What's Happening This Sunday
► All are welcomed to the Pentecost Family Event for Kids and Families--10:00 in the Fireside Lounge-TODAY!
► Photography: 10:00 am in Neumann
► Graduation Recognition: 10:00 am in Weertz
► St. John's Foundation Annual Meeting: 10:30 am in Weertz
► Join Pastor Bob from 10:15 to 10:30 in Room 8 for a beginning discussion regarding a Men's Ministry Group.
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► Monday, May 24
9:00 am Hardanger Group - Neumann
9:30 am WELCA Board Mtg - Kitchen, Room 8
► Tuesday, May 25
10:00 am Tuesday AM Bible Study - Room 8
5:30 pm Centering Prayer - Chapel
7:00 pm Prayer Shawl - Tues. Evening Grp - Fireside
► Wednesday, May 26
6:30 am Souljourners - Weertz
10:00 am 3D - Off site
4:30 pm Recreational Reading - Rose Holm
6:30 pm Maahs Student Recital - Chapel
► Thursday, May 27
9:30 am Music Together - Valbracht
5:30 pm Companion Parish Ministry Team - Neumann
5:30 pm Arts Visioning Mtg - A Dong Restaurant
► Friday, May 28
1:00 pm Arts for the City Board Mtg - Room 8
► Saturday, May 29
5:00 pm Worship - Chapel
► Sunday, May 30
7:45 am Worship
8:45 am Worship
11:00 am Worship
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Sunday School
► Mark your calendars for kids age Kindergarten through 7th grade. Vacation Bible School (Daycamp) will be June 21-24. VBS registrations can be found at the VBS display in the narthex. Registration deadline is June 7.
► Sunday School teachers needed for the 2010-11 Sunday School year. Will you share your faith with a class of kids once or twice a month? Contact Sheryl Reed if interested!!!! (243-7691 ext.193).
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Small Groups &
Christian Involvement
► Photography meets Today, Sunday, May 23, at 10:00 am in Neumann. The theme this month is "people." Please bring a couple pictures to share. Anyone interested in photography is welcome to join the group on the 23rd.
► Gardening: The St. John's Gardening group will meet on Wednesday, June 2, at 6:00 pm to tour three gardens along Kingman Boulevard: Clark McDonald & Rafael Rodriguez at 3325 Kingman (lots of perennials, paths, yard decorations, etc.), Martha Gelhaus & Kevin Pokovny at 3714 Kingman (started with help of a landscape artist and has interesting annuals and perennials), and Margaret & Fred Townsend at 3809 Kingman (cottage garden with many perennials from neighbors and friends.) Please join them starting at 6:00 pm at 3325 Kingman.
► EAGLES next event will be an overnight trip to Northeast Iowa on June 9th and 10th. Included are Kann's Import Shop in Guttenberg; Lock & Dam #10; Pikes Peak State Park in McGregor; Effigy Mounds National Monument in Marquette; free boat ride on the Mississippi; Villa Louis in Prairie du Chien Montauk-Gov. Willaim Larrabees mansion in Clermont; the World's Smallest Church, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Festina; the 1840 Fort at Fort Atkinson; the Bily Clock Museum in Spillville; and, for those wishing to stay one more night, Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Burr Oak, and Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah. If interested, contact David Stewart, 265-6897, stewjd428@yahoo.com.
► Prayer Shawl: The Tuesday evening prayer shawl group will meet for their quarterly gathering on Tuesday, May 25, at 7:00 pm in the Fireside Lounge. Bring any prayer shawls that are finished to bless.
► All Congregational Event: Would you be interested in attending a Barnstormers Arena Football game this summer? There will be a signup in the lounge this weekend and next to indicate your interest in going to a tailgate picnic and Barnstormers game on Saturday, July 24th beginning at 5:00 pm. (Need a minimum of 15 people for the $13/person group rate).
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New Church Directories!
► If you missed picking up your copy of the Pictorial Directory at services the last 3 weekends, you may get the directory at the receptionist's area during the week or contact Darla Stiles, 243-7691 to make arrangements to pick it up.
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Special Communion Service
► Come as you are...to St. John's on June 6 at 3:00 pm. The service is for everyone, especially those who have problems attending regular worship. There will be large print bulletins, healing and laying on of hands if desired, Communion brought to your pew, and a reception in Neumann. Wheelchairs, walkers, canes and bedroom slippers are welcome! There will be help to assist you. If you need a ride, call St. John's at 243-7691 and we will put you on the list for transportation. Come and worship in the beauty of your own church. You are important to us!
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Stephen Ministry
What Do Stephen Ministers Do?
► Stephen Ministers are members of St. John's Lutheran Church who have gone through 50 hours of training to provide confidential one-to-one Christian care to people who are facing a crisis or simply going through a difficult time. Your Stephen Minister will meet with you once a week for around an hour to listen to you, care for you, pray with and for you, and provide emotional and spiritual encouragement. Men are matched with male Stephen Ministers; women are matched with female Stephen Ministers. To find out more about how you or someone you know could be matched with a Stephen Minister, talk with one of our Stephen Ministry Leaders: Pastor Speirs, Linda Rieck or Karen Zaabel.
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Unasema Kiswahili?
(Do you understand Swahili?)
► You will if you attend our Intro to Swahili class on Wednesday evenings in June!! Beginning June 2 at 7:00 pm, Julie Lowe & Rachel Almlie (sisters who have lived in East Africa) will offer basic traveler's Swahili for people of all ages. If you are thinking about visiting our Companion Parish in Tanzania, if you would like to offer a more gracious welcome to Swahili speakers in our community and/or visitors from Africa, or if you just like learning languages we encourage you to attend! All are welcome! If possible, call/e-mail the church office before June 2nd if you plan to participate so that we have enough resources for everyone. Asante! (Thank you!)
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Health Ministry
► Needed: Persons to do laying on of hands at the healing services the second Sunday of each month. We use persons at each service; 1 on Saturday evening, and 2 at each of the Sunday services. Training is provided. Call Jean McKinney or the front desk, 243-7691, and indicate your preferred service. Come and share God's grace.
► A Special Communion Service for shut-ins is scheduled for June 6 at 3:00 and we need your help. With the elevator out of service, able-bodied volunteers are needed to help with people in wheelchairs-maneuvering up and down the ramp will require some strength to control the chair. People are needed from 2:30-5:00 pm. The people attending the service are our legacy members of St. John's-our living history. Please share some of your time and let them know their presence is valued. Call Jean McKinney or the front desk to sign-up to volunteer. Thank you!
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St. John's Lutheran Church
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A center for mission
in the heart of the city.
Saturday Worship
5:00 pm
Sunday Worship
7:45 am, 8:45 am & 11:00 am
Nursery Care Provided
Sunday from 8:30 to Noon
Radio Broadcast Sunday
at 8:30 am on KRNT-1350 AM
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Upcoming Events
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Sunday June 6
Heavenly Harp
Will play for our 8:45 and 11:00 am services on June 6. They will also join us for the special communion service later that afternoon at 3:00 pm. Karin and Joy Gunderson are professional musicians from Phoenix, Ariz. Come and enjoy their musical gifts and make them feel welcome at St. John's.
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Artist of the Month
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| Janet Heinicke
Retired Professor Emeritus of Art at Grand View University
"Making something", watching a shape, a color, a texture emerge from the "nothing" of a piece of paper is deeply satisfying. My spirit sings when I make something! So...yes...making art is an extension of life for me. . .without it, I would be (and am) less whole, less human."
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