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St. John’s Lutheran Church Serving the Lord for 115 years March 2020
Endurance Fruit
No, I’m not going to tell you about the latest miracle food that will give you amazing stamina and strength. The en-durance fruit I want to talk about is not something you eat, but something that happens as a result of the resurrection. In the 20th chapter of John’s gospel, we read the following:
“19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them,
“Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.”
The first fruit of the risen Christ coming to us is peace. The disciples were terrified that they were going to be the next ones on Roman crosses. Besides that, they had all abandoned Jesus in his hour of need. They probably hadn’t dared to leave the house they were in since well before Jesus’ death two days earlier. But all of a sudden, there he is; and his first word to them is “peace.” But the word means so much more than just peace – “don’t be afraid,” “it’s alright,” “calm down, breathe easy,” “I’m here.” The peace that Jesus gave them (and gives us) is in the knowledge that death does not have the last word.
The horrors they had seen him go through no longer had any power over him, and life triumphs in a more beau-tiful way than the mortal mind and body can contain.
At the end of verse 20 above, it says, “…the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.” Well, of course!! Im-agine your joy at seeing your most dearly loved friend after you had been to his or her funeral! “Glad” scarcely begins to describe what you’d feel!!
These two “fruits” – peace and joy – are given to us by Jesus Christ via the Holy Spirit, and they can help us endure any and every trial, no matter how gruesome or difficult, because we know the end of every trial. That same Holy Spir-it surrounds us with the presence of the risen Christ in our fears, pains, and griefs. He speaks to us, “Peace be with you.” “I’m here.” “It’s go-ing to be alright.” Ah! JOY!!!! He lives, and so shall you!!
Pastor Hollingsead
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Please join us for a
BABY SHOWER
HONORING
Theodore Alan Hollingsead
born January 19
On Sunday: March 15th after both services…
Cake and Ice Cream will be served!!
“TASTE OF ST. JOHN’S – SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH”
after the 2nd service. All you need to do is pick a recipe from any of the St. John’s cookbooks to make and share.
Let Ruby Flowers (651-462-2243) or Linnea Kment (651-464-7490) know what you are bringing.
If you have any questions or are in need of a cookbook, we have some available. Please let’s make it a success and enjoy these recipes from the past!!
Thank you everyone!
We join the parents, Ben & Amber Hollingsead in
the joy of the baptism of their son, Theodore Alan Hollingsead, on February 15, 2020.
We join the parents, Kelly & Alicia Erkenbrack in
the joy of the baptism of their daughter, Seraphi-na Bel Erkenbrack, on February 23, 2020.
CONGREGATION EGG BAKE: Egg Bake will continue to be on the first Sunday of every month through the winter months. Anyone willing to help out in providing an Egg Bake, please let Barb Peterson know: 763-670-1533 Thank you.
Do you like to sing or play an instrument? St. John's singers are looking for new members. All ages are welcome!
Contact Lynn Graber at 612-390-2689 or Sue Lein at 651-402-5480
MARCH MONTHLY MEETINGS:
Youth; March 1st, after second service
Little Angel Preschool Board meeting; March 3rd @ 6:30 PM
Evangelism; March 3rd, 6:30 PM
Worship & Music; March 5th, 6:30PM
Safety Team; March 2nd, 7:00 PM
Christian Outreach; March 9th, 6:00 PM
Missions; March 9th, 7:00 PM
Council Meeting; March 16th, 7:00 PM
Sabbath Group; March 16th, 4:00 PM
Lent services every Wednesday at 11:00 AM
and 7:00 PM.
March 4th, 2 Corinthians 6:1-11
March 11th, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-7
March 18th, Ephesians 5:1-9
March 25th, Galatians 4:22-31
April 1st, Hebrews 9:11-15
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ACOLYTE LIST FOR March 2020 March 1st 8:00 Bella Johnson 9:30 Jordan Le Roux
2020 CONFIRMATION SCHEDULE March 4th @7:00 PM
March 11th @7:00 PM
March 18th @ 7:00 PM
March 25th @7:00 PM
April 8th @ 6:30 PM
April 22nd @ 6:30 PM
May 6th @ 6:30 PM
May 13th @6:30 PM Last Session of the Year
May 16th @ 9:00 AM Confirmation Rehearsal with Photos
Confirmation Sunday May 17th @ 9:30 Ser-vice.
Upcoming Mission Events Minnesota Food Share (Pack the Pews) food drive will be held from March 1 – March 29 and will help support Fam-ily Pathways food shelf in North Branch.
Options for Women baby bottle fund-raiser will kick-off in
early April. Start saving your coins and help support this wonderful local organi-zation.
Please look for additional information for each of these events at the Mission's display in the narthex, in upcoming issues of the Voice, and in future Sunday bulletins. Contact Harvey Berg at 651-462-1168 if you would like more infor-mation at this time.
SABBATH SUPPORT GROUP!
Jesus said in Matthew, Chapter 11 “28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Many of us carry burdens that weigh us down in life that can just fill us with grief, anger and so many mixed emotions.
The next meeting will be Monday, March 16th, with Pastor Ben. At this Sabbath group, we will create a safe community for anyone who is going through hard-ship to come and lay down their burdens at the feet of Christ. We will have sharing times with scripture, mu-sic, prayer and other Christian resources that will hope-fully leave all with the Sabbath rest of the Gospel that those with heavy burdens are looking for.
This meeting will take place the third Monday of every month at 4:00 PM. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Ben.
BROTHERS, BREAKFAST and BIBLE
Calling men of St. John’s! Our next morning men’s breakfast will be March 17th at 7:00AM. It will be a great opportunity to share in fellowship while eating breakfast together at the Village Inn in Wyoming, MN. We will have a de-votion to reflect on as a group. If you have any ques-tions, please contact Pastor Ben 651-323-3293.
Mission Event Updates Red Cross Blood Drive was held at St. John's Lutheran on February 11th. Twenty-six (26) pints of blood were donated at the drive. Every pint of blood can save up to three lives, so with the Red Cross collec-
tion of 26 pints up to 78 patients in need can be helped. Thirteen (13) of the 29 presenting donors have past or current ties to St. John's Lutheran. Thank you. You made a difference.
Mn Adult and Teen Challenge choir visited St. John's Lutheran on February 16th and at both services filled our hearts with song and testi-mony. Thank you very much for making them feel so welcome, for
preparing and serving lunch to them following the 9:30 service and for your generous “Love Offer-ing”.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church – LCMC
Church Council Minutes
Date: 1/20/2020
Present: Linda Welch, Bethany Hardy, Vickey
Nelson, Patha Vue, Sue Lein, Derek Fitcher, Hal Satter,
Harvey Berg (rep Roxann Berg)
Absent: Pastor Ben, Jim Johnson, Nicole Ander-
son, Paul Dahlstrom
Meeting called to order at 7:04 PM by Linda Welch.
Linda Welch opened with prayer.
Minutes Approved
Vickey Nelson motioned to approve the minutes from
12/16/19, Sue Lein seconded the motion. Motion car-
ried.
Financial Report
Clarification on the gas bill being so low. We have been
changed from commercial to residential in the gas com-
pany’s system which impacted our bill.
Discussion about lower attendance and lower offering.
Pastor’s Report
Pastor Ben and Amber have welcomed a beautiful baby
boy, Theodore Alan Hollingsead on Friday, January
17th.
New Business: Property - Clark Kubat
There has been a change in leadership on the property
committee causing the committee and Wednesday Work
Crew to need some direction for completion of projects.
The biggest project is repairing the scaffolding and lights
in the sanctuary. Hal will be meeting with the committee
on Wednesday morning to get some details.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church Financial Report January 2020
Budget Offerings (4 Sundays) $ 14,071.76
Actual Offerings Received $ 6,865.00
Offering Budget Shortage $ (7,206.76)
Office Expense $ 1,117.00 (657 Printer + overage, 130 Printer/Copier, 110 Postmaster, 190 Paper products & 30 water)
Phone $ 80.00 Computer Operations $ 125.00 Advertising/Evangelism $ 22.00 Payroll service Fees $ 212.00 Insurance-Bldg-Liability $ 1,663.00
Administrative Exp. $ 3,219.00
Excel Electric $ 426.00 Gas $ 485.00 City Water & Trash $ 224.00 Custodial Supplies-Misc $ 81.00 Building Repair & Maint. $ 251.00
Building Expenses $ 1,467.00
Employee Salaries $ 10,467.00 Visiting Pastors $ 0.00 Work Comp. Ins. $ 244.00
Total Salaries $ 10,711.00
Christian Outreach $ 0.00
Total Expenses $ 15,397.00
End of Month Total $ (8,532.00) (offerings minus expenses)
Check Book Balance $ 79,303.00 Liabilities $ 0.00 Actual Cash Balance $ 79,303.00 Dedicated Accts. Balance $ 90,686.00 Church Acct. Balance $ (11,383.00) N. Branch School Rental Balance $ 3,200.00 Gen. Offering Bal.: Year to Date $ (7,207.00)
If you have any questions regarding this report, please call Patha Vue Treasurer at (651) 313-3165
Thank you!
Food Pantry Let us all remember to donate food items into our Food Pantry. Local food shelves are always in need of non-perishable food
items to help the less fortunate. Also, don’t forget paper needs like baby formula, diapers, soap, toilet paper, etc... are always
needed. Buy one item for yourselves, but also buy one for the Pantry. Christian Outreach Committee will see that the items are
delivered to the local food shelf.
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Sue Lein motioned to move Hal Satter from At-Large to
Property, Derek Fitcher seconded the motion. Motion car-
ried. Discussion: This will be until the semi-annual meet-
ing in May when a new property lead is nominated and
voted in.
Safe
A safe was purchased over a year ago and placed in Pastor
Ben’s office. It was purchased with the intention to put of-
ferings in after services to then be transferred into Patha’s
safe. Menards said they will take it back since it hasn’t
been used and is still in the original packaging.
Vice President
Linda Miller has resigned from her position as Vice Presi-
dent.
Vickey Nelson motioned to postpone voting on a new Vice
President until semi-annual meeting, Bethany Hardy se-
conded the motion. Motion carried. Discussion: If Linda
Welch is struggling with anything, she will bring it to the
council and a Vice President may need to be voted on be-
fore then.
Membership
Discussion about members leaving the church and possible
reasons.
Snow Plowing
Went with Tanner, but he is not doing what we need. We
did sign a contract. Clark went out to salt the parking lot
because of the excessive ice. When he was contacted to
address the situation, he claimed that he did not have time.
Vickey Nelson made a motion to revisit plow bids and
evaluate to see if we want a change, Hal Satter seconded
the motion. Motion carried. Linda Welch has been given
permission to accept a new plowing contract. Motion car-
ried.
Bids were reviewed. Rachel will get clarification on the
bid from Sunrise All Season Services to ensure that the bid
still stands and does include both lots, and that they have
time to take us on.
Stewardship
Nicole and Derek have had quite a bit of success get-
ting the directory updated. They have received more
Estimate of Gifts, a total of 17, but still very low re-
turn rate.
Annual meeting January 26th, 2020
Bethany will be gone, Derek Fitcher will be taking notes. Sue Lein motioned to adjourn at 8:30 PM, Harvey
Berg seconded, motion carried.
The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer.
Respectfully submitted by,
Bethany Hardy, Council Secretary
1ST ANNUAL ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
FLEA MARKET
Saturday, May 2, 2020
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Rain or shine
$20.00 for a 8 foot space - $5.00 additional if table is
needed. For more information and registration form,
please contact:
Sue Lein at 651-402-5480 or email at
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WE WISH EACH ONE OF YOU A BLESSED DAY AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
MARCH WILLING WORKERS FOR CHRIST
Each of you should use whatever gift you have re-
ceived to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s
grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10
ACOLYTE 8 AM 01 Bella Johnson
08 15 22 29
9:30 SERVICES GREETERS
01 Bea Palmer
08 Bea Palmer
15 Barb Johnson
22 Johnson’s
29
READERS 01 Bea Palmer
08 Bea Palmer
15 Linda Welch
22 29
USHERS 01 Bea Palmer
08 Bea Palmer
15 22 29
LAY SHEPHERD 01 08 15 22 29
ACOLYTE 9:30 AM 01 Jordan Le Roux
08 15 22 29
FELLOWSHIP HOST 01 Jim & Karan Murphy
08 Ron & Marlene Chelberg
15 Pre school 22 29
8 AM SERVICES GREETERS 01 Johnson’s
08 Ron & Marlene Chelberg
15 Dave & Kim Schmidt
22 Dwaine & Joyce Hischer
29 Clark Kubat & Nancy An-tonson
READERS 01 Cindy Johnson
08 Corky Peterson
15 Kathy Spitzka
22 Linnea Kment
29 Teddy Abress
USHERS 01 Jim & Karan Murphy
08 Hal & Diane Satter
15 Duane & Nancy Nelson
22 Johnson’s
29 Mike Kment
LAY SHEPHERD 01 08 15 22 29
ALTAR GUILD
Set Up Clean Up Set Up Clean Up 01 Cindy Johnson Cindy Johnson 08 Cindy Johnson Sharon Jaworski 15 Cindy Johnson Evie Dockham 22 Cindy Johnson Cindy Johnson 29 Cindy Johnson Cindy Johnson
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FEELING “BOARD”
Do you feel you have extra time to
give? Please consider being a member
of St. John’s Preschool Board. The
board typically meets monthly and
makes decisions on school curriculum
and activities, budget, fundraising,
staffing needs, and other ways to make it possi-
ble to bring Jesus into the lives of young chil-
dren. Please contact Bethany Hardy, Chairper-
son at (218) 831- 2038 or LAPchairper-
[email protected] for more information.
Non-Profit Organization
Postage Paid, Permit #3
Stacy, MN 55079
The Voice of St. John’s St John’s Lutheran Church P. O. Box 308 31075 Genesis Ave. Stacy, MN 55079
Return Service Requested
Church Office: 651-462-5115
Pastor Ben Hollingsead Cell: 651-323-3293
Inside This Issue: Pastor’s Article
Events/Announcements
Acolyte list/
Confirmation Schedule
Willing workers/Calendar
Little Angel Preschool news
NO SCHOOL REMINDER:
Spring Break
March 9th-13th
LITTLE ANGEL PRESCHOOL
REGISTRATION
This year we are offering two different 3-
hour classes: M-W-F AM or T-Th AM. If
you are interested in your child attending
M-F register your child for both classes!
Classes run 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM.
Current families may start registering now!
Open registration is no open for the commu-
nity.
For details on pricing and information about
our program please visit
www.littleangelpreschool.org
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