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Volume 90, Issue 05 March 10, 2010
From The Pastor
March 4, 2010, is an historic day for St. John’s for it was the day that our official Web Site went on line for the very first time. When you open the site you are on the “home” page where there is a welcome and on the right side a list of up-coming events that will be happening at St. John’s. In the lower right hand corner are links to what is happening in the ELCA. Right now you will find links to articles on the ELCA’s activity in Chile in the aftermath of the most recent earthquake. The rotating banner at the top of that page will change at various times.
Below that banner you will find the menu that will take you to every part of the site. “ABOUT US”, “WORSHIP”, “MINISTRIES”, “WHAT’S HAPPENING”, “PRESCHOOL”, “PHOTO GALLERY”, and “CONTACT US”. And each of those menu buttons will have a drop down list of other menu items when you hover your curser over them which will take you to other pages. And every time you refresh a page you will find on the right hand side a different “inspirational message” will appear.
“ABOUT US” has a “Mission” page that tells the world what we believe. A “History” page that we are still adding to where maybe some of you will learn something you didn’t know about your own church and it’s past. And a “Staff” page that introduces me, the organist, the secretary, the council, and all of our former pastors.
“WORSHIP” lists our services and their times. And there you will find a page of recent sermons that, if you missed a Sunday, are there for your edification, or for you to revisit if there was something you especially wanted to revisit.
“MINISTRIES” has pages on what “Christian Education”, “Social Ministry”, “Evangelism”, and “WELCA” are doing. There is also a page on our “Music” where our choirs are highlighted, and you can listen to a portion of the two organ CD’s that are available for sale by our Worship and Music Committee.
“WHAT’S HAPPENING” has menus that will take you to “Newsletters” where you can find each Newsletter going back to December 16th’s Newsletter. So if there is something you want to check out or you lost your newsletter, or it didn’t come in the mail, you can find it there. “Special Events”, “Bible Trivia”, and monthly “Calendars” are also found there so you can keep informed as to what is happening and when. Don’t remember when the pastor said the next First Communion Retreat will be held? You will find it on at least three of the menu pages under “What’s Happening”. Eventually there will be another page appearing on this menu list “The Lighter Side” which will report on the funny things that happen or are found around St. John’s. That page is not quite ready yet. It will be our version of St. John’s funniest moments and we hope you will send them to us to add here.
“PRESCHOOL” will give you a menu that includes: “Our Staff” with pictures and descriptions, “Our Program” which tells you about our Preschool, the ages we serve, the days and times they meet, and how to contact us. And “Our Day” which highlights a typical day during the preschool time. When anyone Googles for Preschools in this area, ours will also be found.
“PHOTO GALLERY” will take you to another page that will keep growing. Currently it has photo albums containing the last two Fishing Tournaments, the last two Family Camping Trips, and Youth Activities. As digital pictures come in related to Church activities more albums will appear. Getting them to the pastor on a CD or Flash drive will facilitate their inclusion.
“CONTACT US” has “Directions” to find us; our church e-mail link; and a link to our web site manager, Sue Billman. To get to our new web site you can Google St. John’s or type:
www.stjohnslutherannorthumberland.com
Thanks to everyone for their prayers, calls, cards, visits and meals during my illness. Prayers with Pastor were always a comfort. The Lord has seen us through a very difficult time and blessed us with caring friends.
Mike and Bernadette Payne
Thank you to Pastor Dale and the members of St. John’s for all the prayers for my son, Keith.
Mary Rogers and Family
Thanks to everyone who supported the Hoss’s Fundraiser! Even though the weather was “iffy” we made over $345.00 for the Preschool. Brenda Herbert
Palm Sunday breakfast: Sunday March 28th, 2010
St John’s Fellowship Hall
Open at 7:00 AM > Closing at 11:30 AM
Benefits: Cub Scout Pack 3325 / Boy Scout Troop 325 at St Johns
Donation: (Reservation Prices below, $1.00 more at the door)
$6.00 Adults (12 and over) $4.00 Youth (6 – 11) Free, 5 and under
Please show up hungry!!
Menu:
● Scrambled Eggs ● Pancakes ● Sausage ● Ham ● Bacon ● Home Fries ● Hash Browns
●Toast ● English Muffins ● Coffee ● Tea ● Juices
Please make reservations by completing the reservation form,
or by contacting the Church office,
or by contacting any Pack 3325 Cub Scout,
or by contacting any Troop 325 Boy Scout,
or by contacting CM Tom Propst at 473-3467,
or by contacting ACM Lou VanGilder at 701-1071
Reservations due by March 22nd. Walk-ins will not be turned away;
however, prices will increase by $1.00 at the door!!
Palm Sunday breakfast: Reservation Form
Sunday March 28th, 2010
St John’s Fellowship Hall
Open at 7:00am closing at 11:30am
# Adults 12 and older X $6.00 Total: $ .
# Youth 6 to 11 X $4.00 Total: $ .
# 5 and Under Free
Amount Due: $ .
Name: ______
Please return reservations to the Church Office by March 22, 2010.
The Youth Group is, once again, sponsoring their annual Egg Hunt. The date is March 28 at 2:00 p.m. at the Priestley Elementary School. If you would like to help, we would appreciate bags of WRAPPED candy for this event. Please drop contributions off at the church by March 24th. Thank you.
● YOUTH PLANNING MEETING - MARCH 21ST AT 9:00 AM
THE SPECIAL [pink] ENVELOPES found in the pews during the month of
MARCH is designated for Daffodil Days – American Cancer Society.
Psalm 63:1-4
1. O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. 3. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 4. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
God of power and glory, we thank you for your never-failing love. When we lose heart, help us to hear afresh your words of promise and hope. We pray today for all those who are in despair, those who feel abandoned or rejected and all those who do not yet know your redeeming grace; for Christ's sake. Amen.
Patricia Lull
Former Dean of Students, Luther Seminary
April 1
Denise Litchard
Judith Rohland
April 2
Corey Billman
Terri Dodge
Logan Gallo
April 3
Tara Amerman
Richard Bowman
Becky Connor
Angela Kinsley-Chubb
April 4
Gwen Naginey
Gerald Runyan III
April 5
Genna Feathers
Lindsay Fleming
April 6
Jillian Hafer
April 7
Larry Miller
Louis VanGilder, Jr.
Erin Veronick
April 8
Charles Hudock
Robert Orr
April 9
Barbara Eisely
Aaron Knouse
Jessica Miller
June Reichenbach
Nicole Scholl
Mary Shipe
Carl Spigelmeyer, Jr.
Thomas Stover
Julia Tiedman
April 10
Tammy Eichner
Beth Ginck
Laura McWilliams
Barry Moser
April 11
Elizabeth Kinsley
Miles Krouse, Jr.
Zachary Reed
Parker Volinski
April 12
Tret Fitzgerald
Michael Gautsch
Donna Sees
April 13
Stephen Henry, Sr.
April 14
Jennifer Colchado
Sandra Shaffer
Helen Snyder
April 15
Catherine Broome
Allen Drumheller
Charles Meiser
April 16
Matthew Billman
Evelyn Ruch
April 17
Matthew Fasold
April 18
Brian Bingaman
Dean Dunkelberger
April 19
Heidi Kerchoff
Cole Lynch
April 20
Andrea Watt
April 21
Margaret Campbell
Jason Dreese
Alexa Snyder
April 22
Lindsay Pahl
George Stuck
April 23
Barbara Kiger
Betty Meiser
Gary Smith
Carl Spigelmeyer, III
April 24
Curtis Bickel
Kyle Bickel
Nicholas Payne
Terry Walker, Sr.
April 25
Dustin Beaver
Zachary Feaster
Grace Herrold
Joseph Meehan
George Specht
Gary Steiner
April 26
Skyle Badman
Jill Bahner
Carl Drumheller
April 27
Sally Swank
James Williams
April 28
Craig Treacher
April 29
Dorothy Hechler
James Kohler, Jr.
April 30
Esther Bartholomew
OUR MEMBERS: We pray for Margaret Bright; Nancy Hendricks; Roger Miller; Dorothy Hechler; Arlet Hummel; Steve Lahr; Tina Pontius; Eleanor Polan; Virginia Rosancrans; Barb Eisely; Dave Eisely; Michelle Bowersox; Cheryl Yeager; Bob Wallace; Joyce Shearer; Erna Snyder; Romayne Hoffman; Betty Hetrick; Michael Payne; David Roush; Frances Hoffman; Debbie Karpinski; Jane Galow; Ed Snyder; Zachery Baker; Ron Rabuck; William Jacavage; Kathy Wagner; Calaina Berry-Propst.
SPECIAL PRAYERS: Keith Rogers; Jeremy Hoffman; Lauren Reitz; Peggy Patanella; Linda Ramsey; Doris Hendricks; Tim Mace; Sally Pinches; Carol Wilks; Harold Reid; Cindy Stroh; Edwin Miller, Jr.;
Tina Heim; Joshua Gordon; Jodi Graybill; Brittany Graybill; Margaret Rantz; Dave Burns; Ed Jane DeGand; John Ruane; Steve & Rose Brungard; Josh Radel; Alice Reigle; Donald Propst; Carol Watts;
Len Shellhammer.
Please keep in your prayers the family of Madeline Stroh (Relative of Martha Walter) who passed away March 3.
SPECIAL MILITARY PRAYERS: Jason Bedisky; Jonathan Swank; Kale Gallo; Tom Stover.
EVENTS IN OUR AREA
± March 18– Chicken Pot Pie Dinner at Grace Lutheran Church, Sunbury, 4:00-6:30 PM
EVENTS AT ST. JOHN’S
· March 11 – Bread of Life 5:00-6:00 p.m.
· March 11 – Social Ministry 6:00 p.m.
· March 15 – WELCA 7:00 p.m.
· March 17 – Lenten Mid-Week at Trinity UM 5:30 p.m.
· March 18 – Christian Ed/Evangelism 7:00 p.m.
· March 21 – Daffodil Sunday
· March 21 – Youth Group Planning Meeting 9:00 a.m.
· March 21 – Deadline for Easter Flowers
· March 24 – Lenten Mid-Week at Christ UM 5:30 p.m.
· March 28 – Palm Sunday – Boy Scout Breakfast 7:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
· March 29 – Property 7:00 p.m.
ST. JOHN’S MESSENGER (USPS-515-660) is published biweekly, annually, by
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ST. JOHN’S MESSENGER
March 10, 2010 Volume 90, Issue 05
St. John’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church
570-473-3770
This Sunday at St. John’s
March 14, 2010 – Fourth Sunday in Lent
8:00 a.m. Worship Service With Communion
9:00 a.m. Sunday School
10:15 a.m. Worship Service With Communion
George Groff Preaching
Next Sunday at St. John’s
March 21, 2010 – Fifth Sunday in Lent
8:00 a.m. Worship Service With Communion
9:00 a.m. Sunday School
10:15 a.m. Worship Service With Communion
Daffodil Sunday
Church Office Hours Mon-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Dale F. Biesecker, Jr., Pastor
William J. Jacavage, Director of Music
A April 2010Sun / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri / Sat
March 28
Palm Sunday
Boy Scout Breakfast
7:00 AM – 11:30 AM / March 31
Messenger Deadline / 1
AL ANON 7:00 PM
AA 8:00 PM
Maundy Thursday
Service 7:30 PM / 2 Office Closed-Noon
Good Friday
Service
12:30 PM
Tenebrae Service
7:30 PM / 3
4 Easter Sunday
Worship w/Comm. 6:00 AM
Sunday School, 9:00 AM
Worship w/Comm. 10:15 AM
NO Quiet Communion / 5
TOPS 6:00 PM
Office Closed / 6
Boy Scouts 7:00 PM
Senior Choir 7:00 PM
Bell Choir 8:00 PM / 7 / 8
Bread of Life 5-6:00 PM
Social Ministry 6:00 PM
AL ANON 7:00PM
AA 8:00 PM / 9 / 10
11
Worship w/Comm. 8:00 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship w/Comm. 10:15 AM / 12
TOPS 6:00 PM
Girl Scouts 6:30 PM
Cub Scouts 7:00 PM / 13
Boy Scouts 7:00 PM
Senior Choir 7:00 PM
Bell Choir 8:00 PM / 14
Council 7:00 PM / 15
ChrisEd/Evangelism 7:00 PM
AL ANON 7:00PM
AA 8:00 PM
Messenger Deadline / 16 / 17
18
Worship w/Comm. 8 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship w/Comm.10:15 AM / 19
TOPS 6:00 PM
Girl Scouts 6:30 PM
Cub Scouts 7:00 PM
WELCA 7:00 PM / 20
Senior Choir 7:00 PM
Bell Choir 8:00 PM
Cub Scout Parent/Leader Meeting
Fellowship Hall / 21
Rummage Sale
Set-up
Administrative
Professionals Day / 22
AL ANON 7:00PM
AA 8:00 PM
Rummage Sale
8:00 AM-4:00 PM / 23
Rummage
Sale
8:00 AM
until
4:00 p.m.
/ 24
Rummage
Sale
8:00 AM
until
12 Noon
25
Worship w/Comm. 8:00 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship w/Comm. 10:15 AM
George Groff Preaching
/ 26 TOPS 6:00 PM
Girl Scouts 6:30 PM
Cub Scouts 7:00 PM
Property 7:00 PM / 27
Boy Scouts 7:00 PM
Senior Choir 7:00 PM
Bell Choir 8:00 PM / 28 / 29
AL ANON 7:00PM
AA 8:00 PM / 30
Service Assistants for April 2010