1: The Vesting of a Priest Zachariah 3:1-10 1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?" 3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, "Take off his filthy clothes." Then he said to Joshua, "See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put rich garments on you." 5 Then I said, "Put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD stood by. 6 The angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua: 7 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here. 8 " 'Listen, O high priest Joshua and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. 9 See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day. 10 " 'In that day each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree,' declares the L ORD Almighty." 6 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Today after worship: Adult-teen Bible Class: The 5 Love Languages Sunday School: Samson Announcements After the announcements, take a few moments to greet those sitting near you. Dismiss yourself when you are ready. Next week’s worship theme: Portraits of Christ to Remember—Part 2: A Sword Against a Shepherd 7
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