Our congregation and our friends and co-workers from Hope Lutheran Church will once again help with the GIFTS Men’s Shelter beginning on May 20th and running through May 27th. We will work at the new GIFTS Men’s Shelter location on N. Washington St. We still urgently need more helpers and more donors: meal providers, cooks, […]
MEALS ON WHEELS STILL NEEDS DRIVERS AND CARRIERS! We still need drivers and carriers (who take the meals to the door) to work as teams for May 23rd and the week of May 28th – June 1st. You can help for one or two days or the whole week. We are grateful for any and […]
The 26th Annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is held on Saturday, May 12. Place a bag of non-perishable food near your mailbox and your letter carrier will make sure it is donated to local food pantries! It is the largest one-day food drive in America. Thank you for helping our friends and […]
Dinners at the Lake Mark your calendars, it’s only One Week Away! April 27th, 2018 Menu will include: Honey & Brown Sugar Glazed Pork Loin, Potato Leek Soup, Baked Fish w/ White Wine Reduction, Spring Vegetable Medley, Roasted Potatoes, & Strawberry Lemon Muffins COST: $14 for Adults……… $7 Youth (age 12 and under) Reservations suggested […]
Cornerstone of Hope is a local organization that provides home repairs and a resale shop for new and used building materials in their Fort Atkinson store. Currently, they have a volunteer opportunity for those willing to tend a garden this summer. Raised bed frames, earth, and seeds will be provided to gardeners who will tend […]
What is Autism? Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disability; signs typically appear during early childhood and affect a person’s ability to communicate, and interact with others. ASD is defined by a certain set of behaviors and is a “spectrum condition” that affects individuals differently and to varying degrees. There is no known […]
This year for Easter, we will be supporting all of the efforts of the ELCA Lutheran Disaster Response, which provides on-going assistance around the world. See the green inserts available in the Narthex for a list of the sites where aide is currently being provided. Please make checks out to “St John Lutheran Church” and […]
ECHO is still in urgent need of items to prepare Easter baskets for children in our community! They need children’s Easter baskets, individually wrapped candy, plastic eggs, and plastic basket wrap. They will be packing Easter baskets on Monday, March 26th, so please bring donations to the ECHO Office early on Monday morning. Thank you […]
To the members of St. John Lutheran: As we have just recently completed another week of hosting the men’s shelter at the new facility, I couldn’t help thinking about how far the GIFTS organization has come since its inception. There have been many changes in the way the program is run and now the biggest […]
The Offering Envelopes for 2018 have arrived! Please help us save the expense of mailing by picking up your offering envelopes for 2018 from the table at the west end of the Narthex! If you would like a set of envelopes but did not receive any, please sign the “Do You Need Offering Envelopes?” sign- […]