St. John's Youth

St. John's Youth News
"Growing Together in our Faith as we Serve Others"

2019 High School Mission Trip Informational Meeting -- November 4th

All current 8th graders through high school students and their parents are invited to join us at an informational meeting in the Disciples’ Den following Sunday School on November 4th (approx. 11:15am). We will discuss the site options for 2019 — St. Louis, MO; Nashville, TN; or Indianapolis, IN — and also answer any questions you might have. We ask everyone to cast their vote by Wednesday, November 7th. (Voting for a site does not obligate you to participate in the trip.)

All students participating in the High School mission trip are asked to contribute $100 toward the cost of the trip. The first $50 installment (which indicates your commitment to the trip) is due on or before Sunday, December 2nd. The final $50 installment will be due on or before Sunday, June 16th. If financial concerns might prevent you from attending, please speak with Karen Goy. Scholarships are available.

YouthWorks requires a signed contract from our group. And, we are responsible for all costs after our contract is made with YouthWorks. We will sign this contract on December 20th. If, for any reason, your reservation needs to be cancelled, it is your responsibility to reimburse St. John’s for the full YouthWorks fee. (Your deposit will be used towards this amount.)

Please add the YouthWorks staff and mission teams to your prayer list as they prepare their hearts to hear God’s call for Summer 2019.

College Student Care Packages -- November 25th

Our High School Sunday School class will be assembling “care packages” for our College Students during class on Sunday, November 25th. We invite the congregation to participate with us. If you would like to include a card or note of encouragement for one (or more) of our students, please drop it off in the office. The following is a list of our college students: Grace Brandner, Lukas Brandner, Kianne Brown (Army), Amy Devitt, Jared Fritz, Joey Meyer, Natalie Landgraf, Gabbi Peasley, Cameron Schumacher, Paige Simonton, Brock Sutton, Gillian Sutton, Jacquelynn Wendel, MiKayla Wilhelm, Bethany Wohrley, Melissa Wohrley, Mark Zimmerman, and Maria Bonine (Seminary). If we have omitted anyone, please call the office.

Youth-Sponsored Spaghetti Dinner -- December 2nd

Our annual Spaghetti Dinner will be held on Sunday, December 2nd from 4:30pm to 7pm. We will be serving you a delicious dinner of spaghetti with meat sauce, breadsticks, salad, and dessert. Our junior high and high school students are looking forward to serving you at your table again this year. Please invite your family and friends to join you for this freewill offering meal. All proceeds will go to support the 2019 Mission Trips and other youth activities.

Students — Information will be shared with you very soon regarding how you and your family can help with this terrific and tasty event. (Food donations, kitchen prep, serving, clean-up, etc.)

High School
ENOUGH!

This year our High School youth are going to live out the concept “Love DOES” as our approach to our time together on Sunday mornings. As we prayerfully carry out a host of different kinds of giving and serving, we trust that we will come to know God and each other better as well. During our classes in October, we worked to create Cancer Care gift bags (fleece blankets, port pillows, encouragement cards, hard candies, etc.) which were delivered to the Valley Regional Cancer Center. If you have ideas for us, or if you would be willing to serve as an additional transporting adult, please speak with Karen. We are excited that we get to be the vessels of God’s love!

Please mark your calendars now for these upcoming events:

** December 2nd — Spaghetti Supper;
** January 5th — Prepare & serve the evening meal at PADS
                            Homeless Shelter;
** February 2nd — Super Bowl Pizza Assembly & delivery;
                             Prepare & serve the evening meal at PADS
                               Homeless Shelter;
** February 10th — Relay for Life of the Upper Illinois Valley
                                March to a Million Textathon;
** March 5th — Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper.

Information will be sent out with more details for each of these events as the dates approach.

Confirmation Students

The 7th and 8th grade Confirmation class will NOT meet on Sunday, November 4th. Everyone is encouraged to attend the reception for Pastor Chubb.

Beginning on Sunday, November 11th, the Confirmation Class will be led by Shirley Pierson. We ask for everyone's continued prayers for our 7th and 8th grade students as they prepare for Confirmation.

Junior High
Agents Of Change

On Saturday, October 6th we will be cooking and serving the evening meal for the PADS Homeless Shelter. Details have been mailed to your homes along with a permission slip. Please be sure to let Karen know how you’re able to participate. If you are unable to help with this event, but would like to contribute supplies for the meal, please contact Karen.

St. John's was well-represented on the MHS Homecoming Court this year!
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).

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.

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.

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.

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!

St. John's Youth News"Growing Together in our Faith as we Serve Others"