St. John's Youth News
"Growing Together in our Faith as we Serve Others"
VBS Summer Camp — June 18th to June 21st
Vacation Bible School information and registration forms have been sent home with our Kindergarten through 5th grade Sunday School students. VBS will be held at St. John’s from Monday, June 18th through Thursday, June 21st (9am to 2:30pm). It is extremely important that parents who wish to have their children attend VBS fill out the registration form and return it to their Sunday School teachers or to the church office immediately. The number of camp leaders that Lutherdale Bible Camp will send to us is totally dependent on the number of students who sign up for camp. We would like to have at least 30 students so that Lutherdale will send us four camp leaders. The leaders will arrive on Sunday, June 17th, hopefully in time to be introduced during 9am worship.
We will need two families to host our leaders from Sunday evening through Thursday morning. The host families will also provide them with breakfast. Also needed are persons or families who are able to provide lunches and dinners for the leaders throughout their time with us. These meals can be homemade or purchased. If you would be willing to be a host family or provide a lunch or dinner for the camp leaders, please contact Valerie Kreiser at (815) 866-4946, Deb Rose at (815) 866-5833, or call the church office. We are looking forward to a great week of VBS again this year!
We will need two families to host our leaders from Sunday evening through Thursday morning. The host families will also provide them with breakfast. Also needed are persons or families who are able to provide lunches and dinners for the leaders throughout their time with us. These meals can be homemade or purchased. If you would be willing to be a host family or provide a lunch or dinner for the camp leaders, please contact Valerie Kreiser at (815) 866-4946, Deb Rose at (815) 866-5833, or call the church office. We are looking forward to a great week of VBS again this year!
Confirmation Class News...
Confirmation students will be helping in many ways during worship — as acolytes, assisting with children’s worship, reading scripture, ushering and greeting. Thank you, Confirmation students for your service to our congregation! If you need to trade dates with a classmate, please contact the church office so that the correct name can be included in the bulletin.
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High School Class News...
All of our high school students are invited and encouraged to attend Sunday School in “The Upper Room” each week. This is a time of relaxed conversation, prayer, and of course, a delicious breakfast! You are always welcome to bring a friend along too.
ENOUGH!
Last Sunday, ten high school students met at Cindy’s for lunch at our first “ENOUGH” event where we enjoyed time connecting, blessing a stranger by buying their lunch, and generously thanking our waitress. Seven students went on to Matthiessen for an amazing time adventuring followed by ice cream. God provided a perfect day and we were all blessed by the time spent together. We can’t wait to plan our next event and to welcome the graduating eighth graders into our group! Thank you Joanne for the use of your van, and Don for joining us and driving!
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It's A PAW-TY!!
Last day of Sunday School — May 20th
Because all of the PAWS at Illinois Valley Animal Rescue (IVAR) are happy with our Sunday School offering donations, we will end the Sunday School year on May 20th with a special "paw-ty" beginning at 10:45am.
The 2017-2018 Sunday School offerings are designated to be divided between IVAR and ELCA Hurricane Relief. On May 20th, come to Sunday School at 10:10am for your final classroom lesson. At 10:45am everyone will gather in the south Fellowship Hall where the offering amounts will be announced and YouTube videos from ELCA & IVAR will be shown. There will be prizes, refreshments, & goodie bags. Our Sunday School staff will be recognized for a great year. The Educational Ministry Team is inviting all Sunday School students, their families, and the whole congregation to join us for this really special PAW-TY! Regular dismissal will be at 11:10am.
The 2017-2018 Sunday School offerings are designated to be divided between IVAR and ELCA Hurricane Relief. On May 20th, come to Sunday School at 10:10am for your final classroom lesson. At 10:45am everyone will gather in the south Fellowship Hall where the offering amounts will be announced and YouTube videos from ELCA & IVAR will be shown. There will be prizes, refreshments, & goodie bags. Our Sunday School staff will be recognized for a great year. The Educational Ministry Team is inviting all Sunday School students, their families, and the whole congregation to join us for this really special PAW-TY! Regular dismissal will be at 11:10am.
Our First Communion Students
First Communion was held on Sunday, January 21st 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 21st 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.
We are very excited to announce the members of our 2018 High School Mission Trip Team -- Bailey Baird, Grace Brandner, Logan Brandner, Gabrielle Brown, Gavin Glazebrook, Matthew Grenter, Sophie Holland, Jake Jackson, Luke Jackson, Samantha Katschke, Natalie Landgraf, Ted Landgraf, Maya Martin, Gabbi Peasley, and Cole Zimmerman. Adult leaders are Troy & Aimee Holland and Mitch & Tammy Landgraf. Please add our Team and the community of Benton Harbor, Michigan to your prayer list.
2017 High School Mission Trip Team
2017 Red Lake Reservation, MN Mission Trip Team:
(front row L-R) Maria Bonine, Natalie Landgraf, Grace Brandner, Gabrielle Brown, Gillian Sutton, Cameron Schumacher, and Gabbi Peasley.
(back row L-R) Brent Bonine, Matthew Grenter, Gavin Glazebrook, Cole Zimmerman, Aaron Brandner, and Sammye Schumacher.
(front row L-R) Maria Bonine, Natalie Landgraf, Grace Brandner, Gabrielle Brown, Gillian Sutton, Cameron Schumacher, and Gabbi Peasley.
(back row L-R) Brent Bonine, Matthew Grenter, Gavin Glazebrook, Cole Zimmerman, Aaron Brandner, and Sammye Schumacher.
2017 Jr. High Poured Out Mission Trip
The 2017 Poured Out Mission Trip Team is made up of (front row L-R): Jace Baird, Bailey Baird, Grace Jackson, Marley Bodine, Ethan Hanaman, Alayna Nosalik; (back row L-R): Angie Jackson, Mitch Landgraf, Samantha Katschke, Sophie Holland, Maya Martin, Jake Jackson, Ted Landgraf, Luke Jackson, Melissa Nosalik, Maria Bonine.
Congratulations to our 2017 8th Grade Confirmation Class!
Front: Maria Bonine, Dylan Denault, Lauren Beetz, Shashawna Reger-Kendall,
Bonni Kaiser, Pastor Janet Lepp
Back: Christian Dean, Matthew Grenter, Cole Zimmerman, Dan Lepp
Team Pictures from previous Mission Trips
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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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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