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📄 Download PDF Version THE EAGLE St. John’s Weekly Newsletter July 19, 2026 Here is something that almost every person reading The Eagle can agree with: it’s no fun to wait. It’s a fact! Very few of us like waiting in line. It doesn’t take much of a special circumstance to remind us of this.…
📄 Download PDF Version “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.” Mt 13:43. ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) JULY 19, 2026 EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401 www.stjohnsLCMS.net 217-342-4334 office@stjohnsLCMS.net Pastors: Rev. Mike Burdick & Rev. Trey Dille Preschool: www.eaglesnestpreschool.com Proclaim the Christ.…
📄 Download PDF Version My Sheep Hear My Voice “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me,” Jesus said. (John 10:27) Discipleship is hearing and following. Sunday through Saturday. But we’re lambs who have wandering in our DNA. Following the Good Shepherd is hard for us. But not too hard…
📄 Download PDF Version St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) “Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress… it shall make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.” — Isaiah 55:10–13 July 12, 2026 — Seventh Sunday after Pentecost 901 W. Jefferson Ave., Effingham, IL 62401 217-342-4334 |…
📄 Download PDF Version Pastor’s Message This painting sold at an auction in New York in 2017 for $81,000,000. What makes it special? Well, first and foremost, it’s the person who painted it. The painting is called Laboureur dans un Champ, which translates to Worker in a Field, and it was painted by Vincent van…
📄 Download PDF Version I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.Psalm 145:1 ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) JULY 5, 2026 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401 www.stjohnsLCMS.net 217-342-4334 office@stjohnsLCMS.net Pastors: Rev. Mike Burdick & Rev. Trey Dille Preschool: www.eaglesnestpreschool.com Proclaim the Christ.Grow…
📄 Download PDF Version A Word from Pastor Dille Last weekend, the sermon text was the Psalm of the day — Psalm 91. You might remember singing the hymn On Eagle’s Wings, the verses of which come from Psalm 91. The Psalms have been a particular focus of mine for the past couple of years.…
📄 Download PDF Version Fifth Sunday after Pentecost — June 28, 2026 Divine Service Four “But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit …” — Romans 6:7a Welcome to St. John’s We welcome you to God’s…
