Grace and peace to you St. John Family, This month’s View started out to be about a conversation with a man I was privileged to talk with one day. We talked about his life and his journeys. The conversation we had was truly inspirational and I was pumped. I was so uplifted and excited I […]

Grace and peace to you St. John Family, This months View started out to be about a conversation with a man I was privileged to talk with one day. We talked about his life and his journeys. The conversation we had that day was truly inspirational and I was pumped. I was so uplifted and […]

Grace and peace to you St. John’s family! I recently read an article in an issue of Living Lutheran from February 2018 entitled “It’s all about death – and life! This article caught my eye because of the beautiful artwork and the title. Maybe it also caught my attention having lost my dear mother this […]

Grace and peace to you St. John’s Family, I sincerely hope your holidays were full of joy and love ! I also hope this new year will be fruitful and happy ! Wow ! Where did the year go ? Just seems the older I get the faster time goes. Last year was a busy […]

God’s peace be with you St. John Family! A quick shout out to Bud Schwartzlow on his 100th birthday. Oh the stories he can tell about St. Johns over the years ! Ask him sometime. I’m sure he’d be glad to share. I’d like to update the things going on here this fall again. Hopefully […]

Grace and peace be unto you brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus! The Lenten season is often a time to reflect upon ourselves and our lives in Christ; a time to think of our sins and imperfections and time to repent. It is also a time of sorrow when we think of Jesus and how […]

Grace and peace be unto you brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus! I had the privilege of growing up in a Lutheran church and school where I learned much more than reading, writing, and arithmetic like public schools taught. I was taught religion and our God, memorizing and reciting many Bible verses and many of […]

In the name of the father, and the son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Where did 2017 go? Wow! Recently, I received a CD from LaVaughn Buehl. She thought I might find it helpful when it comes to writing the Laymen View. Thank you very much LaVaughn! I found it to be quite excellent! […]

Grace and peace be with you brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus! I started out this month to write my article on the address; In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ; but with much deliberation decided not to, as I thought I may not be qualified […]

Grace and peace be with you brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus! When we first thought of writing the Layman’s View, we sought to not only inspire and enlighten but to share with our congregation what is happening in our church; to keep everyone in touch with the many things we are trying to do […]