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
