Thursday, June 23, 2022

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 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

June 26, 2022

 

Lord of all power and might, author and giver of all good things, graft into our hearts the love of Your name and nourish us with all goodness that we may love and serve our neighbor; 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 26, 2022

    9:30 am   Divine Service  

 IDW Convention Begins at Camp Okoboji

 

Tuesday, 28 2022

    NO  Morning Prayer

    IDW West Convention  

 

Sunday, July 3, 2022

    9:30am    Divine Service      

 THIS WEEK IN THE CHURCH YEAR  

  

  June 26     Commemoration of Jeremiah

 

  June 27      Commemoration of Cyril of 

                        Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor

 

  June 28      Commemoration of Irenaeus of 

                        Lyons, Pastor

 

  June 29      Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles 

 

  July 2         Feast of The Visitation

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Organist Today:  Marcia Hanna    

Elder: Jerry Koestler  

Asst. Usher: Harold Lavrenz

Greeter Today:    Jeff and Brenda Schutjer

Greeters Next Week: Boyd and Rosann Shipler

 

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. 

 

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.

 

Parish Messenger for the July/August edition is on the table in the back of church.

 

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. 

 

Lorraine Drager is a resident of Good Samaritan Home for a month as she recovers from a fall.  Cards of encouragement and get well wishes can be sent to her at: Good Samaritan Home, 412 W Kennedy St., Algona, Iowa 50511 

 

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

 

Trinity Bible Study - Trinity’s Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Bible study is taking the month of July off. We will resume the first Wednesday in August. 

 

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; 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. 

 

Building Healthy Families What are some of your best childhood memories? Psychologist Mary Pipher says there are three things that most people usually remember with great happiness from childhood -- time spent outdoors, vacations and family meals. During these long summer days, be sure to relax with your children outdoors with unplanned time together. Take some time off work…plan a picnic…let your children or grandchildren choose the spot. You don’t have to leave home to enjoy vacation! Lutheran Family Service - www.LutheranFamilyService.org.

 

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 8)

Old Testament: 1 Kings 19-9b-21

The Lord tells Elijah He will leave seven thousand in Israel who have not bowed to Baal, and Elisha begins to follow Elijah.

 

Epistle: Galatians 5:1, 13-25

St. Paul lists the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. 

 

Gospel: Luke 9:51-62

Jesus set His face to go to Jerusalem, and tells His disciples: “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” 

 

FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS

 

“A person who wishes to become the Lord’s disciple must repudiate a human obligation, however honorable it may appear, if it slows us ever so slightly in giving the wholehearted obedience we owe to God.” - Basil the Great, Concerning Baptism 1.1, qtd. in ACCS: Luke, p. 169

 

LESSONS ON THE LITURGY 

The Divine Service 

We call our worship a Divine Service because the best part of our worship isn’t what we do but what God does.  In this Divine Service God serves us His absolution, His Word and preaching, and His Holy Supper.  Our natural response to receiving these great gifts of God in His Divine Service is to praise His name with psalms and hymns and to joyfully confess back to him in prayers and Creeds what He has done for us.  You can read more about this term “Divine Service” on page viii of Lutheran Service Book. – The content of this lesson comes from Scott Kinnaman, Worshiping with Angels and Archangels: An Introduction to the Divine Service, 4-5.

 

FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

 

Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Article XXIV: The Mass, paragraphs 96-98

This heresy is that the Mass justifies by the outward act, that when applied it merits the pardon of guilt and punishment even for the unjust if they do not present an obstacle. We object to these deadly errors, which divert people from the glory of Christ's passion and overthrow the doctrine about the righteousness of faith. In the [Old Testament], the godless believed they merited the forgiveness of sins, not through faith, but through sacrifices. They increased these services and sacrifices, set up the worship of Baal in Israel, and even sacrificed in the groves in Judah. Therefore, the prophets condemn this belief and war against not only the worshipers of Baal, but also other priests who made sacrifices ordained by God with this godless belief [1 Kings 18:1-40]. Carnal people cannot tolerate that the honor of an atoning sacrifice belongs solely to Christ's sacrifice because they do not understand the righteousness of faith. The godless priests in Judah held a false belief about such sacrifices; Baal worship even continued in Israel. Nevertheless, a Church of God was there that objected to these godless services [1 Kings 19:18]. Baal worship remains in the realm of the pope: the abuse of the Mass. They think they can merit the pardon of guilt and punishment for the unrighteous. All who believe the Gospel should condemn these wicked services. 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org