News Specific
to St. James
Be sure to read
the information regarding both churches,
and the letter from Pastor Kesting, in "The Country Church Herald" link preceding this link.
St. James Consistory
January 5, 2012
Meeting
was called to order at 6:30
p.m. by President Keith Mauk. Pastor led us in prayer. Members present: Keith M, Wendy H, Mark S, Pastor, John W, Sue
J and Bill Heckmann from Cemetery committee.
Secretary minutes were reviewed and approved with a motion by Wendy H
and seconded by Mark S. Motion
carried. Treasurer’s report was reviewed
and approved with a motion by Sue J and seconded by Mark S. Motion carried.
Building and Grounds
No
problems with roof; wait until spring to make sure everything is ok. Men’s restroom paper towel dispenser will be
replaced with a new one by Bill H. Mark
will talk to LaForce Hardware and have them come back and add sweeps to the new
doors and check the seals around the doors.
Wendy will go ahead and pay for the painting of the new doors. We reviewed the procedures for resetting the
security alarm and the power switches as there was an incident of both going
off in the past month. Mark will rekey
the lock for the shed to match the church doors. A transfer chair was purchased for the church
to be used in case of an injury. Bill
informed us that the Cemetery committee replaced three markers, leveled a few
stones and pressure washed markers this past year.
Old Business
We are
still looking for a new superintendent for Sunday school. All agreed the Christmas program was
excellent. Suggestion box was
empty. Pastor meets with Dr. Christensen
on Jan. 24. Keith reported that the 150th
Anniversary committee has refurbished the corner stone to be placed in the
display cabinet. A motion was made to appoint
Deb LaDuke to the 150th Anniversary committee by Wendy H. Motion was seconded by John and motion
carried. The Consistory will be taking
down the Christmas decorations on Monday, January 9th. Morgan Henschel will handle food collection
for Easter. The annual meeting was
discussed: reviewed the agenda,
treasurer report, membership list and committees. A motion was made by Mark S to approve the
Stewardship budget recommendations. Sue
seconded and the motion was carried.
Church cancellation procedures were discussed and the decision was made
to follow St. Mark’s procedures and utilize the radio stations for
cancellations instead of individually calling each member
New Business
Home
communions were completed. Keith will
contact Chang Seiler of the Korean Congregation to set up a meeting with Chang
and the new pastor. Joint consistory
meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 20th at St. Mark’s at 7 p.m.
Next
consistory meeting scheduled for February 9th at 6:30 p.m. Motion made to adjourn meeting made by Mark
and seconded by Wendy H. Motion
carried.
Sue Johnson, Secretary
St. James Sunday School
The
children are now back to Sunday School after the holiday break. So that we can grow as Sunday School
Christian family and learn more about each other, we are going to be asking
each child to have a special day at Sunday School to share their likes and
other information that they would like to share with the other children. We are very excited to learn more about each
of the children. Thank you to Kari
Ladwig for being a great Sunday School teacher.
We wish her well as she has asked to have another teacher step in for
her class for the remainder of the year.
Therefore, Tanya and Abby Wasmer have accepted to take on the role of
the 3rd and 4th grade class for the remainder of the
year. In addition, Tanya Wasmer and
Linda Lutzke have accepted to remain co-superintendents through the end of the
Sunday School year. If anyone is
interested in accepting the role of co-superintendent for next year, please
contact either Linda or Tanya. It is a
great opportunity to work with the children and be a part of growing in faith
as a Church Family. Please watch for
information on our upcoming Bake Sale, Pick-a-Mint and Raffle along with the
Youth Fellowship Chili Dinner on March 4th. Please mark your calendars.
Linda
Lutze and Tanya Wasmer, Co-Superintendents
St. James 150th
Anniversary Committee
January 25, 2012
The
meeting was called to order with Deb, Keith, Pat, Mary Ann and Pastor present.
The previous meeting minutes/treasurer report were reviewed and approved after
opening prayer.
The
display cabinet has been delivered and all agree it meets or exceeds
expectations with a few small details to be addressed. We extend our sincere thanks to the Lorfeld
family for this generous gift. It’s sure to be treasured for many
generations. Val Jean has completed the
restoration of the cornerstone which will also be displayed in the
cabinet. Mary Ann reports that the
German translation of church records is being continued and various research
for booklet pages is also progressing with much work yet to be completed. Deadlines are quickly approaching and all
congregants are encouraged to submit pertinent photos, articles or anything
else pertaining to St James history to a committee member. Our next meeting is
scheduled for Thursday, February 16 @ 6:30 pm
Pat
Kleinhans, Secretary/Treasurer
St. James – Consistory Officers
After
the Annual Meeting, the Consistory recognized as following: Keith Mauk, President; Wendy Meyer,
Vice-President; Sue Johnson, Secretary; and Wendy Henschel, Treasurer.
Vision of Hope
There
are new Application for Funding forms on the small table at the back of church.
ST. JAMES'
MARCH & LENT USHERS
Rick
& Donna Wippermann, chairs
Ramiro
& Brittany Erives
Roger
& Colleen Lauersdorf
Dave
& Sue Johnson
Michelle
Rabe
Linda
Rozmarynoski
John
& Tanya Wasmer
Dale & Doris Sprenger
ST. JAMES'
FEBRUARY CELEBRATIONS
Birthdays
5 - Valerie Spindler, Mary Ann Vogel
6 - Leone Karstaedt, Jeff Meyer, Jill
Schuette
9 - Kari Langenhahn
10 - Elliot Gumm, Briana Riesterer
12 - Amanda Russart
17 - Everit Gumm
22 - Tom Nye
25 - Myron Hickman, Jason Riesterer
26 - Rieck Beiersdorf, Amy Bodoh, Kiersten
Erives
27 - Karie Ladwig
29 - Eunice Stolzmann
Anniversaries
26 - Bill & Laurie Heckmann
SHARING IN
SYMPATHY…..
Our
sympathy to Gordon Karstaedt and family on the death of his sister-in-law
LaVerne who died on January 14.
Our
sympathy to Cindy Sohn and family on the death of her uncle Bill Kuether on
January 9.
Our
sympathy to Ron Henschel and family on the death of his mother Norma on January
24. Her funeral and burial was at St.
James on the 28th
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