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
Palm Sunday
April 2, 2023
ST. JOHN’S NEWS
Pastoral Vacancy - In the coming weeks we will know if our request to receive a seminary graduate to be our Partnership associate pastor will be fulfilled. Seminary call day is Wednesday, April 26th.
Easter Egg Hunt Bars - There is a sign up sheet on the back table to donate bars for the Easter egg hunt on April 8th. Please have your bars to the church basement by 9:30 a.m. on the 8th.
Holy Week Worship Schedule at St. John’s
Tuesday Morning Prayer 10 a.m.
Holy Thursday Service 5:30 p.m.
Good Friday Stations of the Cross Noon
Good Friday Service 5:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday Service 9:30 a.m.
*No Sunday School or Adult Class on Easter morning.
Easter Breakfast will be served from 8-9:15 a.m. on Easter, April 9th.
New Member Class - Our Partnership is offering a new member class for anyone interested in either becoming a member of St. John’s or Trinity, or wants to brush up on the basics of their faith! The final class (Apr. 2) will be in the St. John’s basement from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Quarterly Council Meeting will be held on Monday, April 10th at 6:00 p.m. in the church basement. An elders meeting will follow this meeting. The voter’s meeting will be held on April 16 following the service.
St. John’s Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 8th at 10 a.m. here at the church. There will be treats following the egg hunt!
Large Print Service Book - We now have available a couple copies of Lutheran Service Book in large print for use during the services. They are available on the bottom of the bulletin rack.
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.
Thank you to all who helped St. John’s host our final Partnership Lenten midweek meal. We raised $565 for our two seminaries’ student food pantry programs!
SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS
Trinity Bible Study meets Wednesday mornings at 9:30 am in the Life Center conference room. There will be no class during Holy Week.
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!
Old Denim Jeans? The TLC Quilters are in need of old denim jeans (any color & any condition) to make into quilts. Bring them to the church office or stop by the basement on Tuesdays or Thursdays to see them in action!
Old Tattered Quilts Needed! Well-loved quilts can be repurposed into prayer hearts to provide comfort for others. Bring them to the church office or visit the basement on Tuesdays or Thursdays to see the quilters in action!
Camp Okoboji Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, April 15 at the camp. Lynn and Kitty Bierstedt will be our delegates for this meeting.
Help Build an Ark! Funds are needed to complete Camp Okoboji’s Ark Playground project. Please make checks payable to Camp Okoboji Auxiliary & send to 1531 Edgewood Dr, Milford IA 51351. (Matching funds currently available.) Flier on ramp bulletin board with more information.
Building Healthy Families - Listen to the news on any given evening and you will be inundated with accounts of terrible things happening, both locally and around the world. Hearing bad news every day can cause you to become anxious and hopeless. Consider taking a week-long “news holiday” by turning off the TV and computer. Use your new-found free time to read and memorize Scripture. When you commit Jesus’ words to memory, you will be able to recall them whenever you hear bad news: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Lutheran Family Service - www.LutheranFamilyService.org
COMMUNITY NEWS
The Burt Lions Club French Toast Breakfast will be held on Sunday, April 30th at the Burt Complex. Serving will be from 8-12:30 p.m.
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S Today, April 2, 2023 8:30 am Sunday School/ No Adult Class 9:30 am Divine Service 6:00 pm New Member Class at St. John’s Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:00 am Morning Prayer Wednesday, April 5, 2023 No Catecheses Class Thursday, April 6, 2023 5:30 pm Holy Thursday Service Friday, April 7, 2023 12 noon Stations of the Cross at St. John’s 5:30 pm Good Friday Service Saturday, April 8, 2023 10 am Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, April 9, 2023 - Easter 8-9:15 am Breakfast 9:30 am Easter Day Divine Service |
THIS WEEK IN THE CHURCH YEAR April 6, 2023 Commemoration of Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Durer, Artists |
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.
Phone: 515-924-3344
Email: churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org
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