The St. John’s Communicator

June 19, 2020

Roser’s Reflection . . . Dear Friends,

For the foreseeable future, gatherings in our city will be limited to 25 persons. We are addressing this by adding an additional service at 11 am, and are prepared to add a third service on Sunday afternoon or even-ing. In a previous parish I served, we had three services each Sunday morning - 8:45, 10:00, and 11:15. However, we were not sanitizing the worship space between each service and so we did not need as much time between services as we do now. It is a great blessing to be able to return to in-person worship, and like so many blessings from God, they come with great responsibility. Every effort is being made to en-sure that our worshipers are being protected from exposure to COVID 19, including the wearing of masks, being seated six feet apart, and refraining from singing.

Since our normal worship practices will be significantly adjusted during this time, we are going to upload a prerecorded Divine Service each Sunday morning at 9:00 am. Once our worship life returns to some sem-blance of normal, we will return to livestreaming the service and provide digital worship booklets for those who attend online. Until then, Alex Nohr and I will prerecord a Divine Service - including the upcoming Sunday's message - in the same fashion that we have been presenting via livestream. Consequently, at 9 am on Sunday mornings, we will present a Divine Service on YouTube and Facebook with the day's read-ings, prayers, and message in the format that our online worshipers are familiar with. Essentially, the live service on Sunday morning gives worshipers the opportunity to gather in-person, and the online service offers the availability of singing. Other than that, the content will be identical.

Loving God and loving our neighbor during the COVID crisis demands flexibility and planning. The Church like every other entity has learned to develop rigorous plans that can be abandoned on a moment's notice. God's grace to us during these last few months have been nothing short of miraculous. I want to thank you personally for your faithful-ness in continuing to return to God your time, talents, and treasure. I see the Kingdom of God reflected in so many ways among our St. John's family.

In Christ Jesus,

Pastor

Win Delicious Culver’s Food!

We have a number of avenues we use to keep

you apprised of the opportunities and events here at St. John’s: The monthly Messenger, the weekly Communicator, the Facebook page, the Web page, the Sunday Bulletin, and (first and foremost) the Worship service. Many times we will repeat the information in more than one of the venues in an effort to make sure the information is reaching everyone. We’d like to know if the announcements we’re providing are getting through and being remembered.

And so, the last weekend of the month, we’ll have a list of four questions whose answers can be found in the one or more of the Messenger, Communicator, Sunday Bulletin, Facebook page, Web page, or during the Worship Service during the previous month. Submit the answers either in writing or by email to the church’s Administrative Assistant by noon the following Friday, and a winner will be drawn from the entries with the correct answers. The winner gets a gift card for some delicious Culver’s food!

Your next chance to win is in the June 26th Communicator.

The CD ministry this week is sponsored by Bill and Tami Bartz in celebration of

(son) Andrew and Brittany’s wedding.

If you missed a service, or you would like to pass a recording of a service on to someone

else, CDs through the start of this year are still available. Contact our Administrative

Assistant, Berta Eddy, and she will mail a copy of your requested service to you.

Prayers for those in need of physical or spir-

itual healing: Pastor Bill Wagner Darlene

Willing, Lee Stewart, Beverly Bottoms, Carol

Lowry, Roger Nelson, Ruth Peterson, Karen Nohr,

Brad Carter, Lester Nyborg, Paula Devlin,

Keith Stowers, Ed Spychalski, Jon Turner,

Bobbie Reynolds, Mike Papini, Tom Wulf,

Doris Rindfleisch, Carl Colby, Joaquin, Sandy

Smith, Marcie Moore, Laura Jo Pearson, Cayden

Krueger, Janice Hemerley, Lauren Mae, and all of

our members who are homebound, those who

serve in the military (particularly Pastor Keith

GeRue, Kyle Summers and Logan Davies),

emergency services, and all who work for the

common good.

Mark your calendars!!

Women’s Bible Study resumes IN PERSON 1:00 pm

Monday, September 14, 2020.

This week’s worship service

bulletin in available for

you on our website on the

Digital church page.