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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
1st Sunday of Lent- 2/18/2024

Upcoming Events

Palm Cross Making
March 22nd @ 6:30pm

Easter Egg Hunt
March 24th

Youth Group Clothing Drive
Month of April

Earth Day Clean Up
April 21st after 2nd service

Soup Cook Off
April 28th

 

IN-PERSON WORSHIP

IN-PERSON WORSHIP

The Holy Spirit gathers people around the means of grace—the saving Word of God and the sacraments.

Featured this week:

Saturday Spoken Word

5 p.m. - In-Person

 

The Sunday Assembly

9 a.m.- In-Person & Sunday Church School

10:30 a.m. - In-Person Service and Livestream

Broadcast on our Facebook Page and on our website!

 

Bulletin

February 18,2024

Bulletin

From the Pastor

From the Pastor

On more than one occasion I heard Reinhold Niebuhr tell of a wealthy man he knew who set out one day to improve a public image that had been badly tarnished in his rise to wealth and power. He began to give liberally to various philanthropic foundations, agreed to serve on committees promoting one good cause or another, and started treating his employees in a somewhat more humane fashion than had been his custom. His motive in all this, Niebuhr would point out, was quite cynical. He wanted to improve his IMAGE in the public mind, NOT his way of life.
But then a strange thing happened. The man discovered to his own surprise that he enjoyed his new role in the community. It was pleasant to have people think well of him, and the civic work that he was doing gave him genuine satisfaction. The upshot of the whole process, Niebuhr concluded, was a profound, not a superficial transformation of the man's character.
Now clearly this experience was a manifestation of grace and the strange ways in which it moves in life. But it was grace mediated through judgment. Niebuhr's friend did not undergo some mysterious warming of the heart while reading the Bible. Nor was he stirred to love by a poignant encounter with some dramatic human need. Grace reached him through the judgment of God mediated by the disapproval of his neighbors. The indictment of his way of life by the community wrought changes more profound than any he contemplated.
--William Muehl, Why Preach? Why Listen? (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986), 68-69.
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Something to ponder today.
Peace and blessings this day.
Pastor V.

Assisting Ministers & Ushers

Saturday February 17 @ 5 p.m.
Ann Falls - Assisting Minister
Lynn Grucza - Reader

Sunday February 18@ 9 a.m.
Nadine Brown- Assisting Minister
Lee Delaney- Usher

Sunday February 18 @ 10:30 a.m.
Tom and Deb Fox- Assisting Minister
Laura Loehr - Usher
 Connie Arnold - Greeter

Altar Guild for February:
Judy Kelly
Nancy Weber

Altar Flowers

Altar Flowers

To The Glory of God
The Altar Guild

Our Prayer List

Please pray for these siblings in Christ.

For more infomation visit:

https://stjohns108.tithelysetup3.com/discipleship/pages/our-prayer-list

Our Prayer List

This Week 2/18- 2/24

Today:       9 a.m. Worship   

                   10:30 a.m. Worship                 

                   7 p.m. Try Again Group (AA)

Monday:     10 a.m. SPROUTS

                     1 p.m. Arthritis Foundation Walking Class    

                     6 p.m. Knitting Ministry                          

                      6 p.m. SPROUTS

                     6:45 p.m. Zumba               

                      7:30 p.m. Al-Anon          

Tuesday:     9 a.m. Zumba

                    10:30 a.m. SPROUTS   

                     12:15 p.m. Tai - Chi            

                     6:30 p.m. SA Buffalo                                        

Wednesday:  1 p.m. Arthristis Foundation Exercise Class

                      6 p.m. Parkinson's Group

                      7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal             

Thursday:  9 a.m. Zumba                          

                     12 p.m. NA

                      5 p.m. Zumba   

                     6:15 p.m. Barre Class                                                                       

                       7 p.m. NA                                                                             

Friday:          10 a.m. Enjoy Life- NA    

                       4 p.m. Community Dinner                                 

                        7:30 p.m. Gardenville Group AA

Saturday:    9 a.m. Zumba                                                                                 

                    5 p.m. Worship      

                            

Dining Out

Thursday, February 29, at the Italian Garden 
Transit Road in Depew, 5:30 pm.
All are welcome to leap on in and join us there!

There is a sign up sheet in the foyer.

Hot Dog Lunch RESCHEDLUED!!

Hot Dog Lunch RESCHEDLUED!!

Hot Dog It's COLD Outside!
Sunday, February 25
Join us for lunch after the 10:30 service!
A simple lunch of Hot dogs, chips and drinks will be served.
See you then!

Tax Statements

Giving statements are available.

If you would like one please let the office know 716-668-2152 or email sjlcws@gmail.com

Please let the office know also if you prefer a paper copy mailed or an emailed statement.

 

Information

When you would like a notice placed in the news, please provide a point person, with contact information. It should be someone people can contact if they have any questions or concerns.

If need be and you would want, we can have them contact the office and then the office can forward any concerns to the point person.

Directory

1) If you are visiting us today, we would appreciate your taking the time to sign our visitor book in the lobby entrance.

2) If you have recently moved, changed your phone number or email address, please remember to keep our church office up to date with these changes so we can keep our church directory updated.  

You can call the church at 716-668-2152 or email: 
Amy: sjlcws@gmail.com or 
Vicky Wienke at vhwinks@gmail.com.  
Thank you!

Thrivent Dollars

Reminder that you have until the end of February to donate your Thrivent Dollars to a dedicated place.

Lenten Devotional

The devotional is on saintjohnsws.org now.

You can find the link on the home page and under Discipleship > Faith Formation.

It also will be posted on FaceBook

 

January Financials

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Finance Committee Report
For month of January 2024
Normal attendance for the weeks of January averaged 94.
Missed the second week of January do to a snow storm. Church closed for the week.

Accounts:
M&T advanced business checking available Balance - $61,507.73
M&T Commercial Savings - $41,212.14
Citizens Building Savings - Business Green Checking –1315 - $3,959.25
Citizens Building Transfer - Business Green Checking –4616 - $7,216.94
Citizens MIF - Clearly Better Business Checking –7073 - $7,472.01
Citizens Youth Savings - Business Green Checking –7057 - $6,023.47

January 2024 total Expenses $22,408.84
January 2024 total Income $25,188.37
Mortgage MIF. $385,016.41 3.875%
Principal payment $3,408.57
Interest Payment. $1,279.43
Total Monthly Payment. $4688.00
Payoff amount $385,261.66


Respectfully submitted
Rick Lipka
Treasurer

Happy Birthday!

Pastor Valerie

February 13th

 

Happy 91st Birthday!

Leah Liepler

February 17th

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