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Our St. John’s Mission Endowment Fund has been earning income ‘quietly’, for extra ministries beyond the walls of St. John’s. Our Mission Endowment Team wants to celebrate with you these disbursements that they have recommended and Council has approved:... Read More →

Watch for the Ruth Circle Giving Tree in the Gathering Space. Choose a tag off the tree and provide a Christmas gift for someone staying at the Family Promise homeless shelter over Christmas. Please leave your unwrapped gifts, with the tag attached, under the tree by Sunday,... Read More →

Help keep someone warm this winter. Hang hats, gloves and scarves of all sizes for kids and adults on the Winter Warmth Tree in front of church. Your donations will go to Mr. Bob’s Under the Bridge and with the C... Read More →

Fellowship is part of what it means to ‘be Church’. We have some fun events that gather people together, and we’ve enjoyed some things in the past (like a Dominoes group before Saturday service, or a monthly or bi-monthly Senior Lunch). Wendy Wolf would like to... Read More →

The Lutheran Relief quilts are on display until Sunday October 13th, when they will be transported and distributed to people in need, near and far away. You are invited to be part of the quilting group’s on-going Lutheran World Relief project with a monetary donation for... Read More →

“Bible For Dummies” anyone? We did a 4-session intro last spring, and Pastor would be happy to try another 4 weeks, either on Thursday evenings or Sunday after worship. Let him know! Read More →

A special welcome to Brittany Moeller as our very part-time Social Media/Marketing person! Brittany will help us communicate within and beyond the congregation through FB and other platforms, and will help us get up-to-speed on the best ways to connect with and within St. John’s! Read More →

Bring new undies for kids and adults! Jackson School kids will benefit, as will the homeless folks served by “Mr. Bob’s Under the Bridge” ministries. Read More →

….and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8  The HIV epidemic in Uganda in the 1980s was devastating. The middle-aged and most productive generation was lost over a decade. Grandparents were left... Read More →

As the ELCA, our wider church creates “Social Statements” on a variety ofimportant societal and moral issues. Currently, we have a ‘working draft‘ of anew Social Statement on “Civic Life and Faith”, as in: how mightcongregations and members and... Read More →