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 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

July 17, 2022

 

O Lord, grant us the Spirit to hear Your Word and know the one thing needful that by Your Word and Spirit we may live according to Your will; 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, July 17, 2022     9:30 am    Divine Service       10:30 am  Voter’s Meeting     1:00 pm    Partnership Voter’s Meeting                           at Trinity    Tuesday, July 19, 2022     10:00 am   Morning Prayer       6:00 pm   Evening Prayer at Trinity

Sunday, July 24, 2022     9:30 am      Divine Service       THIS WEEK IN THE CHURCH YEAR        July 20, 2022     Commemoration of Elijah     July 21, 2022     Commemoration of Ezekiel     July 22, 2022     Feast of St. Mary Magdalene

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Organist Today:  Marcia Hanna   

Elder: Jeff Schutjer   

Asst. Usher: Boyd Shipler

Greeters Today:  Bud and Mary Lou Marlow   

Greeters Next Week:  Al and Peggy Schadendorf

 

Special Voter’s Meeting

Trinity and St. John's will hold a joint voter's meeting at the Trinity Life Center today at 1:00 p.m. to vote to call a Partnership Senior Pastor.  After careful consideration of all the nominated pastors and several interviews, the Partnership call committee would like to recommend Pastor Cowell for the position of Partnership Senior Pastor.  You are welcome to stop in either church office to read every nominated pastor's self-evaluation questions before the voter's meeting. - Dale Yunginger, Call Committee Chairman; Bruce Hackbarth, Trinity President; Jeff Schutjer, St. John's President

 

A Quarterly Voter’s Meeting will be held today following the service.  

 

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.

 

Thanks to everyone who furnished bars and attended our St. John’s Pool Party Sunday night. Our third summer event will be a potluck and game night at St. John’s Wednesday, August 10th beginning at 6:00 p.m.  More details will be coming soon!  

 

Sunday School teacher is needed beginning this fall for the 3-5th grade class.  If you are interested in serving on a regular or occasional basis, please talk with Karla Schutter. 

 

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 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.

 

Trinity VBS - Trinity’s “Barnyard Roundup” VBS will be July 24-28 from 5:30-8:00 pm (meal 5-5:30) for kids who’ve completed 4-yr-old preschool – 4th grade.  The closing program will be July 28th at 8:00 pm.  Register online at www.trinityalgona.org/vbs. 

 

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 6:30 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:

·         Youth Week July 24-30 - For grades 8-12

·         Worship Service at 9:00 a.m. with Rev. Ed Durand on July 24

·         Family Retreat 1 - July 31-August 5:  For families of all ages! Our family retreats are designed to provide families an experience that leads toward household and individual faith formation, strengthening family relationships, and creating an environment for rest and relaxation.

·         Hispanic Retreat - August 5-9: Provides an experience that strengthens individuals and household faith, strengthens family relationships and builds community among our Hispanic Brothers and Sisters.

 

Building Healthy Families:  “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” During the coming week you will have the opportunity to choose how you will respond to at least one challenging situation. When you do, remember that you have a choice. Choose wisely, remembering that God’s Word is your source of wisdom. Lutheran Family Service - www.LutheranFamilyService.org.

LECTIONARY SUMMARY (Proper 11)

Old Testament: Genesis 18:1-14

The Lord appears to Abraham as three men by the oaks of Mamre and promises that Sarah will bear a son. 

 

Epistle: Colossians 1:21-29

Paul toils to proclaim the gospel to the Gentiles. 

 

Gospel: Luke 10:38-42

Jesus visits the house of Mary and Martha. Martha was distracted with much serving, while Mary sat at the feet of Jesus and listened to His teaching. 

 

FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS

“Do not let service divert the knowledge of the heavenly Word. … Nor is Martha rebuked in her good serving, but Mary is preferred because she has chosen the better part for herself, for Jesus abounds with many blessings and bestows many gifts. And therefore the wiser chooses what she perceives as foremost.” - Ambrose, Exposition of the Gospel of Luke 7.85-86, qtd. in ACCS: Luke, p. 182-183

 

FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, Article II: Free Will, paragraphs 51-54

The eternal Father calls down from heaven about His dear Son (Matthew 17:5) and about all who preach repentance and forgiveness of sins in His name, "Listen to Him".

     All who want to be saved ought to listen to this preaching. For the preaching and hearing of God's Word are the Holy Spirit's instruments. By, with, and through these instruments the Spirit desires to work effectively, to convert people to God, and to work in them both to will and to do.

     A person can hear and read this Word outwardly, even though he is not yet converted to God and regenerate. As said above, a person even since the fall has a free will to a certain extent in these outward things. So he can go to church and listen or not listen to the sermon.

     God works through this means (i.e., the preaching and hearing of His Word). He breaks our hearts and draws us to Him. Through the preaching of the Law, a person comes to know his sins and God's wrath. He experiences in his heart true terrors, contrition, and sorrow. Through the preaching of, and reflection on, the Holy Gospel about the gracious forgiveness of sins in Christ, a spark of faith is kindled in him. This faith accepts the forgiveness of sins for Christ's sake and comforts itself with the Gospel promise. So the Holy Spirit is sent into the heart. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org