Jan 13, 2025 | Letters From Pastor
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Our deepest sympathies go out to the Hammer family. Janice Hammer passed away a week ago. Services were held at St. Johns on Friday. With her family, we will mourn her loss. She was a fixture in our Sunday school program. She...
Jan 6, 2025 | Letters From Pastor
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...
Dec 30, 2024 | Letters From Pastor
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...
Dec 23, 2024 | Letters From Pastor
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...
Dec 16, 2024 | Letters From Pastor
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...
Dec 9, 2024 | Letters From Pastor
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...