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March 23, 2018
Palm Sunday
Breakfast
7:30-10:30 a.m.
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Church Service Schedule:
Church 8 & 10:15 a.m.
Holy Week Services
Thursday 4:30 and 6:15 p.m.
Friday 7:00 p.m.
March 25 Youth Palm Sunday Breakfast 7:30-10:30 a.m.
March 27 Women's Bible Study
March 29 Maundy Thursday services 4:30 and 6:15 p.m.
March 30 Good Friday Tenebrae service 7 p.m.
March 31 Family Board's Easter Egg Hunt
April 1 Easter Sunday Services 6:30, 8 and 9:30 a.m.
April 6 Waterloo Black Hawks game
April 8 Noisy Bucket Sunday
April 14 Youth Lock in
April 29 Ladies Luncheon 11:30 a.m.
No Wednesday Night Supper on March 28
Lenten Special Offering
The glass box that will be in the Narthex starting February 11th is for your Lenten Offering.
Please consider an extra gift of at least a dollar a day during the approximately 40 days from
Ash Wednesday to Easter.
March is Soap Month
We are asking Sunday School Students to bring soap to class each Sunday in March.
REMINDER:
Those students attending a Lutheran college who would like to receive an EPIC grant must notify the church by May 1st.
St. John scholarship applications for non-Lutheran colleges are available from Kathy in the office. Email her at
khoeft@stjohncharlescity.com
. Completed applications should be emailed to the office by April 1st.
Help wanted! The Finance Board allocates 8% of the thank offering it receives to worthy causes, groups, charities etc. at the end of every calendar quarter. We are looking for suggestions from the congregation as to where we could designate the thank offering. Please call the church and provided your suggestions to either Kathy or Linda, or put your suggestion on the back of an offering slip.
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YOUTH PALM / PASSION SUNDAY BREAKFAST
March 25th - from 7:30 - 10:30 a.m.
The youth will be hosting a Palm/Passion Sunday breakfast this year & not an Easter breakfast. This will allow them to enjoy Easter with their families! The youth will be making & serving the breakfast
Menu: eggs, ham, hash browns, pancakes, cinnamon rolls, juice, milk, and coffee (Free will donation)
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Holy Week / Easter Services
March 25 Palm Sunday 8 and 10:15
March 29 Maundy Thursday services with
Communion 4:30 and 6:15 p.m.
March 30 Good Friday Tenebrae service 7 p.m.
April 1 Easter Sunday services / Communion
6:30, 8:00 and 9:30 a.m.
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Family Board's Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, March 31, 9:00 a.m.
St. John Parish Hall
Children up through 5th grade & their families!
Crafts, activities & egg dyeing
(Donations of wrapped Easter candy by the congregation would be appreciated!)
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2018 Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas
June 27 - July 1st!
The Youth Board is sponsoring a fundraiser to help pay for the six of us who are going to the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston, TX. This is an amazing experience for those attending and because of all it offers, the cost is considerably higher than one of our regular mission trips. We need to raise money for the six of us and the bus driver to stay at the hotel in Houston for five nights, we will need approximately $900 for bus fuel, we have to pay the Gathering registration fees, and we'll need to eat!
Please prayerfully consider taking an envelope off our donation wall and filling it with at least the amount listed on the front of the envelope. (Checks can be made out to St. John Lutheran) Please return filled envelopes by April 15th. Thank you so much
for your support!
There were only 7 envelopes on the board Wednesday.
If 2 or 3 people got together and adopted an envelope, the amount would be more do-able and the fund raiser could be complete. We have done great, now please help us finish this for the kids.
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Waterloo Black Hawks Hockey
Friday, April 6th
Pizza at the church at 5:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall
& we will leave at 5:50 p.m.
All St. John youth & families are invited to join us!
(4th grade & younger will need an adult to accompany them) Cost: $15.00 & sign up and payment due by Sunday, April 1st.
Questions? Call Laurie at 228-3397
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Noisy Bucket Sunday is Coming!
- Tired of carrying around that loose change or having it lay around the house? Bring it all to church on Sunday, April 8th, when the Stewardship Board will be hosting a "Noisy Bucket" offering. This offering will be taken separately and apart from the traditional offering and all coins (or dollars if you prefer) will be collected in tin buckets and gathered in one large bucket at the front of the church. All the "noise" received will go to Bible Camp Scholarships. Kids young and old can enjoy this giving and fun event. Let's see if we can fill the buckets.
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LOCK-IN:
The Youth Board will be sponsoring a Lock-In April 14-15, 2018, here at the church. This event is open to St. John 7th-12th grade students and their friends. Registration and check-in is at 6:30pm Saturday, and participants are encouraged to stay for 8:00am worship, but may be picked up any time after 6am Sunday. Cost is $10 per person. Supper at 6:30pm and breakfast at 7:00am are provided.Sign up outside Laurie's office.
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Prayer Shawls are available for distribution.
We have 2 totes that are filling up, but very few shawls going out. This is an opportunity for you to take one to someone you know that has an illness, sadness in their life or a personal crisis. They are stored in the Associate pastor's office and can be checked out during office hours. We just keep track of who is receiving them so we don't double up.
Shawls (and some laprobes) are available that are suitable for a woman or man.
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To the GUESTS of the Meet and Greet opportunities:
Our host and hostesses have chosen their dates and now is your opportunity to sign up for a little fun and relaxation along with getting to know Pastor Russ and Susan a little better. But just as important, Pastor and Susan will get to know you and your family a little better, too.
Signup sheets will be available in the Narthex or Kathy's office so please check your calendars and get your names on the lists! Warm weather is coming and this is a perfect time to get those get-togethers started!
There are a few dates still open, so if you were considering hosting, please check things out. There is always room for more.
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Sunday School for Adults & Seniors is for you!
Sundays 9:15 - 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel.
Study God's Words & Fellowship.
Please join us.
3/25
Thy Word by Erik Hoefer
4/8 Youth Engagement by Becky Meyer
4/15
Sweet By and By - by Greig Grimm
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St John Preschool Candy Fund Raiser for curriculum.
SJCP is selling Spring Candy from See's Candy! They are $5.00 a box and will make great Easter gifts! You can find the forms in the Narthex. All proceeds go toward the preschool's purchase of a new curriculum, ABC Jesus Loves Me. Thank you for your continued support!
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Save the Date!
The Family Board will host a Ladies' Luncheon on April 29th at 11:30 a.m. Watch the Bulletin and April Newsletter for more information.
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PODCASTS NOW AVAILABLE
Unable to come to Sunday worship? Would you like to listen to the service? If so, go to the St. John website.
www.stjohncharlescity.org
under the Watch & Listen tab click on podcast & choose the date of the service you would like to hear!
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