Member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Worship Schedule
Sunday Morning Service - 9:00 am
Sunday School - 10:30 am
Adult Bible Study - 10:30 am
Please see bulletin for latest updates.
Sunday Morning Service - 9:00 am
Sunday School - 10:30 am
Adult Bible Study - 10:30 am
Please see bulletin for latest updates.
Announcements
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
The St. John nursery is available for your use, as needed, during worship and Sunday school time. It is not staffed.
MONDAY
9:00 am VBS
TUESDAY
9:00 am VBS
WEDNESDAY
9:00 am VBS
THURSDAY
9:00 am VBS
NO Men's Basketball
FRIDAY
9:00 am VBS
SUNDAY
9 am Worship
10:30 am Bible Class
UPCOMING EVENTS & MEETINGS
MEALS ON WHEELS
In July St. John Lutheran members deliver Meals on Wheels to Sycamore residents who rely on the program. There is an east and a
west route. Please sign up today! It doesn’t take long to deliver the meals. You can sign up for as many days as you want. Sign-up sheets are in the Narthex or speak with Gene Ehrhardt after church or call him at 815-761-0956
Saturday, July 6th Outreach is sponsoring a Diaper Drive
for 4C-Community Coordinated Child Care. The diapers donated will be distributed by 4C to low income families in our community. Please help take care of our littlest neighbors by donating a box of disposable diapers, any size or brand, maybe even a package of wipes. You can bring in your donations to church before the 6th.
MONDAY, July 8th
7 pm Board of Elders meeting
TUESDAY, July 9th
7 pm Board of Stewardship
WEDNESDAY, July 10th – 15th
National Youth Gathering
MONDAY, July 15th
7 pm Board of Administration Meeting
“CRUISINONTHEROCK”
onJuly18th. TheLadiesAid has chosen a luncheon cruise on Thursday, July 18th on Maxson’s Riverboat in Oregon for their traditional July outing. We will board at 11:30 am and return to dock at 1:30 pm. The menu will be a choice of Chicken Fontina or Beff Wellington with mushrooms. The cost is $40 for adults, $38 for Seniors, and $25 for children under 13. There is also the option of taking the cruise without lunch for $19. We will carpool at the church for those who need a ride. We hope that all our St. John folks consider joining us for the cruise and that you invite friends to go too. Call Marlene Turk at 815-895-9255 or Juanita Mundy at 815-895-3819 for more information and to make reservations by July 11th.
Thanks be to God that Pastor Paul Mumme has accepted the call to be our Senior Pastor.
He will begin September 1st. Please continue to remember him and his family in prayer during this time of transition.
Christian Senior Ministry
hosts the annual Supper Fund Raiser Thursday July 25th at St John Lutheran Church 26555 Brickville Rd Sycamore Il. Supper pickup times are 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Suppers are provided once again by Country Store & Catering featuring Tom's great pork chops, steakhouse potato salad, baked beans, apple creamy cole slaw, and a roll. People can dine in at the church or pick up. Ticket price same as last year at $12 and tickets are available. Please share this with members. Thanks in advance for your support.
SHEETS, BLANKETS AND FILLERS
St. John Quilters are in need of supplies to continue making the quilts to send to those in need. When you are doing spring cleaning, please remember the quilting group as you clean out your closets and cabinets.
Do you have time on Monday evenings?
St. John delivers bread from Panera Bread to those in need. We are in need of someone who can pick up the bread, and other items from Panera on Monday evenings, repack it, and deliver the fresh baked goods to those in need. If you are available, please contact June Kamm at 815-981-8389. Thank you!!
Outreach committee would like to do a Live Nativity this December.
This would be a wonderful Christmas gift to give our community! But to do this we need a lot of help from you. We need members who will play the characters, somebody who can loan us animals (sheep, donkey) and manage them, a group that will serve
refreshments, singers, readers. Please consider how you can join in! If you are interested put your name and contact info on the sign-up sheet in the narthex and join us at our next meeting August 7th @ 7
pm here at the church
Fellowship Update 6/16/19
I have been wondering why now that Sunday school is not meeting, why the doughnuts keep going. Guess why, there are several families that have been fellowshipping and the children are fellowshipping together. This news is great. I hope more stories come forward as to how fellowship is growing. With the treats being purchased (at about a cost of $1 each or $45-$60 in total). The doughnuts are picked up at HyVee by other members and delivered to church. Note the doughnuts are already on an account, no payment is necessary. This only leaves any coffee set-up volunteers to cut doughnuts in half, to make 1 pot of decafe, 3-pots of regular coffee and set out pitchers of water and cups, with all supplies being stocked in the little front hall kitchen.
There are usually raisins and granola bars in the cabinet with coffee supplies. A basket of each can be placed on the table. Bananas and apples are perishable and have only been available if I am in attendance. The “donation can” is found on top of the refrigerator, please place on the table. Please note that from time to time, members may decide to provide additional treats. If you wish to help in this manner please leave me a message on how many serving pieces, so I may decide to reduce the doughnut order so they will not go to waste. Since summer attendance is usually lower, 3 dozen doughnuts cut in half provide 72 servings and have been more than adequate. The time commitment is about 30 minutes to set-up and make coffee and about 15 minutes to clean up after the fellowship time. This is one way to meet fellow members. This an easy way to add to the friendly atmosphere and welcoming and engaging feel of the church. Please sign-up for coffee fellowship on the list placed across from the display case.
Please note that I will not be attendance July 14th, 21st, or 28th. I have contacted several individuals which may be able to pick-up the doughnuts at HyVee and perform all the above noted fellowship set-up and clean-up for each date. July 14th fellowship the Neslers and July 28th the Woods will be covering. I need someone for July 21st, if you would like to perform the fellowship task, please call. Please note: if I fail to accomplish this task fellowship time will be cancelled for the 21st. If you have any questions before signing-up to help with coffee, please call Phil Johnson at 815-899-0661 and leave a message, I will call you back.
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WEEKLY SCHEDULE
The St. John nursery is available for your use, as needed, during worship and Sunday school time. It is not staffed.
MONDAY
9:00 am VBS
TUESDAY
9:00 am VBS
WEDNESDAY
9:00 am VBS
THURSDAY
9:00 am VBS
NO Men's Basketball
FRIDAY
9:00 am VBS
SUNDAY
9 am Worship
10:30 am Bible Class
UPCOMING EVENTS & MEETINGS
MEALS ON WHEELS
In July St. John Lutheran members deliver Meals on Wheels to Sycamore residents who rely on the program. There is an east and a
west route. Please sign up today! It doesn’t take long to deliver the meals. You can sign up for as many days as you want. Sign-up sheets are in the Narthex or speak with Gene Ehrhardt after church or call him at 815-761-0956
Saturday, July 6th Outreach is sponsoring a Diaper Drive
for 4C-Community Coordinated Child Care. The diapers donated will be distributed by 4C to low income families in our community. Please help take care of our littlest neighbors by donating a box of disposable diapers, any size or brand, maybe even a package of wipes. You can bring in your donations to church before the 6th.
MONDAY, July 8th
7 pm Board of Elders meeting
TUESDAY, July 9th
7 pm Board of Stewardship
WEDNESDAY, July 10th – 15th
National Youth Gathering
MONDAY, July 15th
7 pm Board of Administration Meeting
“CRUISINONTHEROCK”
onJuly18th. TheLadiesAid has chosen a luncheon cruise on Thursday, July 18th on Maxson’s Riverboat in Oregon for their traditional July outing. We will board at 11:30 am and return to dock at 1:30 pm. The menu will be a choice of Chicken Fontina or Beff Wellington with mushrooms. The cost is $40 for adults, $38 for Seniors, and $25 for children under 13. There is also the option of taking the cruise without lunch for $19. We will carpool at the church for those who need a ride. We hope that all our St. John folks consider joining us for the cruise and that you invite friends to go too. Call Marlene Turk at 815-895-9255 or Juanita Mundy at 815-895-3819 for more information and to make reservations by July 11th.
Thanks be to God that Pastor Paul Mumme has accepted the call to be our Senior Pastor.
He will begin September 1st. Please continue to remember him and his family in prayer during this time of transition.
Christian Senior Ministry
hosts the annual Supper Fund Raiser Thursday July 25th at St John Lutheran Church 26555 Brickville Rd Sycamore Il. Supper pickup times are 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Suppers are provided once again by Country Store & Catering featuring Tom's great pork chops, steakhouse potato salad, baked beans, apple creamy cole slaw, and a roll. People can dine in at the church or pick up. Ticket price same as last year at $12 and tickets are available. Please share this with members. Thanks in advance for your support.
SHEETS, BLANKETS AND FILLERS
St. John Quilters are in need of supplies to continue making the quilts to send to those in need. When you are doing spring cleaning, please remember the quilting group as you clean out your closets and cabinets.
Do you have time on Monday evenings?
St. John delivers bread from Panera Bread to those in need. We are in need of someone who can pick up the bread, and other items from Panera on Monday evenings, repack it, and deliver the fresh baked goods to those in need. If you are available, please contact June Kamm at 815-981-8389. Thank you!!
Outreach committee would like to do a Live Nativity this December.
This would be a wonderful Christmas gift to give our community! But to do this we need a lot of help from you. We need members who will play the characters, somebody who can loan us animals (sheep, donkey) and manage them, a group that will serve
refreshments, singers, readers. Please consider how you can join in! If you are interested put your name and contact info on the sign-up sheet in the narthex and join us at our next meeting August 7th @ 7
pm here at the church
Fellowship Update 6/16/19
I have been wondering why now that Sunday school is not meeting, why the doughnuts keep going. Guess why, there are several families that have been fellowshipping and the children are fellowshipping together. This news is great. I hope more stories come forward as to how fellowship is growing. With the treats being purchased (at about a cost of $1 each or $45-$60 in total). The doughnuts are picked up at HyVee by other members and delivered to church. Note the doughnuts are already on an account, no payment is necessary. This only leaves any coffee set-up volunteers to cut doughnuts in half, to make 1 pot of decafe, 3-pots of regular coffee and set out pitchers of water and cups, with all supplies being stocked in the little front hall kitchen.
There are usually raisins and granola bars in the cabinet with coffee supplies. A basket of each can be placed on the table. Bananas and apples are perishable and have only been available if I am in attendance. The “donation can” is found on top of the refrigerator, please place on the table. Please note that from time to time, members may decide to provide additional treats. If you wish to help in this manner please leave me a message on how many serving pieces, so I may decide to reduce the doughnut order so they will not go to waste. Since summer attendance is usually lower, 3 dozen doughnuts cut in half provide 72 servings and have been more than adequate. The time commitment is about 30 minutes to set-up and make coffee and about 15 minutes to clean up after the fellowship time. This is one way to meet fellow members. This an easy way to add to the friendly atmosphere and welcoming and engaging feel of the church. Please sign-up for coffee fellowship on the list placed across from the display case.
Please note that I will not be attendance July 14th, 21st, or 28th. I have contacted several individuals which may be able to pick-up the doughnuts at HyVee and perform all the above noted fellowship set-up and clean-up for each date. July 14th fellowship the Neslers and July 28th the Woods will be covering. I need someone for July 21st, if you would like to perform the fellowship task, please call. Please note: if I fail to accomplish this task fellowship time will be cancelled for the 21st. If you have any questions before signing-up to help with coffee, please call Phil Johnson at 815-899-0661 and leave a message, I will call you back.
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