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St. John Lutheran Church and Preschool February Issue 2015 Volume 26, Issue 2 The eagle

Our Suffering Savior!

I mentioned last month how fast the years go by. I think it is safe to

say that everyone is wondering where January went. While our lives are busy and time seems to fly by, we are constantly reminded of what our Lord has done, is doing and will continue to do in our lives. It is

also hard to believe that we are just a few weeks away from Lent.

Lent is a time for us to focus on what our Savior has done for us and

how that is a reality in our lives today. It is a time of personal reflec-tion as well as a time that we can come together as a church body and

focus on Christ's work for us as a body of believers. The theme of our series this Lenten Season will be Our Suffering Savior. The scripture readings for the midweek services will be a harmonization of the passion of Jesus from the four Gospels. The messages each

week will focus of Jesus' last words from the cross commonly referred to as "the last sev-

en words".

I am personally very excited about this Lenten Season. We will be having joint Lenten services with St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Aleman. We will start out with our Ash Wednesday meal and service on February 18th at St. John, Hamilton. The next Wednes-

day, February 25th, the meal and service will be held at St. Paul's, Aleman. We will alter-nate from St. John to St. Paul's for the six Wednesday evening services. Each church

will have their own Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services.

This is an exciting time to come together as believers in Jesus Christ as we all share

in the suffering of our Savior and look forward to His return. I am highly encouraging all of us to participate in these joint services. It is an incredible opportunity for us to share this time together and experience Christ's love for us as we share His love with one an-

other.

May we continue to be used by God with A Heart for Hamilton County and the World!


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Sunday Morning

8:30 Breakfast/Opening

9:00 Sunday School

10:00 Worship

Tuesday

9:00 Quilting

Friday

Closed

EVERY MONTH

1st Sunday– Nursing Home Devotions 1:30pm

2nd Wednesday– Preschool Board 5:30pm

2nd Tuesday—Board of Ed 6:00pm

2nd Week– Board Meetings

3rd Saturday--Men’s Club 7:15m

February

2015 Flower Calendar is on the wall in

the foyer. Reserve your special day.

Please let us know if you have

had a name change, address

change, or if we missed your

birthday, anniversary and bap-

tism. We are working to keep

Shepherd Staff Updated.

Thanks for your help.


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January 2015

News

Happy New Year! We began this chilly new year talking about lots of interesting winter animals! The chil-dren have loved learning all about penguins and bears and how God made them special to survive the cold winter weather. The children also compared themselves to the size of a different types of penguins. We have used our listening skills, writing skills, and creative skills all while learning fun facts about God’s winter creatures.

The children have also had fun in our hot chocolate center making pretend hot chocolate for each other. They have also been using their fine motor skills while adding the marshmallows (puff balls) to the hot chocolate with pinchers and taking the orders with a pencil and paper. The children pretended to write checks, use play money and the cash registers also in this center.

Other fun centers this month have been the snowflake stamping and snowflake making out of coffee filters, stencils, necklace making, astronauts, and the noodle table. Of course the children always love reading books about winter animals, coloring pictures, playing with play dough and dressing up.

We are so thankful for this new year together at St. John!

In Him,

Shelley Hale

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR

254-386-3332 [email protected]

We have been learning all about the letters O, P, Q, and R this month. We have also been working on sequencing and put-ting pictures in order or what might happen first, second and last. The children have been working so hard and really been thinking! The children have been working on holding pencils cor-rectly and working on writing their names and letters. We are so proud of their progress.

PRESCHOOL ACTIVITIES The Kindergarteners are learning more and more each week. Their sight word list is continuing to grow. They have also been studying about winter. They made an ice snowman from filling balloons with water then shav-ing the balloon off and having the ice balls left. They also did a unit on mittens and gloves and read two books on mittens and compared and contrasted them and then brought mittens and gloves from home and graphed data with information they gathered. They are a hard working group of kids!

KINDERGARTEN ACTIVITIES

Our afternoon Zoo

Crew program continues to learn and have fun each afternoon . Please let us know at least one day ahead of time if you would like your child to be dropped in. This month they made pandas for “P” with shaving cream and talked about peace and made a dove!

ZOO CREW

BIBLE TIME/CHAPEL

Thank you to everyone who has brought snacks this month. Also, thanks for the birthday treats this month. We also enjoy special treats!

This month in our Bible time we have studied about Jesus going to the chapel as a young boy and getting lost from his parents. They learned that Jesus was lost in “His Father’s House.” We have also talked about Jesus’ baptism and Jesus calling his disciples. The children have minds that absorb so much information. They love hearing the stories retold by Pastor each week in chapel.

THANK YOU’S


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Birthdays 4th Sharron Krueger

5th Josh Bauman

Steven Schneider

6th Howard Cox

Wyvonne Wenzel

7th John Schoedel

9th Laurel Friedrich

Eugene Jeschke

10th Diane Graham

Betty Hardin

Faviola Olalde

Betty Senger

11th Bret Brauman

Grant Bauman

Alex Odom

12th Jared Massingill

Maranda Mize

Elisha Squyres

15th Mona Smith

Landry Yates

16th Kerry Kensing

Raymond Krueger

Jennifer Niemann

Kim Robertson

Brenden Tomlinson

18th Cade Robertson

19th Neede Anders

Derrel Hungerford

Jonahon Reich

21st Cecelia Jenson

Morgan Nolen

22nd Cortney Wenzel

23rd Johanna Jeschke

24th Kyle Krueger

Brenna Payne

27th Pat Crouch

Baptisms 2nd Jane Wagner

4th Trey Geter III

Charles Jahns

7th Lindsey Hanson

8th Alicia Hall

10th Casey Yates

Lawson Yates

11th Vicki Colbert

Ida Sommerfeld

12th Raymond Wenzel

14th Kansas Pierce

Phillip Pierce

17th Henlee Wagner

19th John Isensee

24th Lorin Lange

25th Charlie Bottlinger

Dorothy Schoedel

28th Wyvonne Wenzel

Anniversaries 8th Doug & Kathleen Payne 23yrs

Joel & Shirley Sellers 51yrs

13th Eddie & Sharron Krueger 25yrs

17th Scott & Bonnie Wenzel 14th

19th Don & Brenda Arnett 43yrs

21st Ruben & Amanda Lippe 11yrs

Slim & Jenny Witzsche 39yrs


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Ruth Guild News

Ruth Guild... announces the next BIBLE STUDY and meeting (if needed after bible study) ... Sunday Feb 8th at 3 pm...in the Family Life Center...and would like to invite all women who might be interested in becoming part of a group of ladies who want to share their time with others serving the Lord by giving of themselves for others. Our primary projects are Quilts for World Relief Missions, Mite Box for World Relief, helping organize meals for funerals, helping with VBS, Poinsettias for the sanctuary for Christmas and Lilies at Easter. Supporting our Seminary students, either finan-cially or by adopting a family for Christmas giving. We are inviting anyone who feels they can share their talents in these areas to join us for fellowship, bible study and planning for new projects for 2015 on Sunday, February 8th, 3:00 pm FLC. BRING A FRIEND!!

We also wants to say thank you all that helped with the December projects, i.e., Poin-settias for sanctuary and donations of monies and gifts for the Seminary family we adopted this year. A very nice thank you note from the Tobin Scott Family follows. God's Blessings to you all and thank you for serving the Lord with Gladness.

Dear Friends at St. John Lutheran Church

My heart is so full as a mother. As your Pastor Keith I am sure has told you that life at the Seminary is not always easy. It is the love and support by

churches like yours that really makes the difference in our lives. Please know how blessed we were this Christmas. Honestly, the children have never had such an awe-some gifts. Even Kasa our service dog had a great time. Deer antlers cut up are $20 for a small piece. Because it was warm Christmas Day Here in St. Louis 47 degrees the children played all afternoon outside with the nerf guns. Zoe was really touched by her gifts as well. She is so sentimental and the were perfect. As I write this my heart is still full from watching them open the many gifts. Thank you again for you generosity. May God Bless you and keep you.

The Tobin Scott Family

May you feel the wonder of Christmas, all hopeful and bright in you heart.


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February 13-15, 2015

It’s that time of year again, and we are getting ready for our trip to

the San Antonio YouthQuake!

We will be leaving from the church around 4:00pm on Friday, February 13, 2015, and should be

arriving back to the church around 2:00pm on Sunday, February 15, 2015. The kids will call or text

on the way home to let you know exactly what time to pick them up.

We will be staying at the : Hilton San Antonio Airport, 611 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78216

210-340-6060

Please bring food to the FLC between Wednesday February 11th —Friday, February 13th. (No later

than noon on Friday). Please make sure you mark “YouthQuake” on any food you leave on the

counter or in the fridge. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or text me.

Sherri Tomlinson 214-686-0613

Lent Schedule

February 18th St. John Meal 5:30 Service 6:30 Men’s Club—Fish Fry

February 25th St. Paul’s Meal 5:30 Service 6:30 St. Paul’s Members

March 4th St. John Meal 5:30 Service 6:30 Board of Ed & Youth— Spaghetti Meal

March 11th St. Paul’s Meal 5:30 Service 6:30 St. Paul’s Members

March 18th St. John Meal 5:30 Service 6:30 Church Office— Loaded Mash Potatoes

March 25th St. Paul’s Meal 5:30 Service 6:30 St. Paul’s Members

Each church will have their own Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services.


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Blessed Assurance Fanny J. Crosby

1873

Nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have

believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I

have committed to Him until that Day. 2 Timothy 1:12

Frances Ridley Havergal and Frances (Fanny) Crosby

never met, but they became dear pen pals – the two most

famous women hymnists of their age, the former in Eng-

land and the latter in America. Havergal once wrote a

poem about her American counterpart:

Sweet, blind singer over the sea, / Tuneful and jubilant!

How can it be,

That the songs of gladness, which float so far; / As if they

fell from the evening star. Are the notes of one who may

never see / ‘Visible music’

Of flower and tree . . . . . Oh, her heart can see, her heart

can see!

And its sight is strong and swift and free. . . . .

Another of Fanny’s dearest friend was Phoebe Knapp.

While Fanny lived in the Manhattan slums and worked in

rescue missions, Phoebe lived in the Knapp Mansion, a

palatial residence in Brooklyn, where she entertained lav-

ishly. She was an extravagant dresser with a wardrobe full

of elaborate gowns and diamond tiaras. Her music room

contained one of the finest collections of instruments in

the country, and Fanny was a frequent houseguest.

One day in 1873, while Fanny was staying at the Knapp

Mansion, Phoebe said she had a tune she wanted to play.

Going to the music room, she sat at the organ and played

a new composition of her own while the blind hymnist

listened. Play it for me Crosby requested. Knapp did

then asked, “What does this tune say?” She turned to

see Crosby kneeling in prayer. Knapp played it a second

time and then a third. Finally the blind woman respond-

ed, “That says, ‘Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what

a foretaste of glory divine!’ “ She quickly composed the

words, and a great hymn was born.

Many years later D. L. Moody was preaching in New

York at the 23rd Street Dutch Reformed Church. The

Moody/Sankey meetings had popularized Fanny Cros-

by’s hymns around the world and had made the blinnd

poetess a household name. But whenever she attended a

Moody/Sankey meeting, she refused to be recognized,

disavowing acclaim.

This day the church was so crowded she could find no-

where to sit. Moody’s son, Will, seeing her, offered to

find her a seat. To her bewilderment, he led her onto the

platform just as the crowd was singing “Blessed Assur-

ance,” Moody Sr. jumped to his feet, raised his hand,

and interrupted the singing. “Praise the Lord!” he

shouted. “Here comes the authoress!”

Fanny took her seat amid thunderous ovation, humbly

thanking God for making her a blessing to so many.

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!

Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His Spirit,

Washed in his blood!

Perfect submission, perfect delight! Visions of rapture now burst at

my sight! Angels descending bring from above

Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Perfect submission, all is at rest. I in my Savior am happy and blest;

Watching and waiting, looking above,

Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

This is my story, this is my song. Praising my Savior all the day long.

This is my story, this is my song. Praising my Savior all the day long.

Ref: Then Sings my Soul (Special Edition) by Thomas

Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee.


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St. John Lutheran Church & Preschool

122 Cheyenne Mesa

Hamilton, TX 76531

Address Service Requested

Non Profit

Organization

U.S. Postage Paid

Permit No. 10

Hamilton, TX

Phone: (254) 386-3158

Fax: (254) 386-3159

Preschool: (254) 386-3332

E-mail: Pastor—[email protected]

Secretary—[email protected]

Preschool—[email protected]

Website: www.stjohnhamilton.org

May we continue to be used by God as we live by and share the Gospel

with A Heart for Hamilton County and the World!!

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