Announcements

 

 The Day of Pentecost

May 24, 2026

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Pastor Ben Dose

Organist Today:  Kitty Bierstedt  

Elder:  Tony Hatten

Usher:  John Schutter

Asst. Usher:  Dave Kerkove

Greeters Today:  John and Karla Schutter

Greeters Next Sunday:  Steve and Vickie Madsen

 

Prayers - Keep Elora and her parents in your prayers as Elora is still in  Children's Hospital in Iowa City. 

·         Note:  If you would like to give  a card, a gift card or money to Pastor Briton and Jade at this time while they are in Iowa City you may bring that on Sunday, June 7th when Pastor Nelson will be preaching in Burt.  We will have a special giving for Briton and Jade and family on that Sunday.

 

“Faith Family Fish Fry” Fun Night - Come join us for a “Fish Fry and Fun Night” on Saturday, June 6 from 4-7:00 p.m.  Free Will Donation will be used for Future Projects. Following the Fish Fry we will hold an Outdoor Worship Service at the church worship area to conclude the evening. Check the posters in the church for more details and menu!       Board of Education 

·         A Sign-Up Sheet is available in the back  for donations of desserts and bars for the meal that evening!  

Swaddling Clothes: Thank You to all who so generously gave to this special giving project. The Sunday School children put together bags of food and cards to give to the families as well  and Karla Schutter will be delivering those bags and donations to Spencer.

 

Justin Hilton - Seminary Student:   Copies of a letter and pictures of the family are available in the back for you to take and read. Justin is finishing his vicarage at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Olivette. He tells of his last year as a vicar. He will then be finishing his last year at St. Louis to graduate. Justin and his family are supported by our mission!

 

Notice to All - Make sure if you are one of the last people out of the church, to check the whole church to see if all the lights have been shut off!!  Also, be sure that doors are locked!     -Trustees

 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

 

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

Algona Paper Article:  Pastor Briton Nelson submitted his article to the Algona Paper this week.  He sent the church office a copy.  Copies of that article are on the back table, if you do not get the paper and would like to read it!.

Altar Flowers - We are always in need of volunteers to provide flowers for a given month or for a special occasion to be put on the altar. If you wish to give flowers to help anytime during the year, please contact Vickie Madsen to schedule those.

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

Camp News -

·         Camp Okoboji Quilt Auction will be held on June 20, 2026. Auction starts at 12:30 p.m.  Lunch served at 11:00 a.m.

·         Camp Personnel: We need 2026 Summer Staff! Please encourage youth (at least 16 years of age) and college students to consider serving with us. Those interested in serving at Camp Okoboji, or any LCMS camp in 2026 should complete a NLOMA profile. Visit NLOMA.org for the profile link.

·         Kids Kamp - Registration for Kids Kamp is now. Camp for Kindergarten through 2nd Grade with a parent, grandparent or guardian attending with the child.

Building Healthy Families: Ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed by the evening news, thinking that the world and everything you care about and value is going to hell in a handbasket? Here’s a friendly reminder to check our attitude, and remember God’s promises, as well as the impact of sharing negative, cynical, hopeless expressions about the future within earshot of children, teens, and young parents in our family and church. Instead, refocus! Instill in the hearts and minds of young people who are just starting life that they can – with God’s help and blessing—be an important part of building a better future. Remind them as Paul reminded Timothy: “…God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.” Through our words and prayers, let’s encourage and build world-changers, not fearful hearts! www.LutheranFamilyService.org Lutheran Family Service    

 

The Risen Lord Jesus Pours Out the Holy Spirit

The Lord took “some of the Spirit” that was on Moses “and put it on the seventy elders” of Israel (Num. 11:25), and they “prophesied in the camp” (Num. 11:26). In the same way, our risen Lord Jesus poured out His Holy Spirit at the Feast of Pentecost — the 50th day and the “Eighth Sunday” of Easter. When “a sound like a mighty rushing wind” and “tongues as of fire appeared” and rested on each of the 12 apostles, “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit” and proclaimed “the mighty works of God” (Acts 2:2–4, 11). The Lord Jesus grants this same Spirit to His Church on earth to proclaim Him glorified on the cross and risen victorious from the grave for us sinners. From His open heart, our crucified and risen Lord pours out His Holy Spirit in “rivers of living water” (John 7:38) and invites everyone who thirsts to come to Him and drink freely (John 7:37). Through this life-giving work of the Holy Spirit, we hear our pastors “telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God” (Acts 2:11), and “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21).

      COMMUNITY NEWS

Memorial Day Service will be held at the Burt Township Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 25th.  

 

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S         Today, May 24, 2026          9:30 am>Divine Service         Monday, May 25, 2026      11:00 am>Memorial Day Service at Burt Cemetery                Thursday, May 28, 2026       Pastor Dose in Burt        Sunday, May 31, 2026       9:30 am>Divine Service

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org

 

 

Announcements

Ascension of Our Lord

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Pastor:  Briton Nelson

Organist: Marcia Hanna

Elder: Tony Hatten

Head Usher:  John Schutter

Asst. Usher:  Dave Kerkove

Greeters Today: Boyd and Rosann Shipler

Greeter Next Week:  John and Karla Schutter

 

Prayers - Keep Elora and her parents in your prayers as Elora is still in  Children's Hospital in Iowa City. 

 

Swaddling Clothes: A free will donation will be taken today through Sunday, May 17 for this mission work at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Spencer. St Paul’s assembles a collection of items associated with pregnancy and motherhood etc.. The second Saturday of each month St. Paul hosts a “shopping day” where you can survey our collection and take whatever you need. The Sunday School and Lenten Wednesday service offering will also be used for this project to help purchase items for this worthwhile cause.  *More information is on the back table about this mission work! “The mission of the Swaddling Clothes is to share the mercy of Christ with our neighbors through the gifts of clothing, food, friendship, and the forgiving Word of God.”

 

Justin Hilton - Seminary Student:   Copies of a letter and pictures of the family are available in the back for you to take and read. Justin is finishing his vicarage at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Olivette. He tells of his last year as a vicar. He will then be finishing his last year at St. Louis to graduate. Justin and his family are supported by our mission giving!

 

“Faith Family Fish Fry” at the Lake - The Board of Education is sponsoring a Congregational “Faith, Family Fish Fry” on Saturday, June 6 at the church from 4-7 p.m.. Watch for more details to come!

 

Notice to All - Make sure if you are one of the last people out of the church, to check the whole church to see if all the lights have been shut off!!  Also, be sure that doors are locked!     -Trustees

 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

 

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

 

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

TLC Quilts are available for you to take anytime on the church bench at the east door.  You have someone special you wish to give it to feel free to take!!

   Camp News -

·         Camp Okoboji Quilt Auction will be held on June 20, 2026. Auction starts at 12:30 p.m.  Lunch served at 11:00 a.m.

·         Camp Personnel: We need 2026 Summer Staff! Please encourage youth (at least 16 years of age) and college students to consider serving with us. Those interested in serving at Camp Okoboji, or any LCMS camp in 2026 should complete a NLOMA profile. Visit NLOMA.org for the profile link.

 

Building Healthy Families: Psst…have you ever noticed how nearly impossible it is to tune out a whispered conversation nearby? Kids certainly can’t. Parents, you can actually use that to your advantage—by letting them “accidentally” overhear the things you most want them to learn. When they catch you speaking warmly about your spouse, it quietly builds their sense of security at home. When they overhear you saying good things about their teacher, it shapes how they show respect and cooperation at school. And when they hear you expressing genuine appreciation for your pastor, it naturally nurtures their respect for him as well. Those little, overheard moments? They often speak louder than a message communicated directly! www.LutheranFamilyService.org Lutheran Family Service 

 

Stewardship Corner - God’s Word tells us that He has created and owns all things.  “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers” (Psalm 24:1).  We are warned in Deuteronomy 8:17-18: “Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you power to get wealth…”  God is not only the owner of everything; He is also the source of our wealth. When we acknowledge God as owner of our money, we understand our obligation and responsibility to be faithful caretakers of all that He entrusts to us.

 

The Ascended Lord Jesus Is with Us Always in His Church on Earth

After He rose from the dead, the Lord Jesus presented Himself alive to the apostles, “appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3). When He ascended to the right hand of the Father, He did not orphan His Church, but He fills all things in heaven and on earth and gives gifts to His disciples. Even now, through His Church, He continues “to do and teach” (Acts 1:1), preaching “repentance for the forgiveness of sins” (Luke 24:47) even “to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Though the cloud hid Jesus from the sight of His disciples then, and He remains hidden from sight even now, He remains with His people through His Gospel and Sacraments. He comes to us by the Word of His apostles, by the promise of His Father and by the power of the Holy Spirit, whom He pours out upon “the church, which is his body” (Eph. 1:22–23). In this holy Christian Church, we bless God and worship Christ with joy, for in His Church He blesses us with forgiveness, lifts us up in His hands and seats us with Himself “in the heavenly places” (Eph. 1:20). 

 

COMMUNITY NEWS

Memorial Day Honors Service will be held at the Burt Township Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 25th.  

 

 

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S         Today, May 17, 2026        8:15 am>Coffee time with Pastor Nelson        8:30 am>Sunday School (Last Session for Summer)       9:30 am>Divine Service        2:00 pm>Graduation at Algona                  Thursday, May 21, 2026       Pastor Dose in Burt        Sunday, May 24, 2026        9:30 am>Divine Service

 

 

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org

 

 

Announcements

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Pastor:  Ben Dose

Organist: Marcia Hanna

Elder: Tony Hatten

Head Usher:  John Schutter

Asst. Usher:  Dave Kerkove

Greeters Today: Mike and Amy Bierstedt

Greeter Next Week:  Boyd and Rosann Shipler

 

Services at St. John’s will have a few changes for a couple weeks.  Pastor Dose will be doing both churches until Pastor Nelson can return. There will be no Adult Bible Class which will continue again in September.  Sunday School will be done Sunday, May 17.

 

New Baby - Pastor Briton and Jade were blessed with a baby daughter, Elora Fern born on April 28. Keep baby and parents in your prayers as Elora was taken to Children's Hospital in Iowa City. 

 

Swaddling Clothes: A free will donation will be taken today through Sunday, May 17 for this mission work at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Spencer. St Paul’s assembles a collection of items associated with pregnancy and motherhood etc.. The second Saturday of each month St. Paul hosts a “shopping day” where you can survey our collection and take whatever you need. The Sunday School and Lenten Wednesday service offering will also be used for this project to help purchase items for this worthwhile cause.  *More information is on the back table about this mission work! “The mission of the Swaddling Clothes is to share the mercy of Christ with our neighbors through the gifts of clothing, food, friendship, and the forgiving Word of God.”

 

Transfer Out to Trinity: James Struecker and Darrel and Mary Schmidt!

 

Graduation Party for Breckin Borchardt will be held on May 16 from 4-7:00 p.m. at Summit Center 304 S. Summit Street, Bancroft, Iowa.  Join us in celebration of this milestone in Breckin’s life!!

 

Notice to All - Make sure if you are one of the last people out of the church, to check the whole church to see if all the lights have been shut off!!  Also, be sure that doors are locked!     -Trustees

 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

 

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

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SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

New TLC Quilts are available for you to take anytime on the church bench at the east door.  You have someone special you wish to give it to feel free to take!!

Camp News -

·         Camp Okoboji Quilt Auction will be held on June 20, 2026. Auction starts at 12:30 p.m.  Lunch served at 11:00 a.m.

·         Camp Personnel: We need 2026 Summer Staff! Please encourage youth (at least 16 years of age) and college students to consider serving with us. Those interested in serving at Camp Okoboji, or any LCMS camp in 2026 should complete a NLOMA profile. Visit NLOMA.org for the profile link.

 

Building Healthy Families:: How do you put a mother’s love into words? It’s steady and selfless, quiet yet powerful—woven into everyday moments and lifelong sacrifices. Scripture paints this kind of love in many places, and while 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 isn’t always labeled as a “mother’s passage,” it beautifully reflects what so many mothers live out each day: Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. Happy Mother’s Day to all women who so lovingly care for their children and others. (P.S. No texting or snapchatting today: call or visit your mother!) www.LutheranFamilyService.org Lutheran Family Service 

 

STEWARDSHIP IS THE FREE AND LOVING RESPONSE TO THE GRACE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES.

 “And God is able to make all grace abound

to you, so that having all sufficiency in all

things at all times, you may abound in every

good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8).

 

The Lord Jesus Comforts Us with the Preaching of His Resurrection

“The God who … gives to all mankind life and breath and everything” (Acts 17:24–25) wants all people to seek Him that they might “feel their way toward him and find him” (Acts 17:27). But in our sinful ignorance, we humans turn instead to idols “formed by the art and imagination of man” (Acts 17:29). Therefore, God appointed the Man of Righteousness, Jesus Christ, and “has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead” (Acts 17:31). Because He lives, we also live (John 14:19) in His forgiveness, and thus we love Him and keep His commandments (John 14:15). While the risen Lord prepares us for His ascension, He will not leave us “as orphans” (John 14:18), but He gives “another Helper,” the Holy Spirit, to be with us forever (John 14:16) through the preaching of “Jesus and the resurrection” (Acts 17:18). Because He “suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous” (1 Peter 3:18), we “honor Christ the Lord as holy” and are always “prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks” for the reason for our hope (1 Peter 3:15). Our Baptism “now saves” us “as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 3:21).

 

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S         Today, May 10, 2026         No Adult Class          8:30 am>Sunday School        9:30 am>Divine Service                 Thursday, May 14, 2026       Pastor Dose in Burt        Sunday, May 17, 2026        No Adult Class        8:30 am>Sunday School – Last Session        9:30 am>Divine Service  -        2:00 pm>Graduation at Algona

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org

 

 

Announcements

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 3, 2026

 

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

 

Guest Pastor:  Dave Simonson

Organist: Marcia Hanna

Elder: Tony Hatten

Head Usher:  John Schutter

Asst. Usher:  Dave Kerkove

Greeters Today: Cheryl Batt

Greeter Next Week: Mike and Amy Bierstedt

 

Special Thanks to Pastor Dave Simonson for leading our service this morning.

 

New Baby - Pastor Briton and Jade were blessed with a baby daughter, Elora Fern born on April 28.  Keep baby and parents in your prayers as Elora was taken to Mercy in Des Moines with complications, but was doing better by the time of this announcement!!

 

Services at St. John’s will have a few changes for a couple weeks.  Pastor Simonson will do the service here and Trinity today and Pastor Dose will be doing both churches on May 10th. There will be no Adult Bible Class on both those Sundays.  Sunday School will be meeting as usual on both Sundays..

 

Swaddling Clothes: A free will donation will be taken today through Sunday, May 17 for this mission work at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Spencer. St Paul’s assembles a collection of items associated with pregnancy and motherhood etc.. The second Saturday of each month St. Paul hosts a “shopping day” where you can survey our collection and take whatever you need. The Sunday School and Lenten Wednesday service offering will also be used for this project to help purchase items for this worthwhile cause.  *More information is on the back table about this mission work! “The mission of the Swaddling Clothes is to share the mercy of Christ with our neighbors through the gifts of clothing, food, friendship, and the forgiving Word of God.”

 

Thank You! Jade and I were overwhelmed by the love and support from our congregations during the baby shower. Thank you to everyone who helped plan, attended, and continues to pray for us. We are so excited for everyone to meet our new child! Pastor, Jade, and Autumn Nelson

 

Notice to All - Make sure if you are one of the last people out of the church, to check the whole church to see if all the lights have been shut off!!  Also, be sure that doors are locked!     -Trustees

 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

 

Graduation Party for Breckin Borchardt will be held on May 16 from 4-7:00 p.m. at Summit Center 304 S. Summit Street, Bancroft, Iowa.  Join us in celebration of this milestone in Breckin’s life!!

 

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

 

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

New TLC Quilts are available for you to take anytime on the church bench at the east door.  You have someone special you wish to give it to feel free to take!!

Camp News -

·         Camp Okoboji Spring Volunteer Weekend is May 1-3. Share your time & talents to help us prepare camp for the busy summer ahead. Projects available for all abilities. Come for part of the time or the entire weekend – all help is appreciated! Room & board provided for volunteers! Contact the camp office (712-337-3325) for lodging arrangements & to sign up to help.

·         Camp Okoboji Quilt Auction will be held on June 20, 2026. Auction starts at 12:30 p.m.  Lunch served at 11:00 a.m.

·         Camp Personnel: We need 2026 Summer Staff! Please encourage youth (at least 16 years of age) and college students to consider serving with us. Those interested in serving at Camp Okoboji, or any LCMS camp in 2026 should complete a NLOMA profile. Visit NLOMA.org for the profile link.

Building Healthy Families::  Would your mom or dad make it into a “Perfect Parent Hall of Fame”? Probably not—because let’s be honest, there’s no such thing as a perfect earthly parent. But imperfect, amazing Christian parents for whom we’re eternally thankful? Absolutely! Open your hymn book today and revisit Luther’s explanation of the 4^th commandment. How are you doing with this one? Where does it challenge you—or gently nudge you to do something different? Prayerfully consider how you might better apply this instruction. In doing so, may you discover a deeper joy in following God’s path – honoring, loving, respecting, and appreciating the imperfect parents who are part of your story. www.LutheranFamilyService.org Lutheran Family Service

 

 

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S         Today, May 3, 2026         No Adult Class          8:30 am>Sunday School        9:30 am>Divine Service              Pastor Simonson-Guest                   Pastor both churches        Monday - Tuesday- May 4-5      IDW Pastor Spring Conference at Trinity                Thursday, May 7, 2026       Pastor Dose in Burt        Sunday, May 10, 2026        No Adult Class        8:30 am>Sunday School        9:30 am>Divine Service  -          Pastor Dose Serving Both Churches

 

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org

 

 

Announcements

Confirmation

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

ST. JOHN’S NEWS

Pastor:  Ben Dose

Organist: Marcia Hanna

Elder: Boyd Shipler 

Head Usher:  John Schutter

Asst. Usher:  Jeff Schutjer

Greeters Today: Eric and Amber Thomas

Greeter Next Week: Cheryl Batt

 

Swaddling Clothes: A free will donation will be taken today through Sunday, May 17 for this mission work at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Spencer. St Paul’s assembles a collection of items associated with pregnancy and motherhood etc.. The second Saturday of each month St. Paul hosts a “shopping day” where you can survey our collection and take whatever you need. The Sunday School and Lenten Wednesday service offering will also be used for this project to help purchase items for this worthwhile cause.  *More information is on the back table about this mission work! “The mission of the Swaddling Clothes is to share the mercy of Christ with our neighbors through the gifts of clothing, food, friendship, and the forgiving Word of God.”

 

Thank You! Jade and I were overwhelmed by the love and support from our congregations during the baby shower. Thank you to everyone who helped plan, attended, and continues to pray for us. We are so excited for everyone to meet our new child! Pastor, Jade, and Autumn Nelson

 

Notice to All - Make sure if you are one of the last people out of the church, to check the whole church to see if all the lights have been shut off!!  Also, be sure that doors are locked!     -Trustees

 

Hospitalized?  If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!

 

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

 

Graduation Party for Breckin Borchardt will be held on May 16th from 4-7:00 p.m. at Summit Center 304 S. Summit Street, Bancroft, Iowa.  Join us in celebration of this milestone in Breckin’s life!!

SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS

New TLC Quilts are available for you to take anytime on the church bench at the east door.  You have someone special you wish to give it to feel free to take!!

   Call Day 2026.- Seminary News

·         St. Louis Seminary - Join us Tuesday, April 28, for two special services: 3 p.m. (CDT) Assignment of Vicarages and Deaconess Internships and at 7 p.m. (CDT)  Assignment of Calls for concluding students to receive their first pastoral or diaconal calls. Will be. livestreamed at csl.edu/live. 

·         Ft. Wayne Seminary - Join us Wednesday, April 29 for services at 6 p.m.  Assignments of Calls. Concluding students receive their first pastoral or diaconal calls and will be on livestream at  https://ctsfw.regfox.com/2026-call-day

 

   Camp News -

·         Camp Okoboji Spring Volunteer Weekend is May 1-3. Share your time & talents to help us prepare camp for the busy summer ahead. Projects available for all abilities. Come for part of the time or the entire weekend – all help is appreciated! Room & board provided for volunteers! Contact the camp office (712-337-3325) for lodging arrangements & to sign up to help.

·         Camp Okoboji Quilt Auction will be held on June 20, 2026. Auction starts at 12:30 p.m.  Lunch served at 11:00 a.m.

·         Camp Personnel: We need 2026 Summer Staff! Please encourage youth (at least 16 years of age) and college students to consider serving with us. Those interested in serving at Camp Okoboji, or any LCMS camp in 2026 should complete a NLOMA profile. Visit NLOMA.org for the profile link.

Building Healthy Families:: “I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.” (C.S. Lewis) If you’re alive and old enough to read this, you’ve probably experienced the deep pain of losing someone you love. The Gospel, God’s ministering through His Spirit, the support of a pastor, and the love of family and friends help us heal. But sometimes – for a variety of important reasons – the pain of grief doesn’t resolve and we feel stuck. If this is true for you or someone you know, call us. Lutheran Family Service offers specialized care for complicated or unresolved grief that will help. Learn more at www.LutheranFamilyService.org Lutheran Family Service   

 

11th Annual Algona Prayer Breakfast: Join us on Thursday, May 7 at 6:30 AM for breakfast with a program from 7-7:45 AM in the Trinity Life Center. (Freewill offering; checks payable to National Day of Prayer)

 

  COMMUNITY NEWS

Grief Support Group - Hospice of the Heartland is offering a compassionate time to  process your emotions with a Grief Support group.  This will be held on Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. starting on March 25-April 29, 2026  at Kossuth Regional Health Center Conference Room C in Algona. Information sheets are in a rack on the east wall.

 

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S         Today, April 26, 2026        8:15 am> Adult Class       8:30 am>Sunday School        9:30 am>Divine Service - Confirmation          Tuesday, April 28, 2026       Pastor Nelson at Burt         Thursday, April 30, 2026       Pastor Dose in Burt        Sunday, May 3, 2026       8:15 am> Adult Class         8:30 am>Sunday School        9:30 am>Divine Service  - Pastor Simonson-Guest Pastor

 

 

 

 

St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.

Phone: 515-924-3344

Email:  churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org