Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 7:30 Men’s Fellow-­ship Breakfast

2 9:00 Martha Circle

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7 Pentecost 2 9:15 Sunday School 10:30 Worship & Communion

8 VBS 8:30-11:30 am

9 VBS 8:30-11:30 am 12:00 Rebekah’s Lunch Bunch 6:00 Council Meeting

10 VBS 8:30-11:30 am

11 VBS 8:30-11:30 am

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14 Pentecost 3 9:15 Sunday School 10:30 Worship

15 42 Party 2-4:00 pm

16 17 6:00 Sarah Circle

18 19 20

21 Pentecost 4 9:15 Sunday School 10:30 Worship & Communion

22 Newsletter Deadline

23 24 25 26 27

Parish Hall Rsv’d All day—Karnei Birthday Party

28 Pentecost 5 9:15 Sunday School 10:30 Worship Hausmann Twins Baptism

29 30

“From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised.” ~Psalm 113:3

VOLUNTEERS FOR JUNE 2015 If you are unable to serve on the Sunday you are scheduled,

Please make arrangements to switch with someone else on the list then please notify the Church office,

so that we have the correct names in the bulletin. Thank you!

ACOLYTES 07 Addison McKelvey 14 Lane Schneider 21 Mackenzie Billo 28 Mallory Shelton LECTOR 07 Merle Otwell 14 Lavon Meyer 21 Cory Billo 28 Renee Stroman USHERS Head Usher Marshall Henson, Dave Hennig, Martha Oehlke, Margie Dreier GREETERS 07 Kathy Cullum & Martha Oehlke 14 Margie Dreier & Cindy Shelton 21 KD Cullum & Keith Cornish 28 Carol Bayer & Allene Bethke COMMUNION ASSISTANT COMMUNION PREPARATION 07 Gloria Billo Betty Albrecht 21 Steve Paulsgrove OFFERING COUNTERS CHANGE PARAMENTS Wanda Cornish & Merle Otwell Ginia Bruno ~ Green COOKIES FLOWERS 07 Dorothy Hennig & Martha Oehlke available 14 Kim Schneider & Sherry Gloor Heil 21 Cristy Billo & Mackenzie Billo Otwell 28 Lynette Henson & Renee Stroman Stroman/Borth

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1 – Cristy Billo 4 – Olivia Riggs 6 – Shelby Allen 11 – Gloria Billo 12 – Shirley Atwood Kathy Cullum 14 – Tim Cornish 15 – Casey Scherer 16 – Joyce Baecker 17 – Amy Westphal 19 – Ruth Gohlke Lucas Meyer 23 –Kelley May Randy Riggs 24- Cryston Fromme 26 – Laurie Smith Nancy Willeford 27 – Rex Franke 30 –Addison McKelvey Justin McKelvey Michele McKelvey

BAPTISM ANNIVERSARIES

HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

2 – Lyle & Wanda Schendel

5 – Joe & Laurie Smith

26 – Terry & Lisa Castaneda

Erald & Betty Albrecht

29 – Trey & Jennifer Schrade

8 – Jake Henson

Bryan Sullins

Jason Sullins

11 – Mackenzie Billo

Mallory Bruns

15 – Amanda Koehler

Lee Meyer

17 – Tara Otwell

20 – Chelsea Carter

Harlan Jacob

22 – Kelsey Schuenemann

23 – Alton Oehlke

Justin Pfenninger

25 – Ashton Karnei

26 – Betty Albrecht

Paul Otwell

27 – Taylor Otwell

Wayne Willeford

30 – Edna Mae Riggs

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Steve Paulsgrove Those in Care Facilities:

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St. John’s Journal ~ June 2015

St. John’s Lutheran Church 251 N. Market St. P. O. Box 518 Goliad, Texas 77963

Church Office: 361-645-3330 Email: stjohnsgoliad@g ail.com

WOMEN OF ST. JOHN’S Martha Circle Sarah Circle June 9 @ 9:00 am June 17 @ 6:00 pm Program: Margie Dreier Devotion: Renee Stroman

Rebekah’s Lunch Bunch June 16 @ 12:00 Noon

Devotion: Sherry Gloor

Meeting 6:00 PM

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tables and present it to the Council on or before the July BBQ. Kitchen Needs: It was brought up from the ladies in the kitchen that a larger stove with 5 burners was needed. Mary Lea was asked to get prices for a stove as well as look into the purchase of a refrigerator with no freezer for the kitchen. The refrigerator need has also been brought up by the Funeral committee in the past. Organist Salary: The Council would like to commend the service we have had from Eilene Powers. Her dedication and service to St. John’s is to be applauded. It was brought to the Council’s attention that she has not received a well-deserved raise in a number of years. Marshall moved and Mary Lea seconded that Eilene’s salary be raised to $800 and this also includes four Sundays off during the year. Motion carried. Pastor reported that he would not be here on June 31st and Pastor Ron Walter will be the replacement. Pastor requested that there be improvements to the driveway at the parsonage. It is in desperate need of a load of gravel. Mary Lea moved and Christy seconded that gravel be purchased not to exceed $500. Motion carried. With no further new business, Marshall moved and Harry seconded for the meeting to adjourn. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned by President Mark Stroman with the Lord’s Prayer at 7:00PM. Respectfully submitted, Mary Lea Pfenninger

Vacation Bible School

June 8-11. 8:30-11:30 am.

Age 2-5th grade.

Older students are welcome to be helpers.

Contact Christy Paulsgrove or Cynthia Barnhill for more

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Other churches and guests are

Welcome!

WOSJ Unity Meeting Minutes May 19, 2015

The Women of St. John’s held their Unity Meeting on May 19, 2015. Mary Lea called the meeting to order. Pastor opened with prayer. Christy of the Sarah’s Circle gave the devotion, “Be Wise Like the ants. The ants follow each other and the people follow God”. The sign in roster was passed around, there were 8 people present. The offering was collected in the amount of $34.00 and will be donated to Oromo Christian Fellowship Mission Church in Houston. The minutes from the March meeting were reviewed. Christy moved to accept the minutes, Ginia seconded it. The motion carried to accept the minutes. Sherry went over the treasurers’ report. It was moved to accept the report by Ginia and seconded by Margie. The motion carried to accept the report as given. OLD BUSINESS Sherry read thank you cards from Goliad Elementary and Middle School, Water Missions International , United Campus Ministry and Joyce Jones. Ginia and Christy reported on the Spring Women’s Gathering for the South Texas Mission District. They said it was very moving and spiritual. It will be held next year in Three Rivers, Texas. Mary Lea reported on Teacher Appreciation Week. It was reported that the teachers enjoyed the cookies and she thanked everyone for participating in that. Mary Lea brought up the idea for the Ladies Day Out, to attend “Shrek”, a musical held at the Victoria Theater on Saturday, August 1. Mary Lea will check on the price and get back to us. Everyone was in agreement with that idea. NEW BUSINESS The next Unity Meeting will be held July 7 at 6:00 p.m. Mark your calendars as this is not the standard meeting date. Pastor Randy reported to us that the Women of the NALC Annual Gathering will be held in Dallas at the Airport Hyatt on August 12. He encouraged everyone to attend. If anyone is interested in attending, please contact Mary Lea or Pastor for more details. The Joint Polka Service will be held on July 26. Mary Lea will contact

Property: Minor repairs have been made to the property. Christy asked that the property committee be available to help prepare the Sunday school rooms for Vacation Bible School. Mark also volunteered the Adult Sunday School class to help out in the endeavor. Men of St. John’s: 20 men were present at the May breakfast. Fellowship and bible study have been enjoyed by all. Women of St. John’s: Mary Lea reported that 3 ladies attended the Mission District meeting in Victoria. It was an inspirational and uplifting day. The Ladies Day out has been canceled and will be rescheduled this summer. The Honor’s Day will have two honorees. Sarah Circle is in charge and it is a 5th Sunday so it is also a potluck. Pew Cushions: The cushions will be commissioned this week and will be ready on or before the Polka Service. Sound System: The contract has been signed. A 10% down payment was authorized. It was asked that the system also be installed on or before the Polka Service. Mother’s Day BBQ. The Council would like to commend all who volunteered at the pits and in the kitchen, especially the mothers who worked on their “day”. You sacrifice is greatly appreciated. NEW BUSINESS: BBQ Area needs: The men at the pit have asked that we consider purchasing a stainless steel table to be placed in the pit area. It will be more sanitary and more efficient using one of these instead of a table from the parish hall. Council asked Walter Pfenninger to get prices for the

St. John’s Lutheran Church Council Meeting May 12, 2015

The regular meeting of the Council held on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 was called to order at 6:00 PM by President Mark Stroman. Members were present were Marshall Henson, Harry Heil, Mary Lea Pfenninger, Mark Stroman, Christy Paulsgrove, and Pastor Randy Bruno. A quorum was established. OLD BUSINESS The Minutes were reviewed. Harry moved and Marshall seconded for the April minutes to be approved. Motion carried. The treasurer’s reports were reviewed and discussed. The calendar for June was reviewed. There was no mail to be acted upon. Committee reports: Altar and Communion: Wine needs to be purchased. Mary Lea will do this. Cemetery: It has come to the attention of the Council that there have been complaints about the mowing. Mary Lea reported that the cemetery committee wants the congregation to understand that with the abundance of rainfall this spring, that it has been difficult finding a dry day to mow as well as the grass has been growing at an alarming rate. The committee is doing the best it can to keep up with the mowing. We ask for your understanding in this matter. We are doing the best we can under difficult circumstances. We thank you for your understanding and patience.

Runge church ladies to see if they would like to work in the kitchen. Christy said the Sarah Circle will meet and finalize the plans for Honors Day Dinner on May 31. Christy reported on Vacation Bible School which will be held on June 8 -11. She has teachers, kitchen ladies, craft supervisor, music volunteers lined up with wonderful ideas in place. Dona-tions were given at Circle Meetings for VBS and given to Christy to use for supplies. Our project for the month of July is to collect food for Goliad County Outreach with Martha Circle in charge. Our project for August is for each Circle to collect school supplies and have them at the church by August 16 as that will be the Sunday they will be blessed. Sarah Circle is in charge of the project. Also in August we support the Wesley Nurse Project with more details to follow at next meeting. There is a Pot Luck meal on August 30th with Rebekah’s Lunch Bunch Circle in charge. Mary Lea reported to us that the new church pew cushions were ordered and should be in place for the Joint Polka Service on July 26. Christy suggested we contact Ministerial Alliance to see if anyone would have use for our old cushions. Mary Lee suggested that maybe the Oromo Mission Church in Houston could use them. Mary Lea reported that as representation for the church council she will be checking on a new stove for the kitchen with possibly a smooth glass top with 5 burners and a convection oven. It was reported that we are in the need for more burners when we have special functions. Also she will be looking into a new refrigerator for the kitchen with a larger capacity. LaNell reminded Mary Lea to check consumer reports to make sure that it has a good rating as a lot of the larger refrigerators do not have good ratings. With no further business, the meeting was closed with The Lord’s Prayer. Respectfully submitted, Sherry Gloor, Assistant Secretary

“The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person

brings evil things out of an evil treasure.”

~Matthew 12:35

I read a good book a while back that had a very interesting premise. A group of investors, a couple of hundred years ago, formed and bound themselves to a common cause; their intentions though were somewhat suspicious. They put a good amount of money into businesses that they knew would give guaranteed great returns for a long, long time. As the years went by, someone from each family of the original investors would be chosen to succeed the previous one after they died. It was all very secret; they could not even tell other family members about it. Those chosen became very rich. – The ones in the secret group called themselves ‘the list’.

The author came up with an intriguing idea. What would life be like for us all if the relatives of our past had provided completely for our future? Indeed, what would the world look like if everyone alive now had been provided for by someone in the past? – Wait a moment, I forgot that not everyone would be chosen. Only one person from each family would be able to be part of the list. So therefore some of us would inherit greatly and the others would just be out of luck. It makes good sense when you consider that those rich ones would need the

rest of us to serve them. – Still, like the lotto, we might like the idea enough to be willing to gamble on being the one to be chosen.

If that idea intrigues you, then consider the view of another author. This one wrote a best seller, it is called the Bible. He too made a good investment and left a tremendous inheritance. From what I understand, there is even a list of names. If you read this book, though, you find out that the intentions of this author are not suspicious at all. And there is nothing secret about it. As a matter of fact, he wants you to tell not only your family, but everyone about it. And if you are worried about becoming rich, you will be pleasantly surprised because he has redefined what it means to be wealthy.

His premise, by the way, is that he is a relative of yours who cares about your future. Although he is from your past, he also wants to be an active part of your present, and a highly involved part of your future. Even though his riches are more vast than your imagination, he is willing to give you more than your fair share and all the while serve you. If you take a close look around you will find what he has already given you. Why? Because he has already chosen you, just ask him. And you do not even have to gamble on receiving this inheritance; you do though have to believe. – By the way, it is the only guaranteed investment you can get in this world.

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal;; 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven…” ~Matthew 6:19-20a