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Sunday school meets Sunday mornings at 9am in the church basement. Confirmation class meets on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm in the church basement. Read More →
Growing in Christ, we welcome, worship and witness. Worship services are Saturday 5:00pm, Sunday 8:00am and 9:45am. Facebook Live services are Sunday 9:45am.
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Church Picnic
We had a wonderful picnic, despite the weather! Thank you to everyone who helped in some way to make the picnic a success! There were so many individuals that did so much to help make things come together! We are so blessed! Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for... Read More →
We extend a big Thank You
We extend a big Thank You to Staci Bohling who has poured her heart and soul into the Sunday School Coordinator position for the past 8 years. Staci is stepping down, as her regular workload increases, and so someone else can step up! Who among us can work with Education Team and... Read More →
The Adventures of Flat Jesus
Pick up a flat Jesus from the Gathering Space for your summer travels! We encourage everyone in the congregation to take him with you this summer and send us pictures/video of where he goes- on day trips or around the world with you. We will post the sightings on... Read More →
Bob’s Under the Bridge
Mr. Bob’s needs men’s winter coats in all sizes, either new or in good condition. Coats or other donations may be left in the bin at the top of the stairs. Read More →
Communication & Technology Team Help Wanted!
If you are techy or consider yourself great at communications, we need you! We’re putting together a couple of teams to move our church forward in technology and communications. Please talk to Pastor, Council President, Scott Kinter, or Wendy Wolf if you would be interested. Read More →
Meal Train
Thank you to all our cooks for signing up to provide meals for our meal train! If you have a friend, neighbor, or family member that is in need of a meal please contact Wendy in the office (262)677-3176 or officestjohnsjackson@gmail.com. We would love to help! Read More →
You’re Invited to All People’s Thanksgiving Worship & Pie Social
A few of us are attending the Thanksgiving Worship and Pie Social at All People’s Church on Sunday, November 20th at 10:45. We have room to carpool if you’re interested in attending! Read More →
Communion Clean-up Help
We are in need of help to cleanup communion after the 9:45 service. It will only take 5-10 minutes of your time and maybe once a month. Please contact Barb Pueringer 262-255-1479. Read More →
Community Outreach Team
Our Community Outreach Team meets once per month and looks for ways to involve our community in St. John’s activities. The team is working on a “Holy Humor Sunday” breakfast on April 24th, and looking to plan a 160th church anniversary/Pastor’s 40th ordination anniversary/loan... Read More →
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Greetings from Michael Novotny!![]()
Good day to you all! This has been a busy but good couple of months for me over here in the UK. Feel free to read all about in the newsletter I have prepared below entitled, New News!![]()
I have appreciated the support from you all so far this year in all the amazing forms it has come in. Thank you again for all that. If you would like to support me financially, that link is here.![]()
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Hello! For those of you who do not know me my name is Michael Novotny and I come from Wisconsin, USA. This year I will be serving Oxygen in Kingston Upon Thames doing a variety of work with them in their Youth Programs! I have been spending days in their charity shop that they own. Along with that I have been working at the different Youth Clubs throughout the week. Additionally, I have been putting in office hours helping with administrative and social media tasks. Along with all these tasks at Oxygen, I have also been partnered through them with a local church doing Youth Ministry at the Church of St Matthews, an Anglican Church in Surbiton. I am excited to be in the UK this year working with Oxygen and continuing to learn about their programs and resources for young people!![]()
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OXYGEN RESIDENTIAL - In February I was invited to take some youth to a residential with a few of my coworkers from Oxygen. We went to a place called Hindleap Warren in a place called Wych Cross, two hours south of London. The youth participated in team building activities, a “forest adventure” where we got to walk through the mud, and some high ropes. It was an interesting experience seeing the similarities & differences in how a retreat experience for young people is run in the UK and reflecting on![]()
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MID-YEAR RETREAT - In early February I joined my US cohort in Kidderminster for our midyear Time for God retreat. We were able to welcome Kari, who joined us in January in her placement in Edinburgh. She had been placed there after her year in Jerusalem had been cut short. It was great to meet with my cohort and strengthen those bonds. Also to see Time for God friends I had met at the first retreat and meet new ones as well! It was a nice space to reflect on the first half of my year and what I am was and![]()
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GOOD FRIDAY - I was invited to participate in a walk of witnesses with the church my host family attends. We walked across the main streets in Kingston following the cross bearer and would stop sing![]()
songs and one of the clergy from the churches in the area would offer a prayer(pictured right). It was an interesting experience watching people around us watch and some even joined in! That afternoon I joined my supervisor Charlie at his church. The service was quite reflective and intense. It was a wonderful experience.![]()
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EASTER SUNDAY - This Easter I went to St Marks Church in Surbiton up the road from St Matthew’s! I went to the children’s service with my supervisor and his family. A big tradition that they do is tying![]()
flowers to the cross to signify the beautiful growth of what the death of Jesus brings. I definitely got to see the full spectrum of the Anglican Holy Week services! Afterwards I joined Charlie at his parents home and spent the afternoon with him and his family. We had a traditional British Easter lunch of lamb and other roasted potatoes and vegetables. We spent the day hanging out and going for a walk in the park. In the evening I was able to join my host family at for dinner where we had another lovely roast lamb.![]()
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PLACEMENT FEATURE - This month I had spent a great deal of time in Oxygen’s charity shop. In the UK instead of large warehouse thrift stores each charity runs a shop, typically on a main road. Oxygen’s is located in New Malden. It serves as a community hub for people of all ages to come to volunteer, shop, and for support. It is a big part of my week to go there and engage with the other volunteers. It is always a surprise what experience I will have there, but in the best way.![]()
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REFLECTIONS - Throughout my life I have been a person that is focused on the “destination” of life. Something I struggle with is focusing on the journey and finding peace in that. This year has really shown me that through the compassion of my community. There have been many moments where I think a need or wish for the year and set it aside and continue on. Then through the kindness of my community it will magically appear. One thing I had hoped for was a plant. As I am only here for a year I did not see![]()
the need to go out and buy one. One day during a conversation in the charity shop, one of Oxygen’s volunteers Annchi asked if I had a plant. I said I had thought about it. That next week she walked in for her shop shift and plopped a plant down in front of me! It was such a simple thing, but to me it meant so much. There have been many acts of kindness such as this, where my community has shown up in ways like this showing my presence here means something to them.
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