! NOVMBR/DCMBR 2016 t. John s Lutheran Church He remembers His Testament forever Rev. Russel Reimers Burt, Iowa 50522 the Word he appointed for a thousand generations. Vacancy Pastor Phone: 515-924-3344 Psalm 105:8(JP) Phone: 507-236-6659 www.stjohnsburt.org Telling the good News about Jesus-In Burt, Iowa, and the World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Changing of easons: As we look around us, in this part of the country, we see changes in the season. Fall is almost gone and winter is soon upon us. ach nice day is a chance to get a little more done before the cold snowy weather sets in. With the change in seasons comes a whole host of things that will happen in the next few weeks. Christmas is less then 2 months away and already in the stores and on the streets you can see signs of the holiday spirit. Thanksgiving marks the official start of the season however, if you have done any shopping in the last two months, you could not tell that things don t start until after Thanksgiving. As I think about the up coming months, I must admit that I enjoy the change of seasons that we see in this part of the country. With each change, a new look and a new venture is upon us. Our world is always changing before our eyes. As a child, I grew up with things the same and yet without knowing it things were changing all the time. I think back to the many Christmas ve s we spent with family at my Grandparents home and now all that has change as they have gone home to with the Lord. I think of the changes that have taken place in my life over the past years and some is for the good and I must admit some is not. But we must be ready to change because change is all around us. Christ s unchanging Love: When we look at the church, change often is slow or not at all. This is one area that change must be slow. Over two thousand years ago a change came to the world that would change mankind forever. Their in a stable in the town of Bethlehem, in a manger a avior was born. At first for many this change went unnoticed. But for a few blessed shepherds on a hill side outside of Bethlehem the announcement came and the Good News that the world had waited for had come. Christ in all of His love for mankind took the call of the Father to come to this world, to live a perfect life, and to die a perfect death so that mankind could gain back the perfect world that he had once loss so long ago. In a world of changes all around, it is a blessed joy to know that we have something that does not change. The is the unchanging love of our Lord. Christ s love for us was so great that it compelled Him to take our place at the Cross of Calvary. The words that He proclaimed in His walk upon the face of this earth are still as important as they were the first time that they were spoken. In fact one thing that has sadden me over the last few years is to see how Christianity across this country has take the view that the Holy Bible is no longer God s Word. That somehow we have a better insight into what is and what is not from God. This path that is being taken is a path that will lead mankind away from God. We must be that voice in the wilderness calling the world back to a right understanding of God s Word. As we celebrate the Christmas season, let us renew our resolve to share the Good News of God s Word with all of this world. May God grant each of you a blessed Christmas and a Christ filled New Year. Pastor Reimers Romans 1:16 P A R I H M N G R
NOVMBR BIRTHDAY 1 - Alexander Jahnke 2 Wendell Christensen, Jr. 2 Rolland Peyman 7 Larry Behnkendorf 8 Zachery teven 9 Mary Gifford 9 Tess Reutzel 10 Jenny Bengs 10 Barb chroeder 11 Jim Redemske 14 John mith 16 Megan Crosser 17 Kim Reutzel 19 Brynetta Lavrenz 22 D.J. Harlan 23 - Alana Jahnke 23 Gabrielle Kelly 24 Donna Haase 26 Bev kadburg 28 Molly Melick-Klinger 29 Jason Christensen 29 Kevin Koestler 30 den Koestler 30 Jerry Koestler DCMBR BIRTHDAY 1 Michael Bierstedt 1 Nicolle Marlow 3 Darrel chmidt 3 Derek chutjer 4 Gene Hanna 9 Olivia Marlow 9 Karla chutter 10 Barb Harms 10 Larry Manus 18 Vivian Lavrenz 19 Wendell Christensen, r. 20 Jalisa (JoJo) Bowman 22 Lane venson 23 Hayden Hutchinson 25 Conrad chmidt 25 Christine Vogel 27 - Lisa Haase 27 Chardonnay Lavrenz 28 James Bowman 28 Terry Tieman 28 Wanda Tieman Christmas Coffee PCIAL NIOR November 14 - John mith November 24 - Donna Haase November 26 Bev kadburg December 19 - Wendell Christensen, r. Join us for coffee and cookies after church on December 4 as we celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season. t. John s Ladies Aid and vening LWML
Up-Coming Meetings Budget Meeting November 10, 2016-6:30 p.m. Treasurer: Pam Reimers Financial: Vern Koestler Trustee: Joel mith lder: Wendell Christensen r. Pastor Rev. Russ Reimers Nominating Committee Lynn Bierstedt Pastor Russ Reimers (Opt.) lder: Jerry Koestler Trustee: Mike Marlow *Need to work on and bring to pecial Council Meeting the list of new officers pecial Council Meeting to Approve Budget and Nominations unday, December 4, 2016 6:30 p.m. Voter s Meeting for Budget/ Nominating unday, December 11, 2016 9:00 a.m. Children s Christmas Practice unday, November 27 th at 9:00 a.m. unday, December 4 th at 9:00 a.m. unday, December 11 th at 9:00 a.m. unday, December 18 at 5:00 p.m. Dress Rehearsal ervices Due to the vacancy we will be holding services at different times during the Thanksgiving and Christmas eason. (Be sure to mark your calendar changes) Thanksgiving 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Night With Pastor chlund from Trinity No Thanksgiving Day Christmas ve Children s Program aturday, December 24 th Time: TBA No Christmas Day ervice unday, January 1, 2017 New Year s Day ervice 8:00 a.m. (Holy Communion) ermons for the Advent eason: unday s of Advent Theme: The Door to Advent November 27th Are You Ready? Matthew 24:37-44 December 4th Are You standing in the Doorway? Matthew 3:1-12 December 11th Jesus Is Indeed the Promised Messiah Matthew 11:2-11 December 18th The Great Gift of All Matthew 1:18-25 Thank you Kids of the Kingdom Preschool would like to say a BIG thank you for everyone s support of the soup dinner and bake sale. You are all important to us. Once again you have given us overwhelming support to continue our mission of providing a quality Christian education to our preschoolers. We are so blessed to have six students in the classroom and Jessie Parsons as teacher and Donna Haase as our aid. We are looking forward to a great year. Kids of the Kingdom Preschool Board
Christmas Open House with Pastor s Family On December 4, 2016 From 11-1 pm Pastor, ue, Jewel, and Alacha Reimers would like to invite you to our Christmas Open House in the church basement of t. Paul s Lutheran Church, Wilbert. This open house gives us a chance to say thank you to t. Paul s, Our avior s Lutheran, and t. John s in Burt for your love and support this past year. Come join us for food and fellowship as we begin the celebration of our blessed aviors birth. Come hungry and join us for lunch on that day. Thanksgiving Blessings This Thanksgiving we have many things to be thankful for. We have our health, family, friends, and food on the table. We have been blessed by God with a good crop in our area and with a land that is free to speak the Word of God to others. We have homes that we can live in. We are truly blessed as God s people. Let us gather this coming Thanksgiving ve to give God thanks for the many blessings that He has given to us. This year because of the Vacancy at t. John s we will have our Thanksgiving worship service on Wednesday November 23 at 6:30 pm. Worship Our King As we prepare for the season of Christmas, we have the joy once again to gather as a people of God in this nation to celebrate the birth of a avior. Here at t. John s we will gather each unday in the season of Advent to prepare for the birth and for our celebration of the avior. As the 4 weeks of Advent start we will begin the preparation of Christmas. Like in our homes we see signs of Christmas decorating our worship service with the full church made ready by the end of Advent. We are a people waiting like a little kid for that special present that we know is coming. For us Christ is the greatest gift ever giving to mankind. This Christmas season here at t. John s will find a few changes needed in order to Celebrate the birth of our avior. Because of the commitment that Pastor Reimers has in his two churches for Christmas Day we will not hold our Christmas Day ervice here at t. John s. We encourage you to join a Christmas Day service at Trinity in Algona at 9 am or to join another LCM congregation for Christmas Day service of your choice. t. John s will have a Christmas ve ervice time to be announced by the end of November. The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation Reading God s Word in the year to come 500th Anniversary of the Reformation will be celebrated next year in our Church Body. There will be many things coming out in the year to come as we remember the blessing that God gave to us through Martin Luther 500 years ago. One of the of the many things that we have to express our faith and to remain faithful to God is in His Word. I am encouraging each of you to join me this coming year as we start reading the Bible in one year beginning with Reformation this year. On the back table in the church you will find a reading list you can take and put in your bible as you read along. May God bless us this coming year as we together see the blessings that God gives to us as we read His Word. Pastor Reimers
Ladies Aid t John s LWML met ept. 8 at 1:30. President Janice chaeller opened the meeting, Miracle of friendship begins with a smile. Bev kadburg gave devotions, Fear and Faith, Acts 16. All joined in there League Pledge. Janice led the Bible study, Humbly Grateful or Grumbly Hateful? Roll call was answered by 5 members. The secretary and treasurers reports were read. The Fall Rally at Immanual Lottts Creek is ept. 22 at 10:00. The speaker is Katie churmann. The ingathering is for Lutheran Family ervices. Bars are needed for Kids of the kingdom oup Luncheon on October 16. LWML unday is October 9th. with coffee to follow. Bev kadburg, Yearbook chairman, discussed the upcoming year. The meeting adjourned with the Lord s Prayer. Pat imers was the hostess. ************************************* t John s LWML met on October 6th at 1:30. President Janice chaeller opened the meeting with the quote, Heart of Autumn. Mary Gifford gave the devotions from Matthew 6:25-34, Do Not Worry. Bev kadburg led the Bible study, Joy in the Circumstances. Joy is a confidence of assurance of eternal life. All joined in the Lord s Prayer. Roll call was answered by 5 members and guest Lavonne Boderius. The secretary and treasurers reports were given. Janice reported on the Fall Rally. Our LWML unday was October 2. Bars will be furnished for the Kids of the Kingdom soup luncheon on October 16. We discussed the 2017 yearbook and officers for the coming year. The meeting closed with the table prayer. Bev kadburg was the hostess. Caradene Parsons, ecretary Kids of the Kingdom Preschool Kids of the Kingdom students enjoying a fall day.