Announcements
The Fourth Sunday in Advent
December 22, 2024
ST. JOHN’S NEWS
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
Adult Bible Class will not be meeting on Sunday, Dec. 22, 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!!
Adopted Family - It has been decided that this year we will be supporting Pastor Michael and Kelsi McGinley and the Family of Spencer. Their home and church sustained damage and loss in the July flooding. There is a list of the items that we will be collecting with donations of cash/gift cards now through December 22nd. on the back small table. We also will collect items to replace in their Sunday School Dept at Christ the King’s Lutheran, Spencer. Give your donations to Karla Schutter or Brenda Schutjer or in the designated basket.
The Christmas Schedule
· Christmas Eve – Dec 24,5 p.m.
· Christmas Day – Dec 25, 9:30 a.m.
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.
Christmas Donations - If you would like to give a cash donation to the Christmas Committee for the candy and decorations, you can do so by giving that to Vickie Madsen or mark an envelope and place it in the offering plate.
Boxed Christmas Cards are available in the back. Give your money to Rosann in the office .
Addresses - If you or a family member has moved and has a new address, please get that information in to the church office for Annual Report.
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.
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!
Camp Okoboji Giving Tuesday efforts raised more than $38,000. We reached our match and then some! God is good!
Building Healthy Families: What do you do in your home to keep your family focused on the true meaning of Christmas? Time spent together without technology, taking turns reading aloud the “original” Christmas story from Luke 2 is one great idea. Praying together is another. Perhaps at Christmas dinner, invite your family to read a Christmas song as a prayer before the meal, with each member given a verse to share. The text from Martin Luther’s “From Heaven Above to Earth I Come” (Lutheran Service Book #358) would be a beautiful family prayer. A blessed, peaceful and joyful celebration of Jesus’ this Christmas to you and yours from your friends at Lutheran Family Service! Lutheran Family Service www.LutheranFamilyService.org
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S Today, December 22, 2024 NO Adult Class 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Advent Divine Service Tuesday, December 24, 2024 5:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Children’s Program Wednesday, December 25, 2024 9:30 a.m. Christmas Day Service Sunday, December 29, 2024 9:30 a.m. Divine Service |
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.
Phone: 515-924-3344
Email: churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org
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