2024: The Year of Rest
Memory Verse: Hebrews 4:9
“So then, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God.”
Welcome to 2024: The Year of Rest. Our focus in 2024, is to receive and to practice God’s sacred gift of rest.
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.
Council asks the congregation to continue to pray that during this upcoming election season, we all remember to listen with humble hearts to those with whom we disagree. We pray that our leaders do the same, in order that we all may concentrate less on getting our way and more on loving our neighbors.
Let us pledge to be people of peace as we pray together: "O God, where hearts are fearful and constricted, grant courage and hope. Where anxiety is infectious and widening, grant peace and reassurance. Where distrust twists our thinking, grant healing and illumination. All these things we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen." (ELW, p. 76, edited)
Scripture and Prayer: We will meet at Parkvue Community at 12:00 noon on November 6, 2024.
November 10th at 9:30 will be Sunday School for ALL youth. We will learn about Holy Communion, taste the bread, tell stories, and go a little deeper into our understanding of this sacrament.
November 17th will be the first play practice for the Christmas program, which will be on December 15th in the barn. Please let Pastor Stacy know if your child/neighbor/grandchild/family member of any kind would like a role!
Healing of the nations: Every month when we ask the council how to pray, we find that there are so many people hurting locally and around the world. The election season makes this even more evident. On November 10th, we will include a healing of the nations to our Sunday morning service. We will light candles and pray for people nearby and around the world. We hope you will join us for this special service. If you would like to be one of the four readers, please let Pastor Stacy know. Thanks!
Book Club: Book Discussion will meet on Tuesday, November 12th at 10:00 am. We will discuss chapters 5 and 6.
Hanging of the Greens! Mark your calendars to decorate St. John’s sanctuary for Christmas! Hanging of the greens will take place next Sunday, November 24th right after worship along with a pizza fellowship. Please plan to join us!
We need your help! We still need readers, ushers, and communion assistants most weeks!