Something to Look Forward to – Camp! 

Crossways Camps Registration is still open! Students finishing 6th, 7th, 8th grades are encouraged to come to Confirmation Camp the week of July 7-12. Other ages can sign up for a half-week or full week of camp at Imago Dei Village, Pine Lake, or Waypost camps. If you have a...
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Gift Shopping or Giving?

Remember our ELCA Good Gifts Catalog, that can make a huge difference in someone’s life with a variety of gifts through our ELCA Hunger Appeal. Also online at https://goodgifts.elca.org/ When you shop on Amazon Smile, you can designate Crossways Camping Ministry as your...
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Mission Endowment Fund

Did you know our Mission Endowment Fund receives special gifts (from wills, estates, planned giving, stocks, mutual funds, and more) for extra mission in and beyond St. John’s? Our Mission Endowment Committee voted to disburse some funds this fall from earnings, in...
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A Message from Our Missionaries

Friends and partners, It didn’t take long to settle back into our community and work here in Tanzania.    Our six months in Minnesota were refreshing and we relished being near our children.    We are relieved that Steve is done with his cancer...
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Outreach for Hope 2021 Ride Run Walk

Join us on Saturday, September 25 for the Outreach for Hope 2021 Ride Run Walk, and help raise $150K for grants to central city congregations in the Greater Milwaukee Synod! Visit OFHRRW.org to register to participate at one of our event sites (each site offers a walk, and road...
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Church Picnic – thank you!

We had a beautiful day for our picnic!  Thank you to everyone who helped in some way to make the picnic a success!  We raised over $800 with basket donations and silent auction to share with our Missionaries and our Good Samaritan fund.  Thank you to Kristin and...
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Building Loan Paydown!

Thank you to one of our generous members for a $20,000 gift to pay down our Building Loan. We are challenging others to match that gift so we can pay off that loan faster!  We are very grateful to other generous members who have donated!  So far we have a $ 6,675 match! 
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St. John’s Week to Host Family Promise is May 1

St. John’s will provide meals for families the week of May 1-6.  Wendy Wolf will coordinate the meals with Family Promise.  If you are able to make a meal, it would be greatly appreciated!  You can bring them to church, or you can deliver them to the Family Promise building in...
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“Fresh Start” for Family Promise Program

Are you traveling soon and staying in a hotel?  If so, we’re kicking off a new program called, “Fresh Start”.  This is a program that will be used by Family Promise.  If you stay at a hotel and don’t use the free toiletries they offer you, we’d like you to donate them.  Family...
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Getting to Know You! Meet: Tim & Kendall Pfeifer

Tim and Kendall Pfeifer will be reprising their roles as St. John’s members when Tim becomes our church’s new Directory of Music Ministry beginning this June. Before Tim took a music position at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in West Bend, they were members of St. John’s for about...
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