St. John’s Lutheran Church Newsletter
Sand Prairie – Green Valley, IL
July & August 2013
The ParishScope St. John’s Lutheran Church Newsletter
Sand Prairie – Green Valley, IL
July & August 2013
The ParishScope St. John’s Lutheran Church Newsletter
Sand Prairie – Green Valley, IL
June/July 2014
The ParishScope
June is Mission Month
The Stewardship & Missions committee has
designated June again as our month to focus on
missions to others. Here is the tentative list of
guests to visit us on Sunday mornings in June.
June 1 - LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs from
Lutheran Church Charities. These dogs help to
bring comfort and compassion to people in need
of emotional support such as Boston Marathon
bombing, school shootings, and locally during
last November’s tornadoes.
June 8 - Nicholas Salifu from Ghana, West
Africa: In 2007, when Rev. Salifu attended
Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO., he saw
how the Lutheran school system worked and was
impressed and saw that this was something Ghana
needed, urgently. “When he returned to Ghana in
2010, Rev. Salifu decided to donate a large piece
of land he owned, fencing it in to make it safe for
the children.
June 15 - Derek & Noemi Sinay from Servant
Ministries Guatemala: Located on the eastern
side of Guatemala which is committed to the
fulfillment of the “Great Ccommission in a
remote part of Guatamala known for its poverty,
oppression, violence and hopelessness.
June 22 - Pastor Ron Miller will preach and
teach Bible class focusing on missions in our
daily lives.
June 29 - Rev. Walter D Volz (Florida) from Food for the Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the United States which has provided over $11 billion in aid since 1982.
Feature Story
25 YEARS IN MINISTRY On Sunday, June 1
st, our congregation will honor Pastor
Kevin for 25 years in the ministry. His father, Pastor Dave
Bueltmann, will be the guest pastor. Refreshments will be
served in the fellowship hall following the early
service. There will be a cookout at noon. The hamburger,
brats, and hot dogs will be provided by Baird Woolsey, our
Thrivent Financial Representative. Everything will be
provided. There will be a card shower at the 9:00
a.m. fellowship and at the noon luncheon. The LCC Comfort
Dogs will be around that day as well. Please come and help
make this a very special day for Pastor Kevin and his family.
Pastor Kevin & his wife, Tawn, met in college at Concordia
in Seward, Nebraska. They were married in 1986 and a year
later, moved to Kalispell, Montana where she served as a
Lutheran teacher and he served as a DCE for 4 years in the
areas of youth, music, & evangelism. A couple years after
their first son, Aaron, was born, they moved to Normal, IL
where Kevin served as a DCE and Tawn helped start a
Mothers of PreSchoolers ministry and served as a full-time
mom to Aaron & (eventually) Brianna. After 4 years, Kevin
was offered the director position at Camp Luther of Nebraska
where Tawn served as Food Services Director and Ministry
Assistant. During that time Carly & Davis were born and
Kevin got his Master’s Degree program in Family Life
Ministry at Concordia Nebraska. After 8 years, he accepted a
position at Camp CILCA until 2008, when he went to
Concordia Seminary in St. Louis & Tawn served as Director
of Music at an LCMS church. He was placed here as a vicar
in June of 2010 and was ordained and became our pastor in
2011. Tawn substitute teaches at area schools and plays organ
& keyboards for our church & others. Pastor Kevin’s hobbies
include spending time with family, racquetball, biking,
writing & recording Christian music and leading kids and
adults in singing praise to God. Kevin is grateful for God’s
blessings and for working through him and his family in
many ways. To God be the glory.
New Members! We have had 21 new members who have joined our church in the last 3 months, including 10 who were baptized. Not pictured: Reese Hicks, Bailey Wicks, & Kameron Wicks (children Jordan Sondag & Krystal Wicks) were baptized on April 13th. Isaac Keith Egli (son Jeremy Egli & Ashley Brent) was baptized April 27th. We pray God's blessings on gift of faith for these 4 and the others listed below.
EPIPHANY SOCIETY will meet on
June 5th
with a 1:00pm meeting time.
Hostesses are Bernita Snyder and
Lottie Munter. DCE Bill Krueger will
have our program. Please remember
your items for the ingathering box.
Sunday School News
Perfect Attendance
April 2014
Kindergarten
Madelyn Simpson
3rd Grade
Kale Lutz Avery Lay
6th
Grade
IzaBelle Cobb Chelsey Catton
7th
Grade
Kaylee Carson Sully
Larimore
Haley Noel Jacob Urish
8th
Grade
Rachel Bresnahan Jeb Larimore
High School
Karl Lutz Cody Catton
Anna Friedrich Joe Woodruff
Zach Fuelberth
SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE
CLASS (Smmer Quarter - June -
August) The Stewardship and
Missions committee has designated
June as our month to focus on
missions to others. Each Sunday
there will be a different Bible class
leader to draw attention to a specific
mission: June 1st: Luteran Church
Charities; June 8th: Missionary
Nicolas Salifu from Ghana, West
Africa; June 15th: Derek and Noemi
Sinay from Servan Ministries,
Guatemala; June 22nd Missions in our
daily lives; June 29th : Rev. Walter
Volz Food for the Poor. What a great
opportunity to learn more about these
important ministries.
Summer Sunday School: the
regular teachers are taking the
summer off, and we are grateful to
those who will be giving them a
break.
Summer Sunday School begins on
June 1, 2014. Our students will
dive into H2Oh! God Keeps His
Promises. Each of the weekly Bible
stories has water as a central
element in the account. There will
be openings, Bible stories & crafts
each week. Make it a priority for
your children to attend S.S. this
summer, and enjoy the fun.
GSLS VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL: This year's Vacation Bible
School will be held at Good Shepherd
Lutheran School beginning Sunday,
June 22 and concluding Thursday,
June 26 from 6:00 to 8:30 each
evening. Preschoolers through 8th
graders will traverse the "Gangway
to Galilee" as they learn more about
our Lord and Savior! We need our
wonderful volunteers to make this
year a success, so we hope you will
consider joining us in this service.
Nursery babysitting is available for
those who are volunteering only.
SAVE THE DATE:
Sunday, August 10, 2014.
A special Confirmation
Class Reunion will be held
at Noon in the Fellowship
Hall. This will particularly
include the 50 year class
(1964), but also many other
classes in addition. Details
are still in the planning
stages for a catered lunch
and time for reminiscing.
More to come soon.
Pastor Wenndt - 25 years
Greetings from Timothy Lutheran
Church, Woodstock,
Georgia. Rev. Thomas R. Wenndt
has been a member of our
congregation for over a year and
in that time we have learned many
things about him. We recently
learned that Pastor Tom was
ordained on August 22 in 1988, 25
years ago. And that he has served
your congregation. We think that
these two events should be given
their proper due.
On August 17, 2014 Timothy
Lutheran Church at Arnold Mill
Road Woodstock Georgia will be
celebrating Pastor Wenndt’s
25th plus Ordination
Anniversary, In this regard we are
asking all the congregations that
he has previously served to send
their congratulations, cards,
honoraria, pictures and best
wishes to TLC and we will present
these tokens of affections and
appreciation to Pastor Tom on this
memorable day. In order to
properly organize, mount and
display these items we ask that
they be received by July 9, 2014.
If you have any questions or
additional interest regarding this
event please call Jim Taylor 770
977 5314 or e-
mail [email protected].
Save the Date Fall Rally: On
Thursday, September 25, 2014 the
Fall Zone Rally will be held at Mt.
Calvary Lutheran Church in Peoria.
The theme is “Live Forgiven and Live
Forgiving”. Watch for invitations and
registration information to arrive
around the 1st of August.
We are looking for nominations for
the offices of President and
Secretary/Treasurer. If you know
anyone interested in serving our zone
please contact Sandy Lindsey or
Donna Obermann.
We will also be looking to elect a
delegate to the LWML National
Convention to be held in Des Moines,
IA June 25-28, 2015
GOOD SHEPHERD
GRADUATION:
We congratulate the young
people who graduated from
Good Shepherd Lutheran
School this year, including
our member, Rachel
Bresnahan, Brittany Clouse,
Kaylin Ehlers, Paige Hicks,
Caitlin LeCrone, Emily
Stewart. Congratulations.
GSLS News
CRIP: Local and national
order sheets are available at the scrip table
every Sunday in the Parish Hall. This is a
great way to help Good Shepherd and also
make your shopping easier.
Good Shepherd Lutheran School's
8th ANNUAL BENEFIT
AUCTION COMMITTEE is
pleased to finally present our totals
for this year's auction--"Happy
Trails to Ewe"!
Thanks to all who supported our
efforts, the NET AMOUNT
RAISED FOR GSLS
was: $93,283.28! This was our
BEST YEAR so far! The Building
Fund will receive $64,153.88 of
this amount, and Fund-An-Item
will receive $29,129.40.
Thank you once again to all who
donated, sponsored, or prayed for
this year's efforts to be
successful. God continues to richly
bless our school!
Remember to SAVE THE DATE
for our 9th Annual Benefit Auction
which will be held on Saturday,
March 21, 2015, at the Par-A-Dice
Hotel Ballroom.
Plan to enjoy a muy buenas noches
as we offer
"A Fiesta for
Ewe!"
Member classes coming in
June - The next New Member
Class will be held on 5
evenings, June 22 - Thursday,
June 26 at Good Shepherd
Lutheran School during
Vacation Bible School. We
will have double sessions each
night, from 6-8:30pm, in order
to get in the 10 lessons. Invite
your friends!
If you think fathers can feel inadequate these days, how do you suppose Joseph a carpenter felt teaching the One who made the animals, trees and everything else? How do you impart wisdom to the One who is Wisdom? But he did. Joseph took Jesus to the Synagogue. There were the Holy Scriptures. That’s what Joseph read and recited to Jesus perhaps while teaching Him to make a chair or a table. God gave an ordinary man, Joseph, the unparalleled responsibility to care for, and nurture Jesus. The carpenter from Nazareth did the best he could with the gifts God had given him. That’s the responsibility God gives to fathers today. “Do the best you can with what I have given you to care for and nurture your children. Bring them to My House. Read them My Word. I will be at work in their lives and yours.” We should honor and respect our Fathers everyday not just once a year on Fathers Day, because God has given them a huge responsibility.
“As a father shows compassion to his children so the Lord Shows compassion to these who fear him.” (psalm 103:13)
CALL COMMITTEE has begun meeting again. We have 18 new names that we sent down to President Miller. He will get the materials for these men back to us as quickly as possible. Individual members are finding sermons to watch/listen to from the internet. Please pray for the church and the committee, that we find the man God wants us to have as our second pastor.
Library News
THE LIBRARY IS ALWAYS
OPEN from 9:00-10:40 am. Please
check the many DVDs for all ages,
the books for our younger children,
and the Bible class materials.
Thank you
I wanted to give a heartfelt Thank You
to all who were involved in making the
arrangements, concerning the award I
received as Central Illinois District S.S.
Teacher of the year. I was totally
surprised with all of the attention, and
the memories of that day will be with
me till I die. I appreciate and will
cherish the memories of that day.
Thank You So Much
Mr. Bill
PARISHSCOPE
DEADLINE: The Parishscope
will be published the 3rd
week of
every month. Please get your
Parishscope news to the Church
office by July 20, 2014. There
will not be a July Parishscope
CID AT BUSCH!!
AUGUST 30 - The Chicago Cubs
play the Cardinals at Busch
Stadium. The seats are Infield
Terrance Reserved (Sections 451-
454) behind home plate, under the
shade of the terrace level roof. The
ticket price is $50. per person (50%
off premium date price of $99).
(ADA accessible seating may be
requested.) Orders returned in the
same envelope can be assigned
tickets together.
See the website for more info:
HTTP://WWW.GRACE-
STRASBURG.COM/CIDDAY
USE THE NURSERY AS
NEEDED: At the present time the
nursery is not being used on a
regular basis, but it is available for
anyone who needs it. The church
services can be viewed on the TV.
SUMMER CAMP
BROCHURES -
Camp CILCA is an awesome
Lutheran camp. Children are
welcome to bring friends.
Brochures are in the Narthex,
or you can register online at
www.CILCA.org. Thrivent
will provide $35 if you contact
the church office, Sharon
Lemon, Phyllis Willard, or
Bill Krueger.
Worship Participant
SCHEDULE
June
8:00am Worship Elder: Dale Moehring
Acolytes: IzaBelle Cobb, Caleb
Willmert
Altar Duty: Karen Kohl, Phyllis
Privett
10:45 am Worship Elder: Ward Sirotak
Acolytes: Haley Noel, Chelsey
Catton
July
8:00am Worship Elder: Jim Fairchild
Acolytes: Jacob Urish, Emme
Eisfelder
Altar Duty: Anita Friedrich, Linda
Turney
10:45 am Worship Elder: Dan Smith
Acolytes: Kaylee Carson, Haley
Noel
June/July Preaching
Schedule
June 1: Pastor Dave Bueltmann (presentation by LCC K-9
Comfort)
June 8: Nicolas Salifu from (Ghana West Africa) June 15: Pastor Kevin Bueltmann
June 22: Pastor Ron Miller
June 29: Rev Walter D. Volz (Food for the Poor)
July 6: Pastor Ron Miller
July 13: Pastor Kevin Bueltmann
July 20: Pastor Dave Bueltmann
July 27: Pastor Kevin Bueltmann
The Fort Bend Boys Choir of
Texas, Saturday, June 14 -
8:00pm at Trinity Lutheran in
Peoria
Don’t miss this concert by the Fort
Bend Boys Choir of Texas. Since
their founding 1982, the choir has
grown from 45 initial members into
5 performing ensembles with about
200 choristers. The Tour Choir has
traveled to 23 states and gone on 9
international tours. The Tour Choir
consisting of 36 choristers is
touring Illinois this coming
summer. The choir was organized
to give boys with special musical
abilities and interests an
opportunity to perform more
challenging choral literal from
classical selections to folk music.
The group combines the freshness
and enthusiasm of childhood with
artistic maturity, something that
can only be achieved through
serious work. Boyish energy is
channeled into dedication to excel,
team effort and hard work. For
other children, the boys serve as
models of purposeful work and
high achievement. For s\adults,
they are inspirational reminders of
human possibilities.
June 01 Diane Beebe
June 02 Steven Miller
Katie Worner
June 03 Sara Brown
Marilyn Kenney *
Stacey Mutchler
June 04 Peyton Johns
Jacob Urish
June 05 Cameron Bell
Ruth Gallup
Jona Ledgess
Amanda McKinley
June 06 Bennett Jennings
Brandon Travis
Dorothy Urish *
Irvin Wyss *
June 07 Dan Duval
Sheila Privitt
June 08 Don Barth *
Clay Harper
Jenny Miller
Larry Weiland
June 09 Mason Harper
Cathy Waddell
June 11 Kelly Kerley
Denise Lutz
June 12 Leslie Bell
Chelsey Catton
James Holloway
Joshua Holloway
June 13 Bunny Blasdel
Phillip Friedrich
Mardell Urish *
June 15 Graden Becker
Noah LeCrone
Megan Shay
Bonnie Tometich
June/July Birthdays
June 17 Matthew Hall
Derek Hand
June 18 Deanne Brown
June 19 Brandon Flexsenhar
June 20 David Barth
Marv Palm *
Wendy Woods
June 22 Bailey Lay
June 23 Gabriella Gallup
Todd Urish
June 25 Gary Barth
Jennifer Fielder
Jean Green *
Cathy Janus
June 27 Dave Reagan
June 28 Marlene Baker
Dylan Becker
Sandy Friedrich
Addy Ledgess
June 29 Mason Garlisch
June 30 Crystal Kilgus
July 01 Davis Bueltmann
LeeAnne Carson
July 02 Alexandra Dodd
Tyler Stewart
Joseph Woodruff
July 03 Jerry Harrison
July 04 Blake McBride
Christopher Nolan
July 05 Bill Baker *
Ann Lutz *
Leanne Walton
July 06 Laurie Fuelberth
Johnna Kinney
July 07 Daniel Barth
Annelyse Fuelberth
Caitlin LeCrone
Graham Shissler
Frank Weindel *
July 08 Bob Friedrich *
July 09 Jack Lutz *
Dick Jones *
Dennis Hoehn
July 10 Mark Reagan
Donna Hoehn *
July 12 Trina Ward
Linda Mickley
July 13 Linda Weimer
Linda Turney
Chris Friedrich
Ryan Fairchild
July 14 Christopher Urish
July 15 Zeth Miller
Brenda Kaeb
July 16 Megan Kerley
July 17 Caleb Schleder
Nicole Carson
July 19 Jared Shay
Schuylar Garlisch
Quinn Flexsenhar
July 20 Jessica Urish
Ron Toepke
Mike Snyder
Norb Schaefer *
Jon Hottell
Darcey Drockelman
July 21 Kenny Lutz *
Michele Holder
Joni Barth
July 22 Aaliyah Mc Kinley
July 23 Joe Lay
Carol Harris
July 24 Alan White
Madelynn Weiland
Jada Mutchler
Chip Lutz
Raven Bong
July 25 Gabrielle Mutchler
July 26 Joseph Proehl
July 29 Phyllis Privett
Lottie Munter *
Anna Hamann *
Maggie Boyer
July 30 Kyle Worner
Kye Frazier
July 31 Lenny Wiseman
Bill Heston *
Happy Birthday,
FOOD PANTRY
NEWS: The Food Pantry
is needing donations of
canned vegetables and
fruit. Please leave your
food donations on the
stage in the Fellowship
Hall. As always,
monetary donations are
equally appreciated.
MARK THE DATE:
Sunday, August 17 - Begins
at 11:30am at Lutheran
Hillside Village Located at
6901 Galena Road in Peoria
Ice Cream Social and Bake
Sale.
(donations for the base sale
will be greatly appreciated.)
Saturday, September 13,
2014 - Lutheran Hillside
Village
2nd
Annual Brunch
(details regarding time and
ticket information will be
forthcoming later). Proceeds
from this brunch will benefit
Lutheran Hillside Village
Foundation.
June 04
Bill & Linda Krueger
Joe & Susan Lay
June 07 Pastor Kevin & Tawn Bueltmann
Don & Sheila Lutz
June 10 Daniel & Stephanie Miller
June 12 Dick & Marlene Jones
June 13 Stan & Linda Weimer
June 14 Randy & Kathy Urish
Dan & Leslie Bell
Steve & Cheryl Bong
Chris & Tammy Combes
June 15 Kevin & Jeri Dobbelaire
June 20 Scott & Janice Urish
June 24 Norm & Judy Tisdale
June 25 Davin & Linda Miller
June 26 Jason & Amanda Proehl
June 30 Robyn & Connie Schappaugh
Herschel & Judi Hicks
Jack & Phyllis Lutz
July 01 John & Lynn Candler
July 03 Matt & Gina Eisfelder
July 07 Ron & Sandy Weiland
David & Susan Woodruff
July 10 Lewis & AnnaMae Friedrich
July17
James & Wendy Woods
July 20
Duane & Loraine Schleder
Happy Anniversary!!
God Bless your special day.
June/July Anniversaries
LISTEN TO THE LUTHERAN
HOUR: Each Sunday the
Lutheran Hour can be heard on
WGN 720AM at 6:00 AM and on
WLLM 1370 AM at 7:00 PM
Traveling to Germany. If you
would like to join us on this
trip, August 25-September 5, please
contact Marlene Baker or Vergie
Friedrich.
Pastor David Bueltmann
Pastor Kevin Bueltmann
Larry & Connie Ary
Bill & Marlene Baker
Charlie & June Berndt
Anita Friedrich
Lottie Munter
John & Barb Fuelberth
Ralph & Linda Mickley
Louis & Kaeleen Maylander
Gary & Sheila Schumm
Joyce Starkjohann
Ron & Hermene Upchurch
Dennis & Lillian Vogel
Margaret Frazier
Donetta Reed
Ken & Diana Emme
Karen Willard Joanne Willard
Peoria Bach Festival 2014: The Peoria
Bach Festival 2014 will be held at Trinity
Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph
Ave., Peoria, Illinois from June 2-8. Now
in it’s twelfth season, Peoria Back
Festival is celebrating the music, life, and
faith of one of history’s greatest
composers, Johann Sebastian Back
(1685-1750).
Monday, June 2nd:
Annual Peoria Back
Festival Young Artists;’ Concert - 12:05
pm (Free)
Tuesday, June 3rd
: Marcia and Friends -
12:05pm (Free)
Wednesday, June 4th
: Music for Pipe
and Strings - 12:05pm (Free); “Hey Kids
Meet Mr. Bach”: Bach Goes to Space -
4:00pm (adm $2.50)
Thursday, June 5th
: Bach’s Lunch -
12:00pm (Free-call to reserve a lunch)
Chamber Concert 2014 - 5:30pm (Free)
Friday, June 6th
: Coffee with Bach -
6:30pm; Pre-Concert Lecture - 7:15pm;
Coffee Concert 2014 - 8:00pm
(adm $16 adult/$10 students)
Saturday, June 7th
: Festival Concert
2014 (adm $16 adult.$10 student)
Sunday, June 8th
: Festival Worship
Services - 8:00am to 10:45 am
Celebrating Pentecost, the birthday of the
Christian church.
GSLS HAS POSITIONS OPEN
FOR THE 2014/2015 SCHOOL
YEAR: They are looking for a
volunteer to coach JV Girls
Basketball and a volunteer for
Varsity Girls Basketball. They
are also looking for a Band
Director and preschool aide
position at GSLS. Anyone
interested in any of the listed
positions, please go to
www.goodshepherdpekin.com for
a job description and an
application.
GSLS NEEDS VOLUNTEER
MOWERS: Contact Principal
Joel Kilgus at (309)347-2020
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Sand Prairie 13443 Townline Road - Green Valley, IL 61534-9216
(309)348-3180 – [email protected]
www.SandPrairieLutheran.org Pastor Kevin Bueltmann
DCE Bill Krueger
School Principal Joel Kilgus
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8:00 am Traditional Worship
9:30 am Sunday School & Bible Classes
10:45 am Contemporary Worship
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June/July 2014
25+ Years of (Team) Ministry
This month, I am celebrating 25 years of ministry, but this has not been a solo accomplishment. This has been a team effort. A team ministry. I have been blessed on this journey with someone I have been married to for 28 years, and that of course is my wife, Tawn. She complements my life, my weaknesses, & strengths in many ways. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says, "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help." By design, God made men and women with equal value, but with different gifts and abilities to complement each other. This has been true in our relationship as well. But, of course, our marriage wouldn't have been what it is without God in our lives. A few verses later we find in Ecclesiastes 4:12 "A threefold cord is not quickly broken." This was our theme verse for our wedding. For us, this reminds us that God is always to be an integral part of our relationship. God has been there for us and He is there for you whether you are married or single. I pray that God is the most important part of your life as well. God is good all the time.
In Christ’s Love,
Pastor Kevin