St. John Lutheran Church October 2016 _____________________________________________ ___________________________ Church Office: 563-242-5588 Pastor Dan Pool: 321-6757, home e-mail: [email protected]Web Site: www.stjohn-clinton-ia.org _____________________________________________ ________ ________ ________ ___ Pastor Pool’s Sunday Bible Study James: Mandate & Mission Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall This month we finish our study of Habakkuk and transition into a new study on the Book of James. In the tradition of Proverbs, James, the brother of our Lord, writes this
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St. John Lutheran Church October 2016________________________________________________________________________
Church Office: 563-242-5588Pastor Dan Pool: 321-6757, home
Pastor Pool’s Sunday Bible StudyJames: Mandate & Mission
Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
This month we finish our study of Habakkuk and transition into a new study on the Book of James. In the tradition of Proverbs, James, the brother of our Lord, writes this early epistle to explain the life of faith that follows the saving work of Christ. This study will be very practical. There is no cost. Bring your Bible or grab one off the shelf. No previous Bible class experience is necessary. This is a great time to jump in with us!
October 2: Habakkuk 3:7-13: Wrath and Creation October 9: Habakkuk 3:14-19: Waiting for the Day of Trouble October 16: James 1:1-4: Count It All Joy! October 23: James 1:5-15: Steadfast October 30: James 1:16-27: Slow to Speak
Where is Your Catechism?
Last month, I had the privilege of attending the Symposium at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. The conference theme was the use of the Catechism, From Font to Grave. For many of us, the Catechism was a book we used during the process leading up to Confirmation. We memorized it as a list of facts. We used it to get ready for the memory dump at questioning, and then we put it away in a box or on a shelf, never to be used again.
But Luther intended for the Catechism to be used for so much more. In fact, he used it daily throughout his adult life. He mastered it, as one masters musical scales or free throws in basketball. And this
is what I would like us to do with the Catechism. It belongs at our dinner tables, and on our nightstands, and in our hearts.
We aren’t learning facts about God in the Catechism, we are being introduced to God Himself. I would like us to have a lifelong passion for the contents of this book. Luther intended it to shape the whole life of a Christian. He suggested that the Catechism shapes you into a certain type of person granting you a new way of being in the world. It teaches us that life begins when we, “fear, love and trust in God above all things.”
So where is your Catechism? Do you know what it tells you about God? Do you know what it tells you about humanity and life? Do you know the grammar of the faith as revealed in the Catechism? Let me encourage you to read it again and again. Let the words sink in. Go deep. Meditate upon it. Know the Catechism so well that it informs everything that you are and everything that you do.
Pastor
Sunday Services in October
October 2: LWML SundayOctober 9: Mission FestivalOctober 16: 23rd Sunday after PentecostOctober 23: 24th Sunday after PentecostOctober 30: Reformation Sunday
Mission Festival: Lutherans For Life
This year our Mission Festival offerings will go to support Lutherans for Life. We have used their materials for years on Life Sundays in January. Their goal is to equip Lutherans to be Gospel-motivated voices for life. They work to protect the lives of the unborn, but also to help us see all of life through the lens of God’s Word. You can find out more at Lutheransforlife.org. Jesus said, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). Join us Sunday, October 9, as we talk about life as He has revealed it.
Fellowship Club Potluck
St. John Fellowship Club will meet on Tuesday, October 4, at 6:00 p.m. for a potluck supper at the church. Please bring food to share. The beverages and table service will be furnished. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Ladies’ Evening Bible Study
Ladies Evening Bible Study will meet on October 4 and 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the church in classroom 1. All women are welcome to join us!
Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid will meet in the fellowship hall on Friday, October 7 at 1:30 p.m. Pastor Pool will be leading the Bible study. Hostesses are Norma Hammer, Joan Bennett, and Mary Eizenga.
The LWML Fall Rally will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton on Saturday, October 8. Registration and breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $4.00. The Ingathering will be for the food pantry. All ladies are invited to attend.
October 2 is LWML Sunday. We will have a mite box in the fellowship hall. All proceeds will be used for missions.
Mary Martha
The Mary Martha meeting will be Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Kathy Schrader will lead the Bible study. The 2017 altar duties sign-up sheets will be available. Marianne Wenzel and Jan Peters will serve as hostesses. All ladies are invited to attend.
Quilts for Lutheran World Relief
The Quilting Bee will meet on Thursday, October 20 at 9:00 a.m. in the fellowship hall to make quilts for Lutheran World Relief. Anyone interested in helping is welcome to join us!
Youth Pizza and Bible Study
Middle and High School Students! Sunday, October 23 at 6:00 p.m. we will meet for Bible study and good eats! We will talk about the Higher Things conference too. Friends are welcome! In the Fellowship
Hall. RSVP with Pastor if you plan to attend!
Hospitalization
Please be sure to mention St. John Lutheran Church if you are admitted at Mercy Medical Center, Clinton. Your pastor wants to visit you when you’re hospitalized, but the only sure way for him to know is for you or a family member to call the church office, 242-5588. If you would like pastor to visit, but not have your name announced on Sunday, your request will be honored.
Do you shop at Amazon.com?
AmazonSmile will make a donation to St. John each time you make a purchase. Go to smile.amazon.com/ch/42-6005460 to register your account. After registering your Amazon account, start each purchase at smile.amazon.com.
Higher Things is our annual youth conference and next summer it will take place in Valparaiso, Indiana on July 25-28, 2017. Registration forms are now available in the Fellowship Hall. Please return forms by October 16. $100 is due at registration. The Church will help raise funds for the
conference again this year. Gifts toward our trip are welcome. Confirmed youth and college students are invited to attend. Do you have questions? Talk with Pastor! And go to higherthings.org for more information.
Things you never hear in church…1. Hey! It’s my turn to sit in the front pew.2. I was so enthralled, I never noticed the sermon
ran 25 minutes long.3. Personally, I find witnessing much more
enjoyable than golf.4. I’ve decided to give our church the $500 a month
I used to send to the TV evangelists.5. I volunteer to be the permanent teacher for the
junior high Sunday school class.6. I love it when we sing hymns I’ve never heard
before.7. Since we’re all here, let’s start the service early.8. Pastor, we’d like to send you to a Bible seminar
in the Bahamas.9. Nothing inspires me and strengthens my
commitment like our annual stewardship campaign.
10. I couldn’t find space to park outside. Praise God!
Altar Flowers
The new 2017 altar flower sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board in the narthex. Flowers may be placed on the altar on any Sunday except during Lent. This may be done in memory of someone, commemorating a birthday or anniversary, or as a service of love.
Hy-Vee and Flowers on 5th both have keys to St. John so if you are ordering flowers from them they should be able to pick up the vase liners and deliver the flowers when it is convenient for them. If you would like to use a different florist, you may stop by the church office the week before you are signed up for flowers and pick up a church key and the vase liners for the florist. Please ask the florist to leave the church key in the sacristy when they deliver the flowers.
Please contact the church office, 242-5588, by Thursday at Noon with your altar flower bulletin announcement, the florist who will be delivering the flowers, and whether or not you would like to keep the altar flowers after service or have them delivered to the sick or shut-in members of the congregation.
Facebook
Did you know the Church has a Facebook page? You can like us on Facebook at St. John
Lutheran Church, Clinton.
We are so excited to be discipling 11 of Jesus' little lambs in our preschool class this year! Our new 4 hour schedule is working out great. The children are making new friends and working hard on social skills and learning the rules and routines of school. October brings books and activities involving farms and fall and the changes we will see all around us. Along with that we will learn about several Old Testament heroes such as Noah, Jacob, Samuel, and David. We will talk about how God always loves and cares for us and what obedience looks like.
Clinton Lutheran HourRadio Broadcast
The Clinton Lutheran Hour has been coming into people’s homes, through KROS Radio broadcasts, since 1950.
For those who are shut-ins or are unable to come to church, this is a wonderful way to hear God’s word, through Pastor Pool, and be a part of the worship service.
The Radio Mission League sponsors these broadcasts each Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. on KROS 1340 AM or 105.9 FM. Donations made from St. John congregation make this possible.
Would you like to assure the continuance of these broadcasts with a donation in your name or in memory of a loved one? A broadcast may be sponsored for a specific Sunday for $35.00 by contacting Janice Wheelock, 321-4536.
Darlene Paysen and Paul Wenzel record our services each week, Jeff Niebuhr is our announcer, Janice Wheelock schedules the broadcasts, and Sharon Brown is the treasurer.
Thanksgiving Baskets
The Board of Evangelism is coordinating Thanksgiving Baskets in November. The baskets will include a turkey or ham, provided by St. John, and other traditional non-perishable Thanksgiving foods, such as boxes of mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberries and corn. They will go to people in the community who are in need of special help during this holiday season. We are limiting the number of baskets to 10.
What can you do to help?
1. Donate non-perishable food items;
2. Submit a name to the church office of a neighbor, coworker or friend to whom you would like to donate a basket (please include the number of family members);
3. Help assemble or deliver baskets the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Check It OutIn Our Church Library
The Executioner’s RedemptionBy
Rev. Timothy R. Carter
When Tim Carter started working at a prison to make money for college, he didn’t realize that he was signing away his life, his heart, and his very self to a career of brutal violence. In the midst of the darkness of prison life, the light of God’s word shone in front of him. Condemned inmates were brought to faith.
Rev. Carter participated in the executions of more than 150 inmates during his year of service. Today, he is the Care Ministry Pastor at Salem Lutheran Church in Tomball, Texas.
Amish PromisesBy
Leslie Gould
(fiction)
Journey down a quiet lane in Lancaster County, where love, heartache, friendship, and healing meet.
The Moses QuiltBy
Kathi Macias
(fiction)
Can the pieces of a former slave’s story change the pattern of her future?
October Birthdays & Anniversaries
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !
Happy Birthday to: Howard Vogel, who will be 84 on October 2. Ronald McGauvran, who will be 83 on October 4.Kathleen Lorenzen, who will be 80 on October 24.
Happy Anniversary to:Carl & Lisa LeQue, 40th Wedding Anniversary on Oct. 1. Scott & Lavina Reed, 15th Wedding Anniversary on Oct. 13.
We list birthdays 80 and above and anniversaries for year one and every five years thereafter unless we receive a request not to do so.
Private Communion Calls
Pastor Pool now makes his visits to those in nursing homes throughout the month. Those at home who would like to receive a communion visit are asked to call Pastor at the church office, 242-5588, to schedule a convenient time.
Recording 2 – Darlene Paysen9 – Paul Wenzel16 – Darlene Paysen23 – Paul Wenzel30 – Darlene Paysen
Late
Elders: Troy Bialas David Martinez
Ushers: Eric Pool Pete Sirna Dale Schroeder Stephen VanVuren
Acolyte Schedule2-Early – Elder 2-Late – Elder
9-Early – William Schemers9-Late – Kaleb Bovis
16-Early – Elder16-Late – Elder
23-Early – Maya Martha23-Late – Christine Frett
30-Early – Elder30-Late – Elder
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