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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”  Isaiah 52:7

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as of 17 April 2025

URGENT  Planning ahead. We will be joining together for an evening service on Thursday, April 17th, at 7:00 p.m. for Maudy Thursday, Good Friday April 18th at 7 p.m. There will be NO service on Saturday April 19th.

Prayer List Requests: If you would like a prayer request published, please contact the Church Secretary at 580-353-0556 or email at stjohnlcsec@gmail.com.  What a friend we have in Jesus...take it to the Lord in Prayer.

Life Quotes: “Perhaps as our culture seems to be increasingly more challenging, it may help to think of hope as the complete opposite of despair. Hope is not optional for the believer. Our hope is secure because, as we all say again, ‘Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!’”

Life Thoughts in the Church Year: Lethal measures like abortion and assisted suicide claim to express autonomy, but they really embody surrenders to death. Jesus Christ, sacrificed and arising again, liberates from submission to this ultimate enemy (1 Corinthians 15:26). Neither we nor our neighbors need equate human worth with length of days or lack thereof (Isaiah 65:20). Who will tell them? Why not us?

The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God by Gary & Deb Simmons in honor of Gary’s birthday. God’s richest blessings to Gary & Deb.

Altar Flowers:  
The flower chart for 2025 is up and waiting on you to reserve your special day! If you would like to place flowers on the altar for an Anniversary, Birthday, Memorial or other special occasion, please remember to sign up on the “Flower Chart.” Please sign your name and the special occasion. The cost is $75.00 for both arrangements. It is permissible to have more than one person sign up for a Sunday and split the cost. You can also call the office at 580-353-0556 and Sandra will sign you up.

Lutheran Women in Mission: 
LWML DINING OUT - Please join the ladies of LWML for a delightful dinner at Urban Bakery, 181734 US-277 in Walters, on May 6, at 5 P. M. Make your reservation by prepaying Sandra in the office or Susie Kinne and giving either of them your entree choice of beef or chicken. The cost of the meal is $22, and you can see a more detailed menu on the flyer in the narthex. If you would like to carpool, we will leave from St. John's at 5:00. We would love for you to join in the fun as we celebrate Christ among us

Men's fellowship on Wednesday, April 30th, 6 p.m. Steak Night! Call Jonathan Mackay, at 808-343-0291 for details. $10 donation requested. Please RSVP by April 28th.

Easter Breakfast. Join us for Easter Sunday Breakfast on April 20th, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. in the fellowship hall. Hop on in and enjoy the fellowship and food. Bring your favorite breakfast item to share! Kitchen team #1 will be in charge of the kitchen.

Easter Lilies For Easter Sunday. The Easter Lily is the traditional, time-honored symbol of beauty, hope, and life during the Easter season. If you would like to purchase a lily for the beautification of our sanctuary on Easter Sunday, please complete the form on the credenza in the entryway of the church or you can use the form on the last page of the bulletin and place the form and money in an envelope. You can send it to the church or place in the offering plate. The cost is $8.00.

Easter Lily Donors:

Our outreach collections for April and May is our very own St. John Lutheran Preschool. Here is a list of items which would be helpful: Copier Paper, Disinfectant spray, Disinfectant Wipes, Paper Towels, Tissues, Baby Wipes, Bleach, Fabulous For Floors, Disposable Gloves Large and X-Large, and Any contributions are greatly appreciated.

In this week's lesson Jesus takes His inner circle—Peter, James, and John—up on a mountain. There they see Jesus in His heavenly glory as Moses and Elijah appear alongside Him, discussing His upcoming departure. In his excitement, Peter offers to build three tents so they can remain on the mountaintop. Suddenly, a cloud—a sign of God’s presence—appears and a voice speaks out from it: “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!” (Luke 9:35).

Calling all volunteers!!! VBS will be here before you know it, and we can hardly wait to have you join us for the week of July 14-18 from 8:00-12:00! VBS needs as many volunteers as possible to make it a success! The sign-up sheet is available in the Narthex on the credenza. Snap up your preferred station before it’s gone! Thinking that you only have a couple of days that you can volunteer, or have questions? No worries! Just talk to Megan Schneider so she can answer your questions or work you into the volunteer line-up for as much time as you have available!

Mission and Volunteer:

If you are looking for a way to serve the church? We need help with the altar duties. The sign-up sheet is on the table in front of the Bible Study Room.
There are many ways that we are able to serve the Lord. One way is to serve as either an usher or a greeter. It takes just a moment of your time, but means so much to our members. Thank you to all who signed up to be a greeter. All months have been filled. There is however, still a need for ushers. Sign up today and take an active part in this minstry here at St. John.
Please don’t forget, we are always collecting pull tabs and aluminum cans. The funds from our efforts aid various outreach programs.

Blood Drive! St. John is considering hosting a Blood Drive on in April 2025 right after church. We need 20 participants. Please tell pastor and he will sign you up so we can move forward with OBI. It’s called “Donor Cares.” Each donation will result in a $15.00 donation to St. John. Please help us have a super successful Blood Drive.

The Lutheran Hour can be heard every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. on K-LAW 101.3 FM. You can also download The Lutheran Hour app for free and listen anytime, anywhere. Find it on the Apple app store, the Amazon Kindle Fire and on Google Play. Or simply listen on your desktop, tablet or smartphone at www.lutheranhour.org.

THANK YOU!

Giving opportunities. St. John Lutheran now has several ways to give your offerings. You can select GIVE on the top menu bar or down below at the bottom right of each page on this website.  Of course you can still give by using your giving envelope for 2025 and we also still have electronic giving.

We will be serving meals to Family Promise starting today, Sunday, March 23 through March 29. We will need to provide one meal per day which needs to consist of an entrée, 2 sides and a dessert. The meals can be divided up such as one person providing the entrée, another person providing one of the sides and etc. We have placed sign-up sheets on the credenza by the front of the office. At this time there are 9 adults, 2 teenagers, 4 children and 2 toddles. No allergies. If this changes we will let you know. Please have the meals to Family Promise by 4;45 p.m.

The church directory was a wonderful success. Although there are some families that did not get to take their picture do not worry we have you covered! We will be having a picture make up day. Our make-up day will be Tuesday, April 1st from 2 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and remember you get a free 8x10 picture. If you have any question call Sandra at the church office 580-353-0556. We have to have 10 sittings to be able to keep our date.

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