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News and Notes...
​​Friendly Rider:
Anyone desiring to use Friendly Rider on Sunday morning to attend worship services, just call and tell them your destination. There will be no charge to you.
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Financial Secretary:
We are still looking for someone to fill one of the Financial Secretary positions. This is not a huge time commitment. See Carol S. or Pastor for details.
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Audi Tech:
(This is a fancy name for the person who runs the Power Point on Sunday morning.) We are in DESPERATE NEED of people to help in this area if we're going to be able to continue to have Divine Service on screens. See Josh S. or Pastor for more details.
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Stitch & Chatter Quilters
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The Stitch & Chatter quilters have quilts for sale. These quilts are located in the fellowship hall and are tagged with prices and the approximate sizes. Checks can be made out to Stitch & Chatter and left in the church office or mailed to the church.
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Most of the quilts made by Stitch & Chatter are donated to missions, the Empty Stocking Fund, fire victims, and members who might be in need of them.
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Lutheran Island Camp Registration
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Our congregation pays the registration fee for any youth from St. John who wishes to attend Lutheran Island Camp.
For a positive change in your life, plan to attend
Lutheran Island Camp this summer!
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The LWML will serve the first Lenten supper before the Ash Wednesday service on March 5. Serving will begin at 5:00 p.m.
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Dorcas Guild and Ruth Guild will work together to serve the Lenten supper on March 12. Mary Guild will serve on March 19.
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Our LWML Wadena Zone Rally will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Henning, MN. The theme for the rally will be "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made."
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Our next meeting will be Monday, March 17, at 1:00 p.m.
Board of Elders:
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It's finally going to warm up; February has really been a brutally cold month. In those cold, cold days, I found myself thinking spring as I started browsing many seed catalogs. It's always fun to see and try something new. Also, it is time to look at maps of new lakes to fish this summer. Living in this part of the country we see quite a change going from winter to spring to summer and fall. A quick thought is this: Spring is a new beginning; summer is a time of work and play and be good at what we do; fall is a time to harvest and enjoy our rewards; winter is a time to wind down and reflect on our lives.​​​​
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If you look into the Bible, you will find many verses and insights about the seasons that God has created. Following are a few of those insights:
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Genesis 8:22: While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease.
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Ecclesiastes 3:1: There is a time for everything and a season for every matter under the heavens: A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.
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Psalm 74:17: It was you that set all the boundaries of the earth, you made both summer and winter.
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Everyone have a great March! Remember that GOD IS GREAT! ALL THE TIME!
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Rick S.
On behalf of the Board of Elders
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Board of Evangelism:
There are several instances during the ministry of Jesus that he charged his disciples to tell no one about what they had seen or heard. For example, Jesus asked his disciples in Mark 8: 27-30 how people identified him as well as how the disciples identified him, Peter replied (v. 29) "You are the Christ." Jesus told them to tell no one about Him. Jesus also told Peter, James, and John to tell no one what they had witnessed when he healed a twelve-year-old girl (Mark 5:41-43) or the spectacular scene on the Mount of Transfiguration (Mark 9:3-9). The time was not right for "telling" until Jesus' ministry was complete and He had risen from the dead.
Because we live in the post-resurrection era, the time IS right for telling. Jesus' last command to his disciples before He ascended into heaven was "Go tell." We read in Matthew 28:19-20 "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
With His help, let us winsomely and boldly share with others the gospel of Christ. Our neighbors, as well as all people across the world, need to hear the good news more than ever before!
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Greeting Card Ministry
Be sure and check out the new selection of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and various Greeting Cards available for sale in the library. Napkins are available as well.
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