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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

Today the scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing

January 26, 2025

 

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 all people remain united in sharing with those suffering from unimaginable loss due to wildfires and severe weather, that we patiently help those struggling with day-to-day issues, and that we refocus and recommit to God’s word and work at our Annual Congregational Meeting. 

Scripture and Prayer: We will meet at Parkvue Community at 12:00 noon on February 5, 2025. 

Book Club: Book Discussion will meet on Tuesday, January 28th at 10:00 am. We will discuss chapters 7 and 8. 

Annual Meeting/Mark your calendars: St. John's 2024 Annual meeting will be held on Sunday, February 2, 2025 after worship. 

Youth event!! Most schools are off February 14th. We will go to Norwalk Rec Center and enjoy swimming at the pool. There are life guards on duty, and parents are not required to swim unless youth are under 6 years of age. Once they release their schedule, we will finalize times. Hope you can join us!

Bible Study: The Northwestern Ohio Synod of the ELCA has a focus this year on Listening. Listening to God. Listening to Ourselves. Listening to Others. And Listening to the Community. God’s invitation to listen is a gift that permeates the Scriptures. From the Shema, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:4-5).To the Psalms, “Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer” (Psalm 61:1).To the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, “Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock” (Matthew 7:24).To the words the Exalted Jesus repeats to the seven churches in Revelation, “Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches” (Revelation 2-3). God longs for us to hear, so God invites us to listen.

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!

Winter “Love at the Laundromat” is a new joint outreach ministry for Zion and St. John’s. There is a need in the community for this help more than once a year. Our goal is to help struggling families by paying for their machine use at the laundromat.  We are sharing God’s love in a practical way! This outreach will be at the Lakeshore Laundromat in the Huron Plaza on West Cleveland Road.  

Preparations are underway and many hands will be needed. If you are available for a few hours on Saturday, February 15 from 10am until 2pm, please check the sign-up sheets on the display on the table in the sanctuary. There are a wide variety of opportunities to help. Many can be done sitting down. The event is broken down into two shifts and you can work one shift, or sign up for jobs in both shifts depending on your time schedule and energy. Come and see the blessing this is to our community and joy you receive from serving with God’s love. Feel free to talk with Paula Hoffman if you have concerns or questions.

We are asking for donations of cartons of individual packages of cookies and chips, juice boxes, and dessert cookies. Distribution of towel sets with soap or bodywash, toothbrushes and toothpaste is also planned. Please see the donations sign-up sheet. Please place donations in the bin in the back of the sanctuary. Monetary donations may be placed in the collection plate designated for “Love at the Laundromat.”

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

Jesus and John Wayne

Book Discussion will meet on Tuesday, January 28th at 10:00 am. Read Chapters 7 & 8 for the discussion.

Annual Meeting 2024

Annual Meeting/Mark your calendars: St. John's 2024 Annual meeting will be held on Sunday, February 2, 2025 after worship.

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!

Swim Party

Youth event!! Most schools are off February 14th. We will go to Norwalk Rec Center and enjoy swimming at the pool. There are life guards on duty, and parents are not required to swim unless youth are under 6 years of age. Once they release their schedule, we will finalize times. Hope you can join us!

Scripture and Prayer

Scripture and Prayer will meet on February 5th at Parkvue Community at 12:00 noon. 

 

Northwestern Ohio Synod

 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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