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Worship This Week
Ushers Today: Richard Schmit, Greg Callies, John Albert, Ron Jacobson Elder: Max Schwader
Greeters: Gaylord and Molly Rasmussen Acolytes: Allisa and Hunter
Worship Notes: The Gloria and the alleluia verse are omitted for Lent. The responses around the readings will all be spoken.
Announcements
Attendance and Offering: 3/25—98, $1025.75; 3/28—34, $191.00
Home Bible Study: Members who are interested in hosting a neighborhood bible study in their home should contact pastor Watt. Each class will last five weeks. You invite who you want to come. No training necessary, pastor will lead the study.
Large Print Bulletins are available from the ushers. Please let pastor know if we run out so he can make more next time.
Nominees for Synod President and Vice President: President: Dr. William R. Diekelman, 60, incumbent first vice president of the Synod; Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick, 64, incumbent president of the Synod; Dr. Daniel Preus, 58, of St. Louis, director of the Luther Academy; Dr. Wallace R. Schulz, 62, of Augusta, Mo., evangelist with the Lutheran Heritage Foundation; and Dr. John C. Wohlrabe Jr., 53, an LCMS military chaplain in the United States Navy based at Virginia Beach, Va. First Vice President: Dr. William R. Diekelman; Rev. Charles S. Mueller Jr., 50, senior pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Roselle, Ill.; Dr. Daniel Preus; Dr. Wallace R. Schulz; and Dr. John C. Wohlrabe Jr. The election will be held this summer at the Synod’s 63rd Regular convention (July 14-19) in Huston Texas. Pastor Watt is our pastoral circuit delegate.
Life Quote: “It is more significant that God walked on earth than that man walked on the moon . . . my own life is given purpose and perspective through God who walks on this earth in Jesus. In that sense we are a visited planet!” Astronaut James Irwin, lunar module pilot for Apollo 15, and one of the astronauts who walked on the moon. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
Madison MasterSingers Spring Concerts - The Madison MasterSingers will present Spring Concerts this afternoon, Sunday, April 1 at 4:30; p.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Madison. The concerts feature sacred choral music for the Easter season. Admission is $5 for adults, $1 for students, children age six and under are free.
Stewardship This Week: Philippians 2:5-11: The “riches” of this world can attract our attention away from true “riches in Christ.” Just as Jesus “emptied” Himself to become a Servant for the good of others, so we also strive to empty ourselves of that which hinders our spiritual lives and, instead, to manage our lives and resources to bring glory to God and blessings to others
Holy Land Tour Opportunity: Come and join me (a native of Israel) on a spiritual journey to the Holy land. Hear the good news, see the wonderful and glorious sights, smell the rich aroma, and get a taste of foreign delicacies. We will be departing from Minneapolis on October 2nd, 2007 for 11 days. If this is a trip you wanted to take, now is the time to take the adventure of a life time. You will come back refreshed, rejuvenated and rejoicing because you walked the walk of our Lord, Jesus Christ. The Bible will come alive and the names and places will jump at you whenever you read or hear them. The price for the 11 day trip including airfare, hotels and two meals a day is $2850.00 One of those nights you will be a guest at my parents home in Haifa. The only thing that you are responsible for is you noon meals and spending money. For further information contact: Pastor Nabil S. Nour Phil. 1:6 C/O Redeemer Lutheran Church PO Box 158 Armour,SD 57313-0158 (605) 724-2489 or (605) 724-2722.
This week on Issues Etc. It airs 12:30pm on KLOH 1050 AM “The Doctrine of Vocation”
Dr. Steven Hein, Director, Concordia Institute for Christian Studies
This Week at St. John’s
Today: 9:30am—Worship
10:30am—Family Bible Class
4:30pm—Madison Mastersingers Concert, St. Thomas, Madison
No Adult Instruction Class
Wednesday: No Kids for Christ
Thursday 7:30pm—Maunday Thursday Worship / w Holy Communion
Friday 7:30pm—Good Friday Service
Next Sunday: 7:00am—Sunrise Service w/ Holy Communion
8-9am—Easter Breakfast
9:30am—Festival of the Resurrection /w Holy Communion
No Family Bible Class
No Adult Instruction Class
St. John’s has Meals-on-Wheels for April. Call Mavis Christensen to volunteer 772-4227
God’s People at Prayer
Ed Wenz—Cancer Treatments Gloria Zobel—Hospice
Flo Bader—Hospice Kristi Bartscher—Hospitalized
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This Week Sunday April 1st, 10:30amFamily Bible Class Continues
The Gospel of Matthew
This week, Chapter one.
The Genealogy and birth of Jesus Christ.
Read and listen to it here!
Labels: Bible Class, Education
Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for March 21, 2007, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
The text is:
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. (Luke 1:26-38, ESV)
From the Sermon:
We need a savior who is just like us in every way, except sin… (Heb 4:15) so that he can take our place completely. That means, just like every other human being, it begins in the womb. As the theologian said, Jesus passed through all the stages of our life for us. He took our place from the womb to the tomb. He took our place from our sinful beginning to our sin-earned death. He replaces our polluted lives with his perfect sinless life. He was born just like us. He lived and talked and walked just like us. He scraped his knees as a little boy and cried on his mother’s shoulder like us. He studies God’s Word and worked with his earthly father like us. He ate and slept, sang and laughed… all just like us, that because he is one of us, born in a womb, a human being… and yet the Holy and Perfect God. Like us in every way… except without sin. Mary was pregnant with God… because that’s the way it had to be.
Coming Soon! Sunday March 25th, 10:30amFamily Bible Class Returns!
The Gospel of Matthew
A Chapter by Chapter study of the Gospel written by St. Matthew
March 25th - Introduction
April 1st - Palm Sunday - Chapter 1
April 8th - Easter - No bible class
April 15th - Chapter 2 ...
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Worship This Week
Ushers Today: Jim Litterick, John Haak, Vernon Eggert, David Callies Elder: Max Schwader
Greeters: John and Deanna Nelson Acolytes: Evan and Thomas
Worship Notes: The Gloria and the alleluia verse are omitted for Lent. The responses around the readings will all be spoken.
Announcements
Attendance and Offering: 3/21—NA, $174; 3/11—NA, $1,568 (Concordia Mission Society $179)
Home Bible Study: Members who are interested in hosting a neighborhood bible study in their home should contact pastor Watt. Each class will last five weeks. You invite who you want to come. No training necessary, pastor will lead the study.
Madison MasterSingers Spring Concerts - The Madison MasterSingers will present Spring Concerts on Friday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Howard, and on Sunday, April 1 at 4:30; p.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Madison. The concerts feature sacred choral music for the Easter season. Admission is $5 for adults, $1 for students, children age six and under are free.
The Quilting Committee says thank you to all the ladies who sewed quilt tops, and pinned, and bound quilts on Wednesday. It is very much appreciated.
Attention LWML: Don’t forget the Zone Rally in Flandreau tomorrow (Mon, March 26th). The car leaving for Flandreau will leave at 8am! Pastor Watt is the guest speaker “Planning Your Christian Funeral Service”
“Thank you, all those who gave and sent cards, money and attended my 75th birthday party. It was a fun and wonderful day! God richly bless each and every one. I have been blessed with wonderful friends.” Mae Brummett.
You can hear Pastor Tom Baker on the internet by going to the website www.kfuo.org. Click on “Listen Live.” Pastor Baker is on from 1-3pm every weekday.
This Week at St. John’s
Today: 9:30am—Worship
10:30am—Family Bible Class
7:30pm—Adult Instruction Class
Monday: 8:00am—LWML Car leaves for Flandreau
9:00am—Zone Rally LWML, Flandreau
Wednesday: 3:45pm—Kids for Christ
6:00pm—Lenten Fellowship Dinner
6:30pm—Private Confession
7:30pm—Lenten Worship—Theme: Amazing Grace
Friday 7:30pm—Madison MasterSingers Concert, St. John’s
Next Sunday: 9:30am—Worship—Kids for Christ Children Sing
Palm Sunday 10:30am—Family Bible Class
4:30pm—Madison Mastersingers Concert, St. Thomas, Madison
7:30pm—Adult Instruction Class
Next Week is Palm Sunday. The Kids for Christ children will lead us in the procession of palms.
St. John’s has Meals-on-Wheels for April. Call Mavis Christensen to volunteer 772-4227 God’s People at Prayer
Ed Wenz—Cancer Treatments Gloria Zobel—Hospitalized / Released
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Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for March 21, 2007, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
The text is:
14Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:14 (ESV)
From the Sermon:
God, the Father, has already forgiven you. You have already been restored to the family. He was waiting for you with eager expectation at the baptismal font. There he embraced you and kissed you. He put His best robe, the robe of the perfect life of Jesus. It isn’t what you should receive from God. Instead you should be turned away. That’s what happens on the cross of Jesus. Jesus is turned away. He receives the punishment for your sins and you receive the life that he lived perfectly. God’s love for you is so great that he allows Jesus to die in your place. There is no waiting for forgiveness for you. It is done even before you ask. “Most Merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against you in thought, word and deed…” and he interrupts and says, “I forgive you because of Jesus.” He forgives even your sin of not wanting to wait. He forgives even the sin of worshipping your own desires. It is all forgiven for the sake of Jesus.
Thank you pastor Baker for sharing God's Word with us. What a joy it was to learn more about God's Word and new (or are they old ways?!) ways of looking at scripture through the lens of Law and Gospel, especially your making clear to us the parable of the "Forgiving Father!"
You have really begun our 125th anniversary on the right foot.
Pastor Watt.
For those interested in pastor Baker's work you can go to these web sites.
Law and Gospel - Pastor Baker's Web site, check out his blog where he discusses Law and Gospel for the readings for next week.
KFUO Radio - The Synod's Radio Station. Pastor Baker is on every weekday from 1-3pm. You can listen live online, or download archived programs on his program page.
Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things!
(Psalm 98:1, ESV)
Indeed He has! This verse is the theme verse as St. John’s
Our first event will be March 18th. Rev. Tom Baker will be our guest for an Old Fashioned Mission Fest. Pastor Baker is the Director of Development for Concordia Mission Society, St.
For more information please contact Pastor Watt.
Labels: 125th Anniversary, Calendar, Missions, Worship
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Announcements
Attendance and Offering: 3/7—40, $168; 3/11— 84, H/C—62, $1,426.50
Mission Fest Today: Special Thanks to Pastor Baker for bringing us God’s Word today.
Stewardship Today: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21: These beautiful words of St. Paul remind us that because we are in Christ we are new creations! As God’s stewards we rejoice in this newness and remind fellow Christians that they are also new creations with new opportunities each day to demonstrate generous Christian stewardship.
Life Quote: “This generation must be determined to voice the truth of Life—to protect all human life from conception until natural death, with no exceptions, no compromise, and no apologies. We must stand on the truth that Jesus is our strength. We cannot sit silently as another generation is killed.” Grace Kern, Director, Word of Hope, 888-217-8679. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
LWML: It's time to send in your registration for the 32nd Biennial LWML Convention taking place June 21-24, 2007 in Sioux Falls. The hymn "How shall they hear who have not heard" speaks of the mission of LWML. Verse 2: "To all the world, to every place; neighbors and friends and far off lands; preach the good news of saving grace; go while the great commission stands." This is a great opportunity to witness, learn and experience the mission of LWML.
Home Bible Study: Members who are interested in hosting a neighborhood bible study in their home should contact pastor Watt. Each class will last five weeks. You invite who you want to come. No training necessary, pastor will lead the study.
Madison MasterSingers Spring Concerts - The Madison MasterSingers will present Spring Concerts on Friday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Howard, and on Sunday, April 1 at 4:30; p.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Madison. The concerts feature sacred choral music for the Easter season. Admission is $5 for adults, $1 for students, children age six and under are free.
This Week at St. John’s
Today: 9:30am—Worship—Guest Preacher Pastor Baker
10:30am—Family Bible Class, Pastor Baker
12:00pm—Church Family Fellowship, Potluck Dinner
1:00pm—Law and Gospel with Pastor Baker
5:00pm—Continued Discussion with Pastor Baker
Monday: 9am-12pm—Pastor’s Tri-State Study Group
Wednesday: 9am—LWML Quilting Day
3:45pm—Kids for Christ
6:00pm—Fellowship Dinner by Altar Guild
6:30pm—Private Confession
7:30pm—Lenten Service
Next Sunday: 9:30am—Worship
10:30am—Family Bible Class
7:30pm—Adult Instruction
St. John’s has Meals-on-Wheels for April. Please consider volunteering.
God’s People at Prayer
Ed Wenz—Cancer Treatments Gloria Zobel—Hospitalized / Released
Jennings Kuhle, Trevor Glum, Tyler May, Luke Watt—Serving in the Armed Forces
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Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for February 11, 2007, the Third Sunday in Lent, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
The text is:
"Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old." (Ps 25:6, ESV)
From the Sermon:
God has a track record of doing just that. When the Noah, his family and all the animals were loaded into the ark and God had closed the door. They were afloat in the water of the flood for 150 days. The bible tells us that “God remembered Noah and all the animals in the ark.” (Gen 8:1) He paid attention to them, cared for them and had mercy on them. While He destroyed every other living thing on the earth, because of sin, He had mercy on the eight humans and the animals. It’s not just that He thought about the from time to time He protected and directed and cared for them.
Please join us for worship.
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Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for February 11, 2007, the Third Sunday in Lent, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
The text is:
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:25-34, ESV)
From the Sermon:
“That I may be His own” just think about that for a moment. Jesus Christ comes, is born a human being, “that I may be His own.” Jesus lives on earth, walks the roads of the Middle East “that I may be His own.” He hangs on the cross, and suffers not just the physical suffering of that punishment, but also the spiritual suffering that our sins deserve, “that I may be His own.” He ascends into the cloud up to the throne of God, the Father, and prays for me there, “that I may be His own.” He comes here in His Word, in Water connected to His Word, and in His very body and Blood, in with and under bread and wine, “that I may be His own.” His own to serve Him in worship. His own to serve Him with the time that He gives me. His own to serve Him with the talents that He gives me. And even His own to serve Him with the money that He gives me. That’s Christian Stewardship. That’s giving to the church for the all the right reasons.
Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for January 28, 2007, the Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
The text is:
Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. Joel 2:13b (ESV)
From the Sermon:
ou know there is another way to say that word “Return.” It’s a bigger word, and it even has a bigger meaning. And it’s a good word for Lent. The word is “Repentance.” Repentance means to turn away from evil and turn toward God. But there is more to it than that. It really has two parts. First, there is the acknowledgement of sin and sorrow over it (contrition). It’s knowing we are sinful, that we sin every day. It’s hearing God’s Word that cuts us to the quick; that accuses that sinful nature of it’s certain reward for sin. “It’s not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick.” If you don’t see the need for your medicine you won’t take it. If you don’t see the sin that is in your heart you won’t see the need to get rid of it. And the second part of repentance is faith. That’s turning toward God because you believe that He has is the only one who can do anything about your sin. It’s looking for Jesus on the cross and standing where the blood shed for you can wash away this in that is in you. That’s the “for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love”
Snow Deley's Mission FestivalA 12" snowfall has caused the second delay in St. John's Mission Fest. God's plans are not our plans.
Pastor Baker plans to be at St. John's March 18.
the schedule on that day will be:
9:30am - Pastor Baker Preaches at the Divine Service.
10:30am - Pastor Baker leads Family Bible Class to discuss the work of Concordia Mission Society.
12pm - St. John's Fellowship Pot Luck Dinner
1:30pm - Pastor Baker leads a seminar on Law and Gospel (How to understand scripture)
5pm - Area Pastor's gather for dinner with Pastor Baker with an indepth discussion of Law and Gospel to follow.
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Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for January 28, 2007, the Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
The text is:
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” (Luke 13:31-35, ESV)
From the Sermon:
That’s what Jesus death on the cross changes for you and me, forever. We go from being children of wrath to being beloved children. Jesus didn’t just defeat Satan in the desert. He totally put away his power over people when he died on the cross. Satan scowled at him there too. “If you are the Son of God come down from the cross. Save yourself. These people aren’t worth the trouble and the pain and the sacrifice.” But in Jesus eyes you are worth it. He did suffer for you there. He put away the punishment for your sin. You’re tempted and fail every day and Jesus blood covers that sin. He died instead of you. He suffered God’s anger, instead of you. He was rejected by God, instead of you. Your sins, no matter how great, can’t stand up to the blood of God spilled out on the cross.
It is now scheduled for March 18. Please note this is two weeks from now.
Labels: 125th Anniversary, Missions
St. John's Lutheran Church is located at
St. John's Lutheran Church
502 South Main St.
Howard, South Dakota 57349
Here's a Google Map of the location.
You can get directions to St. John's here.
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Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things!
(Psalm 98:1, ESV)
Indeed He has! This verse is the theme verse as St. John’s
Our first event will be March 18th. Rev. Tom Baker will be our guest for an Old Fashioned Mission Fest. Pastor Baker is the Director of Development for Concordia Mission Society, St.
For more information please contact Pastor Watt.
Labels: 125th Anniversary, Calendar, Missions, News
Our Worship Schedule; Education Opportunities; Directions to St. John's
St. John's Lutheran Church of Howard, South Dakota was organized in 1882 by a group of German Lutheran pioneers who had settled in Howard and Miner County. In 1883 Pastor H. Kumpf served many of the settlers holding Christian services in homes. In 1884 the Missouri Synod continued the mission endeavors that had been started by the Iowa Synod in this area.
Records indicate that St. John's incorporated as a congregation in 1887 and became affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod at that time.
In 1887 St. John's purchased lots just north of the present church building and there built its church. The congregation then extended a call to Reverend Christian Meyer in April of 1892 who became the first resident pastor. The congregation became a member of the South Dakota District of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod at the Freeman Convention in 1906. During the years 1892-1921 a Lutheran school was in operation at the congregation. This was comprised of grades 1-8. Many of the children came from as far away as Lane and boarded at the parsonage in order to attend the Lutheran School.
As the congregation grew, it was time to think about building a new church. Thus in 1910 work was begun on a new church building. The cornerstone was laid on November 13 of that same year. The church was dedicated in May of 1911 and Reverend A.A. Breihan (then president of the South Dakota District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod) preached the sermon. This was the first entire English service for a Missouri – Synod Lutheran church in the South Dakota District.
From the years 1921 – 1937, St. John's was the largest congregation in the South Dakota District of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.
Courageous Faith-Bold Witness: A History of The South Dakota District of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Howard Koosman. Copyright 2006. South Dakota District, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by Permission.
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St. John's Lutheran Church
502 South Main Street
Box 607
Howard, South Dakota 57349
phone: (605)772-5252
eMail: church (at) stjohnshoward.org
Parsonage
phone: (605)772-5684
eMail: Pastor (at) StJohnsHoward.org
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March 2007 Newsletter is available.
Click here for St. John’s News
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St. John's News is the newsletter of
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Howard, SD
Published Monthly
For subscription information contact
St. John’s Lutheran Church
502 South Main Street / Box 607
Howard, SD 57349
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