St. John's Lutheran (LCMS), Howard, SD
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Announcements for Sept 30th, 2007
Stewardship Note from God’s Word: 1 Timothy 6:6-19: In our Epistle reading for today St. Paul warns against the love of money as a root of all evil. This does not mean we should have nothing to do with money, but it does mean that we are to make use of money in a caring and sharing way that brings blessings to others in need and builds treasures for the life to come.
Life Quote: “The real question is whether the church will recover a marriage culture in our own sphere. This will require a recovery of resolve and conviction, and the re-assertion of a biblical concept of the church as the body of Christ, with individual members living in fellowship, discipline, and mutual accountability under the authority of God’s Word. This means that, for Christian couples, our marriages are not our own private affairs, but crucial arenas for living out faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ. Just imagine how Christian credibility would be demonstrated when, against the trend of marriage decline in the secular culture, researchers would report that one group stands as an obvious exception—the followers of Jesus Christ.” R. Albert Mohler, President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
Eagle Scout Ceremony: Congratulations Riley! Join him as he celebrates at his Eagle Scout Ceremony this afternoon at Trinity, Lutheran 2pm.
Willoughby Funeral Home is collecting shoes for the needy again this year. Please bring your good wearable shoes to the church by Oct 28th.
LWML Fall Rally at Chester, October 6, speaker, Sharon Starks, Prison Ministry.
Help is needed to construct a float for Hometown Holidays in Howard, November 30th. Please contact pastor Watt.
-9:30 am—Worship Service
-10:30am—Sunday School (Basement)
-10:30am—Adult Bible Class (Sanctuary)
-No In-Home Bible Study, (Clint Hoyer)
Monday: Pastor’s Conference—Spearfish, SD
-6:15pm—Evening Guild
Tuesday: Pastor’s Conference—Spearfish, SD
-6:30pm—EMT Classes
Wednesday: Pastor’s Conference—Spearfish, SD
-1:30pm—LWML
-No Confirmation Class
-No In-Home Bible Study (Buck Eggert)
Thursday: 6:30pm—EMT Classes
Next Sunday: 9:30am—Worship Service
-10:30am—Sunday School (Basement)
-10:30am—Adult Bible Class (Sanctuary)
-5:00pm—In Home Bible Study (Clint Hoyer)
-7:30pm—Adult Confirmation Class
Hospice—Flo Bader
Hospitalized—Miriam Benson, Pastor Mike Botsford (friend of Pastor Watt), Thelma Haak
Returned Home—Freda Johnson
Announcements
Last week: 9-23; Attendance: 70; Offering: $981.73;Stewardship Note from God’s Word: 1 Timothy 6:6-19: In our Epistle reading for today St. Paul warns against the love of money as a root of all evil. This does not mean we should have nothing to do with money, but it does mean that we are to make use of money in a caring and sharing way that brings blessings to others in need and builds treasures for the life to come.
Life Quote: “The real question is whether the church will recover a marriage culture in our own sphere. This will require a recovery of resolve and conviction, and the re-assertion of a biblical concept of the church as the body of Christ, with individual members living in fellowship, discipline, and mutual accountability under the authority of God’s Word. This means that, for Christian couples, our marriages are not our own private affairs, but crucial arenas for living out faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ. Just imagine how Christian credibility would be demonstrated when, against the trend of marriage decline in the secular culture, researchers would report that one group stands as an obvious exception—the followers of Jesus Christ.” R. Albert Mohler, President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
Eagle Scout Ceremony: Congratulations Riley! Join him as he celebrates at his Eagle Scout Ceremony this afternoon at Trinity, Lutheran 2pm.
Willoughby Funeral Home is collecting shoes for the needy again this year. Please bring your good wearable shoes to the church by Oct 28th.
LWML Fall Rally at Chester, October 6, speaker, Sharon Starks, Prison Ministry.
Help is needed to construct a float for Hometown Holidays in Howard, November 30th. Please contact pastor Watt.
This Week at St. John’s
Today: Pastor’s Conference—Spearfish, SD-9:30 am—Worship Service
-10:30am—Sunday School (Basement)
-10:30am—Adult Bible Class (Sanctuary)
-No In-Home Bible Study, (Clint Hoyer)
Monday: Pastor’s Conference—Spearfish, SD
-6:15pm—Evening Guild
Tuesday: Pastor’s Conference—Spearfish, SD
-6:30pm—EMT Classes
Wednesday: Pastor’s Conference—Spearfish, SD
-1:30pm—LWML
-No Confirmation Class
-No In-Home Bible Study (Buck Eggert)
Thursday: 6:30pm—EMT Classes
Next Sunday: 9:30am—Worship Service
-10:30am—Sunday School (Basement)
-10:30am—Adult Bible Class (Sanctuary)
-5:00pm—In Home Bible Study (Clint Hoyer)
-7:30pm—Adult Confirmation Class
God’s People at Prayer
Cancer Treatments—Maynard HahnHospice—Flo Bader
Hospitalized—Miriam Benson, Pastor Mike Botsford (friend of Pastor Watt), Thelma Haak
Returned Home—Freda Johnson
Labels: Announcements
The Bulletin for September 30th is Online
The Bulletin for 09/23/2007(pdf), The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Prop 21), is online and available for download.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
Labels: Bulletin
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
The Bulletin for Sept 23 is Online
The Bulletin for 09/23/2007(pdf), The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Prop 20), is online and available for download.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
Labels: Bulletin
Announcements for September 23rd
Greeters: New Greeters in October! Acolytes: Hunter Eggert
ANNOUNCEMENTS
About Attendance and Stewardship: 9/16—NA
Life Quote: “Chastity is a positive and proactive choice rather than a negative and reactive choice. Chastity is a positive way champions choose to live life both inside and outside of marriage. Chastity is not just a positive choice of champions who are single. It is the positive choice of champions who are married as well, as they chose to be faithful to their spouses.” Rev. Dr. James I. Lamb, Executive Director, Lutherans For Life. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
Lutherans for Life of South Dakota 2007 Annual Conference September 28th & 29th Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Huron, SD Friday Evening Banquet (Sept. 28th @ 7:00P.M.) Meal is $12.00 for adults, $6.00 for children Speaker Greg Koukl will present “Only One Question” GREGORY KOUKL Founder and President of Stand to Reason Writer and speaker Host of his own radio talk show He will also present the workshops on Saturday events run from 8:30 to 3:30 Breakfast and lunch are provided. Babysitting is offered, please register by 9/21.
Stewardship: 1 Timothy 2:1-15: Christian stewards live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness
and holiness. We understand that all we are and have is a gift of God, the true Owner. We practice good stewardship through our prayers, intercessions and generous deeds of kindness. In so doing we make our families, communities and world better because of our stewardship.
Issues Etc. This Week. 12:20pm on KLOH 1050AM. The Watchtower Tract & Bible Society, David Reed, Author, Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Subject by Subject
LWML Fall Rally at Chester, October 6, speaker, Sharon Starks, Prison Ministry. For more info contact a member of Ladies Aid.
Willoughby Funeral Home is collecting shoes for the needy again this year. Please bring your good wearable shoes to the church by Oct 28th.
10:30am—Fellowship Coffee
5:00pm—In Home Bible Study (Clint Hoyer)
7:30pm—Adult instruction
Monday: 7:30pm—Madison Mastersingers Rehearsal
Wednesday: 1:45pm—Kids for Christ / Junior Confirmation
7:00pm—In Home Bible Study (Buck Eggert)
Thursday: 2:30pm—Worship at Sunrise Terrace w/ Holy Communion
6:30pm—EMT Class
Friday: State Lutheran’s for Life Conference (Huron)
Saturday: State Lutheran’s for Life Conference (Huron)
Sunday: 9:30am—Worship
10:30am—Family Bible Class
Pastor’s Conference Begins in Spearfish, SD
No in home bible class
No adult Instruction
Adult Conformation Classes will begin Sunday Sept 23, at 7:30pm. This is a great opportunity for you to not only support those attending but review the important teachings of the Christian faith for yourself. Please come!
Hospice—Flo Bader
Hospitalized—Delores Callies, Thelma Haak, Miriam Benson
Nursing Home—Freda Johnson
WORSHIP THIS WEEK
Ushers : Jerry Sprecher, Howard Fish, Jeremy Crittenden, Ryan Miller Elder:Jerry SprecherGreeters: New Greeters in October! Acolytes: Hunter Eggert
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Life Quote: “Chastity is a positive and proactive choice rather than a negative and reactive choice. Chastity is a positive way champions choose to live life both inside and outside of marriage. Chastity is not just a positive choice of champions who are single. It is the positive choice of champions who are married as well, as they chose to be faithful to their spouses.” Rev. Dr. James I. Lamb, Executive Director, Lutherans For Life. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
Lutherans for Life of South Dakota 2007 Annual Conference September 28th & 29th Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Huron, SD Friday Evening Banquet (Sept. 28th @ 7:00P.M.) Meal is $12.00 for adults, $6.00 for children Speaker Greg Koukl will present “Only One Question” GREGORY KOUKL Founder and President of Stand to Reason Writer and speaker Host of his own radio talk show He will also present the workshops on Saturday events run from 8:30 to 3:30 Breakfast and lunch are provided. Babysitting is offered, please register by 9/21.
Stewardship: 1 Timothy 2:1-15: Christian stewards live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness
and holiness. We understand that all we are and have is a gift of God, the true Owner. We practice good stewardship through our prayers, intercessions and generous deeds of kindness. In so doing we make our families, communities and world better because of our stewardship.
Issues Etc. This Week. 12:20pm on KLOH 1050AM. The Watchtower Tract & Bible Society, David Reed, Author, Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Subject by Subject
LWML Fall Rally at Chester, October 6, speaker, Sharon Starks, Prison Ministry. For more info contact a member of Ladies Aid.
Willoughby Funeral Home is collecting shoes for the needy again this year. Please bring your good wearable shoes to the church by Oct 28th.
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
Today: 9:30am—Worship10:30am—Fellowship Coffee
5:00pm—In Home Bible Study (Clint Hoyer)
7:30pm—Adult instruction
Monday: 7:30pm—Madison Mastersingers Rehearsal
Wednesday: 1:45pm—Kids for Christ / Junior Confirmation
7:00pm—In Home Bible Study (Buck Eggert)
Thursday: 2:30pm—Worship at Sunrise Terrace w/ Holy Communion
6:30pm—EMT Class
Friday: State Lutheran’s for Life Conference (Huron)
Saturday: State Lutheran’s for Life Conference (Huron)
Sunday: 9:30am—Worship
10:30am—Family Bible Class
Pastor’s Conference Begins in Spearfish, SD
No in home bible class
No adult Instruction
Adult Conformation Classes will begin Sunday Sept 23, at 7:30pm. This is a great opportunity for you to not only support those attending but review the important teachings of the Christian faith for yourself. Please come!
GOD’S PEOPLE AT PRAYER
Cancer—Maynard HahnHospice—Flo Bader
Hospitalized—Delores Callies, Thelma Haak, Miriam Benson
Nursing Home—Freda Johnson
Labels: Announcements
Pastor's Sermon for Sept 23 Has Been Posted to His Blog
Pastor's Sermon Posted
Pastor Watt's Sermon for September 23rd, 2007, The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 16) has been posted on his sermon website.
You can read the whole sermon by clicking here.
Coming Soon Listen to this sermon here.
Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for September 23rd, 2007, The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 16) has been posted on his sermon website.
You can read the whole sermon by clicking here.
Coming Soon Listen to this sermon here.
The text is:
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?” The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. (Amos 8:4-7, ESV)
From the Sermon:
God remembers his promises. He places our sin and punishment on Jesus and gives us Jesus resurrection to new life. We walk in newness of life! We live and act and worship differently. What God has done for us in Jesus turns that turns our sin into sing. Oh come let us sing unto the Lord. Let us make a joyful noise to the God of our salvation. He turns our sin in to song. We rejoice. We celebrate. We sing about what God has done for us.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Pastor's Article in the Lutheran Witness
Pastor Watt has written an article for the September issue of the Lutheran Witness titled Thinking about Your Funeral.
You can read most of it on the Lutheran Witness webpage. The original subtitle was What Your Pastor Wants You to Know About Planning Your Funeral Check out Thinking about Your Funeral in the print edition or online.
Also, Pastor was interviewed on KFUO Radio program Issues, Etc on September 6th about 5:30pm.
You can listen to the interview by going to IssuesEtc.org, clicking on "Listen Online" then scroll down to the 3rd hour of Thursday, September 6th. Select either the WMA or MP3 audio file. My interview is the second half of the hour.
Or you can download the Mp3 file directly Sept 6, Hour 3, Issues Etc right click and select "Save As". The interview is in the 2nd half hour. It starts at 28min.
Pastor Watt has written an article for the September issue of the Lutheran Witness titled Thinking about Your Funeral.You can read most of it on the Lutheran Witness webpage. The original subtitle was What Your Pastor Wants You to Know About Planning Your Funeral Check out Thinking about Your Funeral in the print edition or online.
Also, Pastor was interviewed on KFUO Radio program Issues, Etc on September 6th about 5:30pm.
You can listen to the interview by going to IssuesEtc.org, clicking on "Listen Online" then scroll down to the 3rd hour of Thursday, September 6th. Select either the WMA or MP3 audio file. My interview is the second half of the hour.
Or you can download the Mp3 file directly Sept 6, Hour 3, Issues Etc right click and select "Save As". The interview is in the 2nd half hour. It starts at 28min.
Labels: Article, Funeral, Lutheran Witness, Pastor
Monday, September 17, 2007
Pastor on the Simpsons?
Take a look at pastor's sermon blog to see what he'd look like if he were on the Simpsons.
http://wattswhat.blogspot.com/2007/09/if-i-were-on-simpsons.html
http://wattswhat.blogspot.com/2007/09/if-i-were-on-simpsons.html
Labels: Pastor
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Kids for Christ Begins at St. John's
Kids for Christ began at St. John's on Wednesday September 12th.
We look forward to a great year learning about what Jesus has done for us
through his, life, death and resurrection!
We will meet every Wednesday right after school.
Go to this page more information on St. John's Education programs.
We look forward to a great year learning about what Jesus has done for us
through his, life, death and resurrection!
We will meet every Wednesday right after school.
Go to this page more information on St. John's Education programs.
Labels: Education, Kids for Christ
Greeter List for October 2007 thru September 2008
October 2007
7 Gary and Theowne Bell
14 Mae Brummett and Thelma Haak
21 Mavis Christiansen and Brad Chase
28 Joyce Everhart and Theresa Van Sickle
November
4 John and Darcy Albert
11 Joe and Donna Bechen
18 Harlan and Joyce Haak
25 Chris and Rose Chase
December
2 Rob and Staci Eggert
9 John and Joyce Haak
16 Jared and Sarah Feldhaus
23 Ron and Pam German
30 Rodney and Jodie Gluhm
January 2008
6 Doug and Nila Larson
13 Wade and Jessica Haak
20 Arvella, Leona, Velma Hahn
27 Jim and Bonnie Litterick
February
3 Leroy and Bonnie Hemmer
10 Dave and Mary Hillman
17 Clint and Jane Hoyer
24 Tom and Karen Hueners
March
2 Gary and Lesa Hueners
9 Curt aand Thelma Hueners
16 Wally Jacobson and Steve and Shawna Jacobson
23 Janice Kuhle and Lois Kuhle
30 Lorraine Laufmann and Gerry Genzlinger
April
6 Steve and Holly Litterick
13 Barney and Bobbi Mette
20 Ed and Donna Meyer and Joanne Beyer
27 John and Deana Nelson
May
4 Gaylord and Molly Rasmussen
11 Jim, Marilyn, Mary Rentschler
18 Henry and Lou Rentschler
25 John and Lela Rentschler
June
1 Walter and Judy Rentschler
8 Rich and Charlene Schmit
15 Max and Julie Schwader
22 Jerry and Helen Sprecher and Judy Lucht
29 Earl and Beverly Voeltz
July
6 Ron and Nancy Jacobson
13 Marvel and Ann Wombacker
20 Pastor and Waunita Watt
27 Greg and Kathy Callies
August
3 Ryan and Sara Miller
10 LaVoy Neises and DeAnna Hoyer
17 Kim and Vicki Miller
24 Mark and Gloria Karstens
31 Kelly and Sally Barnhart
September
7 Gary and Lesa Hueners
14 Jim and Bonnie Litterick
21 Gary and Theowne Bell
28 Curt and Thelma Huener
If you are unable to serve please find your own substitute.
Also view this on the Elder, Usher and Acolyte Calendar
Also view this on the Elder, Usher and Acolyte Calendar
October 2007
7 Gary and Theowne Bell
14 Mae Brummett and Thelma Haak
21 Mavis Christiansen and Brad Chase
28 Joyce Everhart and Theresa Van Sickle
November
4 John and Darcy Albert
11 Joe and Donna Bechen
18 Harlan and Joyce Haak
25 Chris and Rose Chase
December
2 Rob and Staci Eggert
9 John and Joyce Haak
16 Jared and Sarah Feldhaus
23 Ron and Pam German
30 Rodney and Jodie Gluhm
January 2008
6 Doug and Nila Larson
13 Wade and Jessica Haak
20 Arvella, Leona, Velma Hahn
27 Jim and Bonnie Litterick
February
3 Leroy and Bonnie Hemmer
10 Dave and Mary Hillman
17 Clint and Jane Hoyer
24 Tom and Karen Hueners
March
2 Gary and Lesa Hueners
9 Curt aand Thelma Hueners
16 Wally Jacobson and Steve and Shawna Jacobson
23 Janice Kuhle and Lois Kuhle
30 Lorraine Laufmann and Gerry Genzlinger
April
6 Steve and Holly Litterick
13 Barney and Bobbi Mette
20 Ed and Donna Meyer and Joanne Beyer
27 John and Deana Nelson
May
4 Gaylord and Molly Rasmussen
11 Jim, Marilyn, Mary Rentschler
18 Henry and Lou Rentschler
25 John and Lela Rentschler
June
1 Walter and Judy Rentschler
8 Rich and Charlene Schmit
15 Max and Julie Schwader
22 Jerry and Helen Sprecher and Judy Lucht
29 Earl and Beverly Voeltz
July
6 Ron and Nancy Jacobson
13 Marvel and Ann Wombacker
20 Pastor and Waunita Watt
27 Greg and Kathy Callies
August
3 Ryan and Sara Miller
10 LaVoy Neises and DeAnna Hoyer
17 Kim and Vicki Miller
24 Mark and Gloria Karstens
31 Kelly and Sally Barnhart
September
7 Gary and Lesa Hueners
14 Jim and Bonnie Litterick
21 Gary and Theowne Bell
28 Curt and Thelma Huener
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Announcements for Sept 9, 2007
Lutheran Theology on Local Radio: Join host Rev. Todd Wilken and guest Greg Koukl, President of Stand to Reason, as they discuss Defending the Pro-Life Position. 12:20pm on KLOH 1050AM.
Life Quote: “Chastity is a positive and proactive choice rather than a negative and reactive choice. Chastity is a positive way champions choose to live life both inside and outside of marriage. Chastity is not just a positive choice of champions who are single. It is the positive choice of champions who are married as well, as they chose to be faithful to their spouses.” Rev. Dr. James I. Lamb, Executive Director, Lutherans For Life. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
Stewardship:1 Timothy 1:5-17: We undeserving sinners are made God’s stewards by the marvelous working of the Holy Spirit through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We continue to be changed by the Holy Spirit as St. Paul was, and as a result we live and work in ways that honor God, support His kingdom and make life better for others. That’s good stewardship!
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
Today 9:30am—Worship w/ Holy Communion
10:30am—Family Bible Class
10:45am—Pastor Hornig’s Anniversary (Peace, Rapid City)
Monday 7:00pm—Madison Master Singers Rehearsal (Madison)
Tuesday 6:30pm—EMT Class
Wednesday 10:00am—Worship at Good Samaritan w/ Holy Communion
3:45pm—Kids for Christ
Thursday 6:30pm—EMT Class
Sunday 9:30am—Worship w/ Holy Communion
10:30am—Family Bible Class
7:30pm—Adult Confirmation Classes
Adult Conformation Classes will begin Sunday Sept 23, at 7:30pm. This is a great oppurtunity for you to not only support potential members fo the congregation but review the important teachings of the Christian faith. Please come!
There will be a church council meeting on September 19th, @ 8pm.
GOD’S PEOPLE AT PRAYER
Maynard Hahn—Cancer Treatments
Flo Bader (Pastor’s Aunt)—Hospice
Chad Genzlinger, Jennings Kuhle, Trevor Gluhm, Tyler May, Luke Watt—Military Service
WORSHIP THIS WEEK
Ushers Today: Jerry Sprecher, Howard Fish, Jeremy Crittenden, Ryan Miller Elder: Jerry SprecherANNOUNCEMENTS
Attendance and Offering: 9/9—69 Holy Communion—61; $1253.58Lutheran Theology on Local Radio: Join host Rev. Todd Wilken and guest Greg Koukl, President of Stand to Reason, as they discuss Defending the Pro-Life Position. 12:20pm on KLOH 1050AM.
Life Quote: “Chastity is a positive and proactive choice rather than a negative and reactive choice. Chastity is a positive way champions choose to live life both inside and outside of marriage. Chastity is not just a positive choice of champions who are single. It is the positive choice of champions who are married as well, as they chose to be faithful to their spouses.” Rev. Dr. James I. Lamb, Executive Director, Lutherans For Life. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
Stewardship:1 Timothy 1:5-17: We undeserving sinners are made God’s stewards by the marvelous working of the Holy Spirit through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We continue to be changed by the Holy Spirit as St. Paul was, and as a result we live and work in ways that honor God, support His kingdom and make life better for others. That’s good stewardship!
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
10:30am—Family Bible Class
10:45am—Pastor Hornig’s Anniversary (Peace, Rapid City)
Monday 7:00pm—Madison Master Singers Rehearsal (Madison)
Tuesday 6:30pm—EMT Class
Wednesday 10:00am—Worship at Good Samaritan w/ Holy Communion
3:45pm—Kids for Christ
Thursday 6:30pm—EMT Class
Sunday 9:30am—Worship w/ Holy Communion
10:30am—Family Bible Class
7:30pm—Adult Confirmation Classes
Adult Conformation Classes will begin Sunday Sept 23, at 7:30pm. This is a great oppurtunity for you to not only support potential members fo the congregation but review the important teachings of the Christian faith. Please come!
There will be a church council meeting on September 19th, @ 8pm.
GOD’S PEOPLE AT PRAYER
Flo Bader (Pastor’s Aunt)—Hospice
Chad Genzlinger, Jennings Kuhle, Trevor Gluhm, Tyler May, Luke Watt—Military Service
Labels: Announcements
The Bulletin for Sept 16 is Available Online
The Bulletin for 09/16/2007(pdf), The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Prop 19), is online and available for download.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
Labels: Worship
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Pastor's Sermon for Sept 9, has been Posted to His Sermon Blog
Pastor's Sermon Posted
Pastor Watt's Sermon for September 9th, 2007, The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 16) has been posted on his sermon website.
You can read the whole sermon by clicking here.
Coming Soon Listen to this sermon here.
Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for September 9th, 2007, The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 16) has been posted on his sermon website.
You can read the whole sermon by clicking here.
Coming Soon Listen to this sermon here.
The text is:
Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:25-33, ESV)
From the Sermon:
The promise of God there is this. The sin in your life, the things that you put before God, I have done something about. I have killed you. I have raised you. You are my precious child. Just as I killed my own Beloved Son, just as I raised my own Beloved Son, this baptism is my promise to you that I have done all this for you. Go now live your life bearing your cross.
The Bulletin for Sept 9, 2007 is available online.
The Bulletin for 09/09/2007(pdf), The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Prop 18), is online and available for download.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
Labels: Bulletin
Friday, September 07, 2007
Announcements for Sept 9, 2007
Worship This Week
Ushers Today: Jerry Sprecher, Howard Fish, Jeremy Crittenden, Ryan Miller Elder: Jerry Sprecher
Announcements
Attendance and Offering: 9/2—47; $1021.00
Quote for the Day from Lutherans for Life: (Grandparent’s Day) “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” George Washington Carver (1864-1903), U.S. agricultural chemist. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
Stewardship: Philemon 1-21: Good stewardship encourages us to make the best use of our resources regardless of our station or position in life. Onesimus was a runaway slave who became a Christian by God’s grace and, as St. Paul said, was of even more value to his master Philemon as a Christian brother than as an ordinary slave. By God’s grace we are richly blessed so we may be blessings to others.
Thank you Lorraine Lauffman for the homemade wine for communion today.
Pastor Hornig Anniversary: Everyone is invited to join Peace Lutheran Church of Rapid City, on Sunday, September 16, in praising God for the fifty years of service to the church by the Reverend Juraine Hornig. The Reverend Dr. Allan Buckman of Synod's Board for Mission Services will be the preacher at both the 8:15 and 10:45 services that morning, and he and his wife will also make a presentation during the adult Bible Class at 9:30. A noon meal will be served to which all are invited.
Howard Community Blood Drive: Thur Sept 13, 3:30pm-6:30pm Legion Hall, Call Judy Goldhammer (605)996-3826, (712)253-8489
Issues Etc. This Week. Today 12:20pm on KLOH 1050AM. “Responding to the Arguments of Atheist Richard Dawkins” Dr. Alister McGrath, President Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics.
Bethany Mens' Supper and Bazaar, Sept 15, 5-7:30pm; Adults-$6, 6-12-$3; 5 and under free; Kids Games, Cake Walk, Lefse, Baked Goods, Crafts; Roast Pork & Beef, Beans, Potato, Applesauce, etc.
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
Today 9:30am—Worship w/ Holy Communion
10:30am—Family Bible Class
Monday 6:15pm—Altar Guild
Tuesday 10:30am—Circuit Pastor’s Meeting (Our Savior, Madison)
Wednesday 1:45pm—Kids for Christ
Friday 2:30pm—Worship Service, Whispering Winds
Sunday 9:30am—Worship w/ Holy Communion
10:30am—Family Bible Class
Adult Conformation Classes will begin Sunday Sept 23, at 7:30pm. This is a great oppurtunity for you to not only support potential members fo the congregation but review the important teachings of the Christian faith. Please come!
There will be a church council meeting on September 19th, @ 8pm.
GOD’S PEOPLE AT PRAYER
Maynard Hahn—Cancer Treatments
Flo Bader (Pastor’s Aunt)—Hospice
Don Callies—Hospitalized / Released
Ron VanPelt—Hospitalized
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Announcements for Sept 2
Elder:Jerry Sprecher
Greeters: Acolytes: Ushers
About Hospitality: Hebrews 13:1-7: Hospitality is one of the activities of good stewards. Our Epistle reading encourages us to keep on loving one another and not forget to entertain strangers. Some wise stewards in the past practiced hospitality and entertained angels without even knowing it. Using all of life and life’s resources for the above purposes is good and God-pleasing.
About Life: “When youth are seen, they feel valued. When they are heard, they feel respected. When someone is moved by their situation, they feel loved. When they receive kindness, they feel cared for. And when others delight in their existence, they sense the very breath of God.” Mark Yaconelli in “Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus.” A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
About Travel: Consider a trip to the Holy Land. Join Pastor Nabil Nour departing from Minneapolis on October 2nd, 2007 for 11 days. 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 Pastor Nour’s 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.
About a Former Pastor: Everyone is invited to join Peace Lutheran Church of Rapid City, on Sunday, September 16, in praising God for the fifty years of service to the church by the Reverend Juraine Hornig. The Reverend Dr. Allan Buckman of Synod's Board for Mission Services will be the preacher at both the 8:15 and 10:45 services that morning, and he and his wife will also make a presentation during the adult Bible Class at 9:30. A noon meal will be served to which all are invited.
About Main Street Living: Starting today, September 2, Main street Living will discontinue airing the 'This is the Life' portion of the television program. In it's place will be a new series called 'Facing Life Head-on' which will be sponsored by the South Dakota Lutherans for Life. The Facing Life series examines the Pro-Life positions from the stand point of people who have been faced with making those life decisions. The first episode, which airs this morning, is an interview with a Korean young lady who was an actual 'victim' of a late term abortion, who survived, and was later adopted by an American couple. The program interviews both the young lady and her parents.
10:30am—Fellowship Coffee
Monday: Labor Day / No Evening Guild
Wednesday: 1:30pm—Afternoon LWML
3:45pm—Kids for Christ / Junior Confirmation
Sunday: 9:30am—Worship
10:30am—Family Bible Class
About Evening Guild The guild will meet Sept 10th at 6:15pm instead of labor day.
About Family Bible Class: We will resume next Sunday September 9, at 10:30am (Sunday after Labor Day). We will continue with our Study of the Gospel of Matthew.
About Kids for Christ: Kids for Christ will resume classes immediately following school (about 3:45pm) on September 5.
About The Church Council A meeting for the council is set for Sept 19th at 8pm.
About Adult Confirmation: Adult education classes leading to confirmation will begin September 23rd at 7:30pm. Any one interested in reviewing the basic teaching of the Christian faith is encouraged to attend.
Delores Callies, Miriam Benson—Released
Don Calmus, Maynard Hahn—Cancer Treatments
WORSHIP THIS WEEK
Ushers : Jerry Sprecher, Howard Fish, Jeremy Crittenden, Ryan MillerElder:Jerry Sprecher
Greeters: Acolytes: Ushers
ANNOUNCEMENTS
About Attendance and Stewardship: 8/26—95, $1610.00About Hospitality: Hebrews 13:1-7: Hospitality is one of the activities of good stewards. Our Epistle reading encourages us to keep on loving one another and not forget to entertain strangers. Some wise stewards in the past practiced hospitality and entertained angels without even knowing it. Using all of life and life’s resources for the above purposes is good and God-pleasing.
About Life: “When youth are seen, they feel valued. When they are heard, they feel respected. When someone is moved by their situation, they feel loved. When they receive kindness, they feel cared for. And when others delight in their existence, they sense the very breath of God.” Mark Yaconelli in “Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus.” A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE
About Travel: Consider a trip to the Holy Land. Join Pastor Nabil Nour departing from Minneapolis on October 2nd, 2007 for 11 days. 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 Pastor Nour’s 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.
About a Former Pastor: Everyone is invited to join Peace Lutheran Church of Rapid City, on Sunday, September 16, in praising God for the fifty years of service to the church by the Reverend Juraine Hornig. The Reverend Dr. Allan Buckman of Synod's Board for Mission Services will be the preacher at both the 8:15 and 10:45 services that morning, and he and his wife will also make a presentation during the adult Bible Class at 9:30. A noon meal will be served to which all are invited.
About Main Street Living: Starting today, September 2, Main street Living will discontinue airing the 'This is the Life' portion of the television program. In it's place will be a new series called 'Facing Life Head-on' which will be sponsored by the South Dakota Lutherans for Life. The Facing Life series examines the Pro-Life positions from the stand point of people who have been faced with making those life decisions. The first episode, which airs this morning, is an interview with a Korean young lady who was an actual 'victim' of a late term abortion, who survived, and was later adopted by an American couple. The program interviews both the young lady and her parents.
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
Today: 9:30am—Worship10:30am—Fellowship Coffee
Monday: Labor Day / No Evening Guild
Wednesday: 1:30pm—Afternoon LWML
3:45pm—Kids for Christ / Junior Confirmation
Sunday: 9:30am—Worship
10:30am—Family Bible Class
About Evening Guild The guild will meet Sept 10th at 6:15pm instead of labor day.
About Family Bible Class: We will resume next Sunday September 9, at 10:30am (Sunday after Labor Day). We will continue with our Study of the Gospel of Matthew.
About Kids for Christ: Kids for Christ will resume classes immediately following school (about 3:45pm) on September 5.
About The Church Council A meeting for the council is set for Sept 19th at 8pm.
About Adult Confirmation: Adult education classes leading to confirmation will begin September 23rd at 7:30pm. Any one interested in reviewing the basic teaching of the Christian faith is encouraged to attend.
GOD’S PEOPLE AT PRAYER
Flo Bader—HospiceDelores Callies, Miriam Benson—Released
Don Calmus, Maynard Hahn—Cancer Treatments
Labels: Announcements
The bulletin for Sept 2, is now available.
The Bulletin for 09/02/2007(pdf), The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 17), is online and available for download.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
St. John's uses the Three Year Lectionary from Lutheran Service Book.
Pastor's Sermon for Sept 2, has been Posted.
Pastor's Sermon Posted
Pastor Watt's Sermon for September 2nd, 2007, The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 15) has been posted on his sermon website.
You can read the whole sermon by clicking here.
Coming Soon Listen to this sermon here.
Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for September 2nd, 2007, The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 15) has been posted on his sermon website.
You can read the whole sermon by clicking here.
Coming Soon Listen to this sermon here.
The text is:
One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” And they could not reply to these things. Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” (Luke 14:1-14, ESV)
From the Sermon:
Ah, but Jesus has something to say about that too. He sees the man with dropsy. He loves him and cares for him. He heals him. He sends him back to his life to live it all differently. Jesus sees you. He loves you. He heals your sin. He gives you his blood bought forgiveness. He doesn’t send you back to your life alone. He promises to go with you by giving you the Holy Spirit. He gives you his Word, full of his promises for you. He gives you his body and blood as food to continue the healing. Because of all the Jesus sees in you, you can and do see the world differently.
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