Gabriel’s Horn June 2025

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Upcoming Events

01: Sunday School 10AM-The Great Deceiver-FLC
01: Board of Discipleship Meeting 12:15 PM-FLC
01: Board of Education Meeting 12:15 PM-FLC
03: Ladies Small Group 10:30 AM
04: Bible Study 10 AM Hebrews
04: Small Group 6 PM Community
06: Men's Group 8 AM Cracker Barrel
06: VBS 5:30 PM-8:30 PM
07: VBS 9 AM-12 PM
08: Sunday School 10AM-Nicene Creed-FLC
08: VBS 10:45 AM-11:45 AM
10: Ladies Small Group 10:30 AM
11: Bible Study 10 AM Hebrews
11: Small Group 6 PM Community
13: Men's Group 8 AM Cracker Barrel
15: Father's Day
15: Sunday School 10AM-Nicene Creed-FLC
17: Ladies Small Group 10:30 AM
18: Bible Study 10 AM Hebrews
18: Small Group 6 PM Community
18: Youth Group 6 PM-7:30 PM
20: Men's Group 8 AM Cracker Barrel
22: Sunday School 9 AM-Nicene Creed-FLC
22: ONE SERVICE 10 AM
22: Church Council Meeting 11:15-FLC
24: Ladies Small Group 10:30 AM
25: Bible Study 10 AM Hebrews
25: Small Group 6 PM Community
27: Men's Group 8 AM Cracker Barrel
29: Sunday School 9 AM-Nicene Creed-FLC
29: ONE SERVICE 10 AM
29: Voter's Meeting & Potluck 11:15-FLC
29: Deaconess Sunday *Collecting Donations

Sunday June 22 – One Service

One Service
Sunday June 22
Bible Study 9 AM & Service 10 AM
Council Meeting 11:15 AM

Pastor Nathan will be on vacation &
Rev. Steven Heilmann will be leading the
Worship Service & Sunday School

Sunday June 29 – One Service & Voter's Meeting

Sunday June 29
Bible Study 9 AM & Service 10 AM
Voter's Meeting & Potluck 11:15

June 1 – Meetings Today

June 1
Meetings Today
Board of Discipleship 12:15
Board of Education 12:15

The Elders Among Us

THE ELDERS AMONG US

Feel Free
To reach out to
your elder if
you have any
questions.

Robert Hay
Chip Gray
Dan Falkenstein

Ascension Day of Jesus

Serving Our Lord: June 2025

Greeters
8:30 John Bertalot
11:00 Greg & Karen Stevenson

Usher:
8:30 Tim Bower
11:00 ТВА

Lectors:
01: 8:30 Debbie Jones
11:00 Sheri Langsdorf
08: 8:30 Tim Bower
11:00 ТВА
15: 8:30 Denise Gamary
11:00 Brian Hill
22: 10:00 Jon Collins
29: 10:00 Paul Gamary

Altar Guild:
Phyllis Burt & Sheri Langsdorf

Counters: ТВА

Nursery:
01: Denise Gamary
08: Marta Weaver
15: Linda Scherrer
22: Johanna Seeger
29: Barbara Bower

Slideshow: ТВА

Elders:
01: Chip Gray
08: Dan Falkenstein
15: Robert Hay
22: Chip Gray
29: Dan Falkenstein

SAINTS JOHN

Attendance

May 18: 107
May 25: 104

Christianity 101

Christianity 101
A Class to Learn Lutheran,
Christian Teachings.

Please See Pastor Nathan
for More Information.
Thank you

Sunday School – The Great Deceiver Series

SUNDAY
SCHOOL
the GREAT
DECEIVER
10AM-FLC

NEW SERIES

LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES
VIDEO SERIES
"THE GREAT DECEIVER"

In The Great Deceiver
explore a being so diabolical he
will stop at nothing to
separate us from God.

Bible Study – Hebrews

Bible Study
Wednesday Mornings
10 AM
The Book of Hebrews

Church Info & Service Times

Saint John Lutheran Church
2300 HWY 96
Burns, TN 37029
615-446-2332
Blessedbythelord.org

Service Times:
Traditional 8:30 AM
Sunday School: 10 AM
Contemporary 11:00 AM

Church Council Meeting

Church Council
Meeting
Sunday June 22
11:15 AM

Ladies' Small Group

New York Times Bestselling Author
SHANNON BREAM

THE WOMEN
OF THE BIBLE
Speak

WORKBOOK

The Wisdom of 16 Women and
Their Lessons for Today

FOX
NEWS

Ladies' Small Group
Sisterhood, support, and stories that inspire!

It's not too late to join our vibrant Ladies Small Group
as we delve into the lives and wisdom of
the Women of the Bible through Shannon Bream's
insightful book, "Women of the Bible Speak."

Connect with fellow sisters in Christ every
Tuesday at 10:30 am in the
Family Life Center.

Come when you can – we'd love to welcome you!

Contact Denise Gamary, 615.812.3235,
for more information.

Sunday June 29 – Voter's Meeting & Potluck

Sunday June 29
Voter's Meeting &
Potluck

Time to get out your
casserole dishes, Betty
Crocker recipes, or
choose a dish from your
favorite store selections!

Enjoy time with your
church family!

Sunday June 29 – Deaconess Sunday

Sunday June 29
Deaconess
Sunday

Our adopted LWML
deaconess is Nicole
De Coux-Manners. Please
keep her in your prayers as
she continues her studies at
Concordia Theological
Seminary. Please place your
donations in the deaconess
basket. Thank You.

Slideshow & Greeting Cards

Slideshow Volunteers
Needed for the
2nd Service

Brighten Someone's Day

Greeting Cards

All proceeds go to the
LWML Mite Boxes

Just drop 35 cents in the coin
box and pick your card.

VBS – Yee-Haw

On the Ark, Noah
probably got milk
from the cows.
What did he get
from the ducks?
Quackers!

Friday: 5:30 PM-8:30 PM / Saturday: 9AM-12 PM / Sunday 10:45 AM-11:45 AM

Spend your VBS weekend here at Saint John
for a Yee-Haw good time!

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday June 6, 7, & 8

Youth Group

YOUTH
GROUP

Wednesday June 18 6-7:30 PM

Saint John Men's Group

Saint John
Men's Group

Breakfast every
Friday:
8 AM

Join us for Food,
Faith, &
Fellowship

Join Us
~Cracker Barrel

Feel free to invite a friend.

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

"THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH."
(NEHEMIAH 8:10)

Sanctuary Fern Donations

The Church Council is seeking donations for purchasing four artificial ferns to place in the sanctuary. As the effort to update the sanctuary continues, we are requesting your ideas in making the sanctuary more aesthetically enhanced for worship. We greatly appreciate any help you may offer.

If you are interested, please see Mary Beth in the church office.

If you sponsor a fern, you won't have to water it!

Special Announcements – Quarterly Voters' Meeting Schedule Change

Special Announcements
Quarterly Voters' Meeting Schedule Change

The Church Council has voted to change the schedule for the quarterly voters' meetings. This new change will allow Sunday School to be held and will avoid Pastor Nathan needing to rush to the second service.

This change will be effective beginning with the June 29, 2025, voters' meeting. With this change, the schedule will align with the services held on the fifth Sunday of a month.

Sunday School will begin at 9 a.m. with the church service beginning at 10 a.m. The voters' meeting will follow the church service and will include a potluck meal.

Find Out More About the Nicene Creed

Find Out More About the Nicene Creed

THE LUTHERAN WITNESS

S. ATHANASIUS
DEFENDS
THE FAITH
OF
ONE
SUBSTANCE

Adult Sunday School
June 8 & 15

Pastor Nathan will give special insight to the history of the Nicene Creed as we Commemorate the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea 325 AD.

COUNCILS AND CONVENTIONS
THE NICENE CREED
THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA LCMS CONVENTIONS, AN OVERVIEW

"Seventeen hundred years ago this month, in May of A.D. 325, bishops from across Christendom gathered for the first official council in the history of the young Christian church" (Stacey Eising, editor of The Lutheran Witness).

We Believe – Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

LWML News – Update from Nicole De Coux-Manners

Lois,

Thank you for your note! Indeed, I'm humbled and so grateful for the honor of receiving the Elizabeth Fedde Award - praise be to Jesus! It was quite the unexpected announcement when I found out about it! I'm preparing to fly out to Fort Wayne tomorrow (May 17) for my Final Formation Intensive and commencement ceremony on Friday. My husband will be joining me out there on Wednesday, and then we will return home on Saturday. However, although I'm participating in the commencement, I won't technically graduate until I complete summer quarter which includes my final two-week intensive in July. It's so unbelievable to me that almost two full years have passed since I began this program! It has been by the Lord's strength alone that I have been able to persevere through it with no breaks. Thank you and all the saints at St. John for your generosity, prayers, and support. It has meant so much to me to be supported in prayer by your congregation! I am blessed beyond measure!

You should soon be receiving my commencement announcement. It was important to me that your members could see what their generosity helped to bring about! In answer to your question about internship - because I am a distance student, the internship happens throughout the program within the student's home congregation and other ministry contexts they may serve in. I do serve at Mount Olive Lutheran in Folsom, but I don't foresee them being able to call me. However, I'm happy to serve in whatever way I can with the gifts that the Lord provides. I don't know what He has in store for me on the other side of August 5 when summer quarter ends, but I'm excited to find out!

May He richly bless your endeavors with VBS, and according to His will, may the weather cooperate so that the Gospel can be shared in abundance! I've attached a couple of newer pictures of the (grand)babies. Robin is getting so big, and now can say the common table prayer all by herself! Baby Rhys (pronounced Reese) is growing like a weed and already rolling over! He's definitely ready to start running after his big sister. We are grateful that he was brought into the Lord's Kingdom through Baptism on March 23.

In Christ,
Nicole

We will have our final door collection for Nicole on Sunday, June 29.
Please keep Nicole and her family in your prayers as she gets ready to start summer quarter.

Update from Our Adopted Deaconess Student

Update from our adopted deaconess student, Nicole De Coux-Manners
(Nicole was the recipient of the Elizabeth Fedde Award for outstanding service on May 13 at Kramer Chapel, Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.)

May 'Witness': The Nicene Creed

STACEY EISING
MAY 15, 2025

In May of A.D. 325, Emperor Constantine called together the Council of Nicaea, assembling bishops from across Christendom to settle several matters of controversy. It was the first council of its scope in the history of the church. The council defended Christ's nature as "of the same substance" with God the Father against the heretic Arius. Most of the Nicene Creed, which we still recite in our churches today, was written at the council as well.

The May issue of The Lutheran Witness celebrates this anniversary with articles on the history of the Council of Nicaea, on the biblical foundations of the Nicene Creed, and on how Lutherans view the authority of early church councils.

"We don't 'wink' when we make this confession our own every Sunday in the Divine Service," writes LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison in his monthly reflection. "We do so in the sight of God Almighty, knowing that this is the faith we shall one day confess before the judgment seat of Christ."

For this issue, we have also taken the occasion to discuss the purpose of our LCMS conventions, both district and Synod, and to highlight several notable moments in LCMS convention history, from the early days of the Synod to the theological controversies of the 1970s.

As we reflect on the history of the church and her life together this month, and as we continue through district convention season to prepare for the 69th Regular Convention of the LCMS next July, we benefit from the encouragement of Synod Secretary Rev. Dr. John W. Sias, who writes, "We would be fools to believe that there is nothing out of joint in our Synod today. We need the Word of God to work on us all, to work in love at convincing one another of the truth. God grant that our conventions above all address these matters, after the example of the apostolic church. … May our conventions be [Christ's] instrument, the Word of God reigning in them over us, and all our people doing together the hard work that calls for, and serves, faith" (p. 19).

Visit witness.lcms.org to subscribe and learn more.
Posted May 15, 2025
https://reporter.lcms.org/2025/may-witness-the-nicene-creed/​