The ParishScope Feature Story St. John s Lutheran Church Newsletter Sand Prairie Green Valley, IL July June/July & August 2014 2013 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. 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. 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.
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.
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 25 th 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 jtaylor345@aol.com. 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. EPIPHANY SOCIETY will meet on June 5 th 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. 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 1 st 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 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. Sunday School News Perfect Attendance April 2014 Kindergarten Madelyn Simpson Kale Lutz 3rd Grade Avery Lay 6 th Grade IzaBelle Cobb Chelsey Catton 7 th Grade Kaylee Carson Sully Larimore Haley Noel Jacob Urish 8 th 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 1 st : Luteran Church Charities; June 8 th : Missionary Nicolas Salifu from Ghana, West Africa; June 15 th : Derek and Noemi Sinay from Servan Ministries, Guatemala; June 22 nd Missions in our daily lives; June 29 th : 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.
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. 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! 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!" 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.
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 PARISHSCOPE DEADLINE: The Parishscope will be published the 3 rd week of every month. Please get your Parishscope news to the Church office by July 20, 2014. There will not be a July Parishscope 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. 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 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. 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 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.
June/July Birthdays 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 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.
June/July Anniversaries 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. 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 2 nd: Annual Peoria Back Festival Young Artists; Concert - 12:05 pm (Free) Tuesday, June 3 rd : Marcia and Friends - 12:05pm (Free) Wednesday, June 4 th : Music for Pipe and Strings - 12:05pm (Free); Hey Kids Meet Mr. Bach : Bach Goes to Space - 4:00pm (adm $2.50) Thursday, June 5 th : Bach s Lunch - 12:00pm (Free-call to reserve a lunch) Chamber Concert 2014-5:30pm (Free) Friday, June 6 th : Coffee with Bach - 6:30pm; Pre-Concert Lecture - 7:15pm; Coffee Concert 2014-8:00pm (adm $16 adult/$10 students) Saturday, June 7 th : Festival Concert 2014 (adm $16 adult.$10 student) Sunday, June 8 th : Festival Worship Services - 8:00am to 10:45 am Celebrating Pentecost, the birthday of the Christian church. 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 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 2 nd Annual Brunch (details regarding time and ticket information will be forthcoming later). Proceeds from this brunch will benefit Lutheran Hillside Village Foundation. 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 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 Secretary@SandPrairieLutheran.org www.sandprairielutheran.org Pastor Kevin Bueltmann DCE Bill Krueger School Principal Joel Kilgus +++ Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Green Valley, IL Permit No. 1 8:00 am Traditional Worship 9:30 am Sunday School & Bible Classes 10:45 am Contemporary Worship June/July 2014 Return Service Requested 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