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As men, women, and children united in faith and worship

by the Word of God, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

exists to make disciples throughout the world

for time and for eternity, using the Gospel

to win the lost for Christ and to nurture believers

for lives of Christian service, all to the glory of God.

OUR

MISSION

ST. JOHN’S

NOTES & NEWS

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February Issue 2012

My Daily Walk With God Inside this issue:

Daily Walk with God 2

Pastor’s Article 3

Principal’s Article 4

Ladies’ Auxiliary 5

LWMS 6

Scrip Corner 7

Flower Chart 8

Thrivent Choice Dollars 8

New Member Dinner 8

Calendar 9

Lenten Service 13

New Bible Study 14

Altar Committee 15

Clearly Caring 16

Attendance 16

Shut-ins 17

Newsletter 17

Council Members 18

Office Hours 18

KML News 19

Feb. 1 Genesis 47; Psalm 105

2 Genesis 48 – 50; Ps.121

3 Exodus 1 – 4:17

4 Exodus 4:18 – 7:13

5 Exodus 7:14 - 9

6 Exodus 10 – 12:42

7 Exodus 12:43 – 15:21

8 Psalms 78 & 93

9 Exodus 15:22 - 18

10 Exodus 19 - 21

11 Psalm 119:1-88

12 Psalm 119:89-176

13 Exodus 22 - 24

14 Exodus 25; Psalm 103

15 Exodus 26 – 27; Ps.84

16 Ex. 28; 2 John, 3 John

17 Exodus 29; Psalm 51

18 Exodus 30 – 32:29

19 Exodus 32:30 – 35:29

20 Exodus 35:30 – 38:23

21 Exodus 38:24 - 40

22 Ps.2,45,102; Hebr. 1&2

23 Ps.95,110; Hebr.3 - 6

24 Hebrews 7 – 10:31

25 Hebrews 10:32 - 12

26 Hebr. 13; Leviticus 1 - 3

27 Leviticus 4 - 6

28 Leviticus 7 – 9:22

Rev. Jon Baumann, Pastor Church - (262) 675-6640

Sam Hunter, Principal School - (262) 675-6852

Jasper Sellnow, Student Assistant (414) 380-3481

Fax - (262) 675-0707

Website - stjohnsnewburg.com

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Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School

3399 Division Road * Jackson WI (262) 677-4051 * www.kmlhs.org

Thank You

Kettle Moraine Lutheran would like to thank our federated churches for

helping us out with our Twelve Days of Christmas. John Caira, has

terminal cancer called Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, and is part of a

family of seven, is unable to work to support his family. Student fund

raisers, matching gifts and your generous support raised nearly

$24,000. Thank you for your contributions as you gave the family a much

needed financial boost as they move forward trusting in God’s

providence.

Kettle Moraine Lutheran’s Student Council.

Instrumental Chamber Music Concert

Wednesday, February 15

6:30 pm

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St. John’s Church Council Members—2012

Craig Witte Church President 377-7429

Barry Preston Church Secretary 305-6131

Ron Affeldt Church Treasurer 483-3417

Richard Wilger Financial Secretary 675-6086

Tom Merkel Board of Church Properties 692-3581

(Chairman)

Nick Janz Board of Church Properties 920-960-7666

Gary Kemp Board of Church Properties 675-6937

David Holm Board of Elders 692-9112

(Chairman & Vice President)

Del Boehlke Board of Elders 375-8589

Dave Drzewiecki Board of Elders 377-7234

Bill Kohlwey Board of Elder 692-9811

Bob Odell Board of Elders 675-6427

Marc Frey Board of Education (Chairman) 675-0372

Steve Biermann Board of Education 573-3769

Kerry Lewin Board of Education 675-9141

Questions or Concerns?

If anyone has questions, concerns, or comments about our church

or school, please feel free to talk to someone on the church

council.

(If there is a concern with Pastor or one of the teachers, please

speak directly to them.)

God uses these men as his servants to carry on the gospel work

within our congregation. God provides these men to assist you!

Office Hours The Church/School Office hours are:

Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 7:00 am—Noon

Office email address: colleenbaumann@stjohnsnewburg.com

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From the Pastor’s Desk

Dirty Fingernails

I heard an interesting tidbit the other day about God and dirty fingernails. I

have to admit that I didn’t hear the whole context, but the person was trying to

make a point about God getting dirt under his fingernails in the Garden of Eden

because he took the time to lovingly plant trees in that place that would be spe-

cial for man (as described in Genesis 2:8ff). God actually hand planting trees in

that garden is kind of up for debate because not only does God not have hands

(remember, he is spirit; cf John 4:24), but also Genesis 1:11ff clearly describes

God willing vegetation into being on day three of creation. It could, however,

mean that God did painstakingly determine the placement of exact vegetation in

Eden to make it the perfect place for man. It just goes to show you that, just

because somebody makes something sound cute concerning Scripture, it does-

n’t mean that it’s always true. (Please, always listen with a critical ear!)

Either way, the comment about dirty fingernails got me thinking, because as a

pastor I try to make sure that my fingernails are clean on Sunday, especially

communion Sundays. It’s not always easy because Saturdays are the days that I

usually do work around the house, and my fingers do get dirty and greasy. But

as a pastor, I feel that it would somewhat embarrassing to not have clean nails.

Where it’s debatable about God having clean nails or not, it’s not debatable

about his Son. Jesus most surely got his nails dirty. There was the time he

drew in the dirt with his fingers (John 8:6) when his enemies were trying to soil

his reputation by catching him in a dilemma concerning an adulterous woman.

Shortly after that, there was another time when he made mud with spit from his

mouth and dirt from the ground (John 9:6), applying the divine ointment to a

blind man’s eyes in order to heal him.

And then one has to wonder how much dirt got on his hands and under his nails

when they laid him on the ground of Calvary in order to affix his hands to

wood. Did the pounding stir up the dust? Did the sweat from his hands cause

them to become soiled? How dirty were his hands from stumbling in the streets

under the heavy burden of the cross? Even if his hands remained clean, his ap-

pearance did not. Because he took up our sins as his own, he was spiritually

soiled in the sight of his Father. When you think about it, because Jesus pur-

posely became dirty in our place, we appear as cleansed to our Father. Because

of Jesus, we are holy in God’s sight.

When I think of Jesus becoming dirty, maybe even under his fingernails, but

most surely as my Substitute, part of me wants to say, “How embarrassing for

him!” And part of me just wants to say, “Wow! He loved me that much! How

great for me!” How great indeed!

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From the Principal’s Desk

St. John’s Lutheran School exists to glorify Jesus Christ,

assisting parents in educating, training, and nurturing his

children for this life and for heaven.

Our Preschool and Kindergarten round-up will be held on Thursday,

February 9, at 6:30 pm. If you are a parent of a child who

is getting ready for preschool or kindergarten, you should

have received a letter. If not, please see Mr. Hunter. If at

anytime you have questions about St. John’s Lutheran

School, please do not hesitate to contact me or the school

office! If you also know anyone else who would like

information about us, please give their name and address to

me or drop it off at the office, so we can send more

information to them. Thank you!

St. John’s will be participating in the

“Celebrate Families Resource Fair” on

February 12, 2012, from 11:00 am--4:00

pm. It is a program throughout the month

of February designed to recognize and support families. This is an

opportunity for us to display information about what St. John’s has to offer

families. There has been a sheet in the narthex for several weeks. Please

consider helping with this wonderful opportunity! We are looking for

people to distribute information and talk about St. John’s. Thank you in

advance for offering your time! May God bless our efforts to spread the

good news.

1st & 2nd Quarter Missions St. John’s School has had the opportunity over the past few months to raise

funds for Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School’s Cross Trainer group. This

group is made up of high school students who follow the Great Commission

and spread the good news through mission trips. Our students took on the

challenge of seeing how much money we could raise to help out the good

cause of this ministry. We are excited to be sending off $988.61 to this

ministry. May the Lord bless them as they continue to spread Jesus’ name!

Board of Education Highlights Winter sports schedule reviewed

BOE calendar change: Mission Vision Objective to be reviewed in July rather

than January

Church attendance policy for students discussed

Accreditation report

Medication Administration policy relaxed due to statute alteration

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Herbert Gauger

River Way Place

831 E. Washington St.

West Bend, WI 53095

DOB: Sept. 12

Sally Kirmse

River Way Place

831 E. Washington St.

West Bend, WI 53095

DOB: March 18

Jenny Kurtz

The Fields, Room 210

675 E. Washington St.

West Bend, WI, 53095

DOB: April 12

Del Peters

822 E. Walnut St.

Horicon, WI 53032

DOB: Feb. 12

Laura Ludwig

540 Overlook Pass

Fredonia, WI 53021

DOB: May 1

Myrtle Wilkens

Virginia Highlands Health &

Rehabilitation

Myrtle Wilkens # 555

W173 N10915 Bernie's Way

Germantown, WI 53022

DOB: Dec. 20

Adeline Wilkens

713 Hwy MY

West Bend, WI 53090

DOB: Jan. 21

Edwin Bretschneider

Kettle Moraine Gardens

1038 Fond du Lac Ave.

Kewaskum, WI 53040

Room 114

DOB: July 24

Shut-ins

Newsletter

St. John’s News & Notes monthly newsletter will be placed

in your mailboxes the Sunday before the first of the month.

If you have an article, note, or flier for publication, please

deliver your newsletter item to the church/school office by

Monday, February 20.

It is preferred that your items be in typed format or on disk in Microsoft Word

format. Please put your name on the article, so if any questions arise, the

appropriate person can be contacted.

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Attendance Membership: 598

Communicants: 462

Church Bible Class Sunday School

December 24: 612 Christmas Eve

December 25: 304 Christmas Day

December 31: 151 New Year’s Eve

January 1/2: 175 80 ---

January 8/9: 399 83 38

January 15/16: 364 107 45

January 22/23: 348 118 34

Abortion Increases Mental Health Risks by 81 Percent

New research by leading U.S. researcher Dr. Priscilla Coleman of

Bowling Green State University finds women who have an abortion nearly

double their risk of mental health problems as women who give birth. The

study in the British Journal of Psychiatry examined 22

separate studies examining 877,000 women, with 163,831 women

having had an abortion. The study concluded, “Overall, the results

revealed that women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81

percent increased risk of mental health problems, and nearly 10 percent of the

incidence of mental health problems were shown to be directly attributable to

abortion.” Abortion was linked with a 34 percent risk of anxiety disorders and

a 37 percent higher probability of depression; more than twice the risk of

alcohol abuse (110 percent); three times greater risk of marijuana use (220

percent); and a 155 percent greater risk of attempting suicide.

9/1/11 - LifeNews.com

Clearly Caring Life Issues

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The first Ladies’ Auxiliary meeting of the year was held January

10th.

Pastor Baumann continues to lead us in a devotional series about

the Ladies in our Lord’s Life. The January selection was from

Luke 10:38-42, which is the story of Martha and Mary. While

Mary sat at the Lord’s feet to listen, Martha bustled about making

preparations. When Martha expressed her frustration that her

sister was not helping her, the Lord gently told Martha that Mary

had chosen what was better. One lesson here was, while we

worry ourselves with day to day things that will be gone in a

flash, we forget to focus on that which is everlasting.

The Auxiliary sponsored St. John’s Quilt for a Day on Saturday,

January 21. No quilting experience was necessary. The

volunteers worked on quilts for Northside Lutheran Ministries,

Apacheland (Apache Lutheran Mission), and Quilts for Japan. A

note rec’d by LWMS from Apacheland, in regard to Quilts for

Mission, shared that “any amount or size quilts we receive would

be used to spread the love of Jesus among the Apache. Whenever

we give quilts away we always share with the recipient what

church made their quilt. They are always so grateful for such a

gesture of Christian love.” Thank you to everyone who

participated.

Our next meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary will be Tuesday,

February 14. Our hostesses will be Sue Laubenstein and Lorna

Wilger. If you aren’t already a member, please consider

attending. The ladies would love to see some new faces in our

midst.

God bless you in the month of February and beyond…..

Ladies’ Auxiliary

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LWMS As I was perusing the 2012 LWMS calendar, I noticed that Pieter Ried had

written a brief article about Indonesia. I'd like to share that with you:

“How do you start a women's ministry where there is nothing? How do you start a women's ministry when women are suppressed and rarely gather together? Start with the Bible. Remind the ladies who they are in Christ. Look at the Scriptures to see how God wants women to use their gifts and abilities to the glory of their Savior. Point out that if this is what God wants, we are to follow God and not culture.

God wants us to actively serve him, to serve each other, and to share the saving gospel with others. Based on Scriptural encouragements, the following five-pronged approach for the women's ministry in Indonesia was adopted:

The purpose of Women's Ministry: ~ Study the Bible together; ~ Express and enjoy fellowship together; ~ Serve within the congregation; ~ Do good to all people by serving the community; ~ And train the women to be witnesses to other women,

especially those who do not yet believe in Jesus.

This is really a key to sharing the gospel in a Muslim country, because normally only a woman can minister to a woman.

May God's kingdom continue in us and come to others through us. Amen.” - Pieter Ried, Indonesia

In your prayers, remember those who serve our Lord in the mission field, both

abroad and at home. Pray for their safety and for courage to continue to bring

the Gospel to lost souls. “Boldly and without hindrance he preached the

kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.” - Acts 28:31

Lorna Wilger, LWMS Reporter

PS - Please be sure to check the bulletin board in the narthex for newsletters

from LWMS and from those in the mission field.

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~ ~ ~ Altar Committee ~ ~ ~

Many of us have talents that we would like to share but are unaware that there

is a need. Do you like arranging flowers? Would you be interested in helping

with preparing the communionware for Communion on Sundays? Taking care

of the plants in the church?

We have ladies that have been taking care of the altar for several years and we

are looking for anyone to learn what we do and maybe be a backup if it is

needed. On Saturdays we setup for communion; it does take between an hour

or two. But other weekends we only have to water plants, fill candles with oil,

and possibly change banners.

Anyone that has been confirmed can be on this committee. We welcome your

willingness to give this a try. At this time, we do have 8 to 10 ladies on this

committee, and we rotate each month. Please think it over, and if you are

interested or have any questions, call Sue Laubenstein at 262-675-6075.

Thanks, Sue

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NEW BIBLE STUDY Although this Bible study may seem a little deep for some and

disinteresting to others, it really is an important one to the near future

of our congregation and synod. The New International Version we

use in worship, Bible study, and St. John’s School is no longer being

published, forcing us to look for a new Bible translation to use. Our

synod has appointed a Translation Evaluation Committee (TEC) to

study this matter. The Bible study we are using is the fruit of their

work. For the next fives weeks, here is what we will study:

Lesson 1. Which Bible is the Word of God?

Lesson 2. Understanding the Challenges of Translation

Lesson 3. The Problem with Language

Lesson 4. Principles and Purposes

The Bible study will also include detailed appendices on Translator

Notes, Frequently Asked Questions, and a reprint of three Forward in

Christ articles. May God bless our study, and the decisions of our

districts as we make decisions for the future of our synod.

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Scrip Corner

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching!

Are you taking your special someone out to dinner? to a movie? buying

them flowers? need a card? Use Scrip!

Dinner - Cheesecake Factory, Texas Road House, Olive Garden or Maggiano’s Little Italy

Movie - Marcus Theater or AMC Theaters

Flowers - Pick n’ Save or Piggly Wiggly

Card - Hallmark, Walgreens, Walmart

They are all available through Scrip. Order now!

Current Specials: (This is more than they normally offer)

Gap/Banana Republic/Old Navy $100 - 16%, Kwik Trip - 9%, ProtectMyId Membership $100 - 50% New Offering: West Bend Lakes & Camelot Golf Courses - $25 (20%)

Every Sunday - On hand scrip can be purchase after early service and

prior to late service in the church/school office. Due to the good response

at Christmas time we have a larger number of on hand scrip. Stop in to

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Flower Chart

The 2012 Flower Chart is on the bulletin board in

the narthex. If you would be interested in placing

flowers on the altar for a birthday, an anniversary

or just to the glory of God, please sign up for the

Sunday of your choice. Please talk with the Altar

Committee ladies to make arrangements. Their

names are listed on the chart below the months in

which they serve. You can either purchase the flowers yourself or make

arrangements with them to purchase the flowers for you.

Thrivent Choice Dollars

If you receive Choice Dollars from Thrivent, remember that you

can select to have these dollars come here to St. John’s. Once

you have logged into your account, you will be given the option

to look up the organization were you would like your dollars to

go. Our church is listed as St. John (not St. John’s) Lutheran

Church. If you simply enter Newburg, WI, St. John’s will be

your only option.

New Member Dinner

Sunday, February 14

12 pm (noon)

Please come meet and welcome our new members to the congregation!

Sign up sheets are located at the tract rack.

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Lenten Services

February 22 Ash Wednesday 8 am & 7 pm

February 29, March 7, 14, 21, 28 8 am & 7 pm

Special Service

Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Choir

March 7 - 7 pm service

Lenten Meals will be served from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

A sign up sheet is located in the narthex for any group that is

interested in hosting a Lenten meal.

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