the feast of the Holy trinity

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church  †  Bingen

Missouri Synod

The Reverend John Dreyer, Pastor                        Worship  8:00 am & 9:30 am / Wed. 6:30 pm

Mrs. Leanne Busick, Director of Music                               Summer Bible Class  Wed. 7:30 pm

Mr. Keith Dicke, Youth Director                                                             Parish Hall  639-6244

Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School                                    Pastor 701-0001/Church  639-6178

Mr. Lowell Timm, Principal                                                                           School  639-6177

The Feast of the Holy Trinity

7 June 2009

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Regarding participation in the Blessed Sacrament of Christ’s True Body and Blood:  Because oneness at the altar presupposes oneness in faith and doctrine, we expect that all who commune at the Lord’s altar are members in good standing of an LCMS congregation. We ask that all who commune register on a communion card. All visitors should state their home LCMS congregation. First time visitors please speak to Pastor Olson. Individual cups for those desiring them are available as you approach the altar.

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In our prayers  Fred Berning (Harborside), Bob Peters, Richard Bultemeier, Herb Mailand (Woodcrest), Gert Deister (Woodview) and Mary Scheumann (Townhouse Retirement Center), Xavior Palacios, Marie Hobrock, Sherrill Peters (sister-in-law of Bob and Jeanette Peters) and Betty Schroeder (sister-in-law of Jean Uffelman and Jeanette Peters. We celebrate with Gary and Barb. We mourn with David and Connie Embler on the passing of his father Louis Kolostermann. Our soldiers: in Afghanistan - Erich Roberts (brother of seminarian’s wife Emily Ottmers); in Iraq – Jason Sauer; Katie Tedeschi in Japan; Casey Holt in San Diego, CA; Garry Murdock, Jr. at Harrogate, England; Deb Chappel (daughter of Phil and Evie DeBolt) at Fort Sill, OK; Matthew Owen (nephew of Kevin Selking) at Camp Legune, NC; Daniel Ulman (grandson of Roger and Fay Koenemann) at Bremerton, WA; Nathan Shelton (grandson of Bob and Ann Thorn) at Camp Pendleton, CA and Chaplain Daniel Gard, in Louisiana. Shut-ins: Evelyn Aumann, Tom Aumann (Woodcrest), Velma Zelt (Regency), Deanie Holle (Concord Village), Donna Conrad (Huntington), Margaret Scherer (Village of Heritage) and Geraldine Buuck.

FLOWERS    are given today to the glory of God in celebration of Gary and Barb Comer’s 40^th wedding anniversary by Bret, Stephanie, Cassidy and Austin.

Calendar of the Week

Today                      8:00 am   Matins - 9:30 am  Divine Service with Baccalaureate for Bingen
                                                  High School Graduates

                          11:00 am–1:30 pm    First Sunday Brunch at Seminary

TUESDAY          6:00-8:00 pm   Adult Catechesis Class

WEDNESDAY           9:00 am   Ladies Aid Quilting

                                   6:30 pm   Midweek Divine Service

                                   7:30 pm   Decatur Circuit Forum at Bingen

THURSDAY               8:00 am   Thrivent

                                   7:00 pm   Wyneken School Board Meeting

Sunday                   8:00 am   Divine Service - 9:30 am  Matins

                                 11:00 am   Confirmation/New Member Recognition Congregational Dinner

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Attendance last week:                8:00 am  (143)                          9:30 am  (152)                              Wed.  (35)

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hospitalization/ outpatient If you or someone in your family is scheduled to go into the hospital or outpatient for any reason or is being released from the hospital, please call Pastor Dreyer at church or 701-0001 (Decatur). Due to HIPPA Laws hospitals will not contact us-so you must.

THANK YOU  to all the people that sent us cards and on our 60^th wedding anniversary.
                                                                                                           Dick & Jean Bultemeier

THANK YOU  to Pastor and members of St. John for your prayers, thoughts, cards and visits. Praise ye the Lord; praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the firmament of His power.
                                                                                                                      Gertrude Deister

THANK YOU  from the Macke family for cards, gifts prayers and all the help everyone donated for the fundraiser dinner. See the complete thank you posted in the parish hallway.

SUMMER BIBLE CLASS  has begun and follows services each Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm and will continue until sometime in August (no class on Wednesday, June 10, see note regarding Circuit Meeting). Bring your family and friends. All ages are welcome and encouraged to attend. Watch the newsletter and bulletins for further information.

adult catechesis classes are being held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00-8:00 pm. All members wanting a refresher course are also welcome to attend.

CONFIRMATION/NEW MEMBER RECOGNITION DINNER    Sunday, June 14, at 11:00 am honoring new members, this year’s confirmation class along with the classes of 1919 (90 years), 1924 (85 years), 1934 (75 years), 1939 (70 years), 1944 (65 years), 1949 (60 Years), 1959 (50 years), 1969 (40 years), and 1984 (25 years). Everyone is invited to attend. Please RSVP by Sunday, June 7, to Alicia Kneuss (724-8529), Kathy Krey (724-9554) or Glena Rhymer (547-4712). Sponsored by Thrivent Financial.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL  will be July 6–10; 6–7:30 pm. Volunteers are needed to help with classes, snacks and crafts. If you can share your talents that week, please contact Jim Butler (724-7025) or the church office. IMPORTANT We need an approximate number of children in order to have enough materials. Please sign up the names and ages of children on the form with the deacons, email or call the church office by June 8.

DECATUR CIRCUIT PASTOR AND DELAGATE MEETING  on Wednesday, June 10, after the service there will be a meeting and presentation on proposed restructuring of the synodical structure in the parish hall. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

CANCER PADS We will not be making any cancer pads in June we will resume in July.

DOGS AND SUDS DONATIONS       Ladies Guild is again having “Dogs & Suds” at Hoagland Days June 18-20.                                 Donations needed are Eckrich hot dogs, cans of regular A&W root beer, monetary donations and volunteers to help at the booth are needed. If you can donate items or help at the booth please call Jean Lepper (639-3170), Evelyn Aumann (724-4431), Virginia McIntosh (639-3221) or Fay Koenemann (724-7207). Place donated items in the Ladies Guild Room.

LWML    Indiana District LWML is going electronic. Information will be sent out via email. If you would like to receive information, please see Lea Ann Fifer (623-3166) for a form that needs to be completed and signed.

LWML CONVENTION  is June 25-28 in Portland, OR. Registration was in the winter quarterly.

LWML TREATSHOP    This year’s Treatshop will be held at Carmel Lutheran Church, Carmel, IN, on August 15, 2009. All ladies of the church are invited.

COUPLES CLUB    will be camping at Kember Lake, Roanoke, Indiana; Friday, June 26-Sunday, June 28. If you are interested in staying overnight or visiting for the day, call Karen and LeRoy Hartman at 639-3775.

LUTHERAN STUDY BIBLE The new Lutheran Study Bible is available to preorder from CPH. A sample booklet with selections from the new bible and the pricing for all styles is available to preview in the church office. Stop by and check it out.

TREASURY OF DAILY PRAYER CPH  has announced a ½ price sale, the regular edition $49.99 is now $24.99 and the deluxe edition $79.99 is now $39.99. Orders can be placed at 800-325-3040 or online at http://tiny.cc/K5x4n.

SCRIP   Remember Scrip when planning for Graduation parties and gifts as well as any gatherings you may be planning. If you frequent Sam's Club, Walmart Scrip can be used there just like cash, along with your membership.

WYNEKEN SCHOOL BOARD  meeting will be Thursday, June 11, at 7:00 pm. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Chicken BBQ   on Father’s Day Sunday, June 21, from 10:30 am-12:30 pm. Cost $5/half a chicken. The Class of 2010 is selling pre-sale tickets through June 14.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED   for the annual Wyneken cleaning day on Saturday, June 27, starting at 8:00 am. This once a year project is to clean light fixtures, classroom furniture (not student desks) and walls where finger prints accumulate. Bring an 8’ ladder, bucket and rags. The more volunteers we have will help make this a quick project. RSVP by Tuesday, June 16, to Alan Zimmerman at 724-6815 or alpazimmerman@adamswells.com.

BUILDING CLOSED   Wyneken will be closed from July 1-August 1, for floor waxing.

THRIVENT    Meetings are on the second Thursday of each month except Saturday, August 15 and Saturday, November 14. They are at 8:00 am at Adams Memorial Hospital.

RELAY FOR LIFE    starting June 26 through noon June 27, at Adams Central football field. Thrivent will be serving hot sandwiches, potato salad, fruit and desserts on Friday from 4:00-9:00 pm. Please join us for walking, eating and fellowship.

MEN OF SONG CD   Their 2^nd CD can be purchased from Norvin “Snorty” Bultemeier (after church or call 260-417-3516). The CD consists of 27 numbers (15 general throughout the church year favorites and 12 Christmas season hymns) and costs just $10 with the profits going to Worship for Shut-Ins. Get a copy to take on vacation or summer drives.

THIS 'N THAT   Lutheran Home-Auxiliary BBQ Chicken Dinner (Dinner Theatre at 5:30 and 6:30 pm), Friday, June 12, 3:00-7:00 pm. Tickets are $6.50/presale and $7/door, see June Krauss or Virginia McIntosh. Trinity Lutheran Church-(on Decatur Road) All You Can Eat Pancake Brunch on Sunday, June 14, from Noon-1:30 pm. Cost: Adults/$6, children (5-12)/$3 and 4 and under are free. Hoagland Days Festival-Thursday, June 18-Saturday, June20. CTS Grand Ol’e Lutheran Fellowship (GOLF) Outing-Saturday, June 20, begins at noon at Noble Hawk Golf Links, Kendallville. Requested donation is $85, which covers green fees, cart and a catered dinner. Contact Nancy Embler at 452-2162 or Nancy.Embler@ctsfw.edu.

The Feast of the Holy Trinity

The Old Testament  +  Isaiah 6:1-7

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

The Epistle  +  Romans 11:33-36

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

The Holy Gospel  +  John 3:1-15

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.”