Storm's a-comin' -- Here's the plan
At Council meeting last night we decided to cancel Saturday service and Sunday School and Adult Class on Sunday. Here are a few other details:
- Sunday worship has not yet been canceled. We will wait until later in the weekend to make this decision. I will be in touch with Mike and we'll make the call.
- Signs announcing the Saturday and Sunday School cancellations were placed on both entrance doors
- I recorded a new phone greeting announcing the Saturday worship and Sunday School classes cancellations
- The cancellation announcement has been posted on the St. John's Facebook page. You can view the post here and if you have lots of St. John's FB friends, you can share it, which will help to get the word out.
- Jan L. will be available if needed to accompany worship on Sunday morning, if indeed we decide to not cancel.
- Kristen printed a minimal number of bulletins for Sunday
- Lois T. has been contacted regarding Altar Guild. I still need to contact reader and acolyte.
Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King is listed on the ELW Calendar as a Renewer of Society and Martyr Commemoration on January 15. Here is a prayer for this day from ELW:
Holy and righteous God, you created us in your image. Grant us grace to contend fearlessly against evil and to make no peace with oppression. Help us, like your servant Martin Luther King, to work for justice among people and nations, to the glory of your name, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Conference Pastors
The Eastern Conference Pastors met on Tuesday, January 15. Our worship centered on the commemoration of Martin Luther King. Our program was Becky Seibert, who gave a presentation on her many trips to Tanzania with other member of our synod. The Dodoma Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania has been a partner synod with ours since almost the beginning of our synod in 1987. Our synod Global Mission Board has coordinated many mission trips to Tanzania and our other partner synods. Another mission is planned for this summer, and Becky will be going. It will be her 16th trip. We learned that Pr. Blair Miller, who has been at Zion Gibsonburg for 12 years, has retired, and is in the process of moving to the Columbus area. Thanks, Pr. Blair, for your faithful service.
Frank Osborn Funeral
Frank Osborn, after long battle with cancer, died on Monday, January 14. Funeral services were held at Auxter, and interment was in Riverside Monroeville. Our funeral luncheon team served (as always) a tasty lunch following the committal. You can read the obituary for Frank here.
Interim Pastors Meeting
On Thursday afternoon I attended our monthly meeting of Synod Interim Pastors. This group has grown, and it is a meeting that I look forward to. There were eleven interim pastors in attendance, and also Sherry Krieger from synod staff.
January Newsletter posted on Facebook
With the transition to Kristen as our new office manager, the January newsletter has been delayed in its publication long enough to combine it with the February issue. The January issue has been posted in pdf format on the St. John's Facebook page. Since this is a completely public place, we have omitted from the online version information which would be considered in-house information, such as the treasure report, and various other financial information. You can read the FB version here.
STEW-About-It, issue 6
Pastor Wilson, our Synod Director of Leadership Development for Congregational Vitality, has published the sixth issue of STEW-About-It, a newsletter with ideas and encouragement for our congregations' stewardship ministry. Most relevant for our Stewardship, but I encourage all of you to take a look. You can get that look here.
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