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Happy Father's Day, June 16. Click above for a quick video tribute.
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Sunday Worship Services
8:00 & 9:30 a.m.
June 16 Happy Father's Day
Synod Assembly Special Service Sunday
June 17-21 Meals on Wheels
June 19
Newsletter Deadline
June 20 Stained glass workshops at 1 and 6 p.m.
June 23 Appreciation coffee for John Swiggum's retirement
June 27 Do Day Quilters
June 30 Praise in the Park at 10:00 a.m. (8:00 service in church)
July 4 Office will be closed
Sunday, June 23 after each worship service St. John will honor our Custodian, John Swiggum, with a retirement reception in the Parish Hall! Join us for Pie a la Mode.
John will be retiring on
June 30th.
If you are interested in joining Altar Guild or being a part of the Prayer Chain, please let Kathy in the office know.
If you have a specific hymn or praise song
that you would like to suggest singing during the summer months, please write the hymn number or song title on the back of your attendance slip. Melanie will work your favorites songs into the worship service.
There are Meals On Wheels sign up sheets on the glass case in
the Narthex. St. John will drive the week June 17 - 21st. Thank you!
Attention Thrivent members: As a member of Thrivent you are eligible to be part of a Thrivent Action Team. With a bit of paperwork, you can help with channeling Thrivent funds into activities and special missions of our congregation. We would like to get a list of our church members that are eligible to do this. We could use a sponsor for the Fall Festival and some other future events. If you would like to help with this let the office know or if you are just willing to let us put you on list, we would greatly appreciate it.
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Stained Glass Ministry
We will meet at 1:00 p.m. and in the evening at 6:00 p.m. on
June 20 and
July 18th. On
July 11, we will meet at 1:30 and 6 p.m. (slightly different time to stay out of the quilter's way).
We've taken some time to learn how to make small crosses to send with Stephen Ministry. Now that we have the ground work we will make more of them and expand into jewelry and sun-catchers. There will be a minimal cost for some supplies if you make something for yourself. Money raised on items we make for the Fall Festival will go into the 150th Anniversary Fund. We are glad to give those of you that didn't get a piece of our historical glass another chance. Please contact Janet at
petefishj@mchsi.com or call the office at 641-228-3397 if you are interested in being involved with this project! We will show you how to do it whenever you join us.
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Summer Youth Activities
 Summer Mission Trip 2019 - We will be going to the Black Hills of South Dakota
July 8-13, 2019. This trip is open to St. John students that have completed 6th-12th grades and their friends.
The Youth Board would welcome any donations toward the cost of fuel for the bus. If you feel called to donate stop in and see Linda in the Business Office.
SAVE THE DATES: July 30-August 2 will be Vacation Bible School! Registration will begin at 5:15 pm on the 30th.
- Plan on having your kids attend from 5:30 pm-8:00 p
 m on Tuesday-Friday!
- We will serve a light supper for the kids each evening.
- VBS is open to kids in Preschool-5th grades.
- Our theme this year is "Roar - Life is Wild*God is Good"
- The VBS registration fees have been covered so there is NO FEE to register. Look for registration forms in the bulletins coming soon and they are available in the office now.
- VBS kids will sing in church on Sunday, August 4
- If you are interested in volunteering at VBS, please contact Laurie.
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Praise in the Park
We are going to have a Praise in the Park worship service on June 30 at 10 a.m. We want to make this a fun celebration in our congregation and an outreach to the community. Messiah will also join us in this hosting this event.
Remember to bring a lawn chair. THE INFLATABLES AND GAMES are reserved, but we could use a few more monetary donations; any extra will go toward food.
A free light lunch will be served. We could also use
some wrapped (plastic wrap or ziplock) homemade cookies or bars (no egg or cream type bars for food safety) for our
Cookie Potluck.
Another area that requires some volunteers is to Help with Games in 1 hour increments. If you are a teen or adult and can give us an hour of your time in the 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. or 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. time slots, please let the office know. The games are self explanatory and just require keeping a little order.
Thank you for all your help on making this a special day.
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An Opportunity for You
2019 is the year of the Photo Directory. The plan is to have slots August 6-8,
(September dates are being adjusted) and
October 24-26.
It is strongly suggested that those of you involved with agriculture get your dates set early. Also students, before going to college, should take advantage of the August dates.
To make an appointment on-line, click on the image.
I just made my appointment. It works fine. Easy Peasy!
The Communications Board would like some help with this: to sign people up after services, to be there to sign people in on those days.
This is not hard work, just a bit time consuming and a lot for a few people to do; less if we have help.
Please let Kathy know in the office and we will get a list going and will contact people later.
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An Opportunity for this fall
We are having a Fall Festival on October 27, Reformation Sunday. This is a joint effort between Stewardship and the Communications Board. There will be a special Service of Stewardship on that day and then a meal, some talent, a silent auction and some stained glass items for sale. The silent auction funds are designated for a Preschool Sign on the doors that face Gilbert Street (that is a $3500 project) and for a possible outdoor electronic sign.
The stained glass will go to the Anniversary Fund and will be priced like last fall.
We are looking for silent auction items, hand-made or new items; no used or rummage type things. Think about this as you are doing your hand work (quilting, knitting, carpentry, etc.), gardening, taking that hog to the locker, putting together a gift basket, offering a gift card for something special, making pies or whatever is your "thing". Also to consider is your time or talent for something like gift wrapping, lawn care, hosting a meal or some other personal gift that you can share. We will open an area where these items (or a description of your talent) can be brought in soon. Watch the bulletin for more information.
We are also looking for TALENT for a talent show. Can you sing or play an instrument solo or in a group, dance or have a display art to share? We would like a bit of entertainment for our day. Let Kathy know if you would like to participate; please be thinking about this and begin planning.
Thank You in advance for your hard work and talent.
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