The Lutheran Hour is broadcast weekly and may be heard on Sundays
on WGN, Chicago 720AM at 6:00 a.m.; WMT, Cedar Rapids 600AM at
6:30 a.m.; KCHA, Charles City 1580 AM at 7:30 a.m.; KWAY, Waverly
1470AM at 8:00 a.m. and KXEL, Waterloo 1540AM at 9:30 a.m. The
Lutheran Hour message for next Sunday is "Come and See" Speaker:
Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus. Jesus says to those who have overlooked or
undervalued Him, "Come and see." (John 1:50-51)
Woman to Woman can now be heard Sundays at 7:00 a.m. on KXEL,
Waterloo 1540AM. The message for next Sunday is Boundaries with Adult
Kids. It took her son's criminal behavior for Allison Bottke to establish
boundaries with her adult son. Her book, Setting Boundaries with Adult
Children, tells how to stop enabling your child by setting limits for your
emotional, fiscal, and legal safety.
Offering envelopes for 2009 are located on the table in the gathering
area. If you don't have an envelope, but give regularly (whether you are
a member or not) we would like to offer you an envelope, please
contact Nick Anderson or the church office and let us know.
All voting members of the congregation are urged to attend the Annual
Meeting today at 11:30 a.m. Several important items are on the agenda
including the election of congregational officers and the 2009 operating
budget. If you are not a voting member, but would like to be, please talk
to Pastor Wegener or Tim Gamble.
The February Newsletter Deadline is this Monday, January 12. Please have
all information and articles to the church office by noon on Monday.
Game Night: Join us at 7:00 p.m. this Friday, for Game Night. Bring your
favorite board/card game and a snack to share. See you there.
Next Sunday, January 18, is the date for the Welcome Back Potluck.
Drinks and table service will be provided by the Adult Bible Study
members, hosts for the meal. College Hill family members are asked to
bring two dishes to share. Single members are asked to bring one dish.
We are looking for Christmas cards that have the manger scene on
them. This could be any depiction of the manger with or with out the
whole family. If you have cards that you received and no longer wish to
keep please bring them to church and put them in the box on the table
in the gathering area.
Outreach Idea Mark 1:4-11: John the Baptist, as important as he and his
work were, resisted the temptation to make a name for himself, but rather
pointed to the One who was greater than he. Faithful witnesses do not
seek glory for themselves but rather point to Jesus, the true and onlybegotten
Son of God and Savior of the world.
Today's Sunday School: The Baptism and temptation of Jesus served as
the lesson focus for Sunday School this week. Jesus is baptized into and
takes on our sin, and faces our temptations so we, in Baptism, would
receive His goodness, His holiness, and His purity. Parents could ask, "Why
is it important that Jesus was baptized? Why is it important that we are
baptized?"
Building Healthy Families: Are you a "cool" parent? You aren't if you
have heard something like this from your teen: "But my friend's parents let
her stay out past midnight; why can't you be cool like them?" The goal of
parenting is not to be "cool". The goal isn't even for your kids to like you
all the time. It is to teach responsibility, character and faithfulness to living
as God's children. Don't give up your role as parent just to be "cool"! It
will pay off in the long run. Lutheran Family Service of Iowa -800-622-7285
Stewardship Thought: Romans 6:1-11: Stewards live in a special fellowship
with God because of the death and resurrection of Jesus. This new life by
God's grace involves using all that are and have to honor God and bless
others.
"Life Quote" "We lose more babies through abortion every year than the
total fatalities in all of the wars in which we have ever participated,
commencing with the French and Indian War and including the
Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American
War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War I, and Gulf War
II. What's wrong with religious people who are not making this their
paramount issue?" Dr. Richard Land, president of The Ethics & Religious
Liberty Commission This "Life Quote" is from Lutherans For Life -
www.lutheransforlife.org.
