2009 Greeter List
Front Door
West Door
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Feb.
1 Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Simon Shirley Stuewe & Lacy Stuewe
8 Mr. & Mrs. Gary Ringel Mr. & Mrs. Eldon Hauer
15 Mr. & Mrs. Willis Herren Virginia Schmidt & Janet Wertzberger
22 Mr. & Mrs. Orville Altevogt Mr. & Mrs. Harry Proffitt
Mar. 1 Mr. & Mrs. Brian
Ochs Mr.
& Mrs. David Zeckser
8 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Richard Feyh
15 Mr. & Mrs. Matt Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Milton Stuewe, Sr.
22 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Zerbe Virginia Snodgrass & Donald Snodgrass
29 Jean & Chris Kartman Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gann
Apr
. 5
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Proffitt
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Songs
12
Keith Schultz/ Autumn Schuck Mary
Moege & Diana Rubottom
19
Mr. & Mrs. John Haefke
Mr. & Mrs. Ervan Stuewe
26
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Moege
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Ochs
May
3 Mr. & Mrs.
Ray Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Orville Altevogt
10
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Erikson Mr. & Mrs. Mike
Savage
17 Mr. & Mrs. Rick Schley Mr. & Mrs. Adolph Moege
24
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Moege Ruth Messer &
Scott Berroth
31
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Erikson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Smith
June 7 Mr. & Mrs. Walter Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Darwin Diehl
14 Mr. & Mrs. Randall Debler Mr. & Mrs. Fred Meyer
21 Mr. & Mrs. Milton Stuewe, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Theel
28 Mr. & Mrs. Mitch Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Theel
July
5
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Theel Mr.
& Mrs. David Stuewe
12
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Paul Savage
19
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Stuewe, Sr. Mr.
& Mrs. David Stuewe
26 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Schurle
Mr. & Mrs. John Haefke
Aug. 2 Mr. & Mrs.
Phillip Theel Mr. & Mrs. Doug Messer
9
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Herren Mr. & Mrs. Willis
Herren
16
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Garrison Mr. & Mrs. Rick Schley
23
Mr. & Mrs. Adolph Moege Mr. & Mrs. Bruce
schultz
30
Lola Ringel & Ruth Van Houten Mr. & Mrs. Duane Erikson
Sept. 6 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Gnadt Mr. & Mrs. Eric Theel
13 Donna Reuter
& Ron Bandel Mr. & Mrs. Ray Simon
20 Virginia Snodgrass
& Donald Snodgrass Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Anderson
28 Mr. & Mrs. David Zeckser
Mr. Keith Schultz/ Autumn Schuck
Oct. 4 LWML Sunday
LWML Sunday
11
Mr. & Mrs. Ervan Stuewe Mr. & Mrs.
Earl Moege
18
Mary Moege & Diana Rubottom Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Simon
25
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Songs Jean
& Chris Kartman
Nov. 1
Mr. & Mrs. Darwin Diehl
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Ringel
8
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Savage Mr. & Mrs.
Dennis Davis
15
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gann Mr. & Mrs.
Mitch Mayer
22
Ruth Messer & Scott Berroth Mr. & Mrs. Dale
Peterson
29 Mr. & Mrs. Fred Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Larry Garrison
Dec. 6 Mr. & Mrs. Paul
Savage Mr. & Mrs. Terry Herren
13 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Theel Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Erikson
20 Mr. & Mrs. Ray Simon Mr. & Mrs. Milton
Stuewe, Jr.
27 Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Shepherd Mr. & Mrs. Doug Messer
Maundy Thursday:
Good Friday:
Thanksgiving Eve:
Children’s Christmas Service: St. John School Board
Christmas Eve: Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Theel
Christmas Day: Rev. & Mrs. Robert Grimm
2010
Jan.
3 Mr. & Mrs. Ken Smith Mr.
& Mrs. Erik Grimm
10 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Davis Mr. & Mrs.
Randall Debler
17 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Frank Mr. & Mrs. Larry Hendricks
24 Mr. & Mrs. Alfred TenEyck Mr. & Mrs. Randy Meseke
31
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Usher Crews:
Dennis Theel (crew leader)
Phillip Theel (crew leader)
Doug Messer
Larry Garrison
Albert Zeckser
Ryan Theel
Keegan Messer
David Zeckser
Scott Zeckser
Adolph Moege
Chris Kartman
Randall
Debler
Ron Bandel (crew leader)
Kurt Simon (crew leader)
Kevin Moege (crew leader)
Luke Schultz
Mike Erikson
Dale Peterson
Rick Schley
Mike Savage
Matthew Anderson
Daniel Rogers
Don snodgrass
Mark Anderson
Kody Songs
Tim Songs
Duane Erikson
Randy Meseke
Byron Wenderott Brandon Buchanan
Nick Herren
2009 Usher Schedule
February: Kevin
Moege July:
Dennis Theel
March:
Ron Bandel
August: Kurt Simon
Evening
Lent Dennis Theel
September: Kevin
Moege
April: Kurt Simon
October:
Ron Bandel
Lent Services Phillip Theel
November: Kurt
Simon
(Last 4 Including Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sonrise)
Advent: Dennis Theel
May: Kevin Moege
December: Phillip
Theel
June: Ron Bandel
January:
Ron Bandel
2009 Acolyte Schedule 2009 Communion Assistants
February Nick Herren February
1 David Zeckser
Colton Feyh February
15 Tim Songs
February 25 (Ash Wednesday) B. Shepherd
March Paul Hauer
March 1 Dennis Theel
Justice Stuewe March
15 Don Frank
Lent March Richie Louk
A.J. Wertzberger
April Emily Anderson April
5 (Confirmation)
Orville Altevogt
Shelby Savage
Lent April Matt Frank April
12 (Easter) Phillip Theel
Nick Herren
April 19 Bruce Schultz
May Lauren Schley May 3 David Zeckser
Stephanie Evans
May 17
Tim Songs
June Richie Louk
June 7 Bernard Shepherd
Austin Feyh June
21 Dennis Theel
July Colton Feyh
July 5 Don Frank
AJ Wertzberger
July 19 Orville Altevogt
August Zachary Heine August 2 Phillip Theel
Paul Hauer August
16 Bruce Schultz
September
Shaun Messer September 6
David Zeckser
Austin Feyh September
20 Tim Songs
October Emily Anderson October 4 Don Frank
Stephanie Evans October 18
Bernard Shepherd
November Matt Frank November
1 Dennis Theel
Paul Hauer November 15 Don Frank
Thanksgiving and Advent Lauren Schley
Shelby Savage
December Justice Stuewe December
6 Orville Altevogt
Zachary Heine December 20 Phillip Theel
December 24 (Christmas Eve) Zeckser/Schultz
January Shaun Messer
January 3 Tim Songs
A. J. Wertzberger
January 17 Don Frank
State of the Parish
At least once each year, we review
the efforts of St. John Lutheran Church. Our Annul Reports help us to accomplish this, so that we may focus our efforts on
greater and more dedicated service to our Savior, Jesus Christ. 2008 was a year filled with God’s grace. We had baptisms and confirmations, weddings and funerals, and God provided growth. These activities remind
us of Jesus words: “My kingdom is not of this world.” All our members have been sought by the continuing love
of Christ Jesus, our crucified and risen Lord. The Gospel is being preached,
and neighbors, as well as strangers, have joined us in worship. We continue to try to reach out to the lost in our community
with evangelism efforts, news articles, and weekly prayers.
Being Lutheran, we focus on the
clear word of God, the Bible, as we have learned to understand the Scripture from Luther’s Small Catechism. We trust
God to work among us according to His revealed deeds and His declarative promises. There is nothing, and there is no person
who is more precious than our Lord Jesus Christ. We have been redeemed by Him. We are loved by Him. We shall be raised with Him.
We are grateful for His words and His actions, for they save us from the sinful self within us.
Can we show our faith? That remains the desire of God’s people: to honor God
by holy living. That includes attendance at church and the Lord’s Supper,
Scripture reading and Bible study, and prayer and faithful service to God and to our fellowman. We know the truth of God, and we seek to live it, in order to show the mercies of his grace. We forgive because Christ forgives. We love, because he first loved us.
It is the faithfulness of God that equips and encourages us to revere His holy name, and to serve His fallen world.
Do we understand how much God’s
actions in Jesus Christ change the world? We hope for a life with God in heaven, and many do not know what God has done, or
if they know, they do not care. God wants us to look at life with a perspective of grace. Life is not confined to the wants
of the body, nor the sins of the soul. We are redeemed to live for joy, peace, and righteousness, which declare God’s
goodness.
Even though we have high aspirations
of service at St. John Lutheran Church and School, we take time to evaluate what we do and how we shall try to do it. Consider the work that is being done. Compare
it with the work God wants done among us. Is it perfect? No, our service is not
perfect, but God blesses our efforts, so that his grace may be multiplied.
For God’s people, it is
enough to know God’s promises: “My word does not return void, but accomplishes that for which I sent it.”
(Is. 55) It remains our goal and our privilege to serve God as “A family united by faith in Jesus Christ, gathering around God’s Word and sacraments, to reach out in
Christ-borne love and Christ-like concern, in ministry to each other and those without Christ.”
Grace (God’s riches at Christ’s
expense) remains our focus, God remains our hope. When we are baptized, when we are confirmed, and each day when we repent
of our sins, we promise to view the world with God’s eyes, loving those who seem different than us, those who have less
than us, and those who need His care. This vision of faith leads us to deny ourselves,
and to take up our cross and follow Him. May God help us to serve Him, and bring His good to bear in the lives of all our
members and community!
Hallelujah! God continues to bring
mercy to his people. Amen! Many thanks
to everyone involved for all the reports which follow. They show many aspects of our congregational life during the past year. They show some of our successes and reveal that we are not yet perfected in service
to our Lord. I pray that they encourage us to offer our very best to the Lord in the adventures coming this year at St. John
Lutheran Church. Blessings in Christ!
Pastor Grimm
