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May God bless your day!
Pastor Donald L. Luhring and
Pastor Joshua W. Schmidt
Calendars
Weekly, Monthly and Worship Leader Calendars
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July Worship Leader Schedules (PDF)
WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Week of July 25, 2010
HOLY COMMUNION
is celebrated this weekend in The Bridge service with individual cups.
ALTAR FLOWERS
The altar flowers this weekend are given in loving memory of Emmett Blevins by his family.
HELP US KEEP ST. JOHN WEB PAGE UPDATED
If you are part of a group or organization at St. John and have information and or pictures that you would like on the church web page please fill out the form that is located on the web page or at the church office. Pictures can be submitted by email or drop them off on a jump drive at the church office. Email: bergman-sjl@defnet.com.
AN EASY WAY TO HELP
If you shop OfficeMax and would like to give St. John MaxPerks card the credit, please give the cashier our MaxPerks number. The number is: 754898518. For every $500.00 in purchases we receive $25.00 in free merchandise of our choosing. Thank you for helping the church and school with office supplies.
“Christ Caring for People through People”
ILLNESS The doctor called. More tests. It’s been dragging on so long already. The whole family is feeling the strain. Illness. Are you or someone you care for going into the hospital? A Stephen Minister would like to be there for you, both now and during your recovery. A Stephen Minister will listen and help you find the resources to make it through this difficult time. Call the church office about being assigned a Stephen Minister at 419-782-5766.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT ST. JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL?
St. John School continues to receive positive feedback with regard to its graduates. Tori Graham Elkins presently serves as the clinic manager for the Grand Rapids Opthamology Clinic (Michigan), which averages 150 patients each day. Tori, who earned her medical degree at Grand Valley State and her Masters of Business degree in Grand Rapids, oversees the operations of 25 employees,17 doctors and numerous providers.
CHURCH KEYS
We are taking inventory of the keys to the church and school, in order to compare who has keys to our list. We want to insure the list is accurate. If you have keys please call 419-782-5766 or email schatz-sjl@defnet.com Please note if you have an inside or outside key. Thank you.
GOOD SEARCH
Search with “Good Search” and choose St. John Lutheran Church and School as the recipient of the search. We receive one cent each time the searcher uses “Good Search” as your home page. Start at “Good Search” and do your shopping. A percentage of the shop will go to our total monies earned. June 2010 we earned: $3.94 for searches and $12.60 for shopping. Please help us to receive more money by using “Good Search”.
BARINGER/WACHTMAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
A grant is available to students who qualify. The student must be a communicant member of St. John and enrolled at the college or seminary level at one of our Synodical training schools. The amount of the grant will be determined by the Scholarship Committee. Applications are available in the Church Office. The deadline for applying is August 9.
MEN’S BASKETBALL NIGHTS
Our youth intern, DCE Zech Teasdale, and a number of college age young men are playing basketball each week –schedule permitting. If you are interested in joining for a good workout, full court fast break basketball, call the church office and ask for Zech, or we can just see you on a Tuesday or a Thursday 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM! It has been revealed that Pastor Joshua Schmidt has an NBA three-point shot and excellent rebounding hands to intimidate the competition!!
SUMMER INFORMATION CLASS
The new Summer Lutheran Information Class began June 15 and fifteen are attending each Tuesday evening, 6:30-8:30 PM. There is a planned August 29 New Member Welcome at the 11:00 worship service and a congregational dinner to celebrate the joining of new members to our congregation. In the weeks and the months to come Pastor Luhring and Pastor Schmidt will teach this Lutheran Information Class to review our Lutheran doctrines and the basic teachings of the Bible. Consider joining this class for personal growth in your faith and understanding of the Bible. Upon completing the class non-members are offered the opportunity to join St. John Lutheran church and participate in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.
STEWARDSHIP CORNER
God, the giver of all good things, will always equip us with what we need to serve Him according to His will for our lives. We read in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that the Word of God “is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” By this we may understand that God will provide for us everything we need in order to do the work. He has called us to do.
THANK YOU IS IN ORDER
Ruth Baum would like to thank everyone for remembering her on her birthday with cards and phone calls. She appreciated being remembered and wants to thank her St. John church family.
THANK YOU FROM PASTOR BOK
Pastor Bok wanted to thank St. John for the nice card and gift card given to him in appreciation for his help with many dedicated years of assisting with shut-in calls for our congregational members.
GOOD SEARCH
Search with “Good Search” and choose St. John Lutheran Church and School as the recipient of the search. We receive one cent each time the searcher uses “Good Search” as your home page. Start at “Good Search” and do your shopping. A percentage of the shop will go to our total monies earned. June 2010 we earned: $3.94 for searches and $12.60 for shopping. Please help us to receive more money by using “Good Search”.
AN EASY WAY TO HELP
If you shop OfficeMax and would like to give St. John MaxPerks card the credit, please give the cashier our MaxPerks number. The number is: 754898518. For every $500.00 in purchases we receive $25.00 in free merchandise of our choosing. Thank you for helping the church and school with office supplies.
Financial and Attendance Statistics for July 17 & 18, 2010
Service |
Offering | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
6:30p.m. |
$1,462.06 | 72 |
8:00a.m. |
$4,988.00 | 86 |
9:30a.m. |
$2,223.00 | 142 |
11:00a.m. |
$1,162.50 | 70 |
11:00a.m. The Bridge |
$1,525.00 | 80 |
| TOTALS | $11,360.56 | 450 |
Direct Deposit |
$550.00 |
|
Debt Reduction |
20.00 | |
School Tuition |
$611.00 |
|
Tiger's Den Fees |
$1,119.00 |
Average needed each week to keep in budget: $21,938.46
OFFICE MAX revamps their recycling program!
MaxPerks members can earn $3 in rewards for each qualifying† visibly undamaged HP, Dell, Lexmark, Brother, Epson, Samsung, Kodak, Sharp or Canon ink or toner cartridges dropped off in an OfficeMax store location. Simply present your MaxPerks ID when submitting cartridges to ensure you receive credit and your rewards will be issued in the next statement cycle along with any other MaxPerks rewards you may have earned during the same period.
You can earn up to $60 in rewards per calendar month per member (from 20 ink or toner cartridges). While there is no limit to the number or brand of ink/toner cartridges you may recycle, you will only receive rewards for the brands and limited quantity noted. Thank you for contribution!!
In 2009 we received over $1500.00 of FREE merchandise from the Office Max recycling program. Plus, using the many coupons that Office Max mails to you, I have received additional merchandise because of the coupons. Please continue to bring in your cartridges.
http://www.grcrecycling.com/index.cfm
www.goodsearch.com
Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to St. John Lutheran Church and School without you spending a dime! Make www.goodsearch.com your home page. We have received a $144.00 from Good Search since we have started using Good Search in 2008. Please use Good Search to search the web and start your shopping with Good Search. A higher percentage is earned when you use Good Search as your browser to find places to shop on-line. Monies received from Good Search are applied to the general expenses of St. John.
