Announcements
Palm Sunday
April 13, 2025
ST. JOHN’S NEWS
Pastor Briton Nelson ~ Organist Today: Marcia Hanna
Elder: Boyd Shipler ~Acolytes: Ryder Parsons & Brayton Borchardt
Head Usher: John Schutter ~ Assistant Usher: Tony Hatten
Greeters Today: Tony and Stefanie Hatten
Greeters Next Week: Lucas and Jessica Parsons Family
Quarterly Voters Meeting will be held today following the service.
Holy Week Services:
- Maundy Thursday – 6 p.m. (Trinity – 7 p.m.)
- Good Friday – 6 p.m. (Trinity – 7 p.m.)
- Easter Breakfast - 8:30 a.m.
- Easter Resurrection Service – St. Johns – 9:30 a.m.
(Trinity: 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.)
The Lenten Schedule is on the table in the back. (Additions)
· Easter Egg Hunt will be held at St. John’s, Burt on Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome!! You have any questions or wish to help, please contact Pastor Briton and Jade Nelson.
· A Sign Up Sheet is available in the back for those who would like to donate bars/cookies for the Easter Egg Hunt.
· Easter Breakfast will be held by the LYF group here at Burt on Sunday, April 20 at 8:30 a.m. till 9:15 a.m.
(Serving: Muffins, Juice & Coffee)
No Adult Bible Class or Sunday School next Sunday - Easter.
Individual Cards Available - Easter, Confirmation and Graduation Cards are available now in the card rack. Rosann
Pictorial Directory: It was decided and voted on last Sunday to go ahead with the Picture Directory. Our dates are set now for June 17-18 from 2-8:30 p.m. both dates. If you cannot make this you are welcome to set appointments at Trinity May 28-31 or June 11-14, 2025 and have them taken there. A committee will be appointed to help with this process here at Burt.
Looking Ahead - Confirmation for Zackery Steven and Avery Thomas will be held on Sunday, May 11. Keep these confirmands in your prayers!! Last Midweek Class will be April 30.
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!
SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS
Camp Okoboji News
- 2025 Quilt Auction - June 14, 2025
- IDW Convention - June 8-10, 2025
- Annual Meeting - Kitty and Lynn Bierstedt will represent Burt at this meeting April 26.
- Camp Okoboji is on the lookout for our next Discipleship Director. If you would be interested, or know someone who would be, please contact me at adam.campokoboji@gmail.com or 712-337-3325.
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! TLC Quilters invite you to join them in the basement on Tuesdays & Thursdays, anytime from 8 a.m – 3 p.m.
Save the Date - Immanuel Lutheran Lotts Creek Church will be celebrating their 150th Anniversary on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Service will start at 10:30 a.m. with a meal to follow. Please save the date and spread the word!!
Building Healthy Families: Parents, grandparents and pew buddies – when we think about what we can do to welcome and encourage young kids in worship, it can be helpful also to consider what not to do. For instance, “shushing” is a natural response to noise, but often only brings about embarrassment and distraction (99.9% of parents are aware of kids making noise and are actively addressing it). Rather, look for ways to build relationships over time and gently ask parents if there’s anything you can do to help their young family, following their lead. Another option is to say a simple prayer that God would grant the child(ren) and parents what He knows they need and allow you to keep your focus on Jesus and His good gifts! Recall Jesus’ words, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven,” and rejoice that He has made us all God’s children! Lutheran Family Service www.LutheranFamilyService.org
Now Is the Hour When the Son of Man Is Glorified
“Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming.” He comes in gentle humility, “sitting on a donkey's colt,” yet also as the King of Israel “in the name of the Lord” (John 12:13, 15). His royal glory is faithful obedience and self-sacrificing service “to the point of death, even death on a cross” (Phil. 2:8). The Love of God is manifested in the Cross and Passion of His Son for the salvation of sinners. Since He has borne our sins and suffered our death, “God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the Name that is above every name” (Phil. 2:9), and He exalts us in His Resurrection. Our Lord did not hide His face “from disgrace and spitting” (Is. 50:6), but He trusted His God and Father, who raised Him from death and the grave and exalted Him to His right hand. This same King Jesus now comes to us in gentle humility in His Supper, feeds us with His Body, and cleanses and covers us with His Blood, so that “after His Resurrection” we also shall rise and enter the holy city (Matt. 27:52–53).
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S Today, April 13, 2025 8:15 a.m. Adult Class 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Palm Sunday Divine Service *10:30 a.m. Quarterly Voter’s Meeting Tuesday, April 15, 2025 8:30 a.m. Pastor Nelson at Burt Thursday, April 17, 2025 6:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday Service with Communion Friday, April 18, 2025 6:00 p.m. Good Friday Service Saturday, April 19, 2025 10:00 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, April 20, 2025 8:30 a.m. LYF Breakfast 9:30 a.m. Resurrection Divine Service |
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.
Phone: 515-924-3344
Email: churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org
