Announcements

St. John’s Lutheran Church

109 Maple St. Burt, Iowa|Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

Pastor: Rev. Thomas Cowell                

Secretary: Rosann Shipler

Pastor’s Cell: 319-464-5548                

Church Office: 515-924-3344  stjohnsburt.org

Pastor’s Email: pastor@stjohnsburt.org 

Church Email: churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org

 

 

THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

February 6, 2022

 

O Lord, keep Your family the Church continually in the true faith that, relying on the hope of Your heavenly grace, we may ever be defended by Your mighty power; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

 

 

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S   Today, February 6, 2022   8:15/8:30 a.m.  Adult/Sunday School   9:30 a.m.           Divine Service      Tuesday, February 8, 2022   No  Morning Prayer     Wednesday, February 9, 2022   No  Christian Catechesis   Sunday, February 13, 2022   8:15/8:30 a.m.   Adult/School School   9:30 a.m.            Divine Service

THIS WEEK IN THE CHURCH YEAR         February 10       Commemoration of Silas, Fellow Worker with Paul

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Organist Today:  Kitty Bierstedt        

Elder:  Jerry Koestler     

Asst. Usher:  John Schutter   

Acolytes:  Kenna Hatten and Taylor Parsons

Greeters: Terry and Vicki Briggs

 

The Bouquet of Flowers on the piano today was given in memory of Melvin Haase by Donna and family.

 

Sunday Bible Study - Join us Sunday mornings at 8:15 a.m. in the church basement for adult Bible Study. We are studying  a new series on Christian ethics.

 

Vacation - Pastor Cowell will be in Arizona on vacation from Feb. 9-12.  If you have an immediate need for pastoral care, please call Pastor Lund at 507-530-4724.

 

Tuesday Morning Prayer - There will be NO morning prayer for the next two weeks.  

 

Parish Messenger Articles for the March/April edition are due to Linda Kerkove by February 20.

 

2021 Annual Report is now available in the back of church along the east wall. Please, take one per family.

 

Flower Position Open - If you have an interest in helping order and care for the altar flowers, Christmas poinsettias, palm branches, and Easter lilies, please speak with Janice Reimers who can give you a more detailed description of the job.  We would love to have a volunteer for this position as soon as possible! 

 

Lutheran Witness Renewal - The yearly subscription to the Lutheran Witness will come due on March 1, 2022.  To be able to continue to receive  without interruption your copy, you may pay in the church office during the next several weeks.  The cost this year is $22.70.  If you do not receive the Witness and would like to or wish to cancel you may also do that in the office.

 

Flocknote Prayer Chain Coordinator Wanted - Want to help send out prayer requests to our congregation on Flocknote? Talk to Pastor Cowell; it’s a lot easier than you might think! 

 

Pastoral Care On Demand - Need prayer, Scripture, Communion, Absolution, or a listening ear? Feel free to call or text Pastor Cowell anytime for a visit at 319-464-5548.

 

A New Birthday Card sign-up sheet is now available on the back table.  If you would be willing to take a month or two to fill out birthday cards, please sign up.  Any questions contact office.

 

New Library Books - Check out the church library as over a dozen new books enter circulation throughout the next few weeks.  Pastor Cowell would be happy to share his recommendations with you!

2021 Thrivent Choice Dollars must be directed by March 31. Consider joining others who have directed their Dollars toward St. John’s ministry.

 

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

 

TLC Quilts Available - 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!                                                                            

 

Building Healthy Families - Life can be hard and relationships can cause pain. When someone hurts you, you may find that it is difficult to trust again. God does not abandon you in the pain, but promises to stay with you. Through all of life's challenges, God never breaks His promise to you: "I will never leave you, I will never forsake you." (Hebrews 13) He also puts people in place to be there, including LFS counselors who are available to help with troubled relationships and the pain they leave behind. Lutheran Family Service of Iowa

 

COMMUNITY NEWS

 

BINGO! The Burt Fire Department is hosting Bingo at the Activity Complex on Friday, February 18.  Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the Burt Summer Celebration will have a meal available at this time. 

Community Coffee is being held each Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. at the Burt Complex. Everyone is welcome.

 

LECTIONARY SUMMARY (Epiphany 5)

Old Testament: Isaiah 6:1-13

Isaiah sees the Lord sitting on His throne in heaven, surrounded by the seraphim.

 

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 14:13b-20

St. Paul says that he would rather speak five words with his mind in order to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. 

 

Gospel: Luke 5:1-11

After causing a miraculous catch of fish, Jesus says to Peter, James, and John: “From now on you will be catching men.”

 

FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS

“This boat [of the Church] sails upon the deeps of this world, so that, when the earth is destroyed, it will preserve unharmed all those it has taken in. Its foreshadowing can be seen already in the Old Testament. For as Noah’s ark preserved alive everyone whom it had taken in when the world was going under, so also Peter’s church will bring back unhurt everyone whom it embraces when the world goes up in flames. And as a dove brought the sign of peace to Hoah’s ark when the flood was over, so also Christ will bring the joy of peace to Peter’s church when the judgment is over.” - Maximus of Turin, Sermon 49.1-3, qtd. in ACCS: Luke, 88. 

 

LESSONS ON THE LITURGY 

The Sanctus 

Sanctus is Latin for “Holy.”  This ancient hymn, likely originating in the 2nd century, combines the song of the seraphim in Isaiah’s vision of the Lord in his throne room (“Holy, Holy, Holy…”) with the Palm Sunday praises of the people as Jesus entered Jerusalem (“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord”).  We sing the Sanctus as a song of adoration and celebration as Jesus the king and savior of all creation enters our presence at the Sacrament of the Altar. 

 

FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

Augsburg Confession, Article XIV: Ecclesiastical Order

Of Ecclesiastical Order [our churches] teach that no one should publicly teach in the Church or administer the Sacraments unless he be regularly called.