Announcements

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

July 6, 2025

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Pastor: Ben Dose

Organist:  Marcia Hanna

Elder: Jeff Schutjer

Head Usher:  John Schutter

Greeters Today:  Donnie Madsen

Greeters Next Sunday:  Barb and Steve Rahe

Time Change:  On Sunday, July 20th St. John’s will have church at 10:00 a.m. This is due to only one pastor between both churches.  Trinity’s Service will be at  8:30 a.m. Pastor Nelson and Jade will be with students at the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans.

 

Note Cards are now available for purchase  near the card rack!  Check them out! Free will donation.  Thanks to Peggy Schadendorf for making these for us.  

 

Quarterly Council Meeting will be Sunday, July 13 following service and the Voter’s Meeting will be held on July 20 at 11:00 a.m. (Remember church that day will be at 10:00 a.m.).

Pastoral Care On Demand - Need Prayer, Scripture, Communion, Absolution, or a listening ear? Feel free to call or text one of the pastors at the following numbers:  

·         Pastor Benjamin Dose cell: 712-790-0716 and his email is pastordose@trinityalgona.org 

·         Pastor Nelson cell: 608-415-8228 and pastor Nelson email: pastornelson@trinityalgona.org

 

Burt Days will be celebrated on July 12. 

·          St. John’s will have a float in the parade that day.  We are looking for someone to pull the float. Contact Jeff Schutjer or the church office if you would be willing to help!

·         Burt Churches will be serving Coffee and Homemade Breads in the Activity Complex at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 12. Join us for a time of fellowship before the parade!  

·         A Sign up sheet is available if you would like to help us by donating Breads: Apple, Banana, Zucchini, pumpkin etc. Contact Karla Schutter 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

July-September Portals of Prayer are on the table along the east wall now!

A list of Veterans from our church is on the table in the back!!

 

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

Camp Okoboji News

·         Help Wanted: Camp Okoboji is in great need of additional cleaning staff as well as two summer cooks! Contact Kellie at (712) 337-3325 or kellie@campokoboji.org. 

·         Camp Okoboji is on the lookout for our next Discipleship Director. If you would be interested, or know someone who would be, please contact me at adam.campokoboji@gmail.com or 712-337-3325. 

·         Sunday Worship Services are held each Sunday at Camp Okoboji. List of Chaplin Pastors serving each week is posted on the ramp bulletin board.

 

Building Healthy Families: Parents, grandparents and pew buddies! Martin Luther reportedly once said something to the effect of “When you wash your face, remember your baptism!” With warmer temperatures and (sometimes) more relaxed schedules, this time of year brings with it an increase in swimming, running through sprinklers and otherwise splashing about in various water sources. As you and your family are refreshed by such water play, take the opportunity to remind one another that you’re baptized and beloved children of God, washed in the waters of Holy Baptism, and “heirs having the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:5-7). Lutheran Family Service  www.LutheranFamilyService.org

Trinity - Summer Worship Schedule: During the summer months there will only be one Sunday service at 9:00 a.m. The Saturday service will continue at 5:00 p.m. except for holiday or wedding weekends.

VBS at Trinity will be held (July 20-24)! Please contact Dee Dee Esser (320-0250) or church office 515-295-3518 to register children.

IDW Administrative Assistant Sue Light will be retiring at the end of July after 46 years of service.  If you know Sue and would like to send her a note wishing her well in her retirement and thank her for her faithful service to our district, you can do so by sending it to Sue Light, 409 Kenyon Rd Suite B, For Dodge, Iowa 50501.

 

COMMUNITY NEWS

 

Burt Summer Celebration is coming soon!  The day is planned for July 12 with many activities during the day!  Church Coffee and Garage Sales at 8:00 a.m., Parade at 10:30 a.m., Meal at the Complex after the parade, many activities in the afternoon with food available, pedal pull, Toilet Toss, Watermelon derby, a dance in the evening and the night ending with the annual fireworks by the Burt Fire Dept. Mark your calendars and be sure to come!!!

 

Book/Flower Craft at Burt Library on July 9th at 5:30 p.m.  Cost $10

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S           Today, July 6, 2025          9:30 a.m.    Divine Service        Tuesday, July 8, 2025       Pastor Nelson at Camp Okoboji Youth Week          Thursday, July 10, 2025      Pastor Dose at Burt           Saturday, July 12, 2025      Burt Days Celebration      Sunday, July 13, 2025       9:30 a.m.    Divine Service

 

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org

 

 

Announcements

St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles

The Third Sunday in Pentecost

June 29, 2025

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Pastor: Ben Dose

Organist:  Marcia Hanna

Elder: Jerry Koestler 

Head Usher:  John Schutter

Asst. Usher: Carter Helmers

Greeters Today:   Boyd and Rosann Shipler 

Greeters Next Sunday:  Steve and Barb Rahe

 

Why does the Church celebrate the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul?

On June 29, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul to honor the two great apostles Peter and Paul. St. Peter, one of the Twelve and the chief of the Apostles, the Rock upon which Christ built His Church, and St. Paul “called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God” (Romans 1:1) and Apostle to the Gentiles. Together they are honored as founders of the Church of Rome, having been separately martyred there during the reign of Emperor Nero.

• “Christian tradition has always considered Sts. Peter and Saint Paul to be inseparable: indeed, together, they represent the whole Gospel of Christ.” (Pope Benedict XVI)

 

Time Change:  On Sunday, July 20th St. John’s will have church at 10:00 a.m. This is due to only one pastor between both churches.  Trinity services will be at 8:30 a.m.

 

Note Cards are now available for purchase  near the card rack!  Check them out! Free will donation.  Thanks to Peggy Schadendorf for making these for us.  

 

Pastoral Care On Demand - Need Prayer, Scripture, Communion, Absolution, or a listening ear? Feel free to call or text one of the pastors at the following numbers:  

·         Pastor Benjamin Dose cell: 712-790-0716 and his email is pastordose@trinityalgona.org 

·         Pastor Nelson cell: 608-415-8228 and pastor Nelson email: pastornelson@trinityalgona.org

 

Burt Days will be celebrated on July 12. 

·          St. John’s will have a float in the parade that day.  We are looking for someone to pull the float. Contact Jeff Schutjer or the church office if you would be willing to help!

·         Burt Churches will be serving Coffee and Homemade Breads in the Activity Complex at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 12. Join us for a time of fellowship before the parade!  

·         A Sign up sheet is available if you would like to help us by donating Breads: Apple, Banana, Zucchini, pumpkin etc. Contact Karla Schutter 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

July-September Portals of Prayer are on the table along the east wall now!

A list of Veterans from our church is on the table in the back!!

Quarterly Council Meeting will be Sunday, July 13 following service.

 

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

C Camp Okoboji News

·         Help Wanted: Camp Okoboji is in great need of additional cleaning staff as well as two summer cooks! Contact Kellie at (712) 337-3325 or kellie@campokoboji.org. 

·         Camp Okoboji is on the lookout for our next Discipleship Director. If you would be interested, or know someone who would be, please contact me at adam.campokoboji@gmail.com or 712-337-3325. 

·         Sunday Worship services are held each Sunday at Camp Okoboji. List of Chaplin Pastors serving each week is posted on the ramp bulletin board.

 

Building Healthy Families: Someone once said you know you are Lutheran if you feel guilty about not feeling guilty enough. That’s only funny because it’s true! It’s easy for us to hold on to guilt, but the effects of doing so are detrimental to physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. Studies show that unresolved guilt and negative thinking increase the stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Too many stress hormones increase heart rate, blood pressure and inflammation throughout the body. Our relationships with others and God become distant when guilt separates us. Go to the source of lasting help to be cleansed from guilt (Psalm 51, 1 John 1:5-10, Hebrews 10:19-23) and talk with your pastor or an LFS counselor if you are stuck. Lutheran Family Service  www.LutheranFamilyService.org

 

Trinity - Summer Worship Schedule: During the summer months there will only be one Sunday service at 9:00 a.m. The Saturday service will continue at 5:00 p.m. except for holiday or wedding weekends.

 

VBS at Trinity will be held (July 20-24)! Please contact Dee Dee Esser (320-0250) or church office 515-295-3518 to register children.

COMMUNITY NEWS

 

Burt Summer Celebration is coming soon!  The day is planned for July 12 with many activities during the day!  Church Coffee and Garage Sales at 8:00 a.m., Parade at 10:30 a.m., Meal at the Complex after the parade, many activities in the afternoon with food available, pedal pull, Toilet Toss, Watermelon derby, a dance in the evening and the night ending with the annual fireworks by the Burt Fire Dept. Mark your calendars and be sure to come!!!

 

Book/Flower Craft at Burt Library on July 9th at 5:30 p.m.  Cost $10

July 4 is a special day of the year when we express our gratitude for the privilege that we have to live in this great country. We recognize that our freedom has been won at great cost. Much blood was shed and many lives were lost. At this time of year, we honor those who fought to liberate us. Our spiritual freedom, too, was won at great cost. We were slaves to the Law which we could never fulfill, but Christ satisfied its requirements for us. He shed His blood and gave His life to pay the penalty for the sin we incurred. Let us honor Him as we express our gratitude by sharing with others the message of our freedom in Christ

 

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S          Today, June 29, 2025       9:30 a.m.    Divine Service        Tuesday, July 1, 2025      Pastor Nelson in Burt          Thursday, July 3, 2025      Pastor Dose at Burt           Sunday, July 6, 2025       9:30 a.m.    Divine Service

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org

 

 

Announcements

The Second Sunday in Pentecost

June 22, 2025

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

Pastor:  Briton Nelson

Organist:  Kitty Bierstedt 

Elder: Jerry Koestler

Head Usher:  John Schutter 

Asst. Usher: Carter Helmers

Greeters Today:   Cheryl Batt

Greeters Next Sunday:  Boyd and Rosann Shipler

 

Note Cards are now available for purchase  near the card rack!  Check them out! Free will donation.  Thanks to Peggy Schadendorf for making these for us.  

 

Pastoral Care On Demand - Need Prayer, Scripture, Communion, Absolution, or a listening ear? Feel free to call or text one of the pastors at the following numbers:  

·         Pastor Benjamin Dose cell: 712-790-0716 and his email is pastordose@trinityalgona.org 

·         Pastor Nelson cell: 608-415-8228 and pastor Nelson email: pastornelson@trinityalgona.org

 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

Burt Days will be celebrated on July 12. 

·          St. John’s will have a float in the parade that day.  We are looking for someone to pull the float. Contact Jeff Schutjer or the church office if you would be willing to help!

·         Burt Churches will be serving Coffee and Homemade Breads in the Activity Complex at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 12. Join us for a time of fellowship before the parade!  

·         A Sign up sheet is available if you would like to help us by donating Breads: Apple, Banana, Zucchini, pumpkin etc. Contact Karla Schutter 

Thank you to the entire High School Sunday School Class and their teacher Stefanie for the beautiful handmade “Blessing Bell” that I was presented at the end of the school year. I love it and the message that goes with it! It will remind me of all of you and your service to our Lord and Savior! Love and blessings, Peggy Schadendorf

July-September Portals of Prayer are on the table along east wall now!

Dear Sunday School Students: Thank you for your recent donation of $504.91 given for replacement cow from the 2024 storms. What a wonderful, sacrificial offering you have made, going above the goal you had set for yourself. Your gift and prayers are much appreciated at Lutherans in Africa. May God bless our efforts to His glory, God’s peace and joy!   Jolene Deving, LIA Financial Secretary

Thank You for your recent gift to the Kossuth Food Pantry of $543. May you be blessed for your generosity!   Don Thilges, Treasurer

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

CCamp Okoboji News

·         Cooks are still needed to help this summer. Contact Kellie 712-337-3325 if you would like to help.

·         Camp Okoboji is on the lookout for our next Discipleship Director. If you would be interested, or know someone who would be, please contact me at adam.campokoboji@gmail.com or 712-337-3325. 

·         Sunday Worship services are held each Sunday at Camp Okoboji. List of Chaplin Pastors serving each week is posted on the ramp bulletin board.

 

Building Healthy Families: We’re Growing with You! If you haven’t done so yet, it’s not too late to make your spring, “Grow with Us, Go with Us” gift to support the growing, going work of Lutheran Family Service in your area! New partners are needed to build new LFS resources to serve more people in need than ever before. Be one of 10 new partners from your congregation to make a gift of at least $10 before the end of June and you will grow the ministry of love, mercy, and care that we are called to accomplish together for our neighbors in need — and your pastor will receive a gift card for a nice evening out with his spouse or a friend! Make your gift today at https://lutheranfamilyservice.networkforgood.com/! Lutheran Family Service  www.LutheranFamilyService.org 

 

Trinity - Summer Worship Schedule: During the summer months there will only be one Sunday service at 9:00 a.m. The Saturday service will continue at 5:00 p.m. except for holiday or wedding weekends.

TLC Quilters - Don’t forget about the TLC Quilter’s “giving pew” by the east doors of St. John’s.  Feel free to take and give away as many quilts and bears as you’d like! TLC Quilters invite you to join them in the basement on Tuesdays & Thursdays, anytime from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

 

COMMUNITY NEWS

 

Burt Summer Celebration is coming soon!  The day is planned for July 12 with many activities during the day!  Church Coffee and Garage Sales at 8:00 a.m., Parade at 10:30 a.m., Meal at the Complex after the parade, many activities in the afternoon with food available, pedal pull, Toilet Toss, Watermelon derby, a dance in the evening and the night ending with the annual fireworks by the Burt Fire Dept. Mark your calendars and be sure to come!!!

 

Burt Library News: Billie Willie from the Water’s Edge Nature Center will be at the Library on Monday, June 30th at 1:00 p.m. She will be talking us through the wonderful world of INSECTS! All kids are welcome!! (adults too!)

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S          Today, June 22, 2025       9:30 a.m.       Divine Service     10:30 a.m.    Immanuel - Lotts Creek 150 Celebration      Tuesday, June 24, 2025      Pastor Nelson in Burt            Thursday, June 26, 2025      Pastor Dose at Burt           Sunday, June 29, 2025       9:30 a.m.     Divine Service

            

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org

 

 

Announcements

 

 

 

The Feast of the Holy Trinity

June 15, 2025

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

Pastor Briton Nelson

Organist:   Marcia Hanna

Elder:  Jerry Koestler 

Head Usher:  John Schutter

Asst. Usher:  David Haase  

Greeters This Sunday:  Carter and Maci Helmers

Greeters Next Sunday:  Steve and Vickie Madsen

Pictorial Directory: 

·         Pictorial Sign-up Sheets are now available in the back to schedule your appointments for the Pictorial Directory.  Time is getting close! Be sure to do this as soon as possible!!

·         Pictorial Directory: Dates are set for June 17-18 from 2-8:30 p.m. each day. Talk to committee members (Lynn & Kitty Bierstedt/Kelly Fitzgerald/Jessie Parsons/Barb Schroeder-Rahe/Brenda Schutjer)  if you have any questions.

 

Pastoral Care On Demand - Need Prayer, Scripture, Communion, Absolution, or a listening ear? Feel free to call or text one of the pastors at the following numbers:  

·         Pastor Benjamin Dose cell: 712-790-0716 and his email is pastordose@trinityalgona.org 

·         Pastor Nelson cell: 608-415-8228 and pastor Nelson email: pastornelson@trinityalgona.org

 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

Burt Days will be celebrated on July 12. 

·          St. John’s will have a float in the parade that day.  We are looking for someone to pull the float. Contact Jeff Schutjer or the church office if you would be willing to help!

·         Burt Churches will be serving Coffee and Homemade Breads in the Activity Complex at 8: 00 on Saturday, July 12. Join us for a time of fellowship before the parade!  

·         A Sign up sheet is available if you would like to help us by donating Breads, Apple, Banana, Zucchini etc. Contact Karla Schutter 

Thank You for your recent gift to the Kossuth Food Pantry of $543. May you be blessed for your generosity!   Don Thilges, Treasurer

Thank you to the entire High School Sunday School Class and their teacher Stefanie for the beautiful handmade “Blessing Bell” that I was presented at the end of the school year. I love it and the message that goes with it! It will remind me of all of you and your service to our Lord and Savior! Love and blessings, Peggy Schadendorf

July-September Portals of Prayer are on the table along east wall now!

Dear Sunday School Students: Thank you for your recent donation of $504.91 given for replacement cow from the 2024 storms. What a wonderful, sacrificial offering you have made, going above the goal you had set for yourself. Your gift and prayers are much appreciated at Lutherans in Africa. May God bless our efforts to His glory, God’s peace and joy!   Jolene Deving, LIA Financial Secretary

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

Thank You  St. John’s Lutheran for remembering me on my birthday and retirement. Your generous gift and kind words really meal a lot!  God Bless!    Pastor Duane Miesner

 

Camp Okoboji News

·         Cooks are still needed to help this summer. Contact Kellie 712-337-3325 if you would like to help.

·         Camp Okoboji is on the lookout for our next Discipleship Director. If you would be interested, or know someone who would be, please contact me at adam.campokoboji@gmail.com or 712-337-3325. 

·         Sunday Worship services are held each Sunday at Camp Okoboji. List of Chaplin Pastors serving each week is posted on the ramp bulletin board.

 

The 150th Anniversary of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lotts Creek will be celebrated on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Come early for a hymn sing accompanied by Glenn Henriksen starting at 9:45 a.m. The Divine Service will start at 10:30 a.m. with a meal to follow. Please join us in praising God for His wondrous blessings to our church!

Building Healthy Families: It is a challenging time to be a parent, perhaps especially a father. Our culture takes every opportunity to malign fathers, and popular media often goes out of its way to portray them as undependable, immature, and ineffective. Yet an endless stream of research (not to mention God’s Word and our own life experience) clearly identifies the vital role of fathers in the lives of their children. Fathers, don’t give up! Take heart and persevere – you are not alone! “Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9) Happy Father’s Day- You are appreciated and so greatly loved! Lutheran Family Service  www.LutheranFamilyService.org

 

Trinity - Summer Worship Schedule: During the summer months there will only be one Sunday service at 9:00 a.m. The Saturday service will continue at 5:00 p.m. except for holiday or wedding weekends.

TLC Quilters - Don’t forget about the TLC Quilter’s “giving pew” by the east doors of St. John’s.  Feel free to take and give away as many quilts and bears as you’d like! TLC Quilters invite you to join them in the basement on Tuesdays & Thursdays, anytime from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

COMMUNITY NEWS

 

Come and Go Farewell will be held for the Burt Lions Club on Monday, June 16  beginning at 6:30 p.m. Cake and Coffee will be held at the Burt Complex The Burt Lions have made the hard decision to disband their club membership!  Come join us on Monday, June 16.

 

Burt Summer Celebration is coming soon!  The day is planned for July 12 with many activities during the day!  Church Coffee and Garage Sales at 8:00 a.m., Parade at 10:30 a.m., Meal at the Complex after the parade, many activities in the afternoon with food available, pedal pull, Toilet Toss, Watermelon derby, a dance in the evening and the night ending with the annual fireworks by the Burt Fire Dept. Mark your calendars and be sure to come!!!

 

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S          Today, June 15, 2025       9:30 a.m.       Divine Service     Tuesday, June 17, 2025      Pastor Nelson in Burt      2-8:30 p.m.   Pictorial Pictures taken at church      Wednesday, June 18, 2025     2-8:30 p.m.   Pictorial Pictures taken at church     Thursday, June 19, 2025      Pastor Dose at Burt           Sunday, June 22, 2025       9:30 a.m.     Divine Service       10:30 a.m.    Immanuel - Lotts Creek 150 Celebration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org