Announcements for May 19, 2019      

Save the Date:  Please save the date, Melissa Carter and Jason Steckel are engaged and will be married on Saturday, August 3, 2019 here at St. John’s.  They ask you to save the date.  Invitation to follow.

Flag Placement at OVH:  We place flags on the graves of veterans at the national cemetery adjacent to OVH in preparation for Memorial Day. We are scheduled to place the flags on Thursday, May 23^rd beginning at 3:00 pm. Meet at the shelter house in OVH. This event is for both youth and adults, so please join us and help us honor those who have fought our nation’s battles!  Remember the new entrance to the OVH it is off Dewitt Avenue.

Scholarship Fund:  We will begin raising funds for the St. John Scholarship Fund beginning in May.  The fund benefits college and seminary students from this congregation, but we need your help to ensure that scholarships will continue to be available. To contribute, you may place a check made out to St. John’s Lutheran Church (with scholarship fund on the memo line) in the offering plate or scholarship envelopes will be available on the welcome table in the back of the church. Please give prayerful thought to help with this special ministry at St. John.

Day Camp:  It's almost time for day camp, which is the week of June 17th! Yay! Would you be willing to help? We are still in need of volunteers to help with the daily sign in/out of our campers (at 10 and/or 4), kitchen workers, food shoppers, a camp photographer, and housing for the counselors. It's a terrific week and I hope you can be a part of it! Please let Pastor Stacy know if you are able to help. Thank you!

Holy Communion: Our youth love the gift of Holy Communion--the grace, love and forgiveness that come to us in the amazing gift of Christ's body and blood. They have once again requested that we have Holy Communion every week during the season of Easter (which goes until Pentecost on June 9). The 1st Sunday of the month will be full communion with bread and small cups. The remaining Sundays of the month, communion will be by intinction. We give thanks to our Lord Jesus for the love he continually gives to us in this amazing sacrament.

Thrivent: Are you a Thrivent member? Do you have ideas for a service project or fundraiser (even if you aren’t a Thrivent member)? Thrivent has money available to help us serve and share the good news! Please join us at 6 on June 4th to find out how we can get these grants! A Thrivent rep will be here to answer all of our questions.

Eucharistic Ministers: Thank you for the care you give our members who are homebound! We would also like to help care for you.  Please make sure your kits are returned by the last Sunday of the month so we can restock, clean, and keep them them organized (hopefully giving you a bit less to do). They will then be blessed on the first Sunday of the month during worship and ready for you as you need them. 

Small Group Bible Reading:
May 19: 2 Chronicles 32-34,
May 20: 2 Chronicles 35-36
May 21: Ezra 1-3,
May 22: Ezra 4-7,
May 23: Ezra 8-10,
May 24: Nehemiah 1-3,
May 25: Nehemiah 4-6

Happy Birthday wishes to Jim Semon and Ronald Zorn.

Happy Anniversary wishes to Jeff and Kristi Justi, Pastor Stacy and Ryan Scovanner.

In our prayers: Prayer is one of the most beautiful and meaningful gifts we can offer one another.  Occasionally there are folks in this congregation, or friends of relatives of members, in need of prayer for various reasons.  Your prayers needed for:

Dave Mehling - in recovery from stroke

Barb Vance – now at home in Hospice care.  In need of prayers for peace and comfort.

Dick Widdoes - In need of healing prayers

Paisley Luman – health concerns

Donna Morrissey—In need of healing prayers

Family of Harriet Schlessman -  grieving her death.

Council prayer requests:  Council asks for prayers and guidance for our third Seminarian, Kriss Buss, for balancing her family, work and education.

Memory Verse:  Do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love serve one another.    Galatians 5:13 

It's almost summer!  Worship times will change to accommodate busy summer schedules and longer daylight hours, and we look forward to seeing you in worship! We will worship on Sundays at 9:30 AM all summer long.  Worship time changes to 9:30 a.m. beginning June 2nd thru September 1^st.

ST. JOHN’S CALENDAR FOR MAY 19^th THRU JUNE 2^nd