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 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
June 19, 2022
O God, You have prepared for those who love You such good things as surpass our understanding. Cast out all sins and evil desires from us, and pour into our hearts Your Holy Spirit to guide us into all blessedness; 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, June 19, 2022 9:30 am Divine Service Tuesday, 21 2022 10:00am Morning Prayer 6:00pm Evening Prayer at Trinity Sunday, June 26, 2022 9:30am Divine Service | THIS WEEK IN THE CHURCH YEAR June 24, 2022 Feast of The Nativity of St. John the Baptist June 25, 2022 Commemoration of The Presentation of the Augsburg Confession |
ST. JOHN’S NEWS
Organist Today: Marcia Hanna
Elder: Jerry Koestler
Greeter Today: Barb Harms & Donna Haase
Greeters Next Week: Jeff and Brenda Schutjer
A Reception in celebration of Breckin Borchardt’s Confirmation will be held in the back of church following the service today. Breckin is the son of Ben and Beth Borchardt and his baptismal sponsors are: Lindsay (Borchardt) Anderson and Brian Berte. Please continue to pray that Breckin might make the same bold confession of faith as he did today his whole life long.
Pastoral Call Process Update
- The Partnership senior pastor call committee has received a list of fifteen pastoral candidates
who were nominated for our consideration by members of our congregations and by
President Turner.
- The committee is now in the process of reviewing the candidates’ information and availability
for a call and selecting several to interview to get a better idea of if they would be the right
pastor for our congregations.
- These interviews will result in the committee making a recommendation to the congregations
who will then vote to extend a call to one of these candidates.
- We have received a self-evaluation document of each of these fifteen pastors in which they
describe their ministry style as well as their preferences regarding various church practices
and traditions. You are welcome to read these documents for yourself in the church office
Tuesday-Thursday 8:00 am-12:00 pm, or by special appointment. These documents cannot be
copied or leave the church office.
- We will give the congregations two weeks’ notice of our voters meeting when we are ready to
make our decision as a congregation.
Parish Messenger for the July/August edition is due to Linda Kerkove today.
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.
Portals of Prayer - The July-September edition is available in the basket along the east wall.
St. John’s Pool Party! - Join us Sunday, July 10th at 2:00 p.m. at the Bancroft Swimming Pool for a St. John’s day at the pool! Let the front desk know you’re with St. John’s Burt for free admission. If you’re not a swimmer we’ll have snacks and games at the park as well, and pizza in the park at 5:00 p.m.
A Big Thank You to those who came and helped clean up the huge tree branch that had fallen in the parking lot. Many hands make for light work! Trustees
SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS
Trinity Bible Study - Join Pastor Cowell Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. for Bible study at Trinity’s Life Center conference room. We are studying biblical interpretation.
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!
Summer Prayer and Scripture Series - An Evening Prayer Service will take place at 6 pm in Trinity’s Life Center on Tuesdays, June 21; July 5 & 19; & August 9. This will be a spoken service and include reflections from 1 John followed by refreshments & social time. See the handout (yellow) on the back table about this special opportunity to gather for prayer and Scripture in the summer months.
Young Adult Bible Study - You are invited to attend a young adult (post-high school) Bible study opportunity hosted in our circuit. The Bible study is every 2nd and 4th Sunday at 6:00 p.m. in the old parsonage next to Zion Lutheran Church in LuVerne. Contact Pastor Steve Struecker at 515-320-2014 with questions.
Camp News:
· Quilt Auction at Camp Okoboji will be held on Saturday, July 16 beginning at 12:30 p.m.
· Jr. High Week Camp for 6-8th Grades - July 10-16
· Concordia Cub Week for 3-5th grades - July 17-23.
Contact Camp Okoboji for more information and to register:
https://www.campokoboji.org/youth-camps.php or 866-449-3326.
Prayers needed for Pastor Andrew Johnson whose cancer has relapsed and will be receiving chemo treatments at Mayo. He will be undergoing a tandem autologous stem cell transplant requiring him to be in Rochester for 10 weeks.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Burt Summer Celebration is being held Saturday, July 9th. Events: Garage Sales, Coffee & Rolls at 8:00 a.m.; Parade will be held this year at 10:30 a.m. followed by a luncheon at the Complex. Lots of activities will be held during the afternoon and the evening will end with fireworks and a street dance. More information is posted on the church bulletin boards.
LECTIONARY SUMMARY (Proper 7)
Old Testament: Isaiah 65:1-9
The Lord was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for Him, and said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by His name.
Epistle: Galatians 3:23-4:7
In Baptism you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Gospel: Luke 8:26-39
Jesus casts a demon out of a man from the Gerasenes who had lived among the tombs. The demon’s name was Legion, and Jesus cast him into a herd of pigs.
FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS
“In great misery and nakedness, [the demoniac] wandered among the graves of the dead. He was in utter wretchedness, leading a disgraceful life. He was a proof of the cruelty of the demons and a plain demonstration of their impurity. … Whoever they possess and subject to their power, at once they make him an example of great misery, deprived of every blessing, destitute of all sobriety, and entirely deprived even of reason.” - Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on Luke, Homily 44, qtd. in ACCS: Luke, p. 139.
LESSONS ON THE LITURGY
Matins
The service of Matins originated as one of the monastic “hours” or prayer services that were sung seven times a day. The Lutheran church has historically retained Matins as a prayer service to be used Monday through Saturday in the morning, with the Divine Service being held every Sunday. The chief functions of Matins are meditation on the Word, morning praise of our Creator and Redeemer, and prayer for the day which we are about to begin.
FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD
Large Catechism, Lord’s Prayer, 5th Petition, paragraphs 88-91
There is great need for us to call upon God and to pray, "Dear Father, forgive us our trespasses." It is not as though He did not forgive sin without and even before our prayer. (He has given us the Gospel, in which is pure forgiveness before we prayed or ever thought about it.) But the purpose of this prayer is that we may recognize and receive such forgiveness. The flesh in which we daily live is of such a nature that it neither trusts nor believes God. It is ever active in evil lusts and devices, so that we sin daily in word and deed, by what we do and fail to do. By this the conscience is thrown into unrest, so that it is afraid of God's wrath and displeasure. So it loses the comfort and confidence derived from the Gospel. Therefore, it is always necessary that we receive consolation to comfort the conscience again.
This serves God's purpose of breaking our pride and keeping us humble. God has reserved this right for Himself: if anyone wants to boast of his godliness and despise others, that person is to think about himself and place this prayer before his eyes. He will find that he is no better than others and that in God's presence all must tuck their tails and be glad that they can gain forgiveness. Let no one think that as long as he lives here he can reach such a position that he will not need such forgiveness. In short, if God does not forgive without stopping, we are lost.
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.
Phone: 515-924-3344
Email: churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org
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