St. John's Youth News
"Growing Together in our Faith as we Serve Others"
Wednesday Lenten Meals will be provided
by the High School Youth on March 20th and
by the 5th-8th Grade Youth on April 10th.
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!
Confirmation Students: "We hope you're going to join us!"
All current 7th and 8th graders are eligible to attend Confirmation camp at Lutherdale. Due to limited spaces available, we will be attending the week of June 16th to 21st this year. Those interested students/families need to contact Karen Goy at (815) 228-2391 by March 4th. Each student planning to attend will be responsible for a $100 deposit and the church will pay for the remaining costs. This is an amazing week and a great opportunity to grow in your faith – one that you’ll want to take advantage of if it works out in your family schedule!! Hope you can join us!!
First Communion -- Looking Forward to Growing Our Table
First Communion Classes for our 2nd graders and any older students who have not received instruction will be held after Sunday School on March 10th, March 17th, and March 24th. Students will meet with Karen Goy in the Library from 11:05am to 11:45am. We will celebrate First Communion during worship on Sunday, March 31st.
St. John's Scholarships
St. John’s has a Scholarship program to help the youth of our congregation finance their education at a school of higher learning. College Scholarship Applications are now available in the church office and on the Information Booth. Completed forms must be returned to the office no later than April 15, 2019. For further information, please contact Nancy Holland, Chair of the Scholarship Team.
2019 Vacation Bible School Information
Plans are being made for an exciting new version 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. We are in need of a few adult teachers and high school aged teacher assistants to help us this year. It's sure to be a week filled with fun, friendship, and worshipping God!! Those interested in helping, please contact one of the co-coordinators, Valerie Kreiser at (815) 866-4946 or Deb Rose at (815) 866-5833 as soon as possible so we can finalize plans.
VBS will be held on Monday, June 17th through Friday, June 21st from 9am to Noon. We are in need of a few adult teachers and high school aged teacher assistants to help us this year. It's sure to be a week filled with fun, friendship, and worshipping God!! Those interested in helping, please contact one of the co-coordinators, Valerie Kreiser at (815) 866-4946 or Deb Rose at (815) 866-5833 as soon as possible so we can finalize plans.
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.
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
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).
Our First Communion Students
First Communion was held on Sunday, January 21, 2018 for our 2nd grade students. We welcome to the Lord’s Table — from left to right
Corbin Doll (son of David & Melissa Doll), Shea Kreiser (son of Mike & Valerie Kreiser), Christopher Fara (son of Andrew & Charnelle Fara), Kade Jackson (son of Brad & Angie Jackson), Cole Tillman (son of Luke & Lisa Tillman), Klaire Knaff (daughter of Kyle & Kelly Knaff), Riley Erlenborn (daughter of Jim & Linda Erlenborn), and Grace Schlesinger (daughter of Eric Hagemann & Carla Schlesinger), and Pastor Janet Lepp.
First Communion was held on Sunday, January 21, 2018 for our 2nd grade students. We welcome to the Lord’s Table — from left to right
Corbin Doll (son of David & Melissa Doll), Shea Kreiser (son of Mike & Valerie Kreiser), Christopher Fara (son of Andrew & Charnelle Fara), Kade Jackson (son of Brad & Angie Jackson), Cole Tillman (son of Luke & Lisa Tillman), Klaire Knaff (daughter of Kyle & Kelly Knaff), Riley Erlenborn (daughter of Jim & Linda Erlenborn), and Grace Schlesinger (daughter of Eric Hagemann & Carla Schlesinger), and Pastor Janet Lepp.
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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