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REV. KEVIN K. ADER 715-544-0325

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www.stjohnkellner.org

Mission Statement: We are called by God to be the light of the world. We are to go forth and

show Jesus’ love and forgiveness through loving care for all God’s creation.

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

Thanksgiving Eve Service & Pumpkin Pie Social The Thanksgiving Eve Service will be held on Wednesday, November 22. The service will begin at 6:30 PM with the pie social to follow featuring pumpkin pie provided by the Ladies Aid and toppings by the Ladies Evening Guild. This year’s theme will be All to Thee Our God We Owe.

Chili Feed Chili Feed will be held this year on Saturday, November 18. The Chili Feed will start at 5:00 PM. We will again be serving our famous beer chili and will also serve tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Cost will again be a free-will donation. There is a list in the narthex for donations of ingredients. Those donations should be dropped off at the kitchen by Thursday, November 16. There will also be envelopes available for monetary donations toward the meat used and cheese for the sandwiches. No Hunters’ Service this year.

Adult Bible Class We continue reading through the Scriptures on Sunday mornings with the Gospel Project Chronological study as our road map. We will begin study of the New Testament beginning November 19. Study guides have already been purchased (cost is $8.00) and Pastor will have the new guides available at class on Nov. 5, and they will also be available in the narthex. Please join us on Sunday mornings at 8:05 a.m. Monday afternoons (1:30 – 3:00 p.m.) We will be taking the months of November and December off, but will start up after the first of the year with Hallmarks of Lutheran Identity. Sign-up sheet is available in the narthex and orders will be placed in late November.

Weekday School Reformation

Service

Our Weekday Students will be leading us in a special Reformation service on Wednesday evening, November 1, at 6:30 p.m. The service Grace Alone…Faith Alone…Scripture Alone… will feature songs and readings by the students. Please join us for a very special service.

November 2017

Thank You

We would like to thank everyone for remembering us on our 60th wedding anniversary by sending the beautiful anniversary cards and blessings. Thanks again. Les and Mona Heindl.

Fun Fest

Immanuel Lutheran School is having their 33rd Annual Fun Fest, Friday, November 3 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Games, Yummy Food, Raffle Drawing, Bingo, Mini Drawings, Prizes and Lots of Fun. Everyone Welcome!

Carols From

The Kids

Looking for a gift idea for Christmas? The St. John Youth would like to help you with your Christmas Gift Giving Date: Saturday, December 9, 2017. Time: 1:00 PM—4:00 PM Where: Ten Mile Radius around St. John

*The Youth will Sing 5 Christmas Songs*

Price: $10.00 at the chosen place that you tell us. A gift from You to the gift Receiver. Please put the $10.00 in an envelope with your name & place in collection plate marked “Carols from the Kids” or make check to St. John Youth. Place in collection plate also. The Youth will limit their list to 5 Stops. First come, first serve basis. Sign up the Narthex by November 26th. Route will be made with approximate time table by the weekend of December 2nd & 3rd for you to pick up. Make sure the Receiver of Carols will be home that day between 1-4. *It’s your job to let them know we are coming to see them.* Need more information call Sandra Sweeney at 715-886-4864

Fruit Basket Lists

The Ladies Aid will be putting together fruit

baskets in December for members 75 years of

age or older. If you or someone you know is not

on the list and would like a fruit basket please

notify the church office or the Ladies Aid. We

don’t want to miss anyone that qualifies for one!

Thanks for helping us keep our list up to date.

The Ladies Aid

Marlyn Alft, Jeanine Arneson, Mabel Behn,

Joanne Behrend, Lee & Flora Bottensek, Harriet

Brandt, Bill Coley, David & Dorothy Cook, John

& Doreen Cook, Ron & Marcia Doescher, Jim

Eberhardt, Gordon Eberhardt, Ardis Fredrick,

Ronald Geiger, Grace Gilman, Robert

Hanneman, Les & Mona Heindl, Eva Helke,

Emily Henke, Chet James, Doug Kasten, Dick &

Kathy Kertis, Bev Kirst, Arlene Knoll, Lorin &

Carol Lutz, Ray & Judy Monje, Pastor Paul

Mueller, Laura Neinfeldt,, Doris Oleson, Marion

Oleson, Allan & Judy Ontl, Shirley Piekarski,

Elaine Polansky, Lester Rabska, Nathalie

Reinke, Charles & Darlene Rickman, Raymond

& Marlene Rogers, Bertie Rosenthal, Nancy

Saeger, Gladys Sawaska, Jerry & Rose

Schimke, Larry Shepard, Helen Schoenick,

Donald & Ardel Schoenick, Howard Schuldt,

Don & Betty Spurlock, Jerry & Donna Strack,

Gene & Marianne Timm, Robert Warren, Jean

Zeman and Dorothy Zimmerman.

Worship for Shut—Ins

Worship for Shut-Ins (WFSI)

is a thirty-minute Christian

worship experience featuring

classic hymns, the Apostles’

Creed, the Lord’s Prayer,

and a 10-minute message

by Lutheran Church –

Missouri Synod pastors. Beginning on June 28,

2015, RCCA will begin airing WSFI on Solarus

Cable Channel 3 and Charter Cable Channel

985 on Sunday mornings at 6:30 am and

Wednesday mornings at 8:00 am.

WSFI can also be seen on Stevens Point

Community TV (Charter Cable Channel 984) at

the following times: Mondays 12:30 pm,

Tuesdays 2:00 pm, Thursdays 2:30 pm, Fridays

10:30 am and Saturdays at 11:00 am.

November 5, 2017 – All Saints’ Day

Observed

Psalm: 149; Epistle: 1 John 3:1-3; Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12

“From Here to Eternity” - Sermon Text: 1 John 3:1-3 – Rev. Dr. Thomas Ahlersmeyer

How far is it from today, to the end of your earthly existence, to the beginning of your resurrected life? From what is, to what will be? From Here to Eternity? The distance both doesn’t exist and is somewhere in the future. We are both a child of God right now and a work in process.

November 12, 2017 – Twenty-third Sunday

after Pentecost (Proper 27)

Psalm: 70; Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;

Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13

“Ready With His Oil” - Sermon Text: Matthew 25:1-13 - Rev. Dr. Daniel Brege

Through His Word, both preached and sacramental, Christ gives us His cross-purchased, Spirit-filled gifts of forgiveness and salvation. This fits as the "oil" in our lamps. Those in the "visible church" who have replaced the "oil" with worldly beliefs, will discover too late that they are no longer associated with the eternal Bridegroom. With His "oil" Christ

establishes His people as His "wedding party", even as His "Bride" to rejoice in the eternal wedding banquet.

November 19, 2017 – Twenty-fourth Sunday

after Pentecost (Proper 28)

Psalm: 143:2; 5-6; 10-11; Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4, 9-11; Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30

“His Precious Gift” - Sermon Text: Matthew

25:14-30 - Rev. James Elsner

Family heirlooms are precious. They connect us with our forefathers. What is God’s precious gift to you?

November 26, 2017 – Last Sunday of the

Church Year (Proper 29)

Psalm: 95:1-7a; Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:20-

28; Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46

“It’s All Over” - Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 15:30-28 - Rev. Paul Shoemaker

It’s all over! How many times have those words been said in victory or relief? On that great and glorious day, we shall rise to eternal life with Jesus “the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.”

Thank You THANK YOU to the St. John congregation for your generous donations of hot dishes, salads, cheese trays, desserts and all the other delicious food you brought in for the Jack Kester funeral. Also thank you to Gail Bossingham and Diane Flick (co-chairman of group 1) for coordinating the meal. Thank you kitchen helpers: Diane Flick, Emily Henke, Sandra Sweeney, Sharon Coley, Marion Oleson, Emily Saeger and Mona and Les Heindl. The Jack Kester family expressed their appreciation and gratitude for the fine job you did in serving the meal. The Funeral Committee

Thank You THANK YOU to our St. John congregation for the response to the need for hot dishes, salads, cheese trays, desserts etc. for the delicious food you brought in for the Paula Rein funeral. Thank you to Marion Oleson and Mona Heindl (co-chairman of group 2) for their organization, set-up and serving the food. Thank you to the Helpers: Emily Henke, Doug and Barb Kasten, Bonnie James and Les Heindl. Many hands make a BIG job a shared task! The Rein family has expressed much appreciation for the planning and serving of the meal. Thank you to the Ladies Aid for acting as Honor Guards for Paula. The Funeral Committee

Lutheran Hour Broadcast

The Lutheran Hour can be heard on the

following radio stations on Sunday Morning:

WAXX 104.5 FM at 6:30 a.m.; WDLB 1450 AM

at 8 a.m.; WDUX 92.7 FM at 8 a.m.; WSAU

99.9 FM at 8:30 a.m.; and WRVM 91.3 FM,

94.3 FM or 101.3 FM at 10 a.m.

November 5 "Blessed Are the Pure in Heart" Guest Speaker: Dr. Dale A. Meyer This weekend many churches observe All Saints Sunday, remembering those who have died in the Christian faith. That prompts us to ask, what does it take to get to heaven? Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:8, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." What that means is this week's Lutheran Hour message. (Matthew 5:8) November 12 "More Than a Wish" Speaker Emeritus of The Lutheran Hour: Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus Not so long ago over 370 million tickets were sold for a Powerball drawing. Each person

who made a purchase had hope that they might become rich. Most were disappointed. In 1 Thessalonians 4, St. Paul explains how the resurrection hope of Christians is better than the hopelessness of the world and far more solid than groundless wishful thinking (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14) November 19 "The Reckoning" Guest Speaker: Dr. Dale A. Meyer You hear little talk about the 'Fear of God" anymore, but if you don't in some way fear your Creator who judges you down to your inmost being, why would you love your only Savior whom He sends you? A message about fearing and loving God. (Matthew 25:14-30) November 26 "Show Me" Speaker Emeritus of The Lutheran Hour: Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus In Lerner and Loewe's musical, My Fair Lady, Eliza is being wooed with words by weak and wimpy suitor. She comments: "Don't talk of stars, burning above If you're in love, show me Tell me not dreams, filled with desire If you're on fire, show me." In Jesus' description of Judgment Day, the Savior goes on record: true love needs to show itself in action. (Matthew 25:31-46)

Bethesda Thrift Shop

The Bethesda Thrift Shop in the Rapids Mall offers quite a few awesome sales in November. Nov. 3-4: 50% off almost everything in the store; Nov. 6-18: 50% off all blue tag barcode items; Nov. 19-30: 75% off all blue tag barcode items; Nov. 18 is our Christmas Open House (8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.) in both stores with 20-70 % off on almost everything in the store; Nov. 24 Black Friday (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.) 50% off almost everything in the store. Our upscale Christmas Store is now open across the hall from our main store. Both the Christmas Store and Main store will be open on Sundays (12-4 p.m.) from Nov. 19 through Dec. 17. Because of our uncertainty of what will happen to our store after Dec. 30, we will not be accepting any donations until further notice. We will accept Christmas decorations until Nov. 10. Thanks for your continued support and we hope to have a place for our store in January.

Scrip Scrap Corner

The holidays are

coming soon. It is time

to start thinking about

gifts for that special

person on your list.

Please consider scrip

cards to help out St. John congregation. We

have added $100.00 Roundy gift cards and

$50.00 Walmart gift cards to our inventory.

Please consider purchasing these for your

holiday grocery shopping.. Our profit total for

October was $289.63

Ladies Aid Christmas Party

The Ladies Aid would like to invite all ladies of the congregation to their Christmas Party on Thursday, December 7 at noon. Bring a dish to pass and a $5.00 gift for bingo.

Evening Guild

Christmas Party

Lake Aire Supper Club—

Thursday, December 7

Cocktails and Socializing at 5:00 PM and

Dinner at 6:00 PM.

Random Act of Kindness

Believe it or not….it’s

THAT time of year

again, when the elves

of the Human Care

Board set up a

Christmas tree in the

Narthex with the

ornaments

proclaiming the

names of our

Christmas Family

member wants and

needs printed on

them! Yes, it’s that

time again. I don’t

have the names yet, but should have by next

week. So friends….watch for the tree, put on

your fun Christmas shopping smile and we

will try to make a brighter Christmas for three

area families! Mona Heindl, chairperson The

Human Care Board

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