Welcome to St. John's Lutheran Church!

God has blessed St. John’s since 1862 with faithful members, pastors, and newcomers. We’re a congregation of sinners and saints of all ages. Our worship blends traditional and contemporary, with opportunities for growth, fellowship, and service. We extend Christ’s welcome to all who seek to worship, know, and serve the Lord.

Worship Schedule 
Saturday Worship 5:00 pm.  
Sunday Worship 9:00 am
Sunday School 9:30 am
9:00 worship is also on Facebook Live.

 

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Pastor's Message
Dear Church,

It's a New Year! The old one wasn't so great. What will 2025 bring? There are so many 'unknowns' in the nation and world right now; and in our lives too! Ecclesiastes 3 offers that great poem to end and to begin a year: For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven...

Instead of focusing on what we cannot control (like politics, climate, war in Gaza and Ukraine), let's focus on what we can do something about! We can: ground our hearts and attitudes in the Word-who is Jesus! We can center ourselves in regular times for worship and study and prayer. We can serve! (And we want to find some new ways to serve in our community!) We can be people who display the 'fruits of the spirit' (Galatians 5) such as: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, generosity, and self-control. And we can be people who speak the truth, in love!

A new year is always a time to ask: What could we be doing differently or better as a church? In 2024 a "Fitness and Fellowship Group" took off, and meets every Wednesday morning! A "Caregivers' Support" group began meeting monthly. And our "Grief Support Group" started gathering twice a month! We have some folks interested in a new 'small group' Bible Study. We're seeking to reinvigorate our Youth Ministry. We have the technology to do Zoom and in-person studies. What kind of learning conversations would you like to try?

And let me start the New Year with a word of thanks: for all our staff and volunteers; for you who faithfully bring your kids to Sunday School and worship; for all those who send cards and make calls to our shut-ins; and for those of you who may not be actively involved right now, but who still hold this congregation and pastor in your prayers! Asante sana (Swahili for Thank you very much!) as we enter into the Year of our Lord 2025

- Pastor Paul

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Posted on Sep 15 2023
DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE STORY OF ISAAC’S BIRTH Bible Background: God has promised to Abraham and Sarah that they will be ancestors of a great nation; and that through them-all the families of the earth will be blessed. There’s just this one little problem: no offspring! Oh, and
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Sunday, September 10, 2023

Posted on Sep 08 2023
GENESIS 2, Creation version 2.0 Bible Background: Genesis 1 and 2 offer different and complementary stories of how God created the heavens and the earth and humankind. Chapter 1 lifts up the goodness and good order of God’s creation. Chapter 2 gives a much more personal
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Sunday, August 6, 2023

Posted on Aug 03 2023
THE CURIOUS BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES Bible Background: “Ecclesiastes was written to warn us against placing our hope in anyone or anything other than God. It does so by pointing out the meaninglessness of life lived ‘under the sun’, a phrase that could be replaced with
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Sunday, July 30, 2023

Posted on Jul 27 2023
LADY WISDOM CALLS – PROVERBS 8 Bible Background: It’s very interesting that Wisdom speaks loud and clear with the voice of a woman, in Proverbs 8. We refer to her as “Lady Wisdom” or “Woman Wisdom”. She is the opposite of “Dame Folly” (who appears
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