This Week at St. John's

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Children's Ministry

Midweek Music

Christmas Lights

Night at the Museum

Security Help Wanted

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This Week at St. John's

Jan. 1 - Jan. 8, 2012

What's Happening This Sunday

There will be two services this weekend, 5pm on Saturday and 10am on Sunday.

Prepare for Worship

Sunday, January 1,
The Name of Jesus

From the beginning, by virtue of our baptism, we are called Christian. We were "Christ-ened" at the font. Bearing his name, we share the same Father and are invited to address him intimately: Abba! Jesus bears our sings in humble obedience to the will of the Father. Today we pray that the mind of Christ, whose name we bear, would be our own. It is a good way to begin, again, another year.

The readings are Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 8; Galatians 4:4-7; and Luke 2:15-21. The hymns will be ELW 292, "Love Has Come", ELW 634, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" vs. 1, ELW 620, "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds", ELW 416, "At the Name of Jesus" vs. 1 and ELW 867, "In Thee is Gladness". Since it is New Year's Day there will only be one service Sunday morning at 10 am. There will also be a 5pm Saturday evening service in the chapel on New Year's Eve, December 31st.

Weekly Calendar

Monday, January 2
Office Closed
Tuesday, January 3

9:00 am Quilting - Fireside Lounge

9:30 am Senior Seminary - Room 8

5:30 pm Centering Prayer - Chapel

5:30 pm Worship Ministry Team - 1st Floor

Conference Room

Wednesday, January 4

6:30 am Souljourners - Weertz

12:00 pm Toastmasters - Valbracht

12:05 pm MidWeek Music - Ballyhoo Foxtrot Combo -

Sanctuary

12:30 pm MidWeek Music Lunch - Weertz

5:00 pm Beloved Community Meal - Weertz

6:15 pm Beloved Community Worship - Weertz

6:30 pm Adult Education - Neumann

6:30 pm Confirmation (7th-8th grade) - DDI & MPR

6:30 pm Confirmation (9th grade) - 307

6:30 pm KIDZ @ SJLC - Room 5

6:30 pm Kisasa Choristers Rehearsal - Fuller

6:30 pm Joyful Noise - Room 7

6:35 pm Cantorei Rehearsal - Choir Loft

7:00 pm Cathedral Choir Rehearsal - Choir Loft

8:00 pm J.I.F. (Journeys in Faith) - DDI, MPR, 307

Thursday, January 5

9:30 am Sarah Group - offsite

12:30 pm Lois Group - offsite

5:30 pm Global Mission - Valbracht

5:45 pm WIRED Yoga - Fireside Lounge

Friday, January 6
No events scheduled
Saturday, January 7

8:30 am Saturday AM Bible Study - offsite

9:30 am First Communion Class - Room 8

1:00 pm Calista Gould, Artist Reception - Weertz

5:00 pm Worship - Chapel

Sunday, January 8

7:45 am Worship - Sanctuary

8:45 am Worship - Sanctuary

9:55 am Brass Quartet Rehearsal - Le Chambre du Vent

9:55 am Breakfast Club - Room 307

9:55 am Chamber Orchestra Rehearsal - MPR

10:00 am Follow the Star Family Event - Chapel
10:00 am Adult Forum - Room 8
11:00 am Worship - Sanctuary
12:15 pm Rainbow Ministry Team - Fireside Lounge

Children's Ministry

Sunday School will resume Sunday, Jan. 8 with the Epiphany Family Event, Follow the Star.

Upcoming Midweek Music Schedule

January 4 - Ballyhoo Foxtrot Combo
January 11 - Nina Liu, violin
January 18 - Francine and Ed Griffith, piano
and tenor
January 25 - Ray Songayllo, piano

View the full schedule

Christmas Lights

Anyone Having Old Strands of Christmas Lights (And Who Doesn't!) . . .

Rather than throw them away, bring them to St. John's and we will recycle them for you. There will be a box in the reception area. All proceeds will go to the Good Samaritan Fund.

A Night at the Museum

Support our Youth Ministry
Seeking "Big Ticket" Items for the 2012 Youth Auction

Do you have connections? Can you call in a favor? Do you need to make a charitable donation before the end of the year? If so, the youth of St. John's need YOU to call those favors in, use your connections, and donate what you can!

We are planning our 4th annual youth fundraising auction and dinner and need "big ticket" items to auction! Need some ideas? Are you an artist? Do you know someone who is an artist? Do you have a cabin on a lake? Do you like to cook or bake? Do you sew or do woodworking in your free time? Do you have a service you could offer? Do you have season tickets to events that you could share with us? The possibilities are endless! If you have an item or an idea, contact a member of the youth auction committee: Tammi Reyes, Heidi Slinker, Terri Speirs, Lora Simpson, and Megan Clausen (meganc@stjohnsdsm.org). And mark your calendars now: March 2, 2012. More surprises to come. Stay tuned!

Security Help Wanted

Jack Huff, a member of our security team, will be leaving us in the middle of January. We would like to thank Jack for his work and help over the last year and a half. We have begun searching for a new member of our security team.If you know someone who is available weekends and some evenings, can multitask, and communicates well with others please have them contact Scott LaBlanc at scottl@stjohnsdsm.org or 515-243-7691. This is a paid position.

Just a reminder that around the holidays the church offices will be closed on the following days Dec. 23 starting at noon and all day on Dec. 26, 27, 30, and Jan. 2.

Peace,

Scott LaBlanc

Director of Parish Operations
businessoffice@stjohnsdsm.org

515-243-7691 x. 113