Sunday (January 14) Second Sunday after Epiphany 9:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship w/communion 10:15 a.m. Children’s Ministry/Fellowship 11:45 a.m. “Serve Boldly” Chicago Mission Trip meeting in Grace Chapel 5:00 p.m. Video Voice

Monday (January 15) 10:00 a.m. Quilters 10:30 a.m. Video Voice

Tuesday (January 16) 7:00 p.m. Ruth Bible Study at Realife

Wednesday (January 17) 12 noon Ministerial Lunch at Christian Assembly

3rd Gear Early out meet in commons after school 5:00 p.m. Confirmation Pizza 5:30 p.m. Class 6:15 p.m. Bells at Grace

Thursday (January 18) Joint Communion

11:15 a.m. Lake Shore Inn 1:00 p.m. Colony Court Saturday (January 20) 9:30 a.m. Women of the ELCA speaker– Scams and Identity Theft Sunday (January 21) Third Sunday after Epiphany 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship with Communion 10:15 a.m. Children’s Ministry/Fellowship

5:00 p.m. Video Voice Monday (January 22)

10:00 a.m. Quilters 10:30 a.m. Video Voice

Tuesday (January 23) 7:00 p.m. Men in Mission –Do you Believe? Experience the power of the cross Wednesday (January 24) 5:00 p.m. Confirmation Pizza 5:30 pm Class 6:15 p.m. Bells at Grace

7:00 p.m. 3rd Gear at St. John Youth Room

NEWS &Events

3rd Gear’s “The Big Game

Pizza Fundraiser” will start on Sunday, January 14th and end on the 28th. Contact a mission trip

participant to order your made-to-order pizza in

time for the

Big Game on February 4th!

RENEW! The Dance of Radical Hospitality 2018 Saturday, Feb. 24, 10am-3pm Trinity Lutheran Church Owatonna

Cost $15 includes lunch. This event is open to all!

Register online at semnsynod.org

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church ELCA

Firmly Rooted in God’s Word

401 3rd Ave NE Waseca, MN 56093 January 14, 2018

Welcome to worship, fellowship and Christian education. May the Holy Spirit touch your life during your time here today.

John Omans, Pastor, faith.worker@hotmail.com

Pastor John’s blog at: h�p://stjohnwaseca.wordpress.com

[home phone] (507) 833-1525 [cell phone] (507) 201-1103

Marty Aberle, Youth Director, (507) 461-3552 email:3rdgearwaseca@gmail.com

Carrie Lonneman, Office Manager, stjohn@hickorytech.net

Church Phone: (507) 833-1703 Office Hours: M—F 7:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m.

WEB SITE: www.stjohnwaseca.org

** Announcement Deadline is 10:00 a.m. Thursday **

St. John is on Facebook: St John Lutheran Church ELCA Sunday SMART Bus – 1-855-762-7821 (call before Sat. 3pm for reservation)

St. John is a Christian family of disciples alive in a Scripture-based, Spirit-led mission of ministry, worship and play. Disciples at St. John Evangelical

Lutheran Church are expected to pray often, worship regularly, learn from the Scriptures, participate in the serving groups if physically able, offer their time

and talent as the spirit calls them, and regularly contribute monetarily to support the mission and ministry of the church.

Sermon Book Series

1/21 John 2:1-11 Waking up to a Vital Word 1/28 John 3:1-17 Waking to a Purposeful Life

Sunday

Attendance

January 7

122

Donna Michaels, Jean Miller, Janet Priebe, Bruce Possehl, Caden Lane, Darlene Ulrich, Elaine Sack, Lester Root, Roland Dexter, Nancy Mace, Donna Cooper, Roger Loken, Marsha Larson, Lee Groskreutz, Dean Cowdin, Butch Cowdin, Evelyn Lee, Roger Zabel, Joann Spies, Ilene Kormann, Janet Weber, Karla Schroeder, Glady Bauman, Brenda Lee, Theresa Bowe Broughten, Barbara Papinski, Etta Baker, David Henkensiefken, JoAnn Root, David Cullip, Marcia Hagen, Luetta Eberline, Robin Cullip, Betty

Battenfeld, Nina Carlson, Dona Hinkie, Brad Tetzloff, Marlis Scholljegerdes, Charlie Mitchell, Irene Lau, Glen Neuman, Charlene Bauman, Cooper Tenney, Theron Bonneur and for all inactive members of St. John. Please keep the office informed so we can keep the list current.

Altar flowers are in loving memory of

Virginia Elias whose funeral was Tuesday at St. John

Dana Elias, Savanna Grunzke,

Jacob Kuhns, Jacob Lemmen,

Nathan Lonneman, Madyson Murphy, Trevor Morris, Darren Peterson, Matt Wantoch

Council News

Plan to attend the Annual

Meeting Sunday, Jan. 28 at 10:30 am. We need your help and vote in planning for next

year at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.

You can support the youth of St. John by purchasing gift cards to use for everyday

items like gas and groceries. Scrip will be available to purchase the first Sundays of the month before or after church. The next time to purchase Scrip will be Sun. February 4. We need volunteers to sell SCRIP to keep this program going. Contact Kari Priebe 507-521-4723 or Pam Grunzke 612-910-

7230 to help. Also, there is a sign up sheet in Trinity Hall.

Elaine Sack has moved to

Bridgewater Rm 112

543 Oakwood Drive Janesville MN 56048

Greater Waseca Ministerial Assn. Soup Lunch Wednesday, Jan 17 at 12 noon at Christian Assembly

900 14th Ave SE

2018 Offering Envelopes are available in Trinity Hall. If you do not want envelopes next year please let the office know right away. We order in January.

January 3rd Gear 1/14 Sunday 11:45 am 2018 Chicago Mission

Trip meeting in Grace Social Hall “The Big

Game Pizza Fundraiser”

01/17 – Waseca High School -Meet Commons 10 min after school is out 01/24 – St John Youth Room 7pm 01/31 – St John Youth Room 7pm Ski the Peak

Overnight Feb. 18-19 Granite Peak, WI $50

deposit due Jan. 31.

Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly December 2017December 2017December 2017December 2017 Income $ 36,871 Expense — 22,120

Diff 14,751 Year to DateYear to DateYear to DateYear to Date Income $ 256,987 Expense — 259,594 Diff (2,554)

Experience the power of the cross.

Tuesday, January 23 at 7pm in

Trinity Hall

Scams and Identity Theft presented by the Waseca Police Department Saturday, Jan. 20 at 9:30 a.m. Every woman is welcome to attend!

The commission of Congregational Life is looking for input and interest in starting a

Stephen Ministry in our congregation. What is Stephen Ministry? Taken from their website, “Stephen Ministry congregations equip and empower lay caregivers, called Stephen Ministers, to provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care to people who are hurting.” If you would like more infor-mation, or are interested in becoming a Stephen’s Minister, let the church office know at 833-1703 or contact Ron Alger.

Sermon Book Series

Reclaiming the “E” word

Waking up to Our Evangelical Identity

This will be our theme for Sunday mornings January 7-

February 11. Copies of the book are available to check out.

I encourage you to follow along.