Intergenerational Faith Formation continues TODAY at 9:00 AM: Everyone is invited! This Sunday’s theme is “The Practices of Lent.”
Lent midweek services, Wednesdays at 7:00 PM. Join us each week for Evening Prayer .
Worship Assistants Needed: Altar Guild volunteers, Greeters, Counters, Readers, Ushers and Livestream Crew members. MANY hands are needed to offer the worship services and events that we do. Please email Pastor Blake or Bev Kaczmarski.
First Communion instruction begins in Lent, with new communicants receiving their first communion on Easter Sunday. Contact Pastor Blake for more information!
Boxes of Cereal for Loaves & Fishes: We have been asked to collect boxed cereal for Loaves and Fishes during Lent. We ask everyone to bring at least one box of cereal each week of Lent to reach our goal of 300+ boxes. We have collected approximately 180 boxes so far!
Let Us Build a House–Bethlehem Build: Our partner congregation, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, New Orleans, is building new affordable housing rentals on their property in partnership with Tulane University. Our Council has challenged St. John’s to raise $22,500, or 10% of the needed funds to make this project possible during Lent. Give online or by check payable to St. John’s with “Bethlehem Build” in the memo line. Our current total: $8700!
Missing our Lenten soup suppers? We will be selling homemade soups and breads between services for you and your family to purchase and enjoy during Lent. All proceeds will go toward the Bethlehem Build Project. If you are interested in making soup or bread for the sale – please contact Jane Bowman or Jama Bowman.
Easter Flowers: We are collecting donations for Easter flowers; suggested donations of $25–50 All dedications must be received by April 3. Sign up in the entryway.
Lutheran Disaster Response is providing refugees and those affected by the crisis in Ukraine with immediate financial support (100% of all donations are given) as well as food, blankets, water and hygiene kits. You can mail or drop off a check at the church office, or donate online and type “Ukraine” under the “Special Giving” field or in the memo line.