Announcments for early January

• Sun. Jan.3- Mite box Sunday
• Sun. Jan.3- 2010 officers instillation

Need a ride to church? Call 678-3312 to have someone bring you to church and return you to home afterward.

Remember to pick up your 2010 offering envelopes in RM 101

Save & return your copies of Portals of Prayer to be recycled

Annual reports for 2009 are due to the church secretary, Linda Kuhlman as soon as possible

Congratulations

Missionaries Brent & Eugenie Friedrichs were blessed with the birth of their son Alexander "Zander" Nicholas Josia Friedrichs on Dec. 29, 2009 in Jos, Nigeria. God's blessings to the family and to Grandma & Grandpa (Nadine & Don) Friedrichs.

Baptism

Nessa Lynn Hedstrom, daughter of Noah Hedstrom and Mahanaim Peterson was baptised in a private service on Dec. 20, 2009 at St. John Luth. C.O.

Christmas Special Events Schedule

• 5 pm Wed. 12/16- Sunday School Program Practice before Avent services
• 9-11 am Sat. 12/19- Sunday School Program Practice
• 6:30 pm Sun. 12/20- Sunday School Program
• No Confirmation classes Wed. 12/23
• 6:30 pm Thur. 12/24 Christmas Eve Service
• 9 am Fri. 12/25 Christmas Day Communion Service

This Week

WEDNESDAY 12/16

• 3:30pm Confirmation Class
• 5:00pm Practice for Sunday School Christmas Service (1st-8th grades)
• 6:45pm Carol Singing
• 7:00pm Advent service followed by LYF refreshments
• 8:00pm Elders' meeting
  

SATURDAY 12/20

• 9:00-11:00am Practice for Sunday School Christmas Service (all)

SUNDAY 12/21

• Weekly Sunday Morning School/Worship
  
• 6:30pm  Sunday School Christmas Service

Tune in

Listen to these Lutheran radio programs on KDSN in Denison (http://www.kdsnradio.com)

• 6:25am Mon-Sat 'Thy Strong Word' hosted by local circuit pastors KDSN 107.1 FM
  
• 6:30am Sundays 'The Lutheran Hour' KDSN 107.1 FM
• 5:30pm Sundays 'Woman to Woman on KDSN 1530 AM
  

Pointsettia Time

If you would like to help decorate our church for the blessed Christmas season with pointsettias either in memory or honor of a loved one, now is the time. We have & will purchase different sizes of pointsettias so we are asking for a $7 donation. Please sign up in the church office- if you would like a plant after the Jan. 3rd worship service, please mark it when you sign up.

Dear members and former members

There is some interest in having a blog to provide announcements, schedules and news for St. John, Charter Oak. Because of this, I decided that rather than merely letting this site lay fallow, we should start using it.

I know that even with the 125th anniversary behind us, there are plenty of "Charter Oak diaspora" out there with lots of memories about St. John Lutheran Church, Lutheran School, Noah's Ark Preschool, LYF, LWML, LLL, Pastors and Vicars. I would like to offer this blog as a touch-stone for you to thank God for how He has worked in your lives and to reconnect in fellowship with your friends, family and brothers and sisters in Christ.

Please send me any pictures or stories you'd like me to post and I will get on it right away.
Contact me at ted.mallory-at-gmail.com




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Decorated for Advent

Thank you to all the volunteers for their annual decorating job of the church sanctuary this year.

Rally Day 2009

St. John in Charter Oak hosted Vacation Bible School the week of July 19. Gadget’s Garage was a fun, week-long adventure for over 65 children!

During the week students met a teen genius named Gadget who spent lots of time tinkering in his garage workshop, creating unique inventions out of old items found around the house. His latest and best was a friendly and wacky robot named Gizmo.

Gadget and Gizmo’s adventures introduced kids to five incredible Bible stories that showed the wonders of God’s world, His indescribable love in Christ, and His unshakable Word in the Bible. Gadget helped kids remember that God’s Always Doing Great, Exciting Things through Jesus, our Savior and Lord!

Confirmation 2009