BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH

JUNE 2024

WORD AND WORSHIP

LIVING ON THE VINE

‘I am the vine. You are the branches. Those who live in me SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE CLASS
while I live in them will produce a lot of fruit. But you can’t 10:30 am in the Fellowship Hall
produce anything without me.”
John 15:5
By saying that believers live in him and he lives in them, Jesus is making
it clear that Christianity is not something we put on externally. We
don’t put it on like clothes. We don’t adopt it as a new lifestyle that
focuses on our own efforts, as do those who practice a holy lifestyle LADIES BIBLE STUDY
they have invented themselves. Rather, Christian faith is a new birth 10:30 am
brought about by God’s Word and Spirit. A Christian must be a new
person from the depths of his heart. Once the heart is born anew in
Christ, these fruits will follow: confession of the gospel, love, obedi-
ence, patience, purity, and so on.

In this passage, Christ warns his disciples that they must remain in his WEDNESDAY BIBLE CLASS
Word. Remaining in the Word leads to genuine, newborn Christians. 10:00 AM
These true Christians produce much fruit. They guard themselves from
the teaching that perverts God’s Word and that tries to make grapes
from thistles and thorns. This will never happen, however, because
each kind produces its own kind. Even if you teach about, strive for,
and pile up good work, your nature won’t change. You must first pos-
sess a new nature. You won’t accomplish anything by striving and ex-
hausting yourself.

The two types of works remain vastly different. The one type of work is
produced by human effort, while the other grows naturally. The works
we make up always require us to strive harder, but they never do as
well as natural growth. In contrast, natural growth stands, moves, lives,
and does what it should naturally. So Christ says, “All other human
teaching cannot succeed because it instructs people to make up works.
But if you live in me, as natural branches live on the vine, you will cer-
tainly produce good fruit.”

Martin Luther Through Faith Alone:

365 Devotional Readings
From Martin Luther, Copyright: 1999
Concordia Publishing House
 TAKE IT TO THE LORD IN PRAYER

For the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

-here, there, and everywhere-
through the word and deeds of
ALL God’s people.

PRAYERS FOR STRENGTH AND HEALING

Our nation and People of Ukraine, Israel
Christians - return to the Bible
Joey & Rachel Mello - pregnancy complications
Marilyn Engelken - Bob’s sister, recovering after a fall
Carol Geisler - health concerns
Preston Pooumbus - friend of the Lane family, cancer
Jack Neuzil - Kate & Alex Mullins grandpa, health concerns
Hosea - relative of Gail Pitts

OUR ADOPTED MILITARY:

Nick Beagley (Bretscher)
CONTINUING HEALTH ISSUES:
Roy Anders, Stan & Dorothy Barsky, Frances Bell, LeRoy & Fran Ettling, John Folkerts, John Morgan
PRAYERS FOR OTHERS:
For the homeless in the Bridgeton area. For our missionaries who serve the Lord in foreign lands. For persecuted
Christians around the world. For innocent civilians trying to survive in war-torn areas. Those who serve in our nation’s
armed forces and our Government leaders. For God’s grace that we may have the desire to love our enemies and pray for
those who persecute us.

“FEED THE HUNGRY”

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5th
At 9:00 am
Needed: donations of fruit, loaves of bread, individually
wrapped chips & snack items
Please have all donations brought to the church kitchen before
Wednesday
Especially needed are people to help assemble the lunches and
drive to St. Patricks!
 CALENDAR OF EVENTS—JUNE 2024

1 S Expansion Church (FH) 3pm 21 F (Church office Closed)

Narcotics Anonymous 7 pm Narcotics Anonymous 7 pm

2 SUN SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:00 am 22 S Expansion Church (FH) 3pm

Bible Study/Sunday School 10:30 am Narcotics Anonymous 7 pm

3 M (Church office Closed) 23 SUN SUNDAY SERVICE 9.00 am

Bible Study/Sunday School 10:30 am

4 T Board of Dircetor’s Meeting 7:00 pm 24 M (Church office Closed)

MEMORIAL DAY

5 W BIBLE STUDY 10:00 am 25 T ELDER’S MEETING 7:00 pm

6 TH CHAIR YOGA 10:15 am 26 W BIBLE STUDY 10:00 am

VBS MEETING 6:30 pm
7 F (Church office Closed) 27 TH CHAIR YOGA 10:15 am
Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 pm VBS Meeting 7:00 pm
8 S Expansion Church (FH) 3pm 28 F (Church office Closed)
Narcotics Anonymous 7 pm Narcotics Anonymous 7 pm
9 SUN SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:00 am 29 S Expansion Church (FH) 3pm
Bible Study/Sunday School 10:30 am Narcotics Anonymous 7 pm

10 M Church office Closed) 30 SUN SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:00 am

Bible Study/Sunday School 10:30 am

11 T

12 W BIBLE STUDY 10:00 am

13 TH CHAIR YOGA 10:15 am

14 F (Church office Closed)

Narcotics Anonymous 7 pm
15 S Expansion Church (FH) 10 am - 5 pm
Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 pm

16 SUN SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:00 am

Bible Study/Sunday School 10:30 am
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
FOOD SUNDAY
17 M Church office Closed)

18 T
19 W BIBLE STUDY 10:00 am

20 TH CHAIR YOGA 10:15 am

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER
 WORSHIP SCHEDULE JUNE 2024

Serving: June 2nd Serving: June 9th

ALTAR FLOWERS: Harry & Regi Grodie ALTAR FLOWERS: Dennis & Cher Niehaus; celebrating
ALTAR GUILD: Marilyn Sims; Linda Wehmeyer 44th anniversary
ELDER: Darin Gittus ALTAR GUILD: Marilyn Sims; Linda Wehmeyer
COUNTER: Dan & Marie Woodcock ELDER: Darin Gittus
FELLOWSHIP: Beautiful Savior COUNTER: Sally Lane & Rebecca Wegman
MUSICIAN: Kay Kinder FELLOWSHIP: Dan & Marie Woodcock
GREETER: Ellen Sims MUSICIAN: Anita Tissi
READER: Pastor Ostermeyer GREETER: Sharon Leriche
SOUND & LIGHTS: Tim Decker; Bob Mullins READER: Bill Kipp
USHER: 1 SOUND & LIGHTS: Tim Decker; Bob Mullins
USHER: 2

Serving: June 16th Serving: June 23rd

ALTAR FLOWERS: Beautiful Savior ALTAR FLOWERS: James & Christine Foelsing;
ALTAR GUILD: Marlene Muraski; Kathy Leonard celebrating their anniversary
ELDER: Bob Mullins ALTAR GUILD: Marlene Muraski; Kathy Leonard
COUNTER: Jo & Abbey Sundermeyer ELDER: Bob Mullins
FELLOWSHIP: COUNTER: Jo & Abbey Sundermeyer
MUSICIAN: Kathryn Crumrine FELLOWSHIP:
GREETER: Marilyn Sims MUSICIAN: Kay Kinder
READER: Bill Crichton GREETER: Dan & Marie Woodcock
SOUND & LIGHTS: Tim Decker; Bob Mullins READER: Dennis Niehaus
USHER: 3 SOUND & LIGHTS: Tim Decker; Bob Mullins
USHER: 4

Serving: June 30th

What about that Blessing Box?
ALTAR FLOWERS: Dan & Marie Woodcock; celebrat- Maybe you’ve noticed the new box in the front parking lot with the
ing Marie’s birthday words; “Blessing Box” and “Take What You
Need; Give What You Can” and have won-
ALTAR GUILD: Marlene Muraski; Kathy Leonard
dered where this came from. During Covid,
ELDER: Bill Crichton Paul & Pat Koebbe (Bridgeton residents)
COUNTER: Mila Thomas; Marilyn Sims made this box as a way to help folks strug-
FELLOWSHIP: Sally Lane; Rebecca Wegman gling to feed their families. It was previously
MUSICIAN: Elizabeth Kusterer located at a church in St. Ann but it needed
GREETER: Harry & Regi Grodie to be relocated and we are happy to have it
READER: Pastor Ostermeyer here! Help keep it stocked with non-
SOUND & LIGHTS: Tim Decker; Bob Mullins perishable food. Personal hygiene items are
USHER: also needed.
 CONGRATS TO BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR MEMBERS ON THEIR SPECIAL DAY

JUNE BAPTISM JUNE BIRTHDAY JUNE

REMEMBRANCES REMEMBRANCES ANNIVERSARIES

Darin Gittus 06/05

Jamie Foelsing 06/05 Tom & JoAnn Hopkins
David Wilson 06/06 06/10/1961
Joshua Mische 06/06
Greg Meaux 06/12 63 yrs
Amanda Moore 06/11
June Hahn 06/30 Don & Janice Templeton
Darlene Neil 06/13 06/12/1965
Tim Decker 06/18 59 yrs

LeRoy Ettling 06/19 Dennis & Cher Niehaus

06/13/1980
Bill Kipp 06/24
44 yrs
Stephen Barry 06/30
James & Christine Foelsing
Marie Woodcock 06/30
06/22/1991
33 yrs
 The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is working with the Lutheran

To learn more,
2024 support the work in
Ukraine and help
those
affected by this
war, visit lcms.org/
ukraine.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

JULY 15 - 19 FROM 6:00 PM - 8:45PM
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Rev. Tim Ostermeyer

Secretary:
Lisa Sylvester
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor:
Sharon Leriche & Beautiful Savior
members
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Phone:
314-291-2395
Web page:
www.bslcms.org