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Fat Tuesday at Culver’s in Jackson!

Feb 04 2024
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From 4pm -7pm on the 13th, we’ll have a fundraiser to provide backpack meals for kids at Jackson School. We’ll also need some teens/families/adults to wait tables that evening and represent St. John’s! This is one of our community outreach activities.
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Youth Group Rummage Sale – June 4th

Jun 01 2022
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Our Youth Ministry Team is hosting a rummage day on Saturday June 4, 9-3:00. Thank you for bringing donations of saleable items (no cast-off old TV’s or hard-to-get-rid of things, please!) Proceeds are going to Char Schwieger and family as she battles acute leukemia and is...
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Family Promise Hosting Week

Apr 07 2021
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Family Promise of Washington County seeks to end homelessness in Washington County by rebuilding lives with compassion and providing resources and services to individuals and families at risk of homelessness in the community. St. John’s will provide meals for families the week of...
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Food & Clothing Drive for All People’s Church

Nov 04 2020
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Have you been wanting to clean out your closets and drawers for a while? Now is the perfect time to do so! St. John’s is having a Food/Clothing drive to help the All People’s Church in Milwaukee. They need non-perishable food items, clothing, (They are in need the most for adult...
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Crossways Camp Work Day

Apr 29 2019
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Crossways Camps has two days in May for camp work days to repair and clean-up to get camps ready for campers. May 11th at Pine Lake Camp in Waupaca and May 18th at Imago Dei Village Camp in Clintonville. Talk to Pastor if you’re interested in going.
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Hosting Family Promise Families

May 08 2018
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Family Promise helps homeless and low-income families in Washington County achieve sustainable independence. They provide food, shelter, and support services for homeless families through the hands-on work of many volunteers. Area churches take turns hosting families throughout...
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WB Germanfest 8/25-28

Jul 31 2016
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St. John’s has been invited to become part of West Bend Germanfest, now under the direction of Habitat for Humanity of Washington and Dodge Counties. Their goal is to raise enough money during this weekend in August to build an entire Habitat home. Germanfest will be held...
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Greater Milwaukee Synod Assembly

Jun 01 2016
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Our Greater Milwaukee Synod congregations meet in assembly this weekend at Carthage College. Pray for this group that will be electing a new bishop! Synod Assembly 2016
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Family Promise

May 18 2016
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Family Promise of Washington County is a non-profit agency that works with churches to provide shelter, food and care for families in need.  St. John’s is partnering with St. Luke’s, Slinger in this important ministry of sharing God’s love.  St. Luke’s will be hosting...
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Celebrate Families 11am-3pm

Feb 05 2016
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All families are invited to attend the 25th Anniversary Celebrate Families. The event will be held on February 14, 2016 from 11am to 3pm at West Bend High School (1305 East Decorah Road). Please enter at the West Entrance by the Fieldhouse. There will be entertainment for all...
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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.support.elca.org/site/TR/Events/General?px=1080705&pg=personal&fr_id=1181Hello! 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!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 onmy own experiences.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 andstill am looking forward to in the second half.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 singsongs 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.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 tyingflowers 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.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.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 seethe 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. ... See MoreSee Less
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