May 17, 2020

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH Purpose: Joyfully taking God’s love into the world!

Next Sunday, May 24, Pastor Brian will be a part of our online worship service and give his first sermon!

We are so excited for he, Natalie, Toby & Sophie to be a part of the St. John church family and have sev-

eral ways you can welcome them:

Following that online service, you are invited to head on down to the church as we are doing a vehicle

drive-by with their family from 11am-12noon. Come in the southwest entrance off 8th Street and vol-

unteers will be directing traffic. Pastor Brian and his family will be outside the WEST main church

doors to greet you — you can wave at them, introduce yourself, hang signs on your car to welcome

them, basically show them and tell them how glad you are they are here (while maintaining social dis-

tance). If you own a business and your vehicle has your business name on it, you are encouraged to

drive that. Or if there is another way you can set your vehicle apart so it is memorable, you are encour-

aged to so as one way for Pastor Brian to begin making a connection to who you are :)

You are also invited to give their family an online gift card (preferably purchased from a local business)

and email it to PastorBrian@stjohncf.org if you feel comfortable doing online purchases. OR wait to

purchase a physical gift card until you are comfortable doing so and bring it with you when we resume

in-person worship services.

Healing & Concern. . .

Karl Koch; Nonie Duff; Carl & Sue (Kelly Turner’s relatives); Holly Prohaska; Paul &

Nancy Brietske (Marge Behren’s son-in-law & daughter); Britnee (Amber Nieman’s

sister-in-law; Pamela (Amber & Kyle Nieman’s friend); Richard Behnke (Charisse

Folken’s dad); Todd Meyer (Don Kohagen’s nephew); Joann Layton (Seth Layton’s

grandma); Jean Waschkate (Sandy Heinen’s mom); Glenn Wiebke; Jim Dreyer; Mike

Sheehan; Harley Kilby (Dave Folken’s stepdad); Cole Weliver (preschool parent); Pau-

lo Shila (Barb Feuerhak’s son-in-law); Lauren Finke (friend of Claphams); Isabella Au-

er (Jennifer Mixdorf’s cousin): Richard Dean (Julie Clark’s father).

Comfort & Consolation. . .

Arleen (& Jim) Burkhardt and Frankie Knight on the death of their sister, Mary Ann

Cornelius. Cards of sympathy may be sent to Arleen at 3106 Center St., CF and to

Frankie at 1932 Franklin St., CF.

All confirmed

members of SJLC

are eligible to vote

at the Annual Con-

gregation Meeting.

Discussion is currently underway on how to hold this year’s Annual Meeting and information will be

shared in coming days on how confirmed St. John members will be able to participate and vote.

The official agenda & annual report will be available on the church website: www.stjohncf.org

The Annual Meeting will include reports on church finances, the Endowment Fund, and elections of new

church leadership. It will also include approval of the Endowment Fund By-Law change as printed below.

(strikeout text will be deleted, underlined text will be added).

Questions regarding the bylaw change should be sent to Nate Clapham at nateclapham@gmail.com.

A.8 The Financial Secretary will work with the Church Council Treasurer in maintaining and coordinating com-plete and accurate accounts and shall authorize all fund transfers to the Church Council and co-execute all transactions and/or other necessary documents on behalf of the congregation in furtherance of the purposes of the SJMEF. The books shall be audited at a minimum of once every five years by a certified public account-ant and independently reviewed annually by persons appointed by the Church Council, who are not involved with the Endowment Committee.

A.9 The Endowment Committee shall provide a copy of the SJMEF account statements on a quarterly basis to designated persons of the Church Council and, at each annual meeting of the congregation, shall render a full and complete audited independently reviewed account of the administration of the SJMEF during the preced-ing year.

Even though we’re not gathering in-person for

church, our needs remain constant. You still

have the opportunity to make a difference in the

lives of others by supporting the ministries of

St. John. If you typically put a check into the

offering plate on Sunday morning, please con-

sider one of these options to give:

Give online : https://www.stjohncf.org/give

Text your donation amount to 217-636-

5370, or

Mail a check to 715 College St.,

Cedar Falls, IA 50613.

Cards for Seniors Initiative

To help keep our oldest members of our congregation

connected with their church family , we'd love to con-

nect our older members with younger ones through

cards, drawings, and letters. This is perfect for our little

ones to be a part of — but persons all ages are invited

to take part ! If you are interested in being a part of our

Cards for Seniors initiative, contact the church of-

fice and Jenny will provide you with the name & ad-

dress of someone you can surprise with mail! Just

send her an email at Jenny@stjohncf.org and let her

know how many addresses you'd like to receive. Thank

you!

Inspired by Generosity: Stimulus Check Giving We have all been impacted by this pandemic differently. It has been inspiring to receive calls from both mem-

bers and regular attenders — learning that they will be donating part of their recent stimulus check. Not be-

cause they don’t need it, but because “someone else may need it more”. We are continuously amazed at the

level of generosity and selflessness that we come across daily even during times of crisis. Thank you!!!!!

Graduation Milestone

This year’s High School Graduation Milestone is still going to

happen. All families with graduating high school seniors were

sent an email or letter asking them to provide information on

their graduating senior. Coming soon, we will share that —

so we, their church family, can celebrate their achievements

with them. We will plan the Graduation Milestone to be part

of a worship service later this summer.

CONNECTINGCARING

SHARINGGROWING

St. John Staff Sasi Ayyappan ……………Financial Assistant, Part-time Tim Bass…………………………Worship Tech, Part-time

Karen Black………………………….. Organist, Part-time

Chandar Boyle..….9:30 Worship Team Leader, Part-time

Joe Boyle…..……..9:30 Worship Team Leader, Part-time

Steve Ferguson…...Pastoral Ministry Assistant, Part-time

Nicole Green.…………………………….Pianist, Part-time

Karl Haugen…………..………………Custodian, Part-time

Jenny Hemesath……… Dir. Office Operations, Full-time

Sandy Livingston..……...Kitchen/Ministry Asst., Part-time

Jim Miller…..……..9:30 Worship Team Leader, Part-time

Randy Nieman ……………...Facilities Manager, Full-time

Marty Postel …..Children, Youth & YA Director, Full-time

Kathy Thompson …Dir. Preschool & Childcare, Full-time

Church Council Charisse Folken ……………………..…..Gordie Sorensen

Brian Burkhardt (President) ………………..Katy Clapham

PJ Mills………………………………………..Todd Parsons

Marty Postel ……………………………………Kelly Turner

Ministry & Resource Team Leaders Hospitality & Cong Care ………………...Robin Abraham

Serving & Discipleship…………………..Sandra Stavnes

Worship & Celebration ………………….…. Nick Mixdorf

Faith Formation & Lifelong Learning …Carlene Gardner

Human Resources……………………...…...Beth Sulentic

Financial Resources……………….…………..Jim Langel

Property Resource Team…………..Samantha Tetmeyer

Technology & Communication………………..Adam Puls