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6 Pentecost 14 9:15 Adult Bible Study 10:30 Worship & Communion

7 Office Closed 7:30 Men’s Fellowship Breakfast

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8 Office Closed 12:00 Rebekah’s Lunch Bunch

9 Office Open 6:00 Church Council Meeting

10 Office Open 11 Office Open 7:00pm Call to Prayer Event at Goliad Rodeo Arena

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13 Pentecost 15 9:15 Adult Bible Study 10:30 Worship

11:30 Rally Day

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September days are here, with summer’s best of weather,

and autumn’s best of cheer. ~Helen Hunt Jackson

Volunteers for September Currently there will be NO greeters, ushers, offering counters or cookies and fellowship after church as we try to follow social distancing rules set forth by the CDC and our church council. The council will meet periodically to update these guidelines. Please watch your e-mail for updates on the matter or contact the office if you have any questions. If you do not feel comfortable fulfilling your volunteer duties, please ask someone to fill-in for you or contact the office. Thank you. Flowers: 06 Castaneda 13 Power 20 Pospech 27 Barnhill Lectors: 06 Ginia Bruno 13 Travis Lee 20 Merle Otwell 27 Christy Paulsgrove Communion Assistant: 06 Ginia Bruno 20 Wanda Cornish Communion & Paraments: Martha Oehlke

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ST. JOHN’S JOURNAL St. John’s Lutheran Church

251 N. Market St. / P. O. Box 518 / Goliad, TX 77963 stjohnsgoliad@gmail.com / stjohnsgoliad.org

Office Hours : Mon. Wed. Fri. 9:00-4:00 / 361-645-3330

PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER Betty Cullum, Ann Deskin, Carol Donovan, Jeneal Jackson, David Dohmann, Nancy & Wayne Willeford, Cliff Fromme,

Eilene Power, Clayton Lee, Stephen Bauch, Carolyn Patterson

THOSE IN CARE FACILITIES Ruth Baacke, Virginia Zillig, Ray Parr, Vernell Dohmann,

Ruth Gohlke, Willie Belle Grossmann & Milledean Albrecht

PRAYER CHAIN If you added someone to the prayer list, please touch base periodically with updates, the person’s current needs, or

when to remove them from the list. Updates may be made with the prayer request cards or the church office.

Under committee reports, Christy stated that the circles had sponsored a School Supply Donation Drive. The supplies collected were taken to the Elementary campus. Council would like to thank Circle Members and the Congregation for their donations. Under old business, Gary will check on bids to take down the cross outside the church. Sunday School Rally Day is set for September 13th and Sunday school begins on September 27th. Council discussed safety procedures for these two events. Mary Lea will go over our suggestions for Rally Day with Sunday school teachers. Christy will check on safety procedures used for Elementary students and convey that to Sunday school personnel. Council wants to be sure that we have the student’s safety in mind and follow rules that they are using in school. Randy moved and Keith seconded that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried. Meeting was adjourned with the Lord’s Prayer. Respectfully Submitted, Christy Paulsgrove, Council Secretary

Next Council Meeting Will be held at 6:00

Wednesday, September 9th In the Fellowship Hall

St. John’s Lutheran Church Council Meeting Minutes

The church council met on August 12, 2020 at 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Present for the meeting were: Pastor Randy Bruno, council members; Mary Lea Pfenninger, Merle Otwell, Gary Deskin, Randy Riggs, Christy Paulsgrove and Keith Cornish. Church members Tim Westphal and Leslie Zillig were also in attendance. The meeting was called to order by President Mary Lea. Pastor opened the meeting with a prayer. The president called on Tim Westphal for an updated report on the remodel of the church project. Tim reported that three different contractors were working on their bids. He also reported that to update the lighting and dimmers in the sanctuary to LED lighting would add and additional cost of $2,200. Merle moved to approve this update and Gary seconded it. Motion carried. Leslie Zillig addressed the council concerning bids for the camera security system. Gary moved and Keith seconded that we accept the bid from Triple D Security and to include an extra monitor. Motion carried. The previous month’s minutes were reviewed and amended. Christy moved to approve the July minutes with a change regarding Rally Day procedures and Randy seconded it. Motion carried. The treasurer’s report was discussed. Under benevolence report, the Ethiopian Christian Relief fund was not included. Mary Lea will check on the omission. Christy moved that we approve the report with that exception. Gary seconded the motion. Motion carried. The calendar for September was reviewed. The Men’s Breakfast was added on September 7th.

BIRTHDAYS

10 - Keith Cornish 10 - Jerret Rains

11 - Sarah Oehlke 11 - Mallory Shelton 12 - Douglas Franke 18 - Adeline Haak

20 - Helen Jo Janecek

22 - Aubryn Rains 24 - Jack Farquhar II 26 - Kristen Carter 26 - Axton Elrod 28 - Harry Heil

BAPTISM ANNIVERSARIES

1 - Johnnie Hausmann

5 - Kelly Oehlke 6 - Harlan Jacob

16 - Connie Westphal

19 - Glenda Fromme

21 - Cory Billo 22 - Gloria Ara

24 - Donovan Loest 28 - Kristen Carter

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

8 - Dave & Dorothy Hennig 17 - Mike & Eilene Power

19 - Dale & Katie Hoffmann

From Pastor Randy…

14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit." (Matt. 15:14 ESV)

Recently Ginia and I had our number one grandson visit for a few days. (We also have number two and number three grandsons but they didn’t visit.) When it was time for him to go home, we had to drive up just north of Temple to meet with his mom. Then we turned around and drove back. The drive up was fun. The drive back was a little grueling. It went well all the way until we were south of Gonzales. It was there that I got stuck behind a very slow moving 18 wheeler. We came to a spot that I could pass and there was plenty of room even though in the distance a car was coming the other way. I turned on my turn indicator, passed the 18 wheeler, turned on my turn indicator again and came back into my lane. As far as I could tell all was fine, that is until I passed the car going the other way. This driver was upset. I could not see his face but I could definitely see his hands as he was using them both to make rude hand gestures at me. And I have to admit I was surprised and shocked as I could not understand what I had done wrong in his opinion. Very shortly after seeing this irate driver I looked in my rear view mirror and found that the pickup that had been on my tail behind the 18 wheeler was now right back on my tail in front of the 18 wheeler. And then I understood the anger of that driver. There was plenty of room for me to pass, but there was not enough room for the truck behind me to pass too. And he had passed at the same time I did. He had followed my lead even though it was the wrong decision for him to make. And oddly enough, that same pickup stayed right on my tail all the way to Cuero.

Date Attendance Collected

July 26 27 $1,475.00

August 2 49 $3,990.01

August 9 30 $2,815.00

August 16 54 $7,529.00

August 23 34 $920.00

ATTENDANCE & OFFERING REPORT

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

~ 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 ~

SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT

Rally day is set for September 13th. We ask that only the children and their families attend this

year in order to help us social distance.

Classes plan to resume after Summer on September 27th. Safety procedures will be in place and masks will be provided for those children who do not have one. You may contact the Sunday School Director, Dorothy Foerster, with and questions

at 648-4368.

CROSS TRAILS MINISTRY RETREATS

Check out these upcoming Fall Retreats!

Friends & Family Labor Day Retreat Families, singes and couples

September 4-7

Confirmation Retreat Youth in grades 5-8 and an adult from their church

September 25-27

Women’s Fall Craft Retreat Adult women get-away craft weekend

October 23-25

Upper Elementary Advent Retreat Youth in grades 3-5 and an adult from their church

December 4-6

Family Advent Retreat Families, Singles and couples

December 4-6, 11-13, & 18-20

For a full description of retreats and to register visit www.crosstrails.org or contact Cross Trails Ministry at

830-257-6340 or info@crosstrails.org

Campership financial aid is available.

Well that incident got me to thinking. I wondered if the truck behind me was being a bad follower. Or was I simply being a bad leader even though I didn’t even know I was leading. Either way it did make me consider that we as disciples are always leading. What we do, what we say, how we handle ourselves, and how we treat others make a difference. We are commissioned with leading others to Christ, yet we can easily lead others astray. It takes forethought and perseverance to act as the disciple you are. We have to put the will of God before our own, which is not always easy to do. We are not a Lone Ranger Christian living life as we see fit. The reason is that others see us too. We are part of the body of Christ and as such take part in presenting Christ to the world. It is not a task we should consider lightly. I want to be clear though that we cannot make decisions for others. In other words not all will choose the right path even if we lead; some will, some won’t. As sad as it is, many will be responsible for their own fate in making bad choices. We just have to continue to lead the right way. And let the ones who want to pass an 18 wheeler in the wrong place live with their own decisions. God’s Peace, Pastor Randy

3 For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me;

(Ps. 31:3 ESV)

THANK YOU!

Dear St. John’s Lutheran Church: We at the Goliad County Outreach thank you for your

continued support to our cause. We sincerely thank you for the $1,250.00 donation in July. Donors and volunteers

make this job easy. Sincerely,

Tony Kouba, President

Dear St. John’s Lutheran Church- Thank you for the generous donation made to support

our work. Every day we have people calling and coming in who need help to stay in their homes. For many of them, it’s a new and very scary experience. We are thankful to be able to help because of the generosity of people like

you. Please accept my sincere thanks. -Ginny Stafford, Mid-Coast Family Services

A huge thank you to

everyone who donated school supplies! Along with those supplies a $140 gift was given to this project that the

WOSJ used to buy more supplies for the 2020-2021 school year. The

staff was very apprecia-tive of our generosity.

The Goliad County Ministerial Alliance will be hosting a Call To Prayer:

a gathering of Goliad's Christian community united in prayer for God's mercy, guidance and restoration.

Please join us at the Goliad County Rodeo Arena, September 11, 2020 at 7:00PM

WOSJ NEWS The WOSJ will begin meeting again in September! If you have any questions please contact your circle

leader or Kelly Oehlke @ 645-2098.

Martha Circle Tuesday, September 1st @ 9:00

Program: Margie Dreier

Rebekah’s Lunch Bunch Tuesday, September 8th @ 12:00

Devotion: Eilene Power

Sarah Circle Wednesday, September 16th @ 6:00

Devotion: Lavon Meyer

September Projects: Teacher Appreciation will be rescheduled for another date, because of the virus pandemic, no cookies can

be delivered at this time.