Monday, February 19, 2018

February 18 Weekly News


MIDWEEK LENTEN WORSHIP continues this week at 7:00 p.m., following the first tenet, Grace Alone.  May God bless you as we continue through this penitential season of Lent.  The Jr. High Youth will be serving sloppy joe/hot dog/coney sandwiches, green beans, salad, and dessert before worship, beginning at 5:45 p.m.

LENTEN DEVOTIONS are still available in the narthex.

SENIOR LEAGUE will meet this evening at Bob Evans restaurant at 5:00 p.m. for supper and will then return to the Fellowship Room for socializing.

YOUTH GROUPS will meet this evening at 7:00 p.m.

MARCH CALENDAR/NEWS ITEMS need to be given to Becky by tomorrow.

BOARD OF EVANGELISM will meet this Thursday, February 22, at 6:30 p.m.

CHURCH FOUNDATION will meet after worship next Sunday, February 25.  Please meet in the front church pews.

ADULT INSTRUCTION CLASS:  Pastor Whitmore will begin an adult instruction class tomorrow (Monday, February 19) at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Room.  Confirmed members are also invited to attend any of these classes for a review of our Lutheran teachings.

HOST FAMILIES are needed to provide a night’s rest and next morning breakfast for the “Singing Saints” choir and its chaperones from Saint Paul Lutheran High School, Concordia, MO, after they present an evening of sacred Christian music here at St. John’s on Wednesday, March 21 (our last midweek Lenten service).  Please sign up after church today if you would be able to provide accommodations for one or more choir members and/or chaperones.

PRE-ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN at White Creek Lutheran School for the 2018-2019 school year.  A discounted pre-enrollment fee of $90 per student is available if received by February 28.  After that date, the full pre-enrollment fee of $140 per student will be due.  Contact the school office for more information. 

OUR WCLS STUDENTS AND STAFF will be celebrating the Olympics with our own White Creek Winter Olympics at school this Friday, February 23.  One of the stations will be a service project assembling hygiene kits for the Orphan Grain Train.  Our students will be bringing in various items for the kits, and we ask that congregation members please donate dark colored, regular size, new or gently used bath towels to wrap the hygiene items in.  All towel donations may be left in the box in the narthex by this Wednesday, February 21.  Our goal is to make 65 kits.
  
THE ALUMINUM CAN DRIVE continues yet today.  A trailer is parked on the school grounds to receive items.

JOIN OTHER MEN in Christian fellowship on April 6-8 at Lakeview Villages as we explore the topic of “Woman and Man According to God’s Plan” with Dr. Joel Biermann.  Get away and enjoy God’s great creation, eat like a king at our hog roast and fish fry, and join in the Medieval Challenge, Archery Tag, and much more.  Visit www.mensgathering.us for info and registration.

RETIREMENT:   Mrs. Karen Kruger, longtime preschool teacher at St. Paul Lutheran Early Childhood Ministry, plans to retire at the end of this school year.  If your child had Mrs. Kruger as a preschool teacher, you are invited to participate in recognizing her years of service.  St. Paul is putting together a video presentation of pictures of Mrs. Kruger with her former students as well as pictures of her former students.  If you have a picture that could be included, please email it to director@stpaulcolumbus.org with ‘Mrs. Kruger’ in the subject line.  Everyone is invited to a recognition for Mrs. Kruger at the 8:00 a.m. service at St. Paul (Clifty) on May 20th with a reception to follow. 

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:       Mark 1:13          
“And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.” God the Father cares for Jesus even in the midst of his temptation in the wilds.  God cares for us in every situation as well.  Jesus realized this and always acted from the basis of trust in God the Father’s provision.  This is likewise the basis for our life lived in Christ:  God cares for us, so we need not act out of fear or greed.
T BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK! T

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