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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

Jesus was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

March 9, 2025

Each year on the first Sunday in Lent we hear about Jesus being tested in the wilderness. In this way Jesus joined with us, who are also, one way or another, tested in some wilderness. We say Sundays "in" Lent, since when counting the forty days of Lent, we omit the six Sundays, because Sunday is always a celebration of Christ's resurrection. So this Sunday we are both in Lent and beyond Lent.  

 

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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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 March 12, 2025. 

Book Club: Book Discussion will meet on Tuesday, March 11th at 10:00 am. We will discuss chapters 11 and 12. 

Bible Study: We have begun a five-week Bible study on listening. It began last Monday at 10 AM and will go for five Mondays (not including President's Day), ending on March 10th. No experience with Bible studies is necessary, this is a small-time commitment, and we hope you will join us!

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.

Noisy Offering next Sunday, March 16th: Melissa Gundlach, Executive Director of the Humane Society of Erie County will join us next week to share what they do with our endowment money. Bring your change to fill out buckets in support of the HSEC.

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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With a thankful and cheerful heart

Upcoming Events in the Parish

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Book Discussion will meet on Tuesday, March 11th at 10:00 am. Read Chapters 11 & 12 for the discussion.

Year of Listening

New Bible Study Opportunity: We will do a five-week Bible study on listening. It begins February 3rd at 10 AM and will go for five Mondays (not including President's Day), ending on March 10th. No experience with Bible studies is necessary, this is a small-time commitment, and we hope you will join us!

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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.

Scripture and Prayer

Scripture and Prayer will meet on March 12th 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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