January 6, 2025

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,  I want to thank everyone for honoring my days off.  I wish I could say we went somewhere cool or warm, but we didn’t.  We sort of hung around a little bit, spending most of our time at our house in Lake Wildwood.  It was very nice...

December 31, 2024

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, On Vacation! Happy New Year! **** Be back in the office January 2. What God mostly does is love you.  (excerpt from Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie) Pastor Tom 815-223-1144 [email protected] Readings for the weekend...

Merry Christmas

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year What God mostly does is love you.  (excerpt from Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie)   Pastor Tom 815-223-1144 [email protected] Readings for 1st weekend of Christmas– December...

December 16, 2024

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, On Sunday, we welcomed 5 new members to our church.  I sort of think it was really 3 and we made Dale and Bonnie Richard official.  One day, Dale came up to me and said we are going to join St. Johns.  I said “what?”  I remember...

December 9, 2024

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,  Not sure where I should start.  I think I will just go in order (the best I can). I am not sure how many “angels” were on the tree, but instead of a chalkboard, you wiped out the Christmas tree in the corner. Jan Hauger spent a...

December 2, 2024

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,  Couple of things before I share the devotional I read on Tuesday.  I would like to give the Worship Assistants the month of January off.  I need the rest of the congregation to step up and choose a Saturday or Sunday in January. ...