CALENDAR
Beginning Sunday, August 1, 2010
SUNDAY
9:00 am Worship/Communion/Vicar Induction
10:15 am Bible Studies/Sunday School
11:30 am Welcome Potluck for Vicar & Brenda Pay
4:30 pm Circuit Softball - All Youth
MONDAY
6 am-5:30 pm It’s a Child’s World
10:00 am With Eager Hands
TUESDAY
6 am-5:30 pm It’s a Child’s World
9:30 am Office Staff Meeting
WEDNESDAY
6 am-5:30 pm It’s a Child’s World
8:30 am TOPS
THURSDAY
6 am-5:30 pm It’s a Child’s World
5:00 pm PAWD
FRIDAY
6 am-5:30 pm It’s a Child’s World
7:00 pm FFF
SATURDAY
8:00 am Men’s Bible Study
6:30 pm Worship
NEXT SUNDAY
9:00 am Worship
10:15 am Bible Studies/Sunday School
SERVING THE LORD:
Organist: Lucille Perley
Acolyte: (Sat) Jacob Pena
(Sun) Ben Dosch
Greeters: (Sat) Duane, Nancy, and Chad Gosa
(Sun) Al and Sandy Beuster
Ushers: (Sat) Fred Krack and Larry Ripka
(Sun) Bill Green, Andy Hemminghaus, Dennis Hurley, Kevin and Keith Verschoore
Sunday - 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Study— Meet with pastor Umbarger as we follow the life of Jesus.
Sunday - 10:30 a.m. Bible Study 101—Going through the basics of Bible study and Bible stories we hear as children but forget over time.
Saturday - 8:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study—Pericopes—a study of the lessons for the day.
PRAYER
Illness
Vern Sletten
Bill Park
Bruce Mauritzson
Margaret Murphy
Joyce Kuse
Renee Kroll
Libby Dreier
Bill Byles
Virginia Hemigartner
Barbara Hillman
Chuck and Joan Tormeno
Alice Heller
Chuck Eckert
Dave Halter
Tim Griswold
Kenneth and Jim Westervelt
Gabe Perkins
Nancy Gosa
Shut-ins
Adela Foster
Charlotte Geis
Alma Goering
Wedding Anniversaries
Steve and Cristina Braddy
Gunter and Carol Terronez
Missionaries
Pray for the new missionaries who attended orientation in June at Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL, who are about to go to the field. Ask God to send His holy angels to guard and protect the footsteps, ground travel, flights, and other transit as they prepare to journey abroad.
Sister Congregations
Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev. Thomas Wirsing, Bloomington, IL
Assistant Pastor Christopher Nitzel
Assistant Pastor Allen Steinbeck
Members of St. John=s
Eric and Jill Scholfield,
and Kevin, Carlie and Sarah
Tom and Linda Sharp
Bob and Pauline Shaw
Armed Services - Deployed
Nicholas Miller
Mike Lewis
Paul Friedrich
Bill Friedrich
Isaac Stone
Gregory Logsdon II
Carl Hocking
Todd Schwarz
Justin Whitmire
Civilians Deployed:
Richard Branner
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
ETERNAL CANDLE glows to the glory of God and is given by Lucille Perley in gratitude.
TODAY’S FLOWERS are given to the glory of God by Rhea Oakes in honor of her mom and dad.
Received into God’s kingdom of grace through Holy Baptism this Sunday morning is Madison Grace Dennis, daughter of Bryan and Amy Dennis, and sister of Brandon, Dylan, and Kaylee. Witnesses are Greg and Rebecca Aldridge. May the Holy Spirit keep Madison in her baptismal faith unto life everlasting. Amen.
A warm welcome to Garen Pay and his wife, Brenda, as Garen is inducted as Vicar of St. John’s this Sunday morning. A potluck dinner in their honor will begin at 11:30 a.m., following the Bible Study/Sunday School hour. Everyone is welcome! Table service and drinks will be provided by the Board of Parish Ministry.
A NEW PHOTO DIRECTORY will be published by Olan Mills this fall. Portraits will be taken the end of August. Sign up in the Concourse for your appointment before or after worship services. You may also sign up by going to our church web site, www.stjohnsem.org, and click the DIRECTORY SIGN UP link. (see bulletin insert)
FOOD PANTRY REQUEST: HAMBURGER AND TUNA HELPER AND Canned beef stew. If you are willing and able, please bring next weekend and place in the food basket located in the Narthex.
BEWARE OF SCAMS! It has been brought to our attention that some of our members have been approached but did not fall victim to these schemes.
Usually preying on grandparents and the elderly, phone calls are being made by scam artists who are pretending to be grandchildren or other relatives in some sort of financial trouble and in need of a very large amount of cash. You will be asked to wire this “desperately needed” cash to a foreign country...or you may receive a recorded phone message asking you to call an unfamiliar area code (809, 284, and 876) for information about a relative that is ill, has been arrested, or has died, or that you have won a wonderful prize! If you place the call from the US, you could apparently be charged over $2,000 per minute!
EVANGELISM NOTE:
Luke 12:13 "Beware of covetousness!" God warns us twice of danger coveting within the Ten Commandments. Coveting is a desire for something or someone that you do not have. Then, the apostle Paul goes on to tell us that he would not have even known that coveting is a sin, unless God had not said, 'you shall not covet (Romans 7:7).'
Human beings love to covet. The world loves to covet. The devil even covets our souls. But God does not love coveting. It is a dangerous attitude that only leads to more sin. The only cure for this inner, sinful desire is Christ Jesus. We strive hard to control our behaviors, but only God can cure our inmost desire as He fills us with Christ' love.
ALL CHURCH: This years back-to-school bash is set for Friday, August 20th, from 6 - 8 pm. We will have some wet & wild fun! Stay after for a movie outside if you wish! Everyone’s Invited!
YOUTH NEWS
CYF— Sign up now for the next event on August 15th!
LYF— August FFF host needed for Aug. 13th. Circuit softball is today!
If anyone would have addresses or phone numbers for these members please contact the church office. Thank You.
Andrew Daggett Matthew Moyes Michael Smith Taylor Smith
Joshua Daggett Jessica Pierce Ashley St. John Jennifer St. John
Suzanne Goderis Jon Ruggles Shawn Swanson Chandler VanRycke
Richelle Henriksen Raymond Sanders Hans VanRycke Katelynn VanRycke
Dustin Johnson Richard Seidlitz Matthew Wasinger Robert Wasinger
Stephanie Johnson William Seidlitz Joshua Webb Charles VanRycke
Cody Kays Penny Sheppard Carol Whitney Shawn Sheffler
Rebecca Kays Jennifer Shinn Jeffrey Whitney
Marcus Shinn James Whitney Kyle Depauw
Janna Mitchell Summer Shinn Alyssa Whitmire
St. John’s Golf Tournament and Family Picnic—Sept 12th
The St. John’s Family Golf Tournament will be Sunday, September 12th, with the first tee times starting at 2:30 pm. This is intended as a family event and prizes have been organized for youth through senior citizens and men and ladies. Last year we had 32 prizes to recognize and enhance the fun for this event.
We will be playing 9 holes best ball for 4 person teams. Youth (7 years and older), women, and Senior citizens may use the forward tees. Green fees are $12.00, cart fees are $6.50 if you do not care to walk, and picnic fees are $5.00 with kids 12 and under eating free. For safety purposes, cart drivers must be 18 years old.
Sign-up sheets are on the library counter. It provides for indicating your intention to play 9 holes, whether you will want a cart and whether you want to attend the picnic afterwards.
If you have a pairing planned with other friends or family members, a pairing sheet is provided. Just list each member of your party at the time you prefer to play. If you have no preference with whom you play, Ralph Grotelueschen will make up the final pairing from the sign-up sheet.
You do not need to play golf to attend the picnic. The picnic will start at about 5:30 pm or as soon as the first pairings come off the course. Let’s make this an un-FORE-gettable day!
Budget Needed—$7,586
Our Response to God’s Love:
7/4/10 $5,937
7/11/10 $5,061
7/18/10 $7,646
7/25/10 $5,037
July Simply Giving $1,990