St. John's Youth News
"Growing Together in our Faith as we Serve Others"
Confirmation Class News...
- Confirmation Rehearsal will take place on Sunday, May 5th during Sunday School. Following the Rehearsal, our 8th graders and their families are invited to a Confirmation Breakfast served and joined by the 7th graders. It will be the last time you will have together as a group and we want to celebrate all that you have put into and shared this year!
- Confirmation of our 8th graders will take place on Sunday, May 12th. Please keep Landon Kreiser, Matthew Miller, Alayna Nosalik, Laurel Politsch, Garret Zinke, and Gracie Zinke in your prayers as they prepare for this very special day.
A photo of the newly-Confirmed 8th graders will be taken after worship on May 12th.
Start Getting Excited... For Lunch In The Park!!
Weather’s getting warmer. School is nearly out. It’s time to begin looking forward to Lunch in the Park! St. John’s Youth will be providing Lunch in the Park on Friday, June 7th. Our young people will be serving freshly grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, and pork chop sandwiches along with chips, desserts, and drinks. We hope you’ll mark your calendars and plan to join us for lunch and fellowship… and bring your friends, neighbors, and coworkers! The monies raised will go to help with the costs of mission trips and many other youth activities.
We will also be collecting monetary donations at the event to be donated to the family of a Mendota High School peer who is presently battling cancer. Should the day happen to bring rain instead of sunshine – we’ll just plan to serve the community from our parish hall!
We would welcome any donations of bottled water, iced tea, or soda; ice; buns; individually bagged assorted chips; and individually wrapped desserts such as bars, cookies, or cupcakes. A donation signup sheet will be posted on the information booth in mid-May.
We will also be collecting monetary donations at the event to be donated to the family of a Mendota High School peer who is presently battling cancer. Should the day happen to bring rain instead of sunshine – we’ll just plan to serve the community from our parish hall!
We would welcome any donations of bottled water, iced tea, or soda; ice; buns; individually bagged assorted chips; and individually wrapped desserts such as bars, cookies, or cupcakes. A donation signup sheet will be posted on the information booth in mid-May.
2019 Vacation Bible School Information
Plans are being made for an exciting week of Vacation Bible School this summer entitled ROAR! Life is Wild… God is Good! VBS will be held on Monday, June 17th through Friday, June 21st from 9am to Noon for children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. **Children must be 5 years old on or before June 17th. Registration forms will be sent home with our Sunday School students on May 5th and are due by Sunday, May 19th. It's sure to be a week filled with fun, friendship, and worshipping God!! We hope you’ll tell a friend and share in the fun and excitement of VBS! Those interested in helping, please contact one of the co-coordinators, Valerie Kreiser at (815) 866-4946 or Deb Rose at (815) 866-5833.
High School Students -- Your Help Is Needed for VBS!
Think back to how much fun you had as a little guy or girl at VBS!! The Vacation Bible School coordinators are in need of two high school youth to lead the physical activity time each day, June 17th to 21st, from 9am to 10:45am. You may commit to one or more days depending on your schedule. Activities would be planned and materials would be there for you. Maybe arts & crafts are more your thing! They could also use a couple of extra sets of hands to help out with the daily craft time. If you are interested, please let Karen Goy know.
Exciting News About the 2019 High School Mission Trip!
We are very excited to announce the members of our 2019 High School Mission Trip Team who will be serving in St. Louis, MO from July 14th to 19th — Hannah Ambler, Bailey Baird, Aaron Brandner, Sophie Holland, Samantha Katschke, Ted Landgraf, Alayna Nosalik, Andrew Stamberger, Katherine Wohrley, Cole Zimmerman, Garret Zinke, and Gracie Zinke. (Chaperones will be announced soon.) Please add our Team and the community of St. Louis, MO to your prayer list.
Thank You, St. John’s Family!
Your encouragement and support of the “Textathon” we held last month helped us pray for cancer patients, share information about free services available to patients, be part of a great community cause (Relay For Life March To A Million) and to raise over $6,000! The day was a memorable example of how we are to be Christ in the world!
Your encouragement and support of the “Textathon” we held last month helped us pray for cancer patients, share information about free services available to patients, be part of a great community cause (Relay For Life March To A Million) and to raise over $6,000! The day was a memorable example of how we are to be Christ in the world!
St. John's was well-represented on the 2018 MHS Homecoming Court!
Congratulations to Katie, Ally, Maya & Ted!
High School student, Samantha Katschke, is pictured on the bench that was installed in the new playground in Paw Paw. Sammi and her Girl Scout Troop #5158 would like to thank St. John's for the generous donations of bottle caps to help them reach their goal.
St. John's Scholarship Fund Recipients -- 2018/2019
Scholarships in the amount of $11,000 were awarded to several young church members. Congratulations to:
Grace Brandner (IVCC), Amy Devitt (University of Illinois), Jared Fritz (North Central College), Natalie Landgraf (Western Illinois University), Gabrielle Peasley (Illinois State University), Cameron Schumacher (Bradley University), Brock Sutton (Bradley University), Gillian Sutton (St. Ambrose University), Jacquelynn Wendel (IVCC), Bethany Wohrley (Illinois State University), Melissa Wohrley (North Central College), and Mark Zimmerman (Iowa State University).
Grace Brandner (IVCC), Amy Devitt (University of Illinois), Jared Fritz (North Central College), Natalie Landgraf (Western Illinois University), Gabrielle Peasley (Illinois State University), Cameron Schumacher (Bradley University), Brock Sutton (Bradley University), Gillian Sutton (St. Ambrose University), Jacquelynn Wendel (IVCC), Bethany Wohrley (Illinois State University), Melissa Wohrley (North Central College), and Mark Zimmerman (Iowa State University).
2018 High School Mission Trip Team
2018 Benton Harbor, MI Mission Trip Team:
(front row L-R) Natalie Landgraf, Tammy Landgraf, Gabrielle Brown, Grace Brandner, Gabbi Peasley, Maya Martin, Bailey Baird, Sophie Holland, Sammi Katschke, and Aimee Holland.
(back row L-R) Matthew Grenter, Mitch Landgraf, Troy Holland, Cole Zimmerman, Gavin Glazebrook, Ted Landgraf, and Logan Brandner.
(front row L-R) Natalie Landgraf, Tammy Landgraf, Gabrielle Brown, Grace Brandner, Gabbi Peasley, Maya Martin, Bailey Baird, Sophie Holland, Sammi Katschke, and Aimee Holland.
(back row L-R) Matthew Grenter, Mitch Landgraf, Troy Holland, Cole Zimmerman, Gavin Glazebrook, Ted Landgraf, and Logan Brandner.
2018 Jr. High Poured Out Mission Trip
The 2018 Poured Out Mission Trip Team is made up of (front row L-R): Alayna Nosalik, Jillian Younger, and Natalie Hanaman; (back row L-R): Melissa Nosalik, Kennedy Knaff, Lauren Holland, and Jeni Holland.
Team Pictures from previous High School Mission Trips
2017 Red Lake, MN Mission Trip Team Maria, Natalie, Brent, Grace, Matthew, Gabrielle, Gavin, Gillian, Cole, Cameron, Aaron, Gabbi and Sammye
2016 Cincinnati, OH Mission Trip Team Maria, Gavin, Jacquelynn, Haleigh, Gillian, Cameron, Natalie, Dave, Grace, Aaron and Roberta.
2015 St. Louis, MO Mission Trip Team
Mary, Jared, Grace, Brock, Natalie, Gillian, Mark, Cameron, Amy, Jacquelynn, Brady, Karen, Don, Maria and Joey
2014 Bayou La Batre, AL Mission Trip Team
Maria, Paige, Grace, Emily, Cameron, Gillian, Jacquelynn, Brady, Amy, Lukas, Jared, Joey, Mark, Brock and Barry
2013 Benton Harbon, MI Mission Trip Team
Jared, Mark, Erik, Brock, Brady, Gillian, Amy, Cameron and Jacquelynn (not pictured: Maria, Alice and Curt)
2012 Eastern Shore of Virginia Mission Trip Team with YouthWorks staff members and Jeff, Amy, Marcus, Mark, Jared, Brock, Paige S., Paige H., Brady and Maria.
2011 Cass Lake, MN Mission Trip Team
Don, Travis, Mark, Amy, Cady, Devan, Paige, Jared, Laurie, Grif, Karen and Marcus.
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2017 Red Lake Team enjoyed a beautiful sunset!
2016 Cincinnati Mission Trip Team onsite with YouthWorks!
2015 St. Louis Mission Trip Team
onsite with YouthWorks at Kossuth Church of God in Christ
We work hard and we play hard! A day of fun on the beach at Dauphin Island, AL.
Our Benton Harbor Mission Trip team with the beloved Mama Wilder.
We LOVED serving the community of Cass Lake!
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