Announcements
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
August 3, 2025
ST. JOHN’S NEWS
Pastor: Ben Dose
Organist: Marcia Hanna
Elder: Boyd Shipler
Head Usher: John Schutter
Greeters Today: Darrel and Mary Schmidt
Greeters Next Sunday: Shirlee Alt and Barb Thilges
As Sunday School preparations continue for next year, we find we’ll be needing a few more Teachers. If interested or you have questions, reach out to Karla Schutter.
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!
Save the Date! On Sunday, September 7 at 5 p.m. we will be holding a Congregational Fellowship Evening as a get together as members of St. John’s. This will be a Potluck Supper with games followed by a closing worship short worship service. This is our opportunity to spend time with as a church with our students and members in a fun evening!!
SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS
CCamp Okoboji News
· Sunday Worship Services are held each Sunday at Camp Okoboji. List of Chaplin Pastors serving each week is posted on the ramp bulletin board.
Trinity - Summer Worship Schedule: During the summer months there will only be one Sunday service at 9:00 a.m. The Saturday service will continue at 5:00 p.m. except for holiday or wedding weekends.
Building Healthy Families: Building Healthy Families: Parents and grandparents, looking for something to do with your children or grandchildren during these waning days of summer? Take them to the cemetery with you on a mission to find your ancestors’ grave sites. Bring along old family photos to match and give a face to the names on the tombstones. This could be a fun adventure for them and you, as well as a unique opportunity for you to share your faith and stories of the faith of your family in previous generations. You shall teach [God’s commandments] diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Deuteronomy 6:7 Lutheran Family Service www.LutheranFamilyService.org
Stewardship Corner: Our lives as Christian stewards are made possible by the work of the Holy Spirit. On our own initiative, it is impossible to become faithful stewards. In the same way that the Apostle Paul said that no one can declare “’Jesus is Lord’ except in the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:3), neither are we able to declare ourselves God’s stewards apart from God’s grace. Filled with the Holy Spirit, our lives take on a new direction. The Holy Spirit plants faith in our hearts. Through faith, we express our gratitude for God’s love and grace through our stewardship. With the help of the Holy Spirit, our lives are devoted to doing God’s will and pleasing Him with how we use our time, talents, and money.
Pledge to Pray for Our Troops - On the back table are cards for you to pick up and pray each day Psalm 91 for all Our troops and Our Nation. This is a chance to Pray with other Christians as we Band together to remember those who are serving. Take a couple and pass them on to others!!
COMMUNITY NEWS
Burt Library - LEGO CHALLENGE! This summer we will be having a “themed” Lego building. Each week there will be a new theme for kids (or adults) to stop in and build something. Creations will be on display for others to enjoy!!
Ice Cream Social - Join us on Sunday, August 10th for pie and ice cream at the Titonka Care Center from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Free will donation to Friends of Titonka Care Center.
- Auction for the Titonka T-Shirt Quilt will begin at 3:30 p.m.
Community VBS will be held at the Burt Presbyterian Church on August 5, 6, 7th for children 4 years old to 6th grade. Tuesday we will begin at 4:15 -- 4:45 p.m. with a coin carnival with supper at 5 and closing at 8 p.m.. On Wednesday & Thursday we will begin at 5-8 p.m. Contact Mary Behrends to register at 515-341-0517.
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S Today, August 3, 2025 9:30 a.m. Divine Service Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Pastor Nelson at Burt Thursday, August 7, 2025 Pastor Dose at Burt Sunday, August 10, 2025 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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