St. John’s Lutheran Church Newsletter Sand Prairie – Green Valley, IL June/July 2014 The ParishScope June is Mission Month The Stewardship & Missions committee has designated June again as our month to focus on missions to others. Here is the tentative list of guests to visit us on Sunday mornings in June. June 1 - LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs from Lutheran Church Charities. These dogs help to bring comfort and compassion to people in need of emotional support such as Boston Marathon bombing, school shootings, and locally during last November’s tornadoes. June 8 - Nicholas Salifu from Ghana, West Africa: In 2007, when Rev. Salifu attended Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO., he saw how the Lutheran school system worked and was impressed and saw that this was something Ghana needed, urgently. “When he returned to Ghana in 2010, Rev. Salifu decided to donate a large piece of land he owned, fencing it in to make it safe for the children. June 15 - Derek & Noemi Sinay from Servant Ministries Guatemala: Located on the eastern side of Guatemala which is committed to the fulfillment of the “Great Ccommission in a remote part of Guatamala known for its poverty, oppression, violence and hopelessness. June 22 - Pastor Ron Miller will preach and teach Bible class focusing on missions in our daily lives. June 29 - Rev. Walter D Volz (Florida) from Food for the Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the United States which has provided over $11 billion in aid since 1982. Feature Story 25 YEARS IN MINISTRY On Sunday, June 1 st, our congregation will honor Pastor Kevin for 25 years in the ministry. His father, Pastor Dave Bueltmann, will be the guest pastor. Refreshments will be served in the fellowship hall following the early service. There will be a cookout at noon. The hamburger, brats, and hot dogs will be provided by Baird Woolsey, our Thrivent Financial Representative. Everything will be provided. There will be a card shower at the 9:00 a.m. fellowship and at the noon luncheon. The LCC Comfort Dogs will be around that day as well. Please come and help make this a very special day for Pastor Kevin and his family. Pastor Kevin & his wife, Tawn, met in college at Concordia in Seward, Nebraska. They were married in 1986 and a year later, moved to Kalispell, Montana where she served as a Lutheran teacher and he served as a DCE for 4 years in the areas of youth, music, & evangelism. A couple years after their first son, Aaron, was born, they moved to Normal, IL where Kevin served as a DCE and Tawn helped start a Mothers of PreSchoolers ministry and served as a full-time mom to Aaron & (eventually) Brianna. After 4 years, Kevin was offered the director position at Camp Luther of Nebraska where Tawn served as Food Services Director and Ministry Assistant. During that time Carly & Davis were born and Kevin got his Master’s Degree program in Family Life Ministry at Concordia Nebraska. After 8 years, he accepted a position at Camp CILCA until 2008, when he went to Concordia Seminary in St. Louis & Tawn served as Director of Music at an LCMS church. He was placed here as a vicar in June of 2010 and was ordained and became our pastor in 2011. Tawn substitute teaches at area schools and plays organ & keyboards for our church & others. Pastor Kevin’s hobbies include spending time with family, racquetball, biking, writing & recording Christian music and leading kids and adults in singing praise to God. Kevin is grateful for God’s blessings and for working through him and his family in many ways. To God be the glory.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church Newsletter
Sand Prairie – Green Valley, IL
July & August 2013
The ParishScope St. John’s Lutheran Church Newsletter
Sand Prairie – Green Valley, IL
July & August 2013
The ParishScope St. John’s Lutheran Church Newsletter
Sand Prairie – Green Valley, IL
June/July 2014
The ParishScope
June is Mission Month
The Stewardship & Missions committee has
designated June again as our month to focus on
missions to others. Here is the tentative list of
guests to visit us on Sunday mornings in June.
June 1 - LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs from
Lutheran Church Charities. These dogs help to
bring comfort and compassion to people in need
of emotional support such as Boston Marathon
bombing, school shootings, and locally during
last November’s tornadoes.
June 8 - Nicholas Salifu from Ghana, West
Africa: In 2007, when Rev. Salifu attended
Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO., he saw
how the Lutheran school system worked and was
impressed and saw that this was something Ghana
needed, urgently. “When he returned to Ghana in
2010, Rev. Salifu decided to donate a large piece
of land he owned, fencing it in to make it safe for
the children.
June 15 - Derek & Noemi Sinay from Servant
Ministries Guatemala: Located on the eastern
side of Guatemala which is committed to the
fulfillment of the “Great Ccommission in a
remote part of Guatamala known for its poverty,
oppression, violence and hopelessness.
June 22 - Pastor Ron Miller will preach and
teach Bible class focusing on missions in our
daily lives.
June 29 - Rev. Walter D Volz (Florida) from Food for the Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the United States which has provided over $11 billion in aid since 1982.
Feature Story
25 YEARS IN MINISTRY On Sunday, June 1
st, our congregation will honor Pastor
Kevin for 25 years in the ministry. His father, Pastor Dave
Bueltmann, will be the guest pastor. Refreshments will be
served in the fellowship hall following the early
service. There will be a cookout at noon. The hamburger,
brats, and hot dogs will be provided by Baird Woolsey, our
Thrivent Financial Representative. Everything will be
provided. There will be a card shower at the 9:00
a.m. fellowship and at the noon luncheon. The LCC Comfort
Dogs will be around that day as well. Please come and help
make this a very special day for Pastor Kevin and his family.
Pastor Kevin & his wife, Tawn, met in college at Concordia
in Seward, Nebraska. They were married in 1986 and a year
later, moved to Kalispell, Montana where she served as a
Lutheran teacher and he served as a DCE for 4 years in the
areas of youth, music, & evangelism. A couple years after
their first son, Aaron, was born, they moved to Normal, IL
where Kevin served as a DCE and Tawn helped start a
Mothers of PreSchoolers ministry and served as a full-time
mom to Aaron & (eventually) Brianna. After 4 years, Kevin
was offered the director position at Camp Luther of Nebraska
where Tawn served as Food Services Director and Ministry
Assistant. During that time Carly & Davis were born and
Kevin got his Master’s Degree program in Family Life
Ministry at Concordia Nebraska. After 8 years, he accepted a
position at Camp CILCA until 2008, when he went to
Concordia Seminary in St. Louis & Tawn served as Director
of Music at an LCMS church. He was placed here as a vicar
in June of 2010 and was ordained and became our pastor in
2011. Tawn substitute teaches at area schools and plays organ
& keyboards for our church & others. Pastor Kevin’s hobbies
include spending time with family, racquetball, biking,
writing & recording Christian music and leading kids and
adults in singing praise to God. Kevin is grateful for God’s
blessings and for working through him and his family in
many ways. To God be the glory.
New Members! We have had 21 new members who have joined our church in the last 3 months, including 10 who were baptized. Not pictured: Reese Hicks, Bailey Wicks, & Kameron Wicks (children Jordan Sondag & Krystal Wicks) were baptized on April 13th. Isaac Keith Egli (son Jeremy Egli & Ashley Brent) was baptized April 27th. We pray God's blessings on gift of faith for these 4 and the others listed below.
If you think fathers can feel inadequate these days, how do you suppose Joseph a carpenter felt teaching the One who made the animals, trees and everything else? How do you impart wisdom to the One who is Wisdom? But he did. Joseph took Jesus to the Synagogue. There were the Holy Scriptures. That’s what Joseph read and recited to Jesus perhaps while teaching Him to make a chair or a table. God gave an ordinary man, Joseph, the unparalleled responsibility to care for, and nurture Jesus. The carpenter from Nazareth did the best he could with the gifts God had given him. That’s the responsibility God gives to fathers today. “Do the best you can with what I have given you to care for and nurture your children. Bring them to My House. Read them My Word. I will be at work in their lives and yours.” We should honor and respect our Fathers everyday not just once a year on Fathers Day, because God has given them a huge responsibility.
“As a father shows compassion to his children so the Lord Shows compassion to these who fear him.” (psalm 103:13)
CALL COMMITTEE has begun meeting again. We have 18 new names that we sent down to President Miller. He will get the materials for these men back to us as quickly as possible. Individual members are finding sermons to watch/listen to from the internet. Please pray for the church and the committee, that we find the man God wants us to have as our second pastor.
Library News
THE LIBRARY IS ALWAYS
OPEN from 9:00-10:40 am. Please
check the many DVDs for all ages,
the books for our younger children,
and the Bible class materials.
Thank you
I wanted to give a heartfelt Thank You
to all who were involved in making the
arrangements, concerning the award I
received as Central Illinois District S.S.
Teacher of the year. I was totally
surprised with all of the attention, and
the memories of that day will be with
me till I die. I appreciate and will
cherish the memories of that day.
Thank You So Much
Mr. Bill
PARISHSCOPE
DEADLINE: The Parishscope
will be published the 3rd
week of
every month. Please get your
Parishscope news to the Church
office by July 20, 2014. There
will not be a July Parishscope
CID AT BUSCH!!
AUGUST 30 - The Chicago Cubs
play the Cardinals at Busch
Stadium. The seats are Infield
Terrance Reserved (Sections 451-
454) behind home plate, under the
shade of the terrace level roof. The
ticket price is $50. per person (50%
off premium date price of $99).
(ADA accessible seating may be
requested.) Orders returned in the
same envelope can be assigned
tickets together.
See the website for more info:
HTTP://WWW.GRACE-
STRASBURG.COM/CIDDAY
USE THE NURSERY AS
NEEDED: At the present time the
nursery is not being used on a
regular basis, but it is available for
anyone who needs it. The church
services can be viewed on the TV.
SUMMER CAMP
BROCHURES -
Camp CILCA is an awesome
Lutheran camp. Children are
welcome to bring friends.
Brochures are in the Narthex,
or you can register online at
www.CILCA.org. Thrivent
will provide $35 if you contact
the church office, Sharon
Lemon, Phyllis Willard, or
Bill Krueger.
Worship Participant
SCHEDULE
June
8:00am Worship Elder: Dale Moehring
Acolytes: IzaBelle Cobb, Caleb
Willmert
Altar Duty: Karen Kohl, Phyllis
Privett
10:45 am Worship Elder: Ward Sirotak
Acolytes: Haley Noel, Chelsey
Catton
July
8:00am Worship Elder: Jim Fairchild
Acolytes: Jacob Urish, Emme
Eisfelder
Altar Duty: Anita Friedrich, Linda
Turney
10:45 am Worship Elder: Dan Smith
Acolytes: Kaylee Carson, Haley
Noel
June/July Preaching
Schedule
June 1: Pastor Dave Bueltmann (presentation by LCC K-9
Comfort)
June 8: Nicolas Salifu from (Ghana West Africa) June 15: Pastor Kevin Bueltmann
www.SandPrairieLutheran.org Pastor Kevin Bueltmann
DCE Bill Krueger
School Principal Joel Kilgus
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8:00 am Traditional Worship
9:30 am Sunday School & Bible Classes
10:45 am Contemporary Worship
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Paid Green Valley, IL
Permit No. 1
June/July 2014
25+ Years of (Team) Ministry
This month, I am celebrating 25 years of ministry, but this has not been a solo accomplishment. This has been a team effort. A team ministry. I have been blessed on this journey with someone I have been married to for 28 years, and that of course is my wife, Tawn. She complements my life, my weaknesses, & strengths in many ways. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says, "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help." By design, God made men and women with equal value, but with different gifts and abilities to complement each other. This has been true in our relationship as well. But, of course, our marriage wouldn't have been what it is without God in our lives. A few verses later we find in Ecclesiastes 4:12 "A threefold cord is not quickly broken." This was our theme verse for our wedding. For us, this reminds us that God is always to be an integral part of our relationship. God has been there for us and He is there for you whether you are married or single. I pray that God is the most important part of your life as well. God is good all the time.