Announcements
St. John’s Lutheran Church
109 Maple St. Burt, Iowa|Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Pastors: Rev. Benjamin Dose & Rev. Briton Nelson
Secretary: Rosann Shipler
Pastor’s ~ Dose Cell: 712-790-0716 ~Nelson Cell: 608-415-8228
Church Office: 515-924-3344 stjohnsburt.org
Pastor’s Email: pastordose@trinityalgona.org
Pastor’s Email: pastornelson@trinityalgona.org
Church Email: churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org
ST. JOHN’S NEWS
Pastor Briton Nelson
Organist: Marcia Hanna
Elder: Boyd Shipler
Head Usher: John Schutter ~Asst. Usher: Lucas Parsons
Acolytes: Alex and Reyna Fitzgerald
Greeters Today: Boyd and Rosann Shipler
Greeters Next Week: Barb Harms & Donna Haase
Adult Bible Class will not be meeting on Sunday, Dec. 29, and January 5. We will be starting a new session and encourage all to join us as we study God’s word in the New Year!!
2025 Greeter and Asst. Usher Lists are now on the back table. Please sign up to greet more than one time during the year. If you do not sign-up I will assign you a spot at the of the year unless you let me know differently. Rosann Shipler, Sec.
New Contact Information? Please contact the church office with changes to update our records. Please check your contact information in our Annual Reports & Directory so updates can be made before the upcoming edition is printed.
Year-End Reports: The end of the year will be here soon. If you’re responsible for a report for the annual yearbook, please email it to the church churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org
Portals of Prayer for January-March are now available in the basket along the east wall.
Pastoral Care On Demand - Need Prayer, Scripture, Communion, Absolution, or a listening ear? Feel free to call or text one of the pastors at the following numbers:
· Pastor Benjamin Dose cell: 712-790-0716 and his email is pastordose@trinityalgona.org
· Pastor Nelson cell: 608-415-8228 and pastor Nelson email: pastornelson@trinityalgona.org
Hospitalized? If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know! Pastors are not automatically notified when members are hospitalized.
Pastoral Schedule Update: Pastor Dose will be taking Fridays as his day off and will be spending Thursday mornings in Burt. Pastor Nelson will be taking Mondays as his day off and will be spending Tuesday mornings in Burt.
Thank You to all who donated gifts, gift cards, etc. for our adopted family. Your generosity will help Pastor Michael and Kelsi McGinley Family have a brighter Christmas and year as they put their lives back together after the Spencer flooding.
Adverse Weather - When church is to be cancelled due to snow etc, the Elders and Pastors will make the decision and then a Flocknote Cancellation call will be sent out to your cell phone or home phone. We will also try to put it on the Algona Radio.
SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS
Want to Help with Hurricane Relief? We’ll be collecting items to send to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Conover, NC. Priority needs include Bandaids, Neosporin, medical gloves, cotton gauze, Diva cups (feminine product), adult body wipes, infant wipes, hand wipes, WATERLESS shampoo, & liquid bath soap. Other items include winter hats, gloves, coats, & boots; quilts; water purification tablets; and portable water filters. Many will be without clean water until at least December.
· Brochures are available on the back table for you to purchase items. Bring them to the church and put them in a designated box in the library. We will deliver them to Trinity who will get those to St. Peter’s Lutheran in North Carolina. Questions talk to Jade Nelson.
TLC Quilters - 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! Watch for more quilts to be coming soon.
Flat Sheets and Old Tattered (well-loved) Quilts are needed by TLC Quilters. Thanks sew much for helping us help others in need!
Camp Okoboji Giving Tuesday efforts raised more than $38,000. We reached our match and then some! God is good!
Building Healthy Families: Here’s a novel idea for making a New Year’s Resolution this year: don’t make it about you! What if instead of losing ten pounds, you resolved to spend unscheduled time every Sunday afternoon with your children? What if instead of getting up early to go to the gym, you resolved to read to a nursing home resident who has no family or visitors every Tuesday morning? What if instead…you get the idea. Look around; ask God to open your eyes. Who has He put in your life who needs the gift of your time and attention? Resolve to give it! Happy and Blessed New Year from your friends at Lutheran Family Service! Lutheran Family Service - www.LutheranFamilyService.org
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S Today, December 29, 2024 NO Adult Class NO Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Divine Service Wednesday, January 1, 2025 Happy New Year Sunday, January 5, 2025 NO Adult Class 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Divine Service |
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.
Phone: 515-924-3344
Email: churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org
