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FEBRUARY 5 - 11, 2012
Lord, may our hearts turn to you, PRAYER REQUEST CARDS: In the lobby you will find a "Prayer Box" and Prayer Request Cards. If you have a special request for prayer, fill one out, place it in the offering plate or place it in the box and we will offer prayers for you. Remember one of the most powerful acts you can do for your brother or sister in Christ is to take their cause before the Lord in prayer. RADIO AD SPONSOR: In appreciation SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Our confirmation class is talking about the sacrament of baptism these days - which is why this week we include in our liturgy two parts from Luther's catechism which pertain to baptism. Adult Sunday School will not meet on February 5 but please join our Intergenerational Sunday School in the dining room! Adult Sunday school will continue next week, February 12. B-2 Adult Sunday School meets each Sunday morning in Room B-2 at 9:30 and is led by Julie Albert and Peg McAllister.
Bible Camp Weekend is this weekend, February 4 & 5. Counselors from Ingham Okoboji Bible Camp will speak to us about Bible Camp opportunities in the coming year. There are 3 ways to save when sending your child to camp: 1) St. John's Youth Team will be offering $100.00 camperships to members of St. John's, 2) Member Church Discount - save $15.00, 3) Register before March 15 to receive the early bird rates. INTERGENERATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL: I really could use So-and-So's advice! If I only knew then what I know now! Have you ever found yourself saying that? Do you know of someone that has just the right thing to say or best piece of advice? Where do they gain such wisdom and how do we get a hold of it? Since all wisdom comes from God, we should turn to the B-I-B-L-E! Join us for a special Intergenerational Sunday school Sunday, February 5 @ 9:30 a.m. in the Dining Room to dig into the Book of Proverbs, aka a Book of Wisdom. There will be "brain food" to help make us wise, learning time about the book of Proverbs, and a fun activity that will help Youth and Adults learn from each other! SUPER BOWL SUBS for sale! We still have some subs available for sale. The proceeds for the subs goes to our New Orleans' Group. If you would be interested in purchasing any, please contact Kim at 541-2812 or 546-8855.
SATURDAY LECTORS NEEDEd! We are very short of lectors for Saturday night service. If you are not on our Saturday night lector list and would be willing to read the scriptures, please call the church at 546-8855 or email Kristy@stjohnslemarsia.org THANK YOU! We want to thank our church family for attending our 50th wedding anniversary celebration, for your cards, gifts, and well wishes for more years to come. Our day will long be remembered by all of us. Thanks! Norm & Elvira Nielsen
Parish Leadership seminar: Are you interested in going to the Academy for Parish Leadership on Sat., Feb. 11 at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake? This event is sponsored by our Western Iowa Synod. It runs from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Course offerings include sessions on performance reviews, fruitful congregations, PR/marketing of a church, handicapped accessibility, and more. ELDERBERRIES: St. John's Elderberries will gather in the dining room on Sunday, February 12 at 3 pm. If you would be willing to host this event with treats and games, please contact Pastor Marcia at 546-8855. Elderberries is for light-hearted 60+ in age, who gather once a month to enjoy each other's company with food, conversation, games or whatever else the host plans. Celebrating life with joyful hearts is not just the Elderberries mission statement, but a reason to come together with friends. If you have never attended, please join us on Feb. 12th! NEW ORLEANS' GROUP MEETING: The New Orleans' Group will be meeting on February 12th at 7:30 pm in the Youth Room. PIZZA RANCH TIP NIGHT!! You're Invited!! The group going to the 2012 Nat'l Youth Gathering would like to invite you to join them at the Pizza Ranch, on Monday, February 13th, from 5 - 8 pm. The Youth will be bussing tables in exchange for tips. The group will also receive a percentage of the evening's sales. So let’s go out for supper and support the Youth at St. John's!!
Help feed Haiti children! For the first time, St. John's will be packaging food to send to Haiti! On February 22nd, Ash Wednesday, from 11:00 am until 8:00 pm, we will need 25 - 40 volunteers for each hour! Our Catechism Youth will participate in the last 3 hours, 5 - 8 pm, but we will need your help to fill the many slots available!! We want everyone that wants to work to be able to do so. Obviously without workers we have no event. Therefore, we are asking those that are able to donate to the cost of the event to do so, and St. John's will use matching funds to scholarship those who can give of their time but may not be able to donate monetarily. The total cost of the event is estimated to be $4000 - $6000.
This would give us 25,000 - 50,000+ meals. 30 orphans x 3 meals/day x 365 days = 32,850 meals which would feed the children of Grace Orphanage for the entire year. Please call the church office, 546-8855, to schedule a time! Invite your friends to help! More information will be coming or you can contact Kathy Stelzer at 540-0656.
LENTEN SERVICES: Ash Wednesday, February 22nd, is the start of Lent with services at 4:15 pm and 7:00 pm. Beginning the following Wed, Feb. 29, weekly Lenten services will start with a Simple Supper at 5:30 in our dining room, followed by worship at 7:00 pm.
congratuLAtions, Pastor Marcia! It's time for Pastor Marcia to sit back, relax, and enjoy her grandchildren! Effective February 26, Pastor Marcia will retire as a Pastor at St. John's. We will certainly all miss Pastor Marcia but wish her the best in her retirement. A reception will be held on February 26 from 2 - 4 pm in the church dining room. If you wish to help with the reception, please contact Kristy Pecks at 540-7093. If you would like to give a monetary gift, please drop it off at the church office.
DO YOU HAVE a sectional couch that is in good shape that you would be willing to donate to St. John's? Our sectional couch in the Youth Room has served a good life for us but it's time for it to say good-bye! Please contact the church office at 546-8855, if you have a sectional that you can donate.
GROCERY CART: The theme for February is "Be Sweet to Your Heart". Please donate all kinds of healthy foods. KEEP COLLECTING the items that can be used by the Do-Day women: Campbell's soup labels, pop can tabs, sheets, blankets & odd & ends of material to make quilts. There are also collection boxes in the lobby for old cell phones and old Bibles. Thanks!!! Don't forget to collect stamps! We are still saving U S First class postage stamps and International postage stamps. These stamps are packaged and sold to stamp collectors around the world. The proceeds are used to finance research for the prevention of tuberculosis.
NOISY OFFERING was last weekend! We collected $235.60 which are designated for Grace Orphanage in Haiti. Thanks to all those who contributed to our Noisy Weekend offering!
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