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Greetings in the name of Christ!  September is once again here, and I   love all of the activities that go along with this time of the year.  Often this is also the time

of the year that we see more people back in the routine of worship and Sunday School and Bible class.  I  so look forward to seeing each of you in worship and the study of God’s Word.  In this day and age with so many things pulling on our time, it is good to reflect on why we worship. One reason is God commands us to remember the Sabbath day by keeping in holy.  But a better reason why we worship is in thanksgiving for what Christ did for us through His death and

resurrection to give us forgiveness of our sin and eternal life. We gather to worship, to celebrate, and to praise our God for who He is and what He has done for us.  We worship to grow and be strengthened as we live in this sinful world.  I  love how Paul reminds us that we are living in spiritual warfare.  Consider his words to the Ephesians where he wrote, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” (Ephesians 6:10- 13 NIV)

I  also am reminded of this illustration that said, “Subject: Why Go to Church?   If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this! If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it. If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!    Why Go to Church?    A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. Tve gone for 30 years now,’ he wrote, ‘and in that time I  have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I  can't remember a single one of them. So, I  think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.’   This started a real controversy in the ‘Letters to the Editor’ column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:  Tve been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I  cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I  do know this... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I  needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I  would be physically dead today.  Likewise, if I  had not gone to church for nourishment, I  would be spiritually dead today!’ When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!”  (-Unknown)

I  pray that you look forward to gathering around God’s Word in worship and I  pray that as His people at St John Lutheran Church, we would be excited and encouraged to share the love of Jesus in our daily lives.  May we ever know Christ and seek to make Him known.   God’s blessings to you as you worship Him and witness to those around you.

In Christ,

Pastor Jeffrey D. Geske

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Our Sunday  school would love to have you

 and your child or grandchild

to be a part of learning more about the 

love and forgiveness of Jesus.

Please  make  the  study  of  God’s  Word  

a  priority  for  you  and  your

family. A church that is growing is a church that is in God’s Word.