Gabriel’s Horn August 2025 | Mid-Month
Upcoming Events
15: Men's Group 8 AM Cracker Barrel
16: Ladies' Lunch *NEW 11:30 AM-Mazatlan
16: Reeves Wedding Reception 2PM-FLC (Harrington Family)
17: Sunday School 10 AM History of Christianity
17: Board of Education Meeting 12:15 PM
17: Small Group 5 PM Exodus Part 1
18: Quilting 9 AM-NOON-FLC
20: Bible Study 10 AM Hebrews
20: Youth Group 6-7:30 PM-FLC
22: Men's Group 8 AM Cracker Barrel
24: Sunday School 10 AM History of Christianity
24: Small Group 5 PM *No Class
25: Quilting 9 AM-NOON-FLC
27: Bible Study 10 AM Hebrews
29: Men's Group 8 AM Cracker Barrel
31: Small Group 5 PM *No Class
Celebration Sunday – August 31
31: Deaconess Sunday
31: SUNDAY SCHOOL 9 AM-Subject TBA
31: ONE SERVICE 10 AM
31: POTLUCK 11:15-FLC Please Bring a Dish
Volunteers Needed
Hello Summer
Enjoy every moment
Host by Yourself or With a Buddy
Refreshments During Fellowship Time
SAINT JOHN
August 2025 – Happy Anniversary!
Frank & Terry Spena
Henry & Lois Deskewies
Jack & Deidre Tyer
New Ladies Luncheon
NEW
LADIES
LUNCHEON
Please join us!
EL MARIACHI MEXICAN RESTAURANT
SATURDAY
August 16
11:30
Serving Our Lord: August 2025
Greeters
8:30 The Bower Family
11:00 The Bower Family
Usher:
8:30 Tim Bower
11:00 Sheri Langsdorf
Lectors:
17: 8:30 Marshall Stark
11:00 Johanna Seeger
24: 8:30 Janice Brown
11:00 Sherry Zier
31: 10 AM Linda Hartmann
Altar Guild:
Susan Christian & Denise Gamary
Counters:
Tim Bower & Denise Waczkowski
Nursery:
17: Linda Scherrer
24: Johanna Seeger
31: ONE SERVICE
Slideshow: ТВА
Elders:
17: Robert Hay
24: Chip Gray
31: Dan Falkenstein
SAINT JOHN
Attendance
August 3: 115
August 10: 120
Christianity 101
Christianity 101
A Class to Learn Lutheran,
Christian Teachings.
Please See Pastor Nathan
for More Information.
See Pastor Nathan if You Are Interested
Youth Group
YOUTH GROUP
Wednesday
August 20
6-7:30 PM
Welcome Back Disco Home School Group
Welcome Back Disco Home School Group!
Open House September 5th
Classes Begin September 12th
Meetings
August 17: Board of Education 12:15
August 24: Council Meeting 12:15
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
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
Bible Study – Hebrews
Bible Study
Wednesday Mornings
10 AM
The Book of Hebrews
Junior Confirmation Class
Junior Confirmation
Class Starts Wednesday
September 3rd
5:30 PM
See Pastor Nathan For More Information
Your child may join if they will turn 13 during this school year
Slideshow Volunteers
Slideshow Volunteers
Needed for the
2nd Service
August 2025 – Happy Birthday Everyone
Sandra Harrington
Tyler Mountain
Jack Brown
Aubrie Nolan
Shelby Waczkowski
Lynette Kleinschmidt
Zack Reifer
Jeannie Will
Theresa Wehman
Lou Anne Wenck
Theresemarie Lombardo
Marcy Lombardo
Celebration Sunday – August 31
Celebration Sunday
August 31
Potluck
11:15 AM
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 School 9 AM
Service 10 AM
Church Email Change
Don't forget we are switching the
church email address to
SAINT JOHN
Church Cleanup Day
CHURCH
CLEANUP
DAY
"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much" — Helen Keller
Thank You to Everyone Who Helped Brighten Our Space!
We Greatly Appreciate It.
"For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you."
Luke 12:30-31
Seek first the Kingdom of God
August 31 – Deaconess Sunday
August 31
Deaconess Sunday
LWML
Our NEW adopted LWML deaconess is Kirsten Home.
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.
Quilting
Let's get quilting!
Quilting
Mondays
9 AM - NOON
No Experience Necessary
Benefits the Red Cross
See Barbara Bower
Blood Drive
GIVE
BLOOD
Please give now!
Monday
September 10th
1PM-5PM
American Red Cross
Member Spotlight – Morgan and Skyler
Morgan and Skyler are from the same general area of Northwest Ohio, about a half hour from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Morgan and Skyler met at an end of the year high school competitive event. Morgan notes "you know the type they just make up to complete the required days by the state even though there is nothing left to do." Further noting that "our moms made us go to school even though we were both going to skip that day. We started talking that day and just never stopped". They were married December 31, 2020.
Morgan has a younger brother and two younger sisters and Skyler has an older brother and a younger sister.
Morgan and Skyler moved to Nashville in 2020 so Morgan could finish her musical education at Belmont University and could pursue a career in music. They moved from Nashville to Fairview in 2023. They resided in Fairview briefly and then moved to Burns at the end of 2023 where we have more permanently settled. They loved their Concordia church family but now live 45 minutes from there. They presently live 5 minutes or so away from St. John's, so Morgan notes "it made sense to develop relationships with everyone here in our local community."
Morgan graduated Belmont University in 2021 with a degree in violin performance. She now does music full time - teaching kids in Franklin, Lobelville, and Burns, performing with orchestras, quartets, country acts, and as a soloist and recording in studio and her bedroom. ☺ She is very interested in learning languages, traveling, studying herbalism, and all things like cooking/baking/holistic health/homesteading.
Skyler was a sheriff's deputy in Ohio and changed careers when they moved to TN in May of 2020. He is now an HVAC Technician. Skyler likes to work out, play video games, and read in his spare time. Skyler is particularly interested in reading books on theology and Christian philosophy.
Morgan and Skyler are both big animal lovers and like to help others out whenever they can.
When asked if there were any biblical figures or bible verses that they identify with or are particularly meaningful:
Skyler notes Dismas is his favorite biblical figure (he was the repentant thief on a cross) because "he is a good example of how we should cling to the Lord despite our past sins and shortcomings." John 11:35 is Morgan's favorite bible verse because "it shows how Jesus is truly in the trenches with us and that it is ok to grieve and feel deeply even if we have the Christian hope of Heaven. God grieves with us."
Please welcome Morgan and Skyler into our St. John family. They are an amazing young couple with many talents and gifts.
Passing of the Pen – Lois Deskewies
Thank You!
Thank you, Lois Deskewies for the many years of encouraging the ladies in the Adopted Deaconess program. You have planted seeds out of love for them and the church.
Church Council
Welcome Debbie Jones as the new correspondent.
Saint John Men's Group
Saint John
Men's Group
Breakfast every Friday:
8 AM
Join Us
Cracker Barrel
Feel free to invite a friend.
Please RSVP to
Jon Collins (615-707-9160)
so a table may be reserved
Church Meeting
Sunday August 24th
12:15 PM
Join us for Food,
Faith, & Fellowship
Fall Festival – October 25
SAINT JOHN CHURCH EVENT FOR KIDS
PARABLES PUMPKIN PATCH
Saturday October 25th
Time TBA
THE SOWER
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
THE WISE & FOOLISH BUILDERS
CHILI COOK-OFF
SILENT AUCTION
FALL FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER
CHILI COOK-OFF
THE SOWER
Kinsman Redeemer Proceeds go to help the Homeless Ministry
Isaiah 43:1
Kinsman Redeemer
Saint John Lutheran Church
2300 HWY 96 / Burns, TN 37029
SILENT AUCTION
BID BID
Ladies Small Group Begins
LADIES SMALL GROUP BEGINS
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2
Tuesdays
10:30 Family Life Center
MATTHEW
Part 1
Greetings!
Meet with your fellow sisters in Christ to dive into this gospel to the Jews. Learn how Jesus Christ fulfilled the ancient prophecies and brought the Kingdom of God to the world.
See Denise Gamary or Karen Stevenson for more information.
Sign-Up in the Narthex
Greeting Cards
Thinking of you
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.
Christmas Market
CHRISTMAS MARKET
St. John Lutheran Church
2300 HWY 70 Burns, TN 37029
November 15
9am-3pm
Door Prizes
Vendors
Bake Sale
Sponsored by St. John LWML (Lutheran Women Missionary League)
LWML Deaconess News
LWML Deaconess NEWS
Welcome
Please help welcome our new adopted deaconess
Kirsten Home
as she starts her new year at Concordia Theological Seminary located in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Her interest in Special Ministries include:
Parish & Congregational
Deaf Ministries
Ministry to those with Disabilities
Foreign Missions
Inner City
Home Church is St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Malcolm, NE
Lutheran Women's Missionary League
LWML
