2024: The Year of Rest
Memory Verse: Hebrews 4:9
“So then, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God.”
Welcome to 2024: The Year of Rest. Our focus in 2024, is to receive and to practice God’s sacred gift of rest.
Live Stream Worship: St. John's live streams its worship each week. You DO NOT have to be a member of Facebook or join in order to watch the service. Thank you to those who keep working to improve our online worship.
Council asks the congregation to pray for our current and newly-elected officials, that they may serve with discernment and integrity.
Sunday, April 21st will be Pastor Stacy’s last Sunday before she begins her 3-month sabbatical. We will do a Sabbatical Sending for Pastor Stacy and family which will be followed by a time of fellowship for any questions and well wishes.
We grieve the loss of our brother in Christ, Chuck Kingsley. Chuck passed away peacefully on Friday, April 5th surrounded by family. His funeral took place at St. John’s on Wednesday, April 10th. Please keep Peg and family in your prayers.
Sabbatical Pastoral EMERGENCIES: Melinda Zorn volunteered to receive EMERGENCY calls from the members of St. John’s during Pastor Stacy’s sabbatical. Three pastors have agreed to be on-call to cover a visit/pray with or call back the person. Please contact Melinda Zorn who will then contact a pastor to help with your emergency.
New Member Sunday: On Sunday, April 14th the St. John’s church family will be blessed to receive two youth by baptism and 10 new brothers and sisters in faith into our fellowship. We welcome Harper and Eloise Bell by baptism, Laurie Kropf, Kathy Schlessman, Pastor Kathy Shuck and Jim Kluding, Bill and Caroline Steinfeldt and the Samsa family, Nathan, Christine, Nicholas and Noel. Please plan to stay after worship for a time of fellowship to welcome and get to know them better.
A Bible Study, "Reading Through Genesis", meets in the Upper Room each Sunday at 9:15 am
We need your help! We still need readers, ushers, and communion assistants most weeks!