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St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church Council Meeting Briefs January 14, 2025

Posted January 31, 2025 By admin

Good Things at St. Jacob’s for December

  • Christmas Eve Service was well attended.
  • Christmas Caroling was a huge success.
  • Congregational Christmas Dinner was very nice.

Treasurer’s Report

  • Total 2024 Budget was $279,507.84 and total giving was $272,704.00. Leaving us $6,803.84 short against the approved budget.

Pastor’s Report

  • Pastor to announce changes in Wednesday evening schedule in weeks to come.

Ministry Teams Safety: Robert Wessinger / Kevin Pharis

  • Emergency information has been posted in the Narthex, Fellowship Hall and Office.
  • Security cameras are scheduled for installation in the last week of January.

Discipleship: Lynn Shealy / Julie Stuck

  • On December 1 – 18 Mercy Bags were filled for a total of 298 pounds.
  • On December 22 – Up and Going filled 9 Mercy Bags totaling 190 pounds.

Property: Barry Rice

  • Parking lot update – Danny Shealy will be at February Council meeting to update progress on project. Information will be given once supplied.

Sanctuary Update

  • Conversations are happening to decide scope and needs of project. Julie Stuck is leading this endeavor, information will be given when supplied.

Reminder From Council

  • All team leaders need to submit a monthly report to their assigned Council Rep prior to each month’s meeting. Council meets the first Tuesday of each month.

New Business

  • Council is being diligent on planning for St. Jacob’s 250th anniversary. Plans are being crafted for a wonderful year of events and special guests.
  • The Stewardship Team is without a leader. Council asks the congregation to pray and see if God is leading you to this ministry.
  • Next scheduled Council Meeting is Tuesday, February 4th @ 6:45 PM in the church office.
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Midweek Bible Study

Posted January 30, 2025 By admin

Midweek Bible Study resumes this coming Wednesday, February 5th beginning at 9:30 AM in the church office conference room. Everyone is invited to participate. Our topic will be “In the Holy Land with Jesus.” We will discuss Jesus’s activities and ministry in several places, including Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, and the Temple in Jerusalem. Join us for study, conversation, and fellowship. No special materials are needed, just your Bible and a desire to study Scripture. Won’t you join us?

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Men’s Bible

Posted January 30, 2025 By admin

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.

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Experiencing the Heart of Jesus

Posted January 30, 2025 By admin

For 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.

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Lutheran Men

Posted January 30, 2025 By admin

SHROVE 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.

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Prayer for the New Year

Posted December 28, 2024 By admin

God 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.

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Youth Retreat

Posted December 28, 2024 By admin

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Youth Bible Study

Posted December 27, 2024 By admin

The 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!

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Youth Christmas Party

Posted December 27, 2024 By admin

On 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.

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Music Notes

Posted December 27, 2024 By admin

Christmas 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!

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