SERMON:  by Pastor Mews “Good Shepherds”
              based on the text: Acts 20:17-35
 

ALTAR FLOWERS

The altar flowers are given by Fred Schuette in memory of his wife, Carol Schuette.

ANNUAL MOTHER’S DAY PLANT SALE

The youth are holding their annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale on Sunday. The plants come from Kircher’s Flowers at reduced prices. Orders can be picked up in the gym after the 9:00 service. Cash-N-Carry flowers and plants will also be available for sale. Come by and check it out. Thank you for supporting our youth!

EVENT SETUP

We are looking for volunteers to help set up for an event in the gym.  We are meeting on May 15th at 1:00 p.m. to do the setup.

St. JOHN LUTHERAN FOOD PANTRY APRIL REPORT:
We served 99 families or 284 people during the month of April. We distributed 469 bags of food worth $7,035.  The monthly Toledo food run was on Wednesday, April 23rd, and brought back 1,375 pounds of food at a cost of $68.65. We had families visit our pantry for the first time.

On Saturday, June 14th, Flag Day, your $10.00 will return $30.00 back in Meijer gift cards for food only for our pantry. Information will continue to be published and promoted. 

ITEMS NEEDED: egg noodles, cream of chicken, beef or chicken broth.

Thank you for helping feed the hungry!

CUSTODIAN NEEDED

The trustees are taking applications for a part-time custodial position. The position will be later in the afternoon through the evening, and we are looking to hire someone by May 19th.

SAVE YOUR PLASTIC CAPS!

  We are again saving CLEAN plastic caps (any size, shape, or color) to possibly have a park bench on our church property.  Please bring them to the church office. Examples of caps: water bottles, milk jugs, sprays (oil, etc.), cleaning products, food products.  Thank you!

MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH!

    NEW CARE NOTES:

    There are new Care Notes available in the Bergman Resource Room:

    Take One – Take Heart; Give One – Give Hope

    Working Your Way Through Stressful Circumstances

Additional titles have been placed in the Caring Ministry Resource

Room just off of the Work Room. Please take one for you or give to a friend.

Notes now available:

 “What Grieving Does to the Body”

 “Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness”

 “Loving Someone with Mental Illness”

 “When God Feels Far Away”

 “Finding God in Pain or Illness”

 “Finding Grace in the Everyday”

 “Dealing With the Anger That Comes with Grief”

 “Angry? Lonely? Anxious? Dealing With Difficult  Emotions”

 “Easing the Burden of Stress”

 

ATTENDANCE                CHURCH SERVICES                  

May 3                    48               5:30 PM                                                             

May 4                  105              9:00 AM                                          

                                73            11:00 AM                                                          

TOTAL:                226                                                                                  

 
– Worship Services –
Traditional Services
Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9:00 a.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Service
 
THE 5:30 P.M. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 11:00 A.M. ARE
LIVESTREAMED 
 
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