N E W S O F P E A C E

Peace Lutheran Church, Steeleville, IL

2013

Reflections from the Pastor:

The Book of Job

The adult bible study at Peace has begun a Lenten study of the book of Job. What follows are reflections from the first session of the class. If you would like to join us you are welcome. And if you want to follow our study I will be posting articles about Job on my blog periodically - http://pastorduncansblog.blogspot.com/

Why do bad things happen to good people? This is at the heart of the entire book of Job. This is a question that is asked in culture after culture, from the dawn of time. We noted that there are pre-Job stories that come from the ancient Sumarians, Babylonians, Egyptians and on and on. Samuel Balentine notes in his comprehensive commentary: “For as long as men and women have walked this earth, they have shared the journey with someone, somewhere, named Job.” Gerhard Frost notes that the story of Job “…is my story, your story, every person’s story.”

There have been a variety of ways to respond to the presenting question – why do bad things happen to good people? One very common explanation, which we find throughout the bible, is what we would call “Retributive Justice.” A simpler way of putting it is that this is the “Santa Claus” theology of “if you are good you will get good things; if you are bad you will be punished.” Unfortunately life doesn’t seem to work like that. Retributive Justice is well represented in the Book of Job by the three friends, but ultimately the book of Job rejects this understanding.

It is a very common understanding however. In my own life and ministry, especially during my time as a hospital chaplain, I was often confronted with this understanding. When I was about 13/14 I was working in a lumber yard and the foreman (and my boss) told me a story about a young man who was killed in a horrific car accident. This young man had become a “born-again” Christian a few months earlier but this had not changed his life-style. Johnny suggested that God did this to him as punishment. This terrified me at the time, but now almost 50 years later I look back in disgust at the way this story was told to a child. It was manipulative and it is also simply untrue. I do not believe that God causes horrific things to happen on purpose in order to punish. I do not believe in retributive justice.

As I said above, retributive justice is well represented in the book of Job. The bulk of the body of the

text consists of the three dialogues (and there is the Elihu speech as well) during which the three friends

strongly and uncompromisingly maintain their belief in this theology. “You must have done something wrong,

Job!” Job maintains his innocence and the dialog becomes more heated and rather nasty by the end. Ultimately

the book of Job rejects retributive justice.

Does the Book of Job actually answer the question? No, it does not. It rejects the simplistic approach

that would ascribe reasons for the tragedies of life and simply affirms the promise that God is present with us in

the midst of those situations. We live in a fallen world and “bad things,” death and darkness are a part of that

world. But this world is nevertheless the world that God loves and into which God sent His son, Jesus. Jesus,

the Son of God and God Incarnate who experiences the bad and evil and darkness of the world first hand and

who redeems it from within through his resurrection on the third day. As real as the “bad things” are – as real

as death and darkness and pain and suffering are for us, God’s steadfast presence with us in the midst of those

situations along with the promise and assurance that they will not have the last word.

This moves us towards Good Friday and Easter as well. Good Friday is an affirmation and experience

of the reality of the darkness and Easter celebrates the light that has and will destroy the darkness. These

symbols of light and darkness are a powerful part of our worship for those days. But, they must be experienced

together. In order for us to be able to fully understand Good Friday, we need to experience Easter; and in order

to fully enter into the celebration of Easter we need to go through the darkness of Good Friday. Together these

liturgies bring the story of God’s love and redemption through Jesus into our story.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ March Worship Schedule:

March 2/3 – Lent III – We continue our Gospel readings from Luke 13:1-9 which includes the parable of the Vineyard. Our Old Testament lesson is the beautiful prophecy of Isaiah 55. Holy Communion will be celebrated at all services and the adult choir will sing on Sunday.

March 9/10 – Lent IV – Our Gospel lesson from Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 includes the parable of the Prodigal Son. Our Old Testament lesson is from Joshua 5:9-12. Julie Posth will preach and Holy Communion will be celebrated at both services.

March 16/17 – Lent V – Jesus is anointed during a stop in Bethany, much to the annoyance of his disciples in our Gospel text from John 12:1-8. Our Old Testament lesson is from the prophet Isaiah 43:16-21. We will celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion and 10 of our young people will receive their first communion.

March 23/24 – Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion – We will celebrate the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday with the traditional procession of Palms which will begin outside the front of the church. The service will also include the reading of the Passion of St. Luke Holy Communion will be celebrated at all services.

Wartburg Parish Lenten Worship

The focus this year is “Facing the Cross”

Wednesday Afternoon Lenten Services

All afternoon services held at Peace, Steeleville - 12:30PM

Wednesday evenings during Lent at 7:00 – Rotating Schedule:

March 6 at Peace, Chester – Facing Our Worldliness

March 13 at St. John’s, Bremen – Facing One Another

March 20 at St. Peter’s, Wine Hill – Facing Suffering

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LOOKING AHEAD TO HOLY WEEK

March 28 – Maundy Thursday 12:30 pm – Holy Communion

7:00 pm - Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar

March 29 – Good Friday Tenebre 12:30 – Service of Shadows will commemorate the death of our Lord.

5:15 – Journey to the Cross – A Children’s Good Friday Service –

We will meet in the parking lot behind the church. The service begins outside.

(In the event of inclimate weather we will meet in the Fellowship Hall).

7:15 pm – Service of Shadows will commemorate the death of our Lord.

March 30 - Holy Saturday - Service of Prayer and Silence 6 pm – A prayer service of waiting and watching – commemorating the Burial of Jesus.

This is not an Easter service – it is a service of prayer – waiting and watching. If completed this service will be held in our new chapel.

March 31 - Easter-

6:00 am Easter Vigil with the First Eucharist of Easter 7:00 am Easter Breakfast

8:15 am Sunday School/Adult Forum/Easter Egg Hunt For preschool through 6th grade

9:30 am Easter Festival Communion Service

Journey to the Cross – A Children’s Good Friday Service The story of Jesus’ crucifixion and death is the cornerstone of our faith and the services that mark Jesus’ Passion and Resurrection are the center of our yearly worship calendar. In order to fully appreciate Easter we must experience Good Friday. But Good Friday services can sometimes be too late and too scary and dark for younger children. So in order to provide our children with the opportunity to experience this important and central story we are pleased to offer a special Good Friday service specifically for children, of all ages. If the weather is nice we will meet outside at the back entrance to the church and then we will proceed to experience the story by moving from station to station as the story is told by Pastor, Julie and from some of the participants themselves – Simon Peter, Pilate and Simon of Cyrene. We will eventually conclude the service in the Sanctuary as we will then prepare to wait for the celebration

of Jesus’ Resurrection on Sunday. We will have some things to give the children to help them remember the story. Please plan to bring your children and children bring your adults to this special and unique experience of the story of the Passion. (In the case of bad weather we will begin in the Fellowship Hall). If you have questions please contact Pastor Duncan.

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FLOWER CHART Remember there will be no flowers during Lent. Do not forget to sign up for flowers for the

remainder of 2013. The chart is in the basement by the piano. Soon we will have Easter Lilies available for “In memory of” or “In honor of”.

Morning Prayer continues every Wednesday morning at 9:00 AM in the sanctuary.

Adult Bible Study – In March we will continue our study of the Book of Job. It is not too late to join us. We meet on Wednesday mornings at 9:30 AM in the library. All are welcome.

Adult Forum – will continue its year long study of Martin Luther. We will conclude our look at Luther’s important theological insights with some discussion of

the “Two Kingdom’s Doctrine” (March 3). Then we will look at Luther’s mistakes. Finally we will move into a study of the Small Catechism.

Chapel Update Several months ago the council approved setting aside the Noah’s Ark room (the room right at the entrance to the back portion of the building) to be converted into a Chapel.

The room has been cleaned out and the property committee is in the process of installing new lighting, insulation and painting. When this is complete we will move some furniture that has been made especially for the chapel by Marvin Gielow. At that point the chapel will be ready to use and will be available for our Holy Saturday service on March 30 (hopefully) and for members to use to have a quiet place to come and pray. More news about the Chapel will be forthcoming in our April newsletter.

Grief Class –

It may be hard for you to feel optimistic about the future right now if you’ve

lost a spouse, child, family member or friend. You may have found that there aren’t many people who understand the deep hurt that you feel. GriefShare, a Grief Recovery Support Group, is a faith-based program designed for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Each 12 week session includes a video, support group discussion and a workbook-based personal study and reflection. As part of a GriefShare group you will discover there are people who understand your hurts, emotions and painful experiences. You’ll learn helpful, practical information that will help you recover from the pain of grief and loss. You’ll have the chance to talk about your experiences. You’ll have a workbook for personal study and to write down things you’ve learned. You’ll discover hope for the future. The Wartburg Parish is happy to offer this program. The class is held in the Library of Peace Lutheran Church, Steeleville the first three Thursday evening each month; each session will begin at 7:00 pm. The cost of the workbook is $15.00 – if you are unable to pay that amount, please speak to your Pastor. For more information or questions, please call Debra Rathert at 618/318-2026.

Our next Fun Night with Friends is scheduled for Sunday evening, March 17th at 6:30 pm. If you enjoy pinochle, chicken-foot dominoes, or

other fun games, come and join us. Take this opportunity to invite a friend or neighbor. Everyone is welcome.

The Women will be working on quilts in the parsonage from 1:00 – 3:00 pm on the 1st and 3rd Thursday each month. Everyone who can help is greatly appreciated. Call

Lela Shemonic at 965-3407 for information.

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Food Pantry I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the volunteers who keep this Pantry running.

We have 33 very dedicated women from all of the churches in our area joining together to staff the pantry. It

gladdens my heart to know that just as poverty and hunger cross all lines of society, so does kindness and generosity.

We continue to receive very generous donations from individuals and

organizations. I was very surprised to receive a donation from the Father-Daughter Dance hosted by the Seeds of

Steeleville. What a great way to enjoy family and community while teaching the

importance of service.

ADDRESS CHANGES:

Bern Haertling, 503 South Park Ave., Steeleville, IL 62288

Fred & Joyce Karsten, 2304 NW

195th

St., Edmond, OK 73012

DEATHS:

Our sympathy goes out to the Melvin

Wilson Family on the passing of Melvin

on Feb. 10th

at Memorial Hospital in

Chester. Funeral services were on Feb.

14th

at Peace Lutheran and burial was at

Paradise Cemetery in Steeleville with military

graveside rites under auspices of Kaskaskia VFW

Post #3553.

On behalf of the American Red Cross of the Little Egypt Branch; we would like to thank both the youth

group along with their leaders, and the congregation. Your generous donation of stuffed animals and blankets will help comfort the fire victims in our area. Thank you, volunteers John and Peggy Roberts.

The nation returns to daylight savings time on Sunday, March 10th. Remember to set your clocks AHEAD one hour on Saturday night when you

go to bed so you'll not be late for worship on Sunday Morning

WELCA NEWS

The next business meeting

of the Women of the ELCA will be

Tuesday April 16th at 1:30 PM.

Hostesses for that day are Lydia Hartel and Pauline

Lakeman. The service project for March and April

is collecting items for the book in a basket Easter

gifts for local children in need in the community.

We have plenty of baskets and grass left from last

year. The parish WELCA ladies will be filling

plastic eggs with small candies at their March 7th

meeting. Items needed this year are small christian

books and small toys or small stuffed animals, age

and gender appropriate. Coloring books and crayons

would also be welcome. A box will be placed in the

fellowship hall for donations.

At our February meeting, we began making

plans for the joint spring gathering of the southern

conference Women of the ELCA and Lutheran Men

in Mission which we will host at Peace on

Sunday April 28th beginning with registration at

2:30 pm. Pastor Duncan will have opening

devotions, and Marilyn Knop will provide music for

the worship service before the men and

women have their separate meetings. We will be

serving cookies and coffee during registration

and serving a meal after the event. Since we are a

small group, we may request help from other

ladies at Peace, and or the parish WELCA ladies.

Quilt tying continues on the 1st and 3rd

Thursdays each month from 1 to 3 pm. Come see

what we do, and stay to help if you would like to do

that.

MISSIONARY TRIP Our new congregant, Nancy Stewart, is part of Hands of Hope Foundation in Liberia, West Africa. She works in an area one hour

from Monoria in the Weala District. Nancy works with the medical/surgical providing care to all who request it, usually approximately 2000 people. Hands of Hope also provides an education team, church development, and crusade team. They have started 7 new churches in the last 2 years. Please keep Nancy and this mission team in your prayers.

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The Prayer Chain is back up and running. We can alert anyone on the list in a matter of minutes by using the media of their choice. Most

of our Prayers choose Text messaging with E-mail coming in 2nd and phone calls the least. This works so well since texting and e-mail can be done as group messages. Please consider joining this group and encouraging others as well. Only prayer request or emergency information, ie; church closings, are sent on the list. This is a great way to connect folks to each other and share our lives as a church family. There are no rules as to how much or little info is needed, just a request for a friend or a detailed explanation is fine. Thank you to Vicky Wathen, Marlene Rathert and Tracy Parker for their work on keeping this going.

Below are the contributions for the month of January. (thru February 24th )

$5,221.17 is needed weekly to meet our budget Date Weekly Offering Received Year Needed Year Difference Year

To Date To Date To Date 2 & 3 $4,811.25 $33,622.65 $26,105.85 $7,516.80 9 & 10 $5,286.88 $38,909.53 $31,327.02 $7,582.51 16 & 17 $4.960.00 $43,869.53 $36,548.19 $7,321.34 23 & 24 $5,797.00 $49,666.53 $41,769.36 $7,897.17

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First Communion The time has come for our 4th and 5th grade youth to take an important step in their faith journey, receiving the Sacraments

of Holy Communion for the first time. First Communion will be on Saturday night, March 16th 6:00pm service and Sunday, March 17th at 9:00am service. Congratulations to: Andrew Froemling, Connor Haertling, August Higgins, Harrison Higgins, Kaylee Luehr, Caleb Martin, “Gage Roberts, Adelaide Rubach, Alayna Sauerwein, and Alexis Sauerwein,

Thanks to the Wednesday All-Stars for the wonderful “Alleluia” banners. We buried them for Lent at worship on the Feast of the Transfiguration and we look

forward to “digging them up” on Easter Sunday!

Wednesday All Stars It’s hard to believe it’s March already and Lent is already here. As we have

several different denominations represented, it has been interesting talking about Ash Wednesday and Lent. We have decided we will add something to our lives for lent, to remind us of the gifts we’ve been given. Each one of us will add an act of kindness and generosity to our day. We are practicing for our Spring Musical which will be May 11th this year. The All Stars will join with the Sunday School Choir to Present “The Troubbable of Zerubbabel”. Put it on your calendar now, so you don’t miss it! You will start seeing information and request for items as we begin working on Wilderwood Service Dog Project, as well. On Wednesday Feb. 27th, Tammy from Wilderwood will come and spend time with the All Stars, explaining how important this service is. Maybe she will even bring a “friend” with her! Family Night is March 20th this month. Remember, everyone is welcome to enjoy dinner with the All Stars. Just let the church office know how many are coming so we have plenty of good food!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! The dates have been set! Vacation Bible School will be held June 17 -21. We know it

seems early but plans are already underway. As always, we will need lots of help. If you are interested in volunteering in any capacity, please let Melinda Raby (559-1749) or Michelle Gremmels (615-3535) know.

Youth News Trivia Night – Saturday, March 1st starting at 7:00pm. It is $80 per table=8 person maximum. Prizes for the top 3 places and there will be a silent auction. Food and drink are available for purchase. To reserve a table or for more information call: Cheryl Salger (615-3135), Lynette Holliday (201-2201), or Melinda Raby (559-1749)

SCHOLARSHIPS

Applications are

being received for the

Herman and Esther Trede

Scholarship. This scholarship

is available to anyone attending a Lutheran

college or seminary.

Applications are also being received for

the Peace Lutheran Church Scholarship. This

scholarship is for anyone attending college. It

does not have to be a Lutheran college.

Applications and information for both

scholarships are available in the church office.

Pick up a form soon. Deadline to apply is May

1st.

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1 - Lori Grimes Walter Joost Chad Mahnken 2 - Deanna Davis Kathy Ruebke 3 - Ron Bierman Taylor Cottom Margaret Knop Gary Moonier Chad Mulholland Prentiss Wilson 4 - Michele Rheinecker 5 - Dave Eaton Tristan Loucks Bradley Mevert Kevin Wilson 6 - Carl Martin Rodney Rohlfing Heather Wilson 8 - Brianna Williams Karen Boor Heather Hood Brianna Husemann Zachary Knop 9 - Katheryn Heires Lindsay Mueller 10 - Charlene McDaniels Pastor S. Blake Duncan 11 - Lloyd Bollmann Braden Meyerhoff Jim Wilson 14 - Jonathan Barbour Clayton Donagher Jaylynn Hepp Peyton Hepp K.R. Koeneman 15 - Michael Forsting Ashley McCurdy 16 - Morgan Bockhorn Roy Finley Terrin Krantz Jeff Roberts 17 - Dale Ernsting Debra Farris Justin Hodge Carrie Moonier

18 - Larry Ruebke 20 - Julie Bierman Judy McSmith Steven Wydeck 21 – Colton Hartmann Ione Sykes 23 - Alex Bixby Ralph Dunlap Dot Gemmill 24 - Julie Bockhorn Linda Kueker 25 - Elizabeth Theobald 26 - Richard Behnken Camden Davis Val Eaton Vickie Gross Dennis Schnoeker, Jr. Lewis Witbracht 29 - Jennifer Barbour Kyle Hill Jamie Klausing Chelsy Kumke Bobby Ruby Blake Ruebke 30 - Evelyn DesRocher Clarence Kurwicki Donna Parker 31 - James Bixby Roger Krantz

4 - David & Cindy McDonald Ryan & Mary Zeigler 6 - Charles & Donna Herring 9 - Scott & Janice Knop 14 - Bradley & Suzanne Allard 17 - Clarence & Doris Kurwicki 30 - Lawrence & Janice Bockhorn 31 - Carl & Amy Eggemeyer

It is important that wherever they are stationed, at home or overseas, they know that their service to our country is appreciated and they are not forgotten. Pray for their safety and God’s blessing on their service and pray for their families. Remember these members, friends and neighbors of our congregation and community who are on active duty:

Sgt. Robert Balmer, Jr.,

USAF

Lt. Col. Kurt Bergo, USAF

Trenton Brown, USMC

Christopher Burris - US

Navy

Kyle Hill, US Navy

Chad Howard, USMC

Tony Kimbrough, USAF

Jared McCormick, US Army

(Son of Pastor Jim

McCormick, former

intern at Peace Lutheran)

Ethan Pierce, USMC

Sgt. Jeffrey H. Roberts,

USMC

The above list is the men and women we know that are still in the military. If there is someone that should be added to the list, please let us know and we will put them on the list. Thank you very much for your help of updating our list.