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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
2nd 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 25,2024

Bulletin
From the Pastor

From the Pastor

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. 2And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.” 3Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, 4“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. 5No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.”
 15God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”
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“Once I met a woman who had worked for years in fashion and modeling. Unsurprisingly, she was strikingly attractive. She was accompanied by her teenage daughter who, by contrast, was rather unremarkable to look at, maybe even a plain-Jane.
After spending time with them, I began to sense that the mother, whose life had largely revolved around her appearance, seemed to look down on her daughter, perhaps unconsciously, because of her average appearance. Her daughter seemed aware of this lack of maternal acceptance, and seemed troubled and uncomfortable as she tried to compensate and please her mom in other ways.
The girl's situation was a strong reminder to me of how important it is for every child to experience unconditional acceptance from their parents if they are to grow and mature in a healthy way. Unconditional love profoundly and beautifully molds us as human beings.”
--Tad Pacholczyk, "Unconditional parental love," The Catholic Herald, January 19, 2012.
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Something to ponder today.
Peace and blessings this day.
Pastor V.

Assisting Ministers & Ushers

Saturday February 24 @ 5 p.m.
Ann Falls - Assisting Minister
Lynn Grucza - Reader

Sunday February 25@ 9 a.m.
Nathan Setlock- Assisting Minister

Sunday February 25 @ 10:30 a.m.
Adam Wolff- Assisting Minister
Jon Grauer - Usher
 Connie Arnold - Greeter

Altar Guild for February:
Judy Kelly
Nancy Weber
Altar Flowers

Altar Flowers

To Bob
By The Ward Family

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 2/25- 3/2

Today:       9 a.m. Worship   

                   10:30 a.m. Worship   

                   Hot Dog Lunch             

                   7 p.m. Try Again Group (AA)

Monday:     10 a.m. SPROUTS

                     1 p.m. Arthritis Foundation Walking Class                                         

                      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                

                      7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal             

Thursday:  9 a.m. Zumba                          

                     12 p.m. NA

                      5 p.m. Zumba                                                                                             

                       7 p.m. NA                                                                             

Friday:          10 a.m. Enjoy Life- NA                                                    

                        7:30 p.m. Gardenville Group AA

Saturday:    9 a.m. Zumba      

                    10 a.m. Band Rehearsal                                                                          

                    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!

THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP

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!

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!

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

Pastor Vacation

Pastor Valerie will be on vacation starting Thursday March 14th through Friday March 22nd.

With that, Bible Study will only be March 7th next month.
Pierogi Sale

Pierogi Sale

Please see Rick Lipka or someone from youth group to order.

There is also a sign up sheet in the foyer

Lenten Journey

February 28th @ 6:30pm

Fourteen Holy Helpers Parish, 1345 Indian Church Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224

March 6th @ 6:30pm

Agape United Methodist Church,  2846 Seneca St, West Seneca, NY 14224

March 13th @ 6:30pm

Trinity Lutheran Church, 146 Reserve Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224

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