MISSION: MENDOTA
Saturday, September 9th

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Mission: Mendota is a time for the members of St. John’s, for others in our community, and for our families to make a difference in our hometown of Mendota. 

On Saturday, September 9th, we are rolling up our sleeves and pitching in to help with:

  • Painting at the Mendota Swimming Pool;
  • Painting the dugouts and small 2-story building at the baseball fields behind Sullivan’s (near Purple Park);
  • Clean-up of local parks;
  • Decorating new garbage cans for the city;
  • Painting the dining hall at the Mendota Lutheran Home;
  • And other possibilities with details to be announced later.

There will be two shifts – one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  The selected activities are intended to be intergenerational, so our hope is that entire families or friendship groups will sign up.  However, we know some projects, such as the parks clean-up, will lend themselves better to our children.    

There will be sign-up sheets so we know how many projects we can commit to, and how many materials we will need.  Watch for the clipboards at church, or you may call the church office to sign up.  Let’s make this an amazing event!   Note:  The rain date for outside activities will be September 23rd. 

Pray for Mission: Mendota.  We believe that Mission: Mendota will make such a difference in our community that we are asking for the prayers of our entire congregation as preparations are being made for this event.

Godspeed for Maria Bonine

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Maria, our St. John’s Youth Director these past 5 years, has entered the process of becoming an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the ELCA.  Therefore, she has resigned from her position at St. John’s in order to more fully focus upon her studies at Wartburg Seminary.
 
Sunday, August 20th will be Maria’s last day as our Youth Director.  On that day, we will be offering a Godspeed Prayer for Maria during worship.  Following worship, there will be a reception for her in our Fellowship Hall.
 
We have been blessed with Maria’s ministry and her faithfulness to the youth of our congregation and their families.  As she wrote in her letter of resignation, “I trust that God will continue to bless us as we walk by faith and not by sight.”  Please join with us that day in thanking her.
 

Why Sunday Fellowship?

The Merriam–Webster online dictionary defines a fellowship as a “community of interest, activity, feeling, or experience,” and “a company of equals or friends.”

God designed His church to be a fellowship, not just a community, but a family of brothers and sisters who share God’s ideals and beliefs, and who can help us improve ourselves.

The importance of fellowship in our lives is part of the reason that the people of God are commanded to consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.  Every week, on Sunday, Christians gather both to hear the Word of God taught and to strengthen each other through fellowship.

Sunday Fellowship at St. John’s requires your participation.  We are the Church.  Please consider signing up for one Sunday during the year to make coffee and serve donuts to your fellow members so that we can meet, get to know each other and focus on God’s desires and goals for us.

There is a calendar in the Church kitchen, pick a Sunday to do your part as a member of the St. John’s community.

Help Yourself...

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Our quilting ladies have been working on “Walker Bags” for residents of area nursing homes.  They are also making them available to members of our congregation.  You will find a basket full of these colorful and handy fabric bags in the Narthex.  Please feel free to take one for yourself or someone you know.