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EMPOWERED TO SERVE

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The service of Morning Prayer opens with

the words, “Lord, open my lips. And my

mouth will proclaim your praise.” It

reminds us: our breath is from God, our

lips that form breath into words are from

God, and the recognition that this is so is

from God. How I love a day that begins with

these words!

Martin Luther is credited — in Marva

Dawn’s Morning by Morning, in John

Rice’s Prayer, and all over the internet,

though I haven’t been able to find the

original work by Luther — with saying, “I

have so much to do that if I didn’t spend at

least three hours a day in prayer I would

never get it all done.”

Whether Luther said this or not, it contains

wisdom. When I recognize the breath of my

life as the breath of God, when I experience

God as opening my lips for the first word of

the day, when that first word is praise,

“Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to

the Holy Spirit,” it centers the day, from its

first waking moment, as God’s gift.

By and large, I lose sight of that,

somewhere along the way, but for a while

my actions become prayer: like this

morning, pausing in prayer to post a

Facebook event, inviting students and

future seminarians to Tuesday $2 Tacos +

Topics at Tyson House, became prayer for

those people and this week’s topic, the

relationship of prayer to action; while I was

on, reading through the Facebook feed,

seeing people’s posts about things that

matter to them and articles they want to

share, that too became prayer, for the

people posting and matters they shared;

and, when I realized it was time to put

down the computer and return to Morning

Prayer, that became prayer too.

The Spirit frees us to serve differently.

Without God’s Spirit, we wouldn’t have a

self to be free with. Without God’s Spirit, we

wouldn’t have the grace to recognize our

freedom. Without God’s Spirit opening our

hearts to recognize God's Spirit, we

wouldn’t have the deeper freedom of seeing

our freedom held and supported by God.

What shall I do with God’s next breath?

Whom shall I include in the ongoing prayer

of my day?

As I said, I lose sight of this, not just

somewhere along the way, but over and

over again throughout the day, but God is

always at hand, always ready for our return

to prayer. God is as close as your next

breath. “Lord, open my lips. And my mouth

will proclaim your praise.”

One easy way to do Morning Prayer is an app from the Catholic Church, "Divine Office." Another is in our hymnal, page 298.

by Rev. John Tirro

Breath of My Life

by Rev. Amy Figg

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In October, we join the city of Knoxville in celebrating First Friday’s 10th Birthday! In honor of such a dubious occasion and with the hope of piquing your interest, we present A Top Ten List to Celebrate First Friday with the St. John’s crew:

10. Lutherans are fun folks … REALLY FUN!

9. The food is yummy … August featured gourmet

appetizers prepared by Adam Schultz, and September featured seafood yummies prepared by a group including Clarke Hinkle, Rita Schwartz, and Toni Wise. October will include tasty fall fare!

8. The fellowship is even yummier … catching up with

friends and meeting new folks gets the night started on just the right note.

7. Occasionally, there are door prizes. Who wouldn’t like

to win some gourmet coffee and French vanilla scones?

6. It is easy evangelism! Invite some friends by saying,

“Would you like to join me at St. John’s for appetizers before heading to Market Square for dinner?”

5. There is plenty of parking, which is NOT the case as you

get closer to downtown.

4. There is a trolley that runs from the corner of St. John’s

parking plaza to the heart of the festivities and back.

3. If you walk downtown, there are many cool stores and studios in which you can browse, enjoy more appetizers, and chat with friends.

2. Once you arrive on Market Square, there is so much to do: grab a drink, catch up with friends, listen to a musician, watch people, pet dogs, or eat at one of the fabulous restaurants.

1. Did we mention the following: Lutherans = FUN!?

First Friday Turns 10 on October 3!

For the past two months, St. John’s

folks and their friends have gathered in Sparks Fellowship

Hall on the first Friday of the month

for food, fun, and fellowship prior to

festivities in downtown Knoxville.

It is a really great way to start the evening.

We hope to see you on October 3, November 7, and December 5!

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Serving Creation Through Monarch Butterfly Tagging by Steve McGaffin

For Christians, butterflies are important as a symbol of spiritual rebirth. They are also important as pollinators and indicators of habitat health. Despite observing butterflies for thousands of years, there is still much that we don't know. The monarch butterfly migration is one of Creation's many mysteries. Every fall, the butterflies that hatched in the northern U.S. and Canada during the summer fly south thousands of miles to overwinter in Mexico. How they know where to go and when to leave is still unknown. Bring your family and friends out to Seven Islands State Birding Park on Sunday, October 5th to help catch and tag Monarch butterflies with Steve McGaffin, St. John's member and Curator of Education at Knoxville Zoo. Enjoy and learn about the beauty and life of this delicate and yet enduring butterfly while helping scientists to learn more about their migration and conservation.

Tagging sessions will start at 11:30am and 1:00pm on Sunday, October 5th. Preregister at least three days in advance by e-mailing Thea Peterson at thea@sjlcknox.org. Please include your name, e-mail address, cell phone number (in case of last minute changes due to weather) and how many people you are bringing. After registering, you will receive information on where to meet and what to bring.

ATTENTION: Kids Hope Mentors and “Littles” We have a wonderful opportunity to spend a Sunday afternoon out at Seven Islands

Wildlife Refuge tagging Monarch Butterflies. Plan to join us on Sunday, Oct. 5 with

our own Steve McGaffin leading the tagging activities, for an afternoon of fun and

learning about the incredible journey these beautiful creatures make.

First Service folks will plan to meet at 11:30 and late service folks will leave as a group at the conclusion of the

service. This is an opportunity for you to invite your children, grandchildren and friends to join in this fun

afternoon exploring one of God’s bountiful gifts to us.

Please let me know if you plan to join us so we can get a head count and plan accordingly. You can email me at

thea@sjlcknox.org or call 591-4803. We will send out further details as the date draws closer.

Thank You to everyone

for making the Bake Sale

on August 24th such a huge

success!

We raised $518.00. This will

be matched by a grant

obtained by Christenberry

Elementary School so that

our $518.00 becomes

$1,036.00. This money will

be used to enhance the

recreational faci l i t ies

available to all the students.

It is wonderful to see all of

the fabulous items that were

baked. We have a very

talented and generous

congregation, as well as one

that is now a few pounds

heavier! Oh, I am speaking

for myself, of course!

Thanks so much for baking

and buying and special

thanks to the Sunday School

students for helping with

the sale.

-Thea Peterson

by Thea Peterson, SJLC Kids Hope USA Director

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Please join us! We don’t have an age limit. If you are

comfortable with us, we welcome you!

The Senior Adult Ministry

meets the first

Wednesday of every

month at 11:30 am.

It is a gathering of God’s older

children for fellowship,

laughter, prayer, guest

speakers, & delicious lunch.

Reservations: Mary Cole 584-3153 / memecole@comcast.net

Wednesday, November 5

“Tastes of Thanksgiving”

Lunch $5.00/person Catered by Kimmie’s Kitchen

Program: John Coker, LTD

Antiques and Fine Art We are having our own

“Roadshow.” Bring an antique:

jewelry, furniture, china, painting,

kitchenware, silver, crystal, quilt,

book - anything you would like to

know more about. Even bring a

picture of your antique. If you know

the history of the item, please be

prepared to share that as well.

Wednesday, October 1

Oktoberfest Potluck Lunch

Bring your favorite

(German) food to share:

vegetables, salads, and/or desserts. (Meat provided.)

Program: Karen and Ralph Weekly

They will provide a program much

like they did for the St. John’s 125th

Anniversary Celebration.

They are wonderful speakers,

wonderful Co-coaches of the Lady

Vols Softball Team, and

members of St. John’s.

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I love a good Reformation Sunday! Red clothing finds a way out of closets and onto bodies! Red paraments signal something bold just might happen in worship! Debbie opens all the stops on the organs, and Shawn blows the trumpet, and the people join in singing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God!” We remember “we are saved by grace … through faith … apart from works of the law!” For a moment, if I am willing to suspend reality, I can think proudly, “Ahhhh, we got it right. YES, WE GOT IT RIGHT!” And then reality returns. We did NOT get it right … because it is NOT about us! We are a reforming tradition because God continues to take what we offer, as small and broken as it or we may be, and makes something brand new. Always. Continually. Day to day. Hour to hour. Minute to minute. Makes something new, brings about good. The beauty of this relationship is located in who this reforming God is. Check out Nadia Bolz-Weber’s take: Let me tell you about this God.

A God who has always used imperfect people.

A God whose loving desire to be known overflowed the heavens and became manifest in the rapidly dividing cells inside the womb of an insignificant peasant girl in first century Palestine.

A God who slipped into skin and walked among us full of grace and truth with sand between his toes. Who ate with all the wrong people. And kissed lepers and touched the unclean and spoke through thirsty women and hungry men. Who from the cross did not even lift a finger to condemn the enemy but instead said “I would rather die than be in the sin accounting business anymore.”

This is a God who rose from the dead and grilled fish on the beach and ascended into heaven and is especially present to us in the most offensively ordinary things: wheat, wine, water, words.

This God will use all of you, and not just your strengths but your failures and your brokenness. And God’s strength is perfected in human weakness. So your brokenness is fertile ground for a forgiving God to make something new, something beautiful. So don’t ever think that all you have to offer is your gifts, because God is going to use you too; God is going to use all of you, and the world better watch out.”

So on Sunday, October 26, wear your red clothes and celebrate the red paraments and sing hymns with great gusto and celebrate grace and trust God is getting it right because of us and in spite of us!

by Rev. Amy Figg

Re + Formation = Reformation

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Come, Holy Spirit! “Stir up in your people the gift of your

Holy Spirit: the spirit of wisdom and

understanding, the spirit of counsel and

might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear

of the Lord, the spirit of joy in your

presence, both now and forever.”

On Reformation Sunday, October 26, the St. John’s family will celebrate the

confirmation of Will Boyd, Thomas Campbell Clay, Darren Costen, Leah Crowley, Caitlin

Parton, Rachel Rogers, Carmen Solt, and Will Trout.

What does this mean? As children brought to the baptismal font, these folks were

claimed by God forever, sealed by the Holy Spirit, and marked with the sign of the cross

forever. Parents and friends promised to nurture each child’s faith through worship,

education, and family discipleship. As middle schoolers, they engaged in intentional faith

formation activities, meeting weekly to discuss God’s Word, the Apostles’ Creed, spiritual

gifts, the baptismal call to ministry, and the questions that naturally rose from their time of

study.

Following a time of personal reflection with their parents and their pastors, they will step out

on their own, saying “To the good work which God and our families initiated at the font, we

now say, ‘YES!’ Together, we step out in faith, trusting that the One who began a good work

in us will be faithful to complete.”

Join us at the 11:00 worship service for this festive celebration. The color of the day is RED!

Sunday, October 26

at 10:00 am Preschool - 5th Grade

Wear your RED; Martin Luther's

favorite color.

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Timothy Dombek and Michael Durall have

written a book with the intriguing title, Making

the Annual Pledge Drive Obsolete: How

Churches Can Get Out of this Business Once

and For All. This book is based on the premise

that giving money away is just plain fun,

whether you have a little, or you have a lot.

Being a generous person or family is one of

life’s great privileges and profound joys. Saint

John’s is a community of generous people, and

we are thankful to be a recipient of your

faithful, charitable giving. And every year we

ask members and friends of this faith

community to prayerfully make a plan to invest

in the life and ministry of this congregation.

And every year, we plant the seed and trust in

God to produce the harvest.

As we look toward developing the 2015 Plan of

Ministry, God calls all of us to trust and believe

generosity is a fruit of the Spirit and a gift from

our heavenly Father that helps bring about a

more just and humane world. Our ministry is

truly life giving and provides hope to the least

and the lost among us. God is revealed in Word

and Sacrament, and in the work we do. “God’s

Work, Our Hands” is so much more than a

catchy slogan of the ELCA; it is a living faith of

ambassadors of Christ.

Yes, God is revealed in our ministry and it is an

essential need of the human heart to give. That

is the way God created us, and that is the

example we have received in Jesus Christ.

Giving is a significant way we experience being

one with God, and generosity is one way we

experience the fruit of the Spirit.

Therefore, this year we refuse to turn a joyous

ministry into an annual practice of demanding

money or begging for your pledge week after

week. Our hope, our dream, our prayer is for all

of us to generously respond to the transforming

power of God’s presence in the world and the

life changing significance of this ministry we

share. A Spirit-filled, generous YOU can make

the annual pledge drive obsolete.

Thanks for your partnership! All Saints Sunday,

November 2 is Commitment Sunday.

We simply ask for you to plan to give with a

glad and generous heart as we give thanks to

God for this abundant life in Christ! “Nothing

you can purchase, buy, own, possess, or collect,

nor any trip you can take, to any part of the

world; nor any sight you will ever see; is more

valuable than the money you give to others in

need.” Rev. Timothy Dombek

The Annual Pledge Drive is Obsolete

by Rev. Steve Misenheimer

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Sunday School Opportunities at St. John’s Lutheran Church

FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS: Sparks Fellowship Hall at 10:00 am

Together, with Adam

Schultz, delve into the

lives, personalities, and

legacies of the disciples

and how they served

God’s people.

What do we know about

these 12 men? We'll

explore what scripture, history, folklore, and tradition tell

us about who these extraordinarily ordinary men to

whom Jesus entrusted his ministry and his gospel were.

September 28: Simon and Matthew

October 12: Thomas and Jude Thaddeus

October 19: Apostolic Missions — Then and Now

October 26: Judas Iscariot and Matthias

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER:

Animate: Faith is an adult course that

creatively explores the central topics

of Christianity through group

discussion and videos featuring

prominent voices from the Christian

faith.

Facilitated by Dan Lee

NOVEMBER:

The Bridges Class continues with Tara Gilbreath and Sara Whitehead

facilitating discussion around topics for parents of babies, toddlers, and teens.

BRIDGES SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS: Bridges Classroom (upstairs) at 10:00 am

Sunday School Classes Sundays at 10:00 am

Preschool & Kindergarten

“Little Lights” Class Downstairs

1st & 2nd Grades “Cornerstone” Class

Upstairs, 3rd door on right

3rd, 4th, & 5th Grades “CrossPoint” Class

Upstairs, 2nd door on right

Middle School “Higher Ground” Class

Upstairs, end of the hall on left

High School “High School Crew” Class

Upstairs, end of the hall

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The culture of churches around the globe is

changing. Once, churches depended almost

exclusively on their Pastors to decide what needed

to be done, and then to do it with little involvement

from the laity. Their word was rule, and few dared

to question them or their decisions. After all, they

were called by God to lead his people. Right?

Not so fast. What if leading means empowering

others to lead? In his final words to the disciples,

Jesus, the ultimate Pastor, empowered his disciples

to carry on the work of his church saying, “But you

will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on

you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in

all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the

earth” (Acts 1:8).

A wise man once said, “A dream you dream alone

is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a

reality.” Yes, some of you may recognize this as a

quote from John Lennon. While he probably wasn’t

talking about the church, the words can certainly

stand true for the church. Alone, a pastor or church

leaders can do only so much, but together with the

people of God, empowered by the Holy Spirit,

ministry is limitless.

As Christians, we are all disciples of Christ. We

are all empowered by the Holy Spirit to serve. We

see that at St. John’s all the time. It is a big risk, but

our Pastors have been able to stand back and see

the big picture by nurturing and training lay

leaders, thus empowering them. Lay leaders then

are able to nurture and train others, empowering

them to do God’s work.

One of the best examples of training and

empowering the laity of St. John’s may be the

Ministry Council. Using Robert Schnase’s book,

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, the

council is led by five lay leaders in the areas of

Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship,

Intentional Faith Development, Risk-taking

Mission and Service and Extravagant Generosity.

Each lay leader develops a team of people from St.

John’s who help carry out the mission for their area

of ministry.

Each of these lay leaders finds a deeper

relationship between themselves and the Pastors. A

deeper relationship between each of the leaders is

also visible as each of the five practices come

together for one purpose. Perhaps the relationships

between the lay leaders and the members of their

teams show best what empowering God’s people

really means.

What once was a Pastor empowered by the Holy

Spirit to carry on the works of the church, became

three Pastors, and five lay leaders. Now the three

Pastors and five lay leaders has become a church

filled with people empowered to minister not only

to the congregation, but to our community and

beyond. The congregation of St. John’s, empowered

by the Holy Spirit has become a true witness to the

love of God.

You may wonder where you fit into all this. You

have been empowered. You have been given gifts

that should be used to show the world who you are

and whose you are. Get involved! Talk with one of

the Pastors, Church Council members, or Ministry

Council members about the gifts you have to offer.

As we have heard all summer, there is always a

place at the table. Empowered to do His work, you

just might be the one who will make a difference in

how well we serve those gathered around that table.

by Rita Schwartz

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For the past two years, I have served on the Advisory Council for the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC. With the merger of LTSS and Lenoir-Rhyne University, our new school of theology is leading the way in exploring new and creative ways to prepare leaders for the church. Southern Seminary has come to be seen as an innovative school with an eye on the future.

Curriculum, campus enhancement, community engagement, enrollment, and development work have been the leading priorities of the Provost Clay Schmit in the past two years. In a recent report to the Advisory Council, Dr. Schmit listed “Cutting Edge Initiatives”. Those initiatives include:

1) A teaching outpost at Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Knoxville, TN to expose students to an outstanding team ministry approach to missional community engagement

2) A teaching outpost on Oilwell Road in Naples, Fla, another exceptional site for missional ministry where our students can learn from those with strong experience and success

3) The Lutheran theological Initiative in Atlanta, being developed in conjunction with Trinity Seminary

4) The development of a new AME seminary in Cape Town, South Africa, that would be connected through curricula and accreditation with LTSS

As a congregation, we are honored to be on this list of seminary initiatives, and we are excited about this next step in developing our ministry of raising up leaders. Over the past twenty years, 15 members of Saint John’s have been involved in pursuing theological education, with twelve members being ordained and three members currently in seminary. We also have a number of members in the discernment process. Our congregation has become fertile ground for developing future church leaders.

This October, LTSS Provost Clay Schmit and his wife Carol will bring Dr. Mary Sue Dreier and The Reverend Gary Dreier to Knoxville to plan for expanding our partnership with LTSS in bringing seminarians to Knoxville. Mary Sue and Gary Dreier are new members of the LTSS community. Mary Sue is a professor of Missional Theology and Pastoral Care and Gary is the Pastor to the seminary community.

Please plan to welcome these friends and partners in ministry on Sunday, October 19, as we announce our plans for a January introduction of this inner city opportunity for seminarians to experience urban mission ministry as well as campus ministry at the University of Tennessee.

The Rev. Dr. Mary Sue Dreier Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Missional Leadership

The Rev. Dr. Mary Sue Dreier began as Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Missional Leadership at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in the fall of 2013. Her primary responsibilities as a full-time member of the faculty will be to help students form their pastoral identities, not only for the nurturing of congregations internally, but also for the cultivation of congregational action in the world. An ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Dr. Dreier most recently served as the Associate Professor of Congregational Mission and Leadership and co-director of the Center on Missional Leadership at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. Prior to her time as a professor, she served as a parish pastor for twenty-five years at multiple congregational settings in Minnesota. Thirteen of those years were served in Rochester, Minn., where she was the founding co-pastor and mission developer of People of Hope, A Lutheran Church in Mission. Dr. Dreier holds a Ph.D. in Congregational Mission and Leadership from Luther Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Luther Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., and a Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.

by Rev. Steve Misenheimer

A New Partnership

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Serving! I am a huge fan of servant

hearts and those who have them. I

think of serving as a direct response

to gratitude. Service and gratitude

feed each other, strengthening our

response to all that we do. When we

look for ways to serve, we are drawn

to opportunities to express our

appreciation for many of the

blessings we have. For instance, if we

are thankful for the beauty of nature,

our response might be to contribute

money to Friends of Great Smoky

Mountains National Park, or maybe

we would work in a community

garden, or join a movement to

provide clean, fresh water to those

who need it . When we are

appreciative, we often respond in a

way that blesses others. Of course,

the happy coincidence is: when we

bless others by serving, we most

assuredly are blessed and we feel

grateful.

I know a wonderful group of people

who are very blessed with servant

hearts and helpful hands! The Altar

Guild members share a feeling of awe

when considering the beautiful

sanctuary that is lovingly maintained

by our congregation. We are grateful

to feel God’s presence in this place

because His Spirit is in all of us. We

choose to polish the brass, refresh

the linens, and prepare the table

because we feel blessed to be a part

of this community of believers. Our

response (serving on the Altar Guild)

is one way that we express our

gratitude. Our hope is that everyone

who comes to worship feels

welcomed, renewed, and blessed so

that they may go and serve in Jesus’

name.

As a footnote to my thoughts about

serving and gratitude, I would like to

acknowledge and remember those

who cannot serve. God’s grace is very

present here. I have a story to share

from November 9, 1998. Ben

Larzalere, III was my pastor at Christ

Lutheran Church in Santa

Fe, New Mexico, and this

is his story of his visit to

a nursing home to share

C o m m u n i o n w i t h

Clarisse, a woman in

her nineties.

In talking about the

weather, and the change

in the seasons, and how

they would be together again when

the leaves fall and then again when

the snow falls, Clarisse said, “Well we

might not, you know! We might not

be here!” Pastor Larzalere made his

usual attempt to laugh away the

prospect of death for any of them,

and for himself, but Clarisse

persisted, “Well, it’s true, you know!

We’re not getting any younger!” And

then she grabbed his arm and asked,

“So tell me now…just what are we

supposed to do when we can’t do

anything for ourselves anymore?

What are we supposed to dooooo!?”

She drew out that last word until it

echoed.

And Pastor Larzalere didn’t know

what to say. All those years of school,

all the university semesters, all the

seminary semesters, all the interning,

all the clinical pastoral educating, all

the 26 years of his ordained life, and

all 52 of his own, and he did not

know what to say. (Would you?)

And then he thought for a moment of

what they were doing, and what they

were in the middle of celebrating. He

looked at the chalice and the bread

waiting for them and he said, “When

you’ve given of yourself and taken

care of yourself and others for all

those years and now you can’t…what

you do is you receive the gift. That’s

what you do.”

Clarisse smiled and squeezed Pastor

Larzalere’s arm as if he had just

passed the test. And he felt as if he

had. They shared the gift,

the Eucharist, the

Sacrament, the Lord’s

Supper, the Holy

Communion. “And all

was well. And even

death was vanquished.”

I share this story

because we all want to

know that we are loved.

Jesus’ death and resurrection assures

us of this blessing, whether or not we

serve. In appreciation we serve, but

we know that God’s grace (in the gift)

is all we need.

by Ruth Crowley Altar Guild Coordinator

rnvc@comcast.net

Disclaimer: God’s grace is bigger than all

I have to say about serving. I humbly acknowledge my

humanness as a doer, a Martha, and a

servant. However, I serve on!

RECEIVE

THE GIFT

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YOU’RE NEEDED

Volunteer opportunities abound at. St. John’s Lutheran Church. Volunteering is a great way to get to know people and to make a valuable contribution

to the church. We hope you find something that interests you in the list below.

We love you so much that we are delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you have become so dear to us. (1Thessalonians 2:8)

To share in the gospel of God is to weave our lives together forever.

We invite you to explore the many opportunities available to weave, to grow and to change.

Top 5 Volunteer Needs: 1. Ushers

2. Audio/Visual Techs

3. Office Assistants

4. Acolytes/Crucifers

5. Kinderchurch Facilitators

Contact Toni, in the Church Office, to learn more about volunteering at St. John’s Lutheran Church:

865.523.3330 or Toni@sjlcknox.org

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1 Rebecca Perkins

3 Vyvette Solt

4Chrystal Brewer

5 Libby Stinnett

6 Richard Bender

7 Chris Wise

9 Madi Murphy

11 Diane Boxx

Emily Bradford

12 Mary Sue Bjorklund

David Hegseth Terry Irwin

13 Shannon Hancock

14 Scott Hamstead

15 Bill Wing

Jackson Mullins

16 George Fowler Thea Peterson

17 Sharon Gamble

Sarah Lowe

19 Pat Krogmann

20 Will Trout

21 Matthew Freeman

24 Howard Capito

Lee Gagle Joseph Ray

26 Helmut Busse

27 Barbara Thompson

28 Jon Efteland

Kellen Walker

29 Lee Ballard

30 Lee Metelka

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Thomas McGalliard Rowan Daugherty

2 Wilma Miller Herta Olive

Dani Warren Keaton Gilbreath

Scarlett Lucia Thrasher

3 Anna Chappelle Josie Whitehead

4 Jonathan Freeman

5 Sarah Bast

6 Linda Welch

7 Christie Ragle

8 Beck Hamstead

10 Caitlin Parton Sarah Morgan

11 Jim Friedrich

12 Sarah Holtz

13 Joe Miller

15 Garrett Shell

16 Pat Keyes

Greg Kalmon Julie Sharp

19 Linda Efteland

20 Craig Friedrich

22 Bob Sharp Reid Zinser

23 Preston Tucker

25 Russ Miller Ryan Lee

26 David Thomas Jennifer Robert

27 Barbara Teague

Bari Gerbig

28 Will Wing

Elisabeth Bernard

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St. John’s Lutheran Church

544 Broadway, NW

Knoxville, TN 37917

Phone: 865-523-3330

Fax: 865-524-7895

E-mail: INFO@sjlcknox.org

Website: www.sjlcknox.org

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St. John’s Lutheran Church—544 N Broadway—Knoxville, TN 37917— tel: 865-523-3330

Website: www.sjlcknox.org

Senior Pastor— J. Stephen Misenheimer: Steve@sjlcknox.org

Pastor of Family Ministries & Christian Caregiving—Amy C. Figg: Amy@sjlcknox.org

Pastor of Congregation Life and Campus Ministry—John Tirro: John@sjlcknox.org

Minister of Music – Deborah Dunne-Sousa: sousa@esknoxville.org

Kids Hope USA Director – Thea Peterson: Thea@sjlcknox.org

Director of Christian Education— Krista Lee: kblee123@aol.com

Minister of Administration and Finance – Claudia Wise: Claudia@sjlcknox.org

Communications Specialist – Mindy Abell: Mindy@sjlcknox.org

Administrative Assistant— Toni Denton: Toni@sjlcknox.org

Dove Tree

Providing Christmas gifts for children at Christenberry &

Sarah Moore Green Elementary Schools.

Beginning November 23

Coming Up in the Advent Season:

December 1 7:00-9:00 pm

Registration begins October 19