Our Men’s Bible study will resume on Monday, February 3rd beginning at 6:45 PM. All men of St. Jacob’s, friends and neighbors are welcome to attend. We will gather in the church office Sunday school room.
Fellowship Archive
Men’s Bible
Posted January 30, 2025 By adminExperiencing the Heart of Jesus
Posted January 30, 2025 By adminFor those who are taking up the fifty-two week study by Max Lucado, there will be a gathering in the church office Sunday school room on Tuesday, February 11th beginning at 6:30 PM. We will gather and have a conversation about the things we may have discovered in the study, along with some thoughts and reflections. Bring your book along so you can share some of the notes and answers to reflection questions asked by the study. Anyone who is curious about this study is welcome to join us.
Lutheran Men
Posted January 30, 2025 By adminSHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER – Gather with your church family on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025, for our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. St. Jacob’s Lutheran Men sponsor the event and there will be plenty of good food and fellowship. Our Pancake Supper begins at 6:30PM in the Fellowship Hall as we enjoy a wonderful meal of pancakes, eggs, sausage and more all prepared by our Lutheran Men.
COUNTRY SAUSAGE SALE – The Lutheran Men will be making Country Sausage on Monday, March 3rd, 2025. If you would like to purchase BULK sausage at $5.00 per pound, please place your order in advance. See a member of the LM or contact Gerald on or before Sunday, February 23rd. The sausage can be picked up between 3:00 and 6:00 PM on Monday, March 3rd in the Fellowship Hall.
Up and Going
Posted January 4, 2025 By adminNineteen members and guests gathered in the Fellowship Hall to celebrate Christmas and enjoy our annual Christmas Party. Helen Lindler, Team Leader, welcomed everyone. She read an article on the history of the candy cane. Each person had a candy cane at their place. She also read a Christmas message entitled “A Christmas Bicycle”. Both articles were from Our Town magazine.
Devotions came from Luke 2, The Christmas Story. We then prayed together The Lord’s Prayer. Elf Tommy played his guitar and led us in singing some of our favorite Christmas hymns and songs.
The group presented Helen with a lovely Christmas wreath in appreciation for all she does for the Up and Going. Thank you all for this very special and gracious gift!
Gerald offered grace for our meal. We then enjoyed a delicious meal of party foods and desserts.
After the meal, lead by Leon, we sorted and packed more than 30 complete meals for the Mercy Bags Project. Special thanks to everyone who brought food items for our contribution. Extra special thanks to all who so willingly clean up and leave everything in its proper place.
The January meeting will be on Thursday, January 9th at 11:00 AM in the Fellowship Hall. This is our annual Soup Pot Lunch and BINGO party. Please bring an item for the soup pot and 3 Bingo prizes. Helen and Ann will cook the pot of soup. Please sign up on the sheet on our bulletin board.
Helen
Team Leader for
Up and Going
Prayer for the New Year
Posted December 28, 2024 By adminGod of our yesterdays, our todays, and our tomorrows.
We praise you for your unequaled greatness.
Thank you for the year behind us and for the year ahead.
Help us in this new year, Father, to fret less and laugh more.
To teach our children to laugh by laughing with them.
To teach others to love by loving them.
Help us, Father, to hear your love song in every sunrise,
in the chirping of birds in our backyards,
in the stories of our old folks,
and the fantasies of our children.
Help us to stop and listen to your love songs,
so that we may know you better and better.
We rejoice in the world you called into being.
Thank you for another new year and for new chances every day.
We pray for peace, for light, and for hope,
that we might spread them to others.
Forgive us for falling short this past year.
We leave the irreparable past in your hands, and step out into the
future of an unknown new year knowing you will go with us.
We accept your gift of a new year and we rejoice in what’s ahead,
depending on you to help us to love others as you have loved us.
In Jesus’s name we pray,
Amen.
Youth Retreat
Posted December 28, 2024 By admin
Youth Bible Study
Posted December 27, 2024 By adminThe Youth Bible Study learned about the Church Year that begins with Advent. We spent some time in the sanctuary and learned about the significance of the Chrismons and other Christian symbols found throughout the church. During Advent, the youth are reading an Advent devotion together that Cora Wallace is sharing with them daily via their text group. Please encourage these youth as they continue to grow in their faith and enjoy time spent together!
Youth Christmas Party
Posted December 27, 2024 By adminOn December 8th the youth had a Christmas party. In addition to lots of pizza, snacks and Christmas movies, they baked cookies and made treat bags for Christmas caroling.
Music Notes
Posted December 27, 2024 By adminChristmas Caroling
Christmas caroling was lots of fun this year. We had 26 carolers! We filled J.L. and Janet’s house. What fun. The youth baked cookies and made treat bags to take to each person we visited. We gathered for a soup lunch after church on Sunday and set out to sing to 9 people. We were all a little hoarse by the time we arrived at Todd and Joanie’s house to sing to Papa Joe and enjoy a delicious spread of Christmas treats and fellowship. Maybe next year we can have 36 carolers!
St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church Council Meeting Briefs
Posted December 27, 2024 By adminDecember 3, 2024
Good Things at St. Jacob’s for November
- 300+ pieces of pound cake for The Hub for Thanksgiving
- Angel Tree
- Successful surgery results for Pastor David
- Pastor Rawl leading worship
- Chrismon Trees and being ready for Advent
- Two new doors in the Fellowship Hall
- Thank you to AJ for hanging the TVs downstairs
Pastor’s Report
- Pastor is recovering from surgery, but returned to lead worship on December 1st.
- Pastor expressed his thanks to our elders who led worship in his absence, as well as Pastor Leon Rawl for his availability to serve as supply pastor.
- Pastor thanks everyone who sent get well cards and messages and to those who brought over delicious suppers following his return home from the hospital.
Ministry Teams
Staff Support: Susan
- Staff Support will meet with each staff member in early January, 2025, to sign annual employment agreements.
Safety: Robert / Kevin
- January, 2025, install the emergency phone numbers inside the main entrance to the church.
- January, 2025, plan to install security cameras as discussed by Council in 2024 and approved in the 2025 budget.
Christian Education: Sherrie
- Women’s Bible Study meets the second Monday of each month and will begin a new study in January.
- Pastor has moved the Men’s Bible Study to 6:30 PM on the first Monday of each month and will start back up in 2025.
- Planning a birthday party for Jesus for the children’s Sunday school class on December 22nd.
Congregational Care: Billy / David
- Assisting families with various travel needs.
- Provided 300 slices of pound cake along with half and whole cakes for the Hub’s Thanksgiving Community Meal. Many thanks to our bakers!
- Provided meal for the family of Letha Sites.
- Assisting with Lutheran Men Christmas Congregation Meal on December 8th.
Discipleship: Lynn / Julie
- Delivered 8 Mercy Bags to We Care.
- 1200+ people were served a Thanksgiving Meal by We Care on November 26th.
- Angel Tree: St. Jacob’s provided toys and clothes for 30 children.
Property: Barry
- Replaced two exit doors: one in the kitchen hallway and one in the Fellowship Hall.
Stewardship: Doug
- Doug requested information about contacting the NALC website team. Brandon Slice will assist Doug with the website project.
Worship and Music: Marie
- Purple paraments have been ordered and will arrive mid-January.
Old Business
- Church Sanctuary: Susan Shealy / Julie Stuck
- Consultant currently working on color and fabric selections.
- 2025 Budget accepted.
New Business
- Designate Memorial Fund: Currently $1015.00.
- AJ strongly suggested that we need to replace the Latin Processional Cross.
- The Stewardship Ministry Team needs a Team Leader.
- All other ministry teams have a Team Leader in place for 2025.
- Staff Support: Susan
- Safety: Robert
- Christian Education: Sherrie
- Congregational Care: Billy
- Discipleship: Lynn
- Property: Gerald and Danny
- Stewardship: OPEN
- Worship and Music: Marie and Julie
