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Remember our ELCA Good Gifts Catalog, that can make a huge difference in someone’s life with a variety of gifts through our ELCA Hunger Appeal. Also online at https://goodgifts.elca.org/ When you shop on Amazon Smile, you can designate Crossways Camping Ministry as your... Read More →

Did you know our Mission Endowment Fund receives special gifts (from wills, estates, planned giving, stocks, mutual funds, and more) for extra mission in and beyond St. John’s? Our Mission Endowment Committee voted to disburse some funds this fall from earnings, in... Read More →

Friends and partners, It didn’t take long to settle back into our community and work here in Tanzania.    Our six months in Minnesota were refreshing and we relished being near our children.    We are relieved that Steve is done with his cancer... Read More →

Join us on Saturday, September 25 for the Outreach for Hope 2021 Ride Run Walk, and help raise $150K for grants to central city congregations in the Greater Milwaukee Synod! Visit OFHRRW.org to register to participate at one of our event sites (each site offers a walk, and road... Read More →

We had a beautiful day for our picnic!  Thank you to everyone who helped in some way to make the picnic a success!  We raised over $800 with basket donations and silent auction to share with our Missionaries and our Good Samaritan fund.  Thank you to Kristin and... Read More →

Thank you to one of our generous members for a $20,000 gift to pay down our Building Loan. We are challenging others to match that gift so we can pay off that loan faster!  We are very grateful to other generous members who have donated!  So far we have a $ 6,675 match!  Read More →

St. John’s will provide meals for families the week of February 13-19.  Wendy Wolf will coordinate the meals with Family Promise.  You can make a meal and bring them to church, or you can deliver them to the Family Promise building in West Bend before 3pm.  If you can’t provide a... Read More →

Are you traveling soon and staying in a hotel?  If so, we’re kicking off a new program called, “Fresh Start”.  This is a program that will be used by Family Promise.  If you stay at a hotel and don’t use the free toiletries they offer you, we’d like you to donate them.  Family... Read More →

Each month we’ll feature a St. John’s member so we can get to know each other better.  Getting to know you: The Anders Family Life in the fast lane best describes the busy Anders family, with each member – Scott, Heather, Liam, and Erin – involved in some sort of... Read More →

As the weather warms up, we’ll try some Drive-In services again, most likely Saturdays at 5:00. And when summer is here, we’ll see about other options! One of the plusses of the past year is that we learned two new ways to worship-on Facebook and in the parking lot! Read More →