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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

Take heart daughter, your faith has made you well

June 7, 2026

This coming Sunday we hear the call to follow Jesus. In doing so, we join Christ at his table, where we are healed and raised from death. Come to worship, and may your faith make you well.       

 

 

 

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 

 

 

· 2026 -The Way of Love · 

The Way of Love Memory Verse:

"We love becasue he first loved us." (1 John 4:19).


 Parish Briefing
The Work of the People of God

2026: The Way of Love

Memory Verse: 1 John 4:19

"We love because he first loved us."

Welcome to 2026: The Way of Love! This year for our annual theme, we will be grounded in 1 John 4:19 “We love because he first loved us.”

Summer Worship Hours: Sanctuary hours are at 9:30 am from June 7th thru September 6th. 

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 for those families coming to us as new members on April 26th, that they may find a welcoming spiritual home as they join the St. John’s family. 

Flamingo Fundraiser Information:

Flamingos will be placed in yards each evening by our high school families.

Flamingo fundraiser is run on donations to raise money for our high school youth to attend the ELCA National Youth Gathering in Minneapolis in 2027 with other area Lutheran congregations.

Donations

  • You can make a donation as insurance to make sure that flamingos never get in your yard
  • If the flamingos arrive in your yard, you call 419-680-0358 to request they be removed and make a donation to have them removed
  • If you want to send the flamingos to a specific person, you can make a donation to ensure that happens
  • All donations are tax deductible and are run through the St John’s youth account. You can donate by check, cash, or online through the St John’s website. Please let us know when you make the donation what you are making it for (to insure you don’t get flamingos, to have them removed, or to send them to someone).

Flamingo fundraiser will run June 13-27th. 

Thank you for your support!

Day Camp News: We have over fifty youth signed up for day camp this year, the week of June 22nd – 26th. Would you be able to help?

We need people for sign in (8:45-9:15), sign-out (3:45-4), or to spend half a day helping with the kids! Dawn also needs volunteers to help feed all of the kids and volunteers. It’s going to be an amazing week, but we can’t do it without you. Please let Pastor Stacy know how you can help. Thanks!

Are you Interested? St. John’s Council would like to offer a CPR Instruction class but need to know if you are interested in taking the course. If you are interested, there is a sign-up sheet at the rear of the sanctuary.

Favorite Hymn Sunday: July 12th, we will have a special worship service. We will focus on six favorite hymns. If you would like to submit yours, please do so before May 31. We will then draw the submitted hymns out of a hat to choose our final six. If your hymn is chosen, we will ask you to please share very briefly with the congregation on July 12 why this is your favorite hymn.

On Sunday, June 28th, St. John’s and Zion Lutheran Huron will have worship together at 9:00 AM at Nickel Plate Beach. We hope you will join us! Please bring canned food donations for Huron Helping Hands Food Pantry. Pick up some items at the store, or bring a monetary donation! Breakfast will be provided after worship.

Scholarship applications will be available during the month of June for members of  St. John’s attending post-secondary education. Application forms can be obtained at the church. Please complete the form with your information and mail it to the church: St. John’s Lutheran Church, c/o the Scholarship Team 106 Scheid Rd., Sandusky, Ohio 44870.  Applications must be returned by June 30, 2026 to be eligible for the scholarship. Recipients will be announced in July or August.                         

Endowment Grant Applications are being accepted: Please contact a member of the endowment team and they will be glad to mail you an application. The requests need to be presented to the Endowment committee no later than October 4, 2026. You can mail the application back to the church, put your request in the endowment mailbox in the basement or present it to any member of the committee. The committee members are John Miller, Ted Call, Jeff Justi, Bob Stacy, Kathy Schlessman, Ron Zorn, Pastor Stacy.  If you have any questions, please see a member of the endowment committee.  

The Endowment Team will hold its quarterly meeting in mid to late October, at which time all grant applications that have been presented will be reviewed and voted on. Those that are approved will be sent to the Finance Team for additional review and approval.

Scripture and Prayer: We will meet at Parkvue Community at 12:00 noon on September 2nd, 2026. 

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

 






 Parish Worship

With a thankful and cheerful heart

Sanctuary worship is at 9:30 am from June 7th thru September 6th. 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/

 


 Parish Calendar
Faith Active Through Love

 Parish Events

With a thankful and cheerful heart

Upcoming Events in the Parish

 

Summer Worship Hours at St. John's Lutheran

Summer Worship Hours: Sanctuary worship is at 9:30 am June 7th thru September 6th. 

Flamingo Fundraiser

Flamingo Fundraiser Information 

Flamingos will be placed in yards each evening by our high school families.

Flamingo fundraiser is run on donations to raise money for our high school youth to attend the ELCA National Youth Gathering in Minneapolis in 2027 with other area Lutheran congregations.

Donations

  • You can make a donation as insurance to make sure that flamingos never get in your yard
  • If the flamingos arrive in your yard, you call 419-680-0358 to request they be removed and make a donation to have them removed
  • If you want to send the flamingos to a specific person, you can make a donation to ensure that happens
  • All donations are tax deductible and are run through the St John’s youth account. You can donate by check, cash, or online through the St John’s website. Please let us know when you make the donation what you are making it for (to insure you don’t get flamingos, to have them removed, or to send them to someone).

       Flamingo fundraiser will run June 13-27th. Thank you for your support!

Scripture and Prayer

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

 

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 Online Giving
Sharing blessings

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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