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Saint John's Lutheran Church

A Family of Disciples, Faithfully Making Christ Known

A Congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Rev. Stacy Lauer-Scovanner
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106 Scheid Road
Sandusky, Ohio
419-625-2192


Sunday Bulletin

I Have Come Looking For Fruit

March 30, 2025

This coming Sunday the gospel reading is the well-kown story of the prodigal son. Which brother are you like? Come to worship, whichever one you are, and join in God's feast of mercy. 

 

St. John's live streams its worship each week. The link for Facebook is below; all you have to do is click on it to go directly to St. John's Facebook page. 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.  

https://www.facebook.com/stjohnlcssandusky 

 

· 2025 -The Year of Listening · 

The Year of Listening Memory Verse:

"Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live..." (Isaiah 55:3a).


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The Work of the People of God

2025: The Year of Listening

Memory Verse: Isaiah 55:3a

"Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live..."

Welcome to 2025: The Year of Listening. Our focus in 2025 is to learn the sacred art of listening. Listening to God. Listening to Ourselves. Listening to Others. And Listening to the Community.

Worship Hours: Sunday Worship is at 10:30 am. 

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.

In this season of Hope, Council asks the congregation to pray that people at St. John’s, and everywhere, follow the Holy Spirit and remain open to journeying on whatever spiritual adventures we may be led on. 

Scripture and Prayer: We will meet at Parkvue Community at 12:00 noon on April 2, 2025. 

Book Club: Book Discussion will meet on Tuesday, April 1st at 10:00 am. We will discuss chapters 13 and 14. 

The Season of Lent: Join us at St. John’s for special opportunities for fellowship and worship on Wednesday evenings during Lent beginning March 12th, featuring soup suppers at 5:30 pm followed by worship at 6:30 pm. Holden Evening Prayer along with focus on the Psalms and that God can handle all of our emotions! The soup supper sign-up sheet is on the back window for you to share your delicious soup recipes. May God bless you in your Lenten journey.

Lent Offerings: All offerings from our Wednesday evening Lenten services will be donated to Border Servant Corps.  The BSC began in 1997 as a ministry of Peace Lutheran Church in Las Cruces, New Mexico through the ELCA.  BSC seek to live out a vision of service, faith, and caring – imagining a world where peace and justice are pursued through non-violence, honoring each other and the earth we share. BSC promotes and demonstrates justice, kindness, and humility…. in the U.S.-Mexico border region. We serve together to “Create the change we want to see in the world”. St. John’s Council approved sending our Lenten offerings in support of Border Servant Corps.

If you are unable to attend Lenten worship and would like to contribute to this ministry, place your loose offering in an envelope marked for BSC or on the memo line of your check which is made payable to St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Easter Candy needed: St. John’s annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Easter Sunday at 9:30. If you would like to help, please bring individually wrapped candy to church by Sunday, April 6th. A container will be at the handicap entrance for your candy donations.

Holy Week Worship Opportunities

April 13 - Palm Sunday Worship - 10:30 am

April 17 – Maundy Thursday Joint Worship – 6:30 pm at St. John’s with celebration of Holy Communion 

April 18 – Good Friday Joint Worship at Zion, Huron – 7:00 pm

Easter Sunday Schedule:

Easter Sunday, April 20 

Easter egg hunt will be held for the youth at 9:30 am.

Easter Worship at 10:30 am with Holy Communion.  

Note: only one service will be held on Easter morning. 

It’s time for a new directory! Universal Church Directories will help us with our new church directory. Our dates for photography will be May 6 & 7, 2025. More information to follow with the options to sign-up for your photography appointment.

We need your help! We still need readers, ushers, and communion assistants most weeks!

 






 Parish Worship

With a thankful and cheerful heart

Sunday Worship is at 10:30 am. View the Bulletin

 

St. John's live streams its worship each week. The link for Facebook is below; all you have to do is click on it to go directly to St. John's Facebook page. 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.

https://www.facebook.com/stjohnlcsandusky/

 


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Faith Active Through Love

 Parish Events

With a thankful and cheerful heart

Upcoming Events in the Parish

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Book Discussion will meet on Tuesday, April 1st at 10:00 am. Read Chapters 13 & 14 for the discussion.

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Join us at St. John’s for special opportunities for fellowship and worship on Wednesday evenings during Lent beginning March 12th featuring soup suppers at 5:30 pm followed by worship at 6:30 pm. Holden Evening Prayer along with focus on the Psalms and that God can handle all of our emotions!  The soup supper sign-up sheet is on the back window for you to share your delicious soup recipes. May God bless you in your Lenten journey.

Easter Egg Candy

Easter Candy needed: St. John’s annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Easter Sunday at 9:30. If you would like to help, please bring individually wrapped candy to church by Sunday, April 6th. A container will be at the handicap entrance for your candy donations.

Holy Week 2025

Holy Week Worship Opportunities

April 13 - Palm Sunday Worship - 10:30 am

April 17 – Maundy Thursday Joint Worship – 6:30 pm at St. John’s with celebration of Holy Communion

April 18 – Good Friday Joint Worship at Zion, Huron – 7:00 pm

Easter 2025

Easter Sunday Schedule:

Easter Sunday, April 20

Easter egg hunt will be held for the youth at 9:30 am.

Easter Worship at 10:30 am with Holy Communion. 

Note: only one service will be held on Easter morning

Church Photo Directory

It’s time for a new directory! Universal Church Directories will help us with our new church directory. Our dates for photography will be May 6 & 7, 2025. More information to follow with the options to sign-up for your photography appointment.

Scripture and Prayer

Scripture and Prayer will meet on April 2nd at Parkvue Community at 12:00 noon. 

 

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Giving Options
 

Saint John's offers an electronic option to safely make both regular offerings and special donations to our church.

Or if you like to give a RECURRING GIFT, you can now contribute automatically from your checking or savings account through your credit/debit card or by a text message. Our electronic giving program offers convenience for you and provides much-needed income consistency for our congregation. But remember, if you are happy with your current giving method, you do not have to change a thing.

If you no longer want to write 52 checks a year or prepare 52 envelopes, this is a giving option for you to consider. And when travel, illness, or other circumstances prevent you from attending services, this program will allow your regular offerings to continue on an uninterrupted basis.

This electronic option allows donations to an array of budget items via a drop-down menu. Some examples are flowers, the cemetery fund, memorials, endowments, scholarships, fuel, and others.

Signing up for giving through tithe.ly

1. Go to get.tithe.ly

2. Click on “sign up free”

3. Click on “GIVE TO CHURCH”

4. Click on “GIVE ONLINE”

5. Click on “Create Account”

6, Fill out form (remember the pin number). Click “Submit”

7. You will see a screen that says “Your account has been created successfully!” Click “OK”

8. At the bottom of the following page, you may choose either “credit/debit” or “bank account.” Click on the one you prefer to set up for making your donations. Whichever you choose, you will be prompted to enter your information on the next page.

9. Enter your information for either “credit/debit card or bank account.” You will get a screen confirming that either your card or bank account info has been successfully saved! Click “OK”

10. Enter here the pin number you set in step 6.

11. Enter “St John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sandusky, Ohio” The Church should appear in the list generated. Click on it, then click: “Give Now”

12. Now you can enter the dollar amount you would like to give. It will come out of your bank account, or be charged to your credit/debit card, whichever you have set up. If you wish to cover the processing fee as part of your giving, please check the box that says “Cover Fees.” (Fees are .25 per transaction, plus 2.4% of the total. Ex.: on a $100 donation, fees would be $2.65.)

13. Click “Give”

Or, if you would rather donate by text:

Give Now BY TEXT

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  • Text “give” to: 614-389-9681
  • When prompted, enter your information (email, bank or credit card information, etc.) and the dollar amount you would like to donate. You will receive a text receipt verifying your donation.

This phone number is specific to St. John's only, so your donation will go directly to our tithe.ly account.

If you need any other help with the initial setup, please feel free to contact Melinda Zorn at 412-639-5477.

 

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