Fabric Faith of

NOVEMBER 2014
MISSION STATEMENT
“For God so loved the
world that he gave his
one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have
eternal life.” - John 3:16
We,
the men,
women and children
of
Faith,
united
in
the
knowledge
that
faith
in
Jesus
Christ as Savior
from sin is the
only way to enter
heaven, exist as a
congregation
to
proclaim the message of salvation
to the world by
reaching out to
those who do not
know Christ and
by nurturing those
who do, encouraging them to lead
lives of Christian
service, all to the
glory of God.
Deadline for Newsletter
20th of every month
INSIDE
T HIS ISSUE:
1 From our Pastors
2 Your Church
Birthdays
3 Your School
4 November Calendar
Fabric of Faith
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A DEVOTION ON PSALM 100
A psalm for giving thanks. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD
with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he
who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his
gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his
name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues
through all generations.
Your God is one of faithful love. And it is this God of faithful love that made you.
Hearing that makes us think about creation. By his word God fashioned man out of the
ground breathed into him the breath of life, and from his rib God made his loving
wife. Yet, think harder about the details of creation. God created male and female in
his image. Now that doesn’t mean that God created us to look like him, or that God has
flesh and blood. To be created in God’s image means that man was created to have a
relationship with God based on holiness and righteousness. Without sin mankind could
know God and serve him with joy and true thanksgiving. Yes, scripture is right. We
were fearfully and wonderfully made.
But as much as that is true, it seems the writer of the psalm is focusing on, not just how
God made us, but how God made us to be his people. How he made us to be the sheep
of his pasture.
One might hear that and think “of course we’re God’s people. We’re the good
guys,” but to jump to that conclusion is to ignore a sad reality. By our words, thoughts,
and actions, we have demonstrated that the image of God has been twisted and lost in
us. Now, by nature, we are not the people of God, but if we belong to anyone it is sin,
death, and the devil.
But your God, a God of faithful love, made a promise. He promised to save your from
your lost condition. And he was faithful to that promise. He sent his son to be a good
shepherd and round up the sheep who had wandered off. The Good Shepherd, Jesus
rescued us from the jaws of Satan by laying down his life on the cross. And then this
Good Shepherd rose again to gather those sheep he saved into one flock. And that image that was once lost, is being renewed in us by Christ’s work in our hearts. He leads
us to the pasture of God’s Word where we are filled with true peace knowing that our
sins are forgiven and directed to live in ways that are pleasing to God.
So lift up your voices in praise and thanksgiving, because in Christ, God’s love for you
endures forever. Amen.
Pastor Yahnke
FABRIC
OF FAITH
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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT YOUR CHURCH?
PROFESSION OF FAITH: MICHELLE AND
SAMANTHA DREES
RELEASED: JONATHAN, MICHAEL AND
NATHAN DAHM - JAKE, NICK AND STEVE
LEWIS
TRANSFER OUT: RANDY AND JILL LEWIS
BUILDING BLOCKS OF FAITH Join us on the 2nd Friday of each month from
9:00-10:00 a.m. for a program geared for children ages 0-5 and a caregiver. We will have a Bible Story, snacks, and plenty of time for free-play
using a different building theme each month. We’ll meet in Faith’s Fellowship Hall. Sign up at faithsussex.org if you can join us!
YOUTH GROUP Our youth (7th-12th grades) continue to meet each Sunday
from 9:15-10:15 in the balcony of the Fellowship Hall. Join us!
COOKIE DECORATING Join us on Saturday, November 22nd from 3:00-4:30 p.m. to decorate Christmas cookies!
We'll have sugar cookies for everyone to decorate and take home with them. While the icing is drying, we'll
hear a Christmas Story and sing some Christmas carols. There will be hot chocolate, hot apple cider and a
few cookies to snack on too. Sign up in the back of church if you can join us so that we have an accurate
count of how many cookies we’ll need that day. All are welcome!
RECENT EVENTS . . .
KIDS BIBLE ADVENTURES - The children ages 0-5 from Faith, St.
John’s and the surrounding communities enjoyed the fall session
of Kids Bible Adventures! Watch
for information for our next session in March!
OPEN FORUM - There was really productive conversation at our open
forum meeting on Sunday, discussing our joint school ministry
between Faith and St. John's. Educational ministry, at all levels, certainly faces challenges, but God
gives us so many blessings
through it. Let us keep all of our
schools and all of Faith's efforts to
teach children about Jesus in our
prayers.
LEGO BUILD - 24 people came to
our October Lego Build! It was
great to see all of the fun creations that were made!
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Jaxson Baker
Adam Reese
CJ Sackett
Paul Toepfer
Ben Waldschmidt
Lucy Brueggemann
Shannon Cobian
Glen Rasbornick
Ralph Rutkowski
Amy Schroeder
Adam Harder
Reid Bierman
Rhoda Strobel
Joseph Leinfelder
Bryce Rogers
Bethel Cohoon
Cole Everson
David Dybdahl
Dave Hahn
Grace Knueppel
Anna Schweiger
November 1
November 1
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November 2
November 2
November 2
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November 3
November 4
November 5
November 6
November 6
November 7
November 7
November 8
November 8
November 8
November 8
Sharon Wiggins
Jordan Fryda
Tessa Hansen
Jim Willoughby
Elora Barnes
Jesse Fryda
Richard Osterman
Marci Rosine
Ryan Sullivan
Richard Harder
Paal Harstad
Cindy Sholtes
Shawn Washburn
Carolyn Ingham
Don Niemoth
Shannen Oesterreich
Kerri Castle
Rachael Hackbarth
Ellen Hansen
Steve Eberle
Diane Perron
November 8
November 9
November 9
November 10
November 11
November 11
November 11
November 11
November 11
November 12
November 12
November 12
November 14
November 16
November 17
November 17
November 18
November 18
November 18
November 19
November 19
Joe Osterman
Jennifer Reckinger
Jim Staples
Jan Ruffing
Doug Luebke
Jim Oesterreich
Kaytey Orlando
Wade Cohoon
Neal Ruffing
Ginny Ryerson
Sue Clough
Dan Gawrisch
Wendy Breimon
Gary Hall
Emerson Howard
Jim Anderson
Andrew Jajtner
Hannah Klemm
Will Knueppel
November 20
November 21
November 21
November 22
November 24
November 24
November 24
November 25
November 25
November 25
November 26
November 26
November 27
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November 28
November 28
November 29
November 30
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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT YOUR SCHOOL?
November 2014
DAILY BREAD
We know God can do big things
when we ask, but we might assume
some requests are beneath him—
too small to bother the Lord of the
universe with. Not so, Jesus used
the example of bread to teach us
this truth.
To the disciples, then, daily bread
represented the unspectacular.
They’d seen Jesus heal disease,
calm storms, and walk on water.
They knew God could deliver the
big-ticket items. But Jesus was telling them not to leave God out of the
seemingly ordinary parts of life.
Bread was the most common element of the Jewish meal. Nothing
could have been considered more
ordinary. They didn’t always each
rich, elaborate feasts, but they had
bread almost every day.
School might be considered one of
these ordinary parts of life. Every
child goes to school. We might put it
on par with daily bread. Yet God
wants us to pray to him, to meet all
Join Us For An Event
Tid Bits
Our ministry is an active one. We
often have lots going on in and out of
school. The month of November is
no exception! We have our Hoop
and Serve-a-thon fundraiser, Fall
Band Concert, Movie Night, and basketball season tips off.
You can find our entire school calendar on our website:
www.stjohnslannon.org. Look us up
and join us for an event if you can.
⇒ Parent -Teacher conferences
are scheduled for November.
⇒ St. John’s will be having a movie
night on November 21st. You
are invited to join us for some
fun and fellowship while enjoying a showing of The Lego
Movie.
⇒ Congratulations to our volleyball
and soccer teams this fall. Both
teams played well. Our volleyball team was fortunate enough
to be crowned conference
champions.
of our daily needs. This includes
asking Him to bless the work of our
Christian day school.
Give thanks to God that He meets
all of our basic needs. Continue to
pray that God bless the work of our
school that happens each and every
day. There is no request that is too
big for our God. Then again, there is
also no request too small for our
God who loves to care for all of our
needs.
NOVEMBER EVENTS
2nd
Second Quarter Begins
6-7th
Parent-Teacher Conferences
9th
Serve and Hoop-a-thon
12th
Parent Teacher Partnership Meeting
at 6:30 p.m.
13th
Fall Band Concert
21st
Movie Night-The Lego Movie
26-28th
Thanksgiving Break
SCHOOL MINISTRY—OPEN FORUMS
We are thankful to all who attended
our open forums this past month.
The focus of our forums was 1) Discuss the relationship between our
Faith and St. John’s congregations,
specifically as it relates to the
school 2) Address school governance and how it might be improved
3) Discuss future planning of our
school’s ministry.
The feedback collected from the
members of Faith and St. John’s will
be instrumental in helping us to
plan a viable and long-term ministry.
We hope to process the results of
our forums and summarize it in a
way that it can be presented to the
congregations in the near future.
Please contact Principal Marohn if
you have any additional feedback
you would like to share or have any
questions about the forums.
INVITATION
What a blessing it is to serve the
congregations of Faith and St.
John’s and to partner together in
Christian education. I encourage
you to please contact me with any
questions or suggestions you have
for your school ministry. I would
love to hear from you!
~ Mr. Marohn
Email: [email protected]
School: 262-251-2940
Home: 262-290-0473
SUNDAY
2
3
10
17
24
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 2014
TUESDAY
1:30pm
5:45pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
Linden Grove
Bell Choir
Confirmation
Choir
5:45pm Bell Choir
6:00pm Confirmation
7:00pm Choir
5:45pm Bell Choir
6:00pm Confirmation
7:00pm Choir
5:45pm Bell Choir
6:00pm Confirmation
7:00pm Choir
4
11
18
25
No School
St. John’s
Altar Guild
Jan Ruffing
Karen Brandt
Mary Dopke
5
12
19
26
7:00pm Worship
7:00pm Worship
Communion
7:00pm Worship
9:00am Thanksgiving
Worship/Choir
6
13
20
FRIDAY
7
8:00am Women’s Bible
Class at St. John’s
14
8:00am Women’s Bible
Class at St. John’s
9:00am Building Blocks of
Faith
21
8:00am Women’s Bible
Class at St. John’s
28
No School
Preschool and St. John’s
Greeters
8:00 OPEN
10:30 Kathy Oesterreich
27
No School
Preschool and St. John’s
Cleaning
November 2 - OPEN
November 9 - Jim Oesterreich
November 16 - Sue Sullivan
November 23 - Gregg Umbs
November 30 - Paul Toepfer
9:00am Bible Study
7:00pm Thanksgiving
Worship/Choir
9:00am Bible Study
9:00am Bible Study
7:00pm Brd. Stewardship
Brd. Evangelism
9:00am Bible Study
Flowers
2 Rhoda Strobel - Birthday
9 Tom and Teri Hackbarth - Anniversary
16 Roger and Lois Helberg - 50th Anniversary / Kath Merkt - Memory of Mike Merkt and Ronnie and Earl Benner
23 Baschl and Kim Ebenhoch - Anniversary
30 OPEN
MONDAY
Bulletins
2 Dennis and Jodie Vogt - Anniversary
9 OPEN
16 OPEN
23 OPEN
30 Lil Steger - Laura’s Birthday
Scrip Cards for Sale
8:00am Worship/Choir
7:00pm Brd. Education
Communion
7:30pm Joint Brd. Ed.
9:15am Bible Study/Teens
Child’s Bible Study
10:30am Worship/Choir
Communion
9
8:00am Worship/Choir
7:00pm Council
9:15am Bible Study/Teens
Child’s Bible Study
10:30am Worship/CBS/
Preschool Sings
16
1:00pm Faithful Hands
8:00am Worship
7:00pm Board of Elders
Communion
9:15am Bible Study/Teens
Child’s Bible Study
10:30am Worship
Communion
Blood Pressure Checks23
8:00am Worship/Bells
9:15am Bible Study
Youth Group
10:30am Worship/Bells
30
8:00am Worship
9:15am Bible Study/Teens
Child’s Bible Study
10:30am Worship
Organists
Jan Kieselhorst - November 13, 15, 16
Lenice Miller - November 20, 22, 23
Susan Ott - October 30, November 1, 2, 26, 27
Liz Sand - November 6, 8, 9
Jan Wolfgram - November 29, 30
SATURDAY
5:30pm Worship
Communion
1
8
29
22
15
Daylight Savings
Turn Clocks Back 1 Hour
9:00am Board Trustees
5:30pm Worship
5:30pm Worship
Communion
3:00pm Cookie
Decorating
5:30pm Worship
5:30pm Worship