This Week at St. John’s
monday, May 19, 2025 - sunday, May 25, 2025
Monday
Last day of 4-year-old Preschool
Tuesday
Last day of 3-year-old Preschool
7:00 PM Technology Committee
Wednesday
11:15 AM Evangelism Committee
Friday
9:00 AM LES MALL Track Meet @ Garber Highschool (Grades 1-8)
11:00 AM Newsletter Crew
Saturday
6:00 PM Worship Service
Sunday
8:00 AM Worship Service
9:15 AM Choir Practice
10:30 AM Worship Service
Church and School Weekly Announcements
Congratulations to Shirley Kiesel and Karen Sweet who were confirmed during our Saturday evening service. Please join us in welcoming these new members to St. John’s!
PowerPoint Training: Next Saturday, May 24th, Pastor Schaewe will give a walk through of putting together Power Point slides for our services. If you are familiar with Word, PowerPoint, or Google Slides, we invite you to come. If you would like to learn how to do it, please come. It would be helpful to bring your laptop. We will meet in the Council Room at 10:00 am.
Call Update: At our meeting last Sunday, Pastor/Doctor Wade Johnston of Wisconsin Lutheran College was called to serve as our next Pastor. Please keep Pastor Johnston in your prayers as he deliberates his calls both at WLC and St. John’s.
Repairs: The Trustees received bids for fixing the church roof ($12,500) and for organ blower repairs ($4,000). The Voters’ Assembly has approved a fundraiser to cover the cost for both. Watch for more information.
Please sign-up if you are planning on attending the farewell dinner for Pastor & Kelley on Sunday, June 1st, at 1:00 pm. It will be a catered meal and we are asking for freewill offerings to cover the expenses; envelopes are on the hall table. Deadline to sign up is Sunday, May 25th. You may sign-up online at: https://forms.gle/xVAo6o6hiveYGjoU7, or on the sign-up sheet on the hall table.
Volunteers needed to set up tables after the 6:00 pm service on May 31st. Volunteers are also needed to clean up and take down tables after the dinner on June 1st.
Service time changes: Beginning the weekend of June 7th & 8th, our services will be held 6:00 pm Saturday & 10:00 am Sunday.
School News
M.A.L.L. League Track Meet, for grades 1-8, will be held at Garber High School in Essexville on Friday, May 23rd, starting at 9:00 am. Come cheer on our school!
The MLS Track Meet will be held on Wednesday, May 28th, at Cardinal Field. Come cheer on our 5th – 8th graders as they participate in races and field events! Events begin at 10:00 am.
Last Day of School/Picnic is Thursday, May 29th. School dismisses at noon; we will go to the Williams Township Park, 1080 W. Midland Rd., Auburn, for our school picnic. A hotdog lunch will be provided.
The Eighth-Grade Graduation Service will be held in church on Friday, May 30th at 6:00 pm; grades K-8 will be singing.
