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 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

October 2, 2022

 

O God, our refuge and strength, the author of all godliness, by Your grace hear the prayers of Your Church. Grant that those things which we ask in faith we may receive through Your bountiful mercy; 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,  October 2, 2022    8:30 am     Sunday School/Adult Class    9:30 am     Divine Service             Tuesday, October 4, 2022      10:00 am   Morning Prayer     Wednesday, October 5, 2022       6:00 pm    Wednesday Catechesis

Sunday, October 9, 2022       8:30 am     Sunday School/Adult Class     9:30 am     Divine Service       10:00 am    Council Meeting       THIS WEEK IN THE CHURCH YEAR           October 7, 2022     Commemoration of Henry Melchior            Muhlenberg, Pastor

 

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Organist Today:  Marcia Hanna 

Elder:  Jerry Koestler

Asst. Usher:  Roger Evans

Acolytes:  Kenna Hatten and Taylor Parsons

Greeters Today:  Darrel and Mary Schmidt

Greeters Next Week: Jerry and Betty Koestler

 

Adult Bible Study - During Bible study, we are asking volunteers to share one or several devotions from their favorite devotional resources.  Pastor Cowell will have several devotion books available as well if you would like to read from them.  Sign up for a Sunday in the back of church, and contact Pastor Cowell with questions. 

 

Pastoral Call Process Update 

-The Partnership Associate pastor call committee has received a list of 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 if they would be the right pastor for our congregations. 

 

-The self-evaluation documents of each of these eight pastors in which they describe their ministry style as well as their preferences regarding various church practices and traditions are available in the church office.  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.

 

4th Quarter Council Meeting will be held Sunday, October 9, 2022 following the church service.  The Voter’s Meeting will be Sunday, October 16, 2022.

 

Portals of Prayer for October-December are now available in the back along the east wall.

 

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.

 

St. John’s Help Wanted List - Check the back table the next few weeks to see a number of one-time, short-term, and recurring tasks related to human care, evangelism, and mercy that Pastor Cowell needs your help with.  These are all tasks which would benefit our congregation and our community, and which our members are well equipped to lead on behalf of St. John’s. Take a look and see if you would be able to help out with any of these special projects, and talk to Pastor Cowell if you have any suggestions of your own!

 

A 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 - You are invited to Bible study every Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. in the Life Center conference room.

 

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!  

 

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. 

 

Fall Volunteer Weekend - October 7 - 9th  at Camp Okoboji is just a month away.  Save the date and make plans to come and share your time and talents to help us wrap up summer and prepare for winter!!  Room and board will be provided for volunteers.  For room and board accommodations, please call the office at (712) 337-3325!!

 

Trinity Quilting Convocation - The Trinity TLC Quilters invite you to our first ever Quilting Convocation on Saturday, November 12th. This is a day of fellowship with fellow Christian quilters, observing new quilting techniques, participating in hands-on demonstrations, and learning more about operating a Christian quilting organization.  Information and registration forms are on the table in the back. Registration is due October 17th.

 

COMMUNITY NEWS

 

Life Chain Sunday - Kossuth County Right to Life invites you to join them in prayer and support for God's gift of life by participating in National Life Chain Sunday on October 2nd.  The group will meet in the front parking lot of Louscher's Dental Clinic at 1:30 p.m. on October 2nd and will stand along Highway 169 from 2:00-3:00 p.m.  Contact Jim Lauer at 515-782-3749 with questions. 

 

Truck or Treat - The churches of Burt will be hosting a trunk-or-treat in the Presbyterian parking lot in conjunction with the town of Burt’s trick-or-treating night: Monday, October 31 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. If you would like to host a trunk or volunteer in any way, please text or call Hannah Cowell at 712-294-4962.

 

Our Savior Lutheran Little Lambs Preschool Soup Dinner will be held on Sunday, October 9 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Swea City Fire Station. Serving Chili/Chicken Noodle Soup, grilled cheese, sandwiches and cake/bars. Free Will Donation.          

 

In Concert - The Lone Rock Presbyterian Church will be hosting the fabulous “Blackwood Quartet” tonight at 7:00 p.m.  Everyone is welcome!   

 

 

LECTIONARY SUMMARY (Proper 22)

Old Testament: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

Habakkuk cries to the Lord for help. The Lord replies that a vision is coming at its appointed time. 

 

Epistle: 2 Timothy 1:1-14

Paul tells Timothy to fan into flame the gift of God which is in him through the laying on of Paul’s hands, and to guard the good deposit entrusted to him. 

 

Gospel: Luke 17:1-10

Jesus teaches about temptation, forgiveness, faith, and service to God. 

FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS

[Commenting on 1 Ti. 1:12 - “By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.”]: “What is ‘that which has been entrusted to me’? The faith, the preaching of the gospel. God, who committed this to us, will preserve it unimpaired. I suffer everything, that I may not be despoiled of this treasure. I am not ashamed of these things, so long as the faith is preserved unijured. Or by ‘that which is entrusted to me’ he may be referring to the faithful people who God has committed to him.” - John Chrysostom, Homilies on 2 Timothy 2. Qtd. in ACCS: Colossians-Philemon, p. 236. 

 

FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

 

Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Article XII: Repentance, paragraphs 46-48

When Paul describes conversion or renewal, he almost everywhere designates these two parts, making dead and making alive, as in Colossians 2:11, "In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands," namely, "by putting off the body of the flesh." And afterward, "in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the powerful working of God" (2:12). Here are the two parts. One is putting off the body of sins, the other is the rising again through faith. Neither should these terms "making dead," "making alive," "putting off the body of sins," "rising again" be understood in a Platonic way, about a fake change. Rather, "making dead" means true terrors, such as those of the dying, which nature could not sustain unless it were supported by faith. Paul calls that "the putting off the body of sins," which we ordinarily call contrition. In these griefs the natural, lustful desire is purged away. The "making alive" should not be understood as a Platonic fancy, but as comfort that truly sustains life that flickers in contrition. There are two parts: contrition and faith. For conscience cannot be quieted except through faith. Therefore, faith alone makes alive, according to this declaration: "The righteous shall live by his faith" (Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17). Faith reverses [contrition] and gives peace and life to the heart. 

 

 

 

 

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

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org