Gabriel’s Horn Newsletter - February 2025

Upcoming Events (February 2025)

• 02: Sunday School – 10 AM (Nurturing Your Faith)

• 02: Board of Elders Spotlight – Robert Hay

• 02: Small Group – Genesis – 5 PM

• 03: Quilting – 9 AM–12 PM

• 04: Ladies Small Group – 10:30 AM

• 05: Bible Study – 10 AM (Hebrews)

• 05: Jr. Confirmation – 5:30 PM

• 05: Small Group – Community – 6 PM

• 07: Men’s Group – 8 AM, Cracker Barrel

• 07: Disco Home School – 10 AM–2 PM

• 09: Sunday School – 9 AM (Nurturing Your Faith)

• 09: Board of Discipleship Meeting – 12:15 PM

• 09: Board of Stewardship Meeting – 12:15 PM

• 09: Small Group – Genesis – 5 PM

• 10: Quilting – 9 AM–12 PM

• 11: Ladies Small Group – 10:30 AM

• 12: Bible Study – 10 AM (Hebrews)

• 12: Jr. Confirmation – 5:30 PM

• 12: Small Group – Community – 6 PM

• 14: Men’s Group – 8 AM, Cracker Barrel

• 14: Disco Home School – 10 AM–2 PM

• 15: Lutheran North High School Concert & Dinner

• 16: Sunday School – 10 AM (Nurturing Your Faith)

• 16: LWML Meeting – after 2nd service

• 16: Small Group – Genesis – 5 PM

• 17: Quilting – 9 AM–12 PM

• 18: Ladies Small Group – 10:30 AM

• 19: Bible Study – 10 AM (Hebrews)

• 19: Jr. Confirmation – 5:30 PM

• 19: Youth Group – 6 PM–7:30 PM

• 19: Small Group – Community – 6 PM

• 21: Men’s Group – 8 AM, Cracker Barrel

• 21: Disco Home School – 10 AM–2 PM

• 23: Sunday School – 10 AM (Nurturing Your Faith)

• 23: Deaconess Sunday Collection

• 23: Council Meeting – 12:15 PM

• 23: Small Group – Genesis – 5 PM

• 24: Quilting – 9 AM–12 PM

• 25: Ladies Small Group – 10:30 AM

• 26: Bible Study – 10 AM (Hebrews)

• 26: Jr. Confirmation – 5:30 PM

• 26: Christianity 101 – TBA

• 28: Men’s Group – 8 AM, Cracker Barrel

• 28: Disco Home School – 10 AM–2 PM

Meetings & Spotlights

• Board of Discipleship Meeting – Sunday, February 9 at 12:15 PM.​

• Board of Stewardship Meeting – Sunday, February 9 at 12:15 PM.​

• “Check out what we are doing – feel free to join us!” (Board highlights).​

Greeting Cards / LWML

• Greeting cards: All proceeds go to LWML Mite Boxes.

• Drop 35 cents in the coin box and pick your card.​

Junior Confirmation

• Wednesday nights – 5:30 PM.​

Slideshow / Volunteer Needs

• Slideshow volunteers needed for the 2nd service on Sundays.​

• Refreshments & snacks: volunteers needed; you may volunteer with somebody or by yourself.​

Serving Our Lord – February 2025

• Greeters:

  • 8:30 – Marshall Stark

  • 11:00 – Greg Stevenson

• Ushers:

  • 8:30 – Billy Pomeroy

  • 11:00 – Denise Waczkowski

• Lectors:

  • 02: 8:30 – Dan Falkenstein; 11:00 – Jackie Grover

  • 09: 8:30 – Bruce Burnett; 11:00 – Terry Spena

  • 16: 8:30 – Marshall Stark; 11:00 – Johanna Seeger

  • 23: 8:30 – Janice Brown; 11:00 – Sherry Zier

• Altar Guild: Denise Gamary & Susan Christian

• Counters: TBA

• Slideshow: TBA

• Elders:

  • 02: Robert Hay

  • 09: Chip Gray

  • 16: Dan Falkenstein

  • 23: Robert Hay

• Nursery:

  • 02: Johanna Seeger

  • 09: Marta Weaver

  • 16: Barbara Bower & Diana Hay

  • 23: Denise Gamary​

Attendance

• Saint John Attendance:

  • January 19: 92

  • January 26: 107​

Deaconess Sunday – February 23

• Sunday, February 23 is Deaconess Sunday.

• LWML adopted deaconess: Nicole DeCoux-Manners, studying at Concordia Theological Seminary.

• Donations go in the deaconess basket; congregation is asked to keep her in prayer.​

Welcome / General Info

• Welcome to Interim Treasurer 2025: Paul Gamary.​

• Saint John Lutheran Church

  • 2300 HWY 96, Burns, TN 37029

  • 615-446-2332

  • blessedbythelord.org

• Services:

  • Traditional – 8:30 AM

  • Sunday School – 10 AM

  • Contemporary – 11:00 AM​

Scripture Highlights

• John 3:16 – quoted regarding God’s love and eternal life in Christ.​

• Hebrews 2:18 (NIV): because Christ suffered when tempted, he is able to help those being tempted.​

• 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NKJV): “Let all that you do be done with love.”​

Adult & Youth Studies

• Adult Sunday School – 10 AM – “Nurturing Your Faith: Patient Urgency.”​

• Bible Study – Wednesday mornings – 10 AM – The Book of Hebrews.​

February Birthdays

• Corrine Oliver

• Phyllis Burt

• Sharyn Hill

• Macayla Langsdorf

• Jack Ficken

• Janice Brown

• Laural Hughes

• Martin Seeger

• Alex Wood

• Matthew Zier

• Kirsten Sims

• Allan Langsdorf​

Men’s Group

• Men’s breakfast every Friday – 8 AM at Cracker Barrel.

• All men are invited; feel free to invite a friend.

• RSVP to Jon Collins (615-707-9160) so a table may be reserved.​

Church Flowers / Altar Guild

• New Altar Guild church flower chart located behind the welcome desk.

• Please use a dry-erase marker.​

Christianity 101

• Class introducing Lutheran Christian teachings.

• Started January 26; continues with sessions listed (including February 26 TBA).

• See Pastor Nathan for more information.​

Church Council & “Build Upon the Rock”

• Church Council meeting – Sunday, February 23 at 12:15 PM.​

• “Build Upon the Rock” Celebration:

  • Celebrating 30 years since the church began and 25 years with the sanctuary building.

  • Looking for people to join the “Build Upon the Rock” Celebration Team.

  • Team will fundraise, teach church history, and celebrate as the congregation reaches the community with Christ.

  • Members are invited to consider gifting their time.​

Quilting Ministry

• Mondays – 9 AM–12 PM.

• No experience necessary; benefits the Red Cross.

• Contact: Barbara Bower.​

LWML & Valentine’s

• LWML meeting – Sunday, February 16.

• “Happy Valentine’s Day” greeting in the newsletter.​

Lenten Schedule – 2025

• March 5 – Ash Wednesday (services at 1 PM & 7 PM, with ashes and communion).

• Mid-week Lenten services – Wednesdays, 1 PM & 7 PM (March 12, 19, 26; April 2, 9).

• April 13 – Palm Sunday (Holy Week begins).

• April 17 – Maundy Thursday.

• April 18 – Good Friday.

• April 20 – Easter.​

Lutheran North High School Concert & Hosting

• Saturday, February 15:

  • Dinner at 5:30 PM – LWML providing pulled pork; volunteers needed to bring side dishes.

  • Concert at 7 PM.

• Congregation members are invited to host choir members overnight:

  • Welcome them into homes Saturday night.

  • Provide a light breakfast Sunday morning.

  • Contact the pastor to volunteer.​

Personal Stewardship Witness (Janet Van Doren)

• Reflects on Jeremiah 29:11–13 about God’s plans to give hope and a future, and seeking God with all the heart.​

• Describes being without breathing after a car accident and an EMT reviving her; later the EMT shared that God must have plans for her life.​

• Looks back on a youth without church but with basic decency taught at home, and how a newspaper ad about a Lutheran group starting a church led her gradually to St. John.​

• Recounts being baptized when St. John was still a mission church, signing the charter, helping build the church, and writing Scripture on the studs, realizing God had been leading her.​

• Expresses thanks for a better life, for her daughter Myca, and for understanding God as Father in a similar way to how she loves her child.​

• Signed: Janet Van Doren; note that it was published as a stewardship witness for Saint John Lutheran Church.