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Bonnie Flora
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| This Week at St. John's | May 15 - May 22, 2011 |
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Photos from Holy Week 2011 by Jacque Warming
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| What's Happening This Sunday |
- This weekend we celebrate the baptism of Kathleen Rochelle Robinson, daughter of Travis Robinson and Rikki Schafer Robinson. Welcome to the St. John's family.
- Sunday School at 9:55 am - Please see below for room assignments
- Welcome new members at 8:45 - Keith and Blanca Hanson, Kristin Tracy. Welcome to the St. John's family!
- Breakfast Club at 9:55 am - Room 307
- Adult Forum at 10:00 - Room 8 - Larry Christensen
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| Weekly Calendar | |
Monday, May 16
Eagle Call deadline
Tuesday, May 17
9:30 am Quilting - Room 308
9 30 am Tuesday AM Bible Study - Room 8
5:00 pm Congregational Council - Neumann
5:30 pm Centering Prayer - Chapel
Wednesday, May 18
6:30 am Souljourners - Weertz
11:00 am WELCA Spring General Meeting - Neumann
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch II - Off Site
5:30 pm Worship Ministry Team - First Floor Conf. Room
6:00 pm Confirmation Party - Bernau Residence
6:30 pm Serving at Central Iowa Shelter
Thursday, May 19
11:30 am Lunch Bunch I - Off Site
3:00 pm ASAP - Weertz, Rms 7, 8, 208, 209, MPR
5:30 pm ASAP Closing Recp - Weertz, Kitchen, Rms 7, 8
6:30 pm Serving at Central Iowa Shelter
Friday, May 20
Southeast Iowa Synod Assembly - Coralville
9:00 am Investment Ministry Team Meeting - Valbracht
Saturday, May 21
Southeast Iowa Synod Assembly - Coralville
8:30 am Saturday AM Bible Study - For location contact
Rod Snavely (rsnavely@aol.com)
or Ellen Fisher (ellenfisher123@yahoo.com
9:30 am Altar Guild - Room 8
5:00 pm Worship - Chapel
5:30 pm Couples/Singles Group - Stiles Residence
Sunday, May 22
7:45 am Worship - Sanctuary
8:45 am Worship - Sanctuary
10:00 am Photography Group (Theme: funny pictures) - Neumann
10:00 am Adult Forum - Room 8 - Larry Christensen
10:00 am Graduation Recognition
11:00 am Worship - Sanctuary |
| Bike to Worship this Sunday | |
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| Plant Sale Update | |
 Did you order plants from the Youth Plant Sale? If so, you may pick them up THIS SATURDAY in the north parking lot at St. John's from 11am-1:00 p.m. If you did not get a chance to order plants you can come and look through the extras that were ordered! Please call the front desk or Megan Clausen if you are unable to pick your plants. 243.7691
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| WELCA Outreach | 
► The May WELCA outreach will be a collection for the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN). Some needs they have are: combs, brushes, children's DVD's or video tapes, disposal diapers and wipes, baby shampoo, men and women's deodorant, all sizes of socks, and feminine products. Please select one or more items and place in the boxes marked IHN near the office reception desk or in the hallway outside Neumann Hall. Your support is really appreciated!
► A big THANK-YOU to all of you generous ones who contributed items for Families and Children of Iowa/Violence Center throughout the month of April. They received these much needed gifts with a lot of appreciation! |
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Children's Ministry |  ► All kids are invited to Sunday School at 9:55. This is our last Sunday School session till next fall!!!! Age 3 years meet in room 5, Preschool-room 6, Kindergarten - Room 7, first through sixth grade will start in the chapel and then move to their classrooms on 2nd floor.
► Vacation Bible School will be June 27-30 for Kindergarten - Sixth graders. Find the VBS registration forms here. |
| Small Groups & Christian Involvement | |
► Couples/Singles Group will meet on Saturday, May 21, 5:30 pm at the home of Bill & Darla Stiles for a backyard gathering. Bring an hors d'oeuvre. Cost: $5 per person. RSVP to the Stiles at 515-225-3499 or darlastiles@stjohnsdsm.org.
► The St. John's Gardening Tour Schedule is set for spring/summer/fall of 2011. The first scheduled tour is May 24th, meeting at Loki's Gardens west of Des Moines. If you would like to be added to the Gardening small group e-mail, please let Darla know at darlastiles@stjohnsdsm.org.
► Our all congregational Baseball and Apple Pie event takes place on Sunday, June 5. There will be a picnic (food provided) with an apple pie contest on the grass next to the parking lot at Principal Park between 11:30 and 1:00, then we will attend an I-Cub's game at 1:05. If you enjoy making apple pie, we hope you will share your skills with us and enter the contest. Sign up in the lounge during the month of May for both I-Cubs tickets and apple pie contest. (Deadline to sign up is Tuesday, May 24.) Cost for both the tickets and the food for the picnic is $10 per person. Table service will be provided. |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network | |
 On June 14th and 16th, St. John's will assist WDM Christian Church in hosting 3 homeless families in transition. Please consider volunteering for a shift. We need food preparers & servers, evening and overnight hosts. This is a great opportunity for youth, families or small groups to serve together.
On June 14 and 16, we need at least 2 people per shift: 5:30 - 7:00 pm serve supper and clean-up; 6:00 - 8:00 pm evening hosts;
8:00 pm - 6:00 am overnight hosts (at least one male needed).
Food needs to be delivered by 5:30 pm: enough for 25 people - main dish; salad; vegetable/starch; dessert, plus 2 loaves of bread and 2 gallons of milk. Please see the sign-up sheet just outside the Sanctuary. Contact Jennifer Early or Wanda Havard with questions at 274-6872. Thank you!
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| The Rainbow Ministry Team |  ► . . . of St. John's will continue our annual tradition of participating in the Des Moines Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, June 12th, at 1:00 pm. This is a great opportunity for us to represent St. John's as a "Church for All People." St. John's members and friends are invited to join us in the march. Meeting time is 12:30 pm and the location is on the east side of the Capitol near Capitol Avenue in the large parking lot. The parade ends on Robert D. Ray Drive near the river. Feel free to show off your new St. John's Rainbow t-shirt (see below.) If you have any questions regarding this event, contact Bruce Remmey at 515.208.4386.
► Invites you to show our community that you are "in the city for good" and St. John's is "a church for ALL people."
We are accepting orders for newly-designed t-shirts. The shirts are sky blue, and are available in adult sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL and youth sizes S, M, L, XL for $16.00 plus tax each. An order sheet is available in the reception area through May 15. Shirts will arrive in early June. If you have any questions, contact LaDonna Russell at 515-669-6035. |
| St. John's Faith Garden... | |
 . . . needs gardeners, tools and dollars! We're planting on Monday, May 16 and on Tuesday, May 24. Volunteers may come to the Speirs' home at 5:30 p.m. to begin planting potted vegetable starts. We'll need tools such as trowels and bulb planters to dig holes through the newspaper and compost that was laid last fall. We also need drip hoses for watering; do you have a spare? We welcome monetary contributions for purchasing plant starts and for ongoing garden supplies and equipment. Mark contributions for "St. John's Faith Garden." Produce from SJFC will be donated to the DMARC food pantries to feed hungry children and their families. Another way to contribute is to donate your own excess garden produce to DMARC. Plant some extra rows! Please call Bonnie Ekse, 964-5929, if you're able to plant or contribute tools.
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The Des Moines Arts Festival |  St. John's has been offered a volunteer opportunity for this year's Des Moines Arts Festival® - June 24th-26th. If your ministry group, book club, or simply friends and/or family would like to volunteer, work and play together visit the website to view the Festival's volunteer opportunities at: www.desmoinesartsfestival.org/volunteer - then click on "volunteer local." You are able to view the job descriptions for each of the opportunities, see how many spots are remaining for each shift, and register your group together. (Please note: we require a minimum age of 16 years old, the Festival is rain or shine event, and lifting objects may be involved.) For help with registration or with questions, contact Angela at atakolbet@downtowndesmoines.com or 515-286-4949. |
| Adult Forum: May 15 & 22 |  Larry Christensen will conduct adult education at 10:00 a.m. The first, May 15th, will be called, "Why St. John's is smaller than it used to be, and why it is no one's fault." The second, May 22nd, will be called "St. John's is smaller than it used to be and why that may be a good thing." Larry's descriptions of the forums are as follows: "The sessions will be a combination of St. John's and Des Moines history, social commentary, Bible study, and theology. While you are all very aware of the down sides of how my mind works, a positive side of my thought process is that I see all sorts of connections in a great big web of meaning. There is hope and every reason to see God's hand at work in the processes that go on around us in seeming chaos. I hope many of you will join me as I think some of this content is food for thought and prayer as we all live into God's future." |
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Learn More about Who Does What at SJLC |  There is a new "Thank you" bulletin board in Weertz to thank different groups of people for their various ministries. This month's featured group is Women of the ELCA (WELCA). Please take a moment to add your thanks with a short note, or with just your signature. Thank you!
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Simply Giving | |
 Traveling this summer or any time throughout the year? Or just want to make sure you keep up with your giving plan? Electronic giving, through the "Simply Giving" program, could be for you! It is a convenient way to provide consistent financial support to St. John's. There will be a table in the narthex again this weekend between services where you can ask questions and sign-up, or pick up a form in Weertz Hall.
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Peace,
Scott LaBlanc
Director of Parish Operations
businessoffice@stjohnsdsm.org
515-243-7691 x. 113 |
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