News and Announcements
Council Meeting
Council will take place January 17th at 6 pm, the installation of this year’s Council Members will happen January 23rd. Please continue to keep church council and leadership in your prayers.
Pastor Visits From Pastor Alliyah
Pastor Alliyah would like to visit all the members of the congregation. It is her desire to get to know you better and to know the needs of the church. To facilitate these visits, please fill out the visitation form located in the Gathering Area. If you are ever in need of pastoral support or have a pastoral emergency you are welcome to schedule a meeting with Pastor Alliyah. You may call the church at 937-548-5404.
Life Pump (International Outreach) The Council and Stewardship Team have decided together based on the enthusiasm for the Life Pump Project and it's important mission, to raise our goal to a third additional pump. We have currently raised: $1,445 towards the $15,000 cost of the third pump. Total Contributions $31,445.
Stamp Collection Ministry
As in the past, we will resume our stamp collecting efforts for the Sisters of the Holy Cross Charity. Stamps should be mint (uncanceled), and in very good condition leaving 1/4 inch around the stamp. They are particularly interested in Foreign stamps, U.S. Commemoratives and stamps with postage value $1 or more. We will continue to do this until further notice. Lorri Stephens is the contact person.
J.U.L.I.E.T. Luncheon - The Juliet group will meet February 23rd, 2022 at Turtle Creek at 11:00. We will meet at the restaurant.
R.O.M.E.O.’s Update - Let’s see what’s new for 2022. After 2 years of enjoying our breakfast outings. We are going to try, wait for it. Twice a month get-to-gethers. Let’s do the first and third Thursdays. If once is cool, twice will be even cooler. January 6th and January 20th will be our dates for January. We’ll still meet here at the church at 9:00am. Then decide our destination from there. Bring a friend and enjoy some great fellowship. May the LOVE of the LORD fill you all this Christmas and throughout the next year. Happy New Year as well. Yours in Christ, Dick Shumaker.
Bible Study/Baby Blanket Crochet and Knit
The Bible is full of stories which we retell to knit us together as a body, to remind us of who we are, and to inspire us as we continue to walk with Christ.
We are planning a Bible study using the study guide “She is Called, Women of the Bible”. We will meet the 2nd Tuesday evening of the month, January through May. Each month we will dig deeply into the stories of biblical women so that we might be challenged, strengthened, and encouraged in our faith. Along with “Knitting” ourselves as a body of faith, we will also be knitting /crocheting baby blankets to be donated to Rustic Hope in Russia, Ohio.
Rustic Hope is a nonprofit organization that offers physical, emotional, and spiritual support to mothers in need. They provide counseling for those considering private adoption. They help over 600 moms a year with food, clothing, household items, along with assistance with housing, completing their education, and finding employment. We have $250 worth of yarn purchased with Thrivent funding. We are asking those who attend the Bible study to take home some yarn, and crochet or knit baby blankets to be donated to new moms in need.
Even if you do not know how to crochet or knit, we invite you to come and work with more experienced crafters to learn a new skill. For those with a great deal of experience in knitting and crocheting, this is a great way to share your knowledge, and help young new moms. We will meet at the church at 7pm on the second Tuesday of the month. Contact Laura Gower or Amanda Hill for more information.
Dartball Team – Final Four
St. John's Dartball team will be playing in the final four on Monday, January 17th, at First United Methodist Church, Greenville. Time to be announced.
Soup Kitchen (Local Outreach)
Today was sunny but cold. It was a good day for chili, crackers, PBJ sandwich, a banana and a Blessing Bag. Before serving the meals, Mary Jane led the team in prayer, and then we served 78 meals in less than two hours. Carol Bruss, Mary Jane Dietrich, Birdie Kitchen, Elaine and Darrell Roan, Jim Sander and Dave Watts did the shopping, made the chili and served the meal. Fred and Iris Prasuhn provided the saltine crackers and Donna Howdieshell the jelly.
Lu Ann Boyer’s snowflake decorated Blessing Bag contained a snowflake napkin, hot chocolate mix with a chocolate coated spoon and a packet of instant oatmeal.
Our next meal will be served on February 8. Our plan is to prepare Manwich sloppy Joes, potato casserole and Ambrosia fruit salad.
Opportunities To Serve - Opportunities to serve abound at St. John. Your Worship & Music Team is searching for servants willing to serve as Sound Technicians, Media Technicians, and Live Stream Operators. These duties play an important role in the quality of your worship experience. Those currently serving in these roles do an outstanding job, and their service is greatly appreciated. Our goal is to add some depth to the current roster of those who currently fill these positions so that if one or more of them is not available to serve because of illness, vacation, or other, we can carry on without interruption.
The Information Center will be the place to sign-up. A sign-up sheet will be available to those of you interested in learning more about these opportunities to serve. Please sign up there. At a later date, an information / training session will be scheduled so you can begin the process of serving in one of these important roles. Please direct questions to Ron Smith.
Christian Education Team - We would like to expand the Christian Education Team. If you are interested in joining us, contact: Lori Trittschuh, Dave Suter, or Sarah Petitjean.
Adult Sunday School Leader - Needed for the Adult Class. If you believe God is leading you in this way, contact Lori Trittschuh or Dave Suter.
Connect Group Leaders - It's time to collect your information for the Spring Connect Group Catalog. Please give your information, by January 23, to Lori Trittschuh at 937-692-5388 or at herbreflex@gmail.com.
NEW CONNECT GROUPS - If you would like to start a new Connect Group, contact Lori Trittschuh.
Update from Bre & Hugo
Hello our friends,
Wishing everyone is well! We want to make sure everyone gets our MailChimp updates because sometimes it tends to go to spam or junk! Our last update was sent October 6 and comes from “Bre & Hugo.” If you find it in one of those folders, you can then choose to mark as, “not spam or junk” and you should then get our updates in your inbox. So, just something to let you know!
We have also been posting mini photo updates on our social media accounts. If you aren’t already, you can follow Bre’s Instagram or add to either of our Facebook accounts to see those.
Lastly, Hugo and I are thinking of doing a Q&A video here soon. If this is something you would be interested in seeing, you can submit any questions in the link below and we can try to answer them.
https://forms.gle/Fdnv7sZSBnUmUCPh8
We love each of you.
Sending blessings and hugs,
Bre and Hugo
Council Meeting
Council will take place January 17th at 6 pm, the installation of this year’s Council Members will happen January 23rd. Please continue to keep church council and leadership in your prayers.
Pastor Visits From Pastor Alliyah
Pastor Alliyah would like to visit all the members of the congregation. It is her desire to get to know you better and to know the needs of the church. To facilitate these visits, please fill out the visitation form located in the Gathering Area. If you are ever in need of pastoral support or have a pastoral emergency you are welcome to schedule a meeting with Pastor Alliyah. You may call the church at 937-548-5404.
Life Pump (International Outreach) The Council and Stewardship Team have decided together based on the enthusiasm for the Life Pump Project and it's important mission, to raise our goal to a third additional pump. We have currently raised: $1,445 towards the $15,000 cost of the third pump. Total Contributions $31,445.
Stamp Collection Ministry
As in the past, we will resume our stamp collecting efforts for the Sisters of the Holy Cross Charity. Stamps should be mint (uncanceled), and in very good condition leaving 1/4 inch around the stamp. They are particularly interested in Foreign stamps, U.S. Commemoratives and stamps with postage value $1 or more. We will continue to do this until further notice. Lorri Stephens is the contact person.
J.U.L.I.E.T. Luncheon - The Juliet group will meet February 23rd, 2022 at Turtle Creek at 11:00. We will meet at the restaurant.
R.O.M.E.O.’s Update - Let’s see what’s new for 2022. After 2 years of enjoying our breakfast outings. We are going to try, wait for it. Twice a month get-to-gethers. Let’s do the first and third Thursdays. If once is cool, twice will be even cooler. January 6th and January 20th will be our dates for January. We’ll still meet here at the church at 9:00am. Then decide our destination from there. Bring a friend and enjoy some great fellowship. May the LOVE of the LORD fill you all this Christmas and throughout the next year. Happy New Year as well. Yours in Christ, Dick Shumaker.
Bible Study/Baby Blanket Crochet and Knit
The Bible is full of stories which we retell to knit us together as a body, to remind us of who we are, and to inspire us as we continue to walk with Christ.
We are planning a Bible study using the study guide “She is Called, Women of the Bible”. We will meet the 2nd Tuesday evening of the month, January through May. Each month we will dig deeply into the stories of biblical women so that we might be challenged, strengthened, and encouraged in our faith. Along with “Knitting” ourselves as a body of faith, we will also be knitting /crocheting baby blankets to be donated to Rustic Hope in Russia, Ohio.
Rustic Hope is a nonprofit organization that offers physical, emotional, and spiritual support to mothers in need. They provide counseling for those considering private adoption. They help over 600 moms a year with food, clothing, household items, along with assistance with housing, completing their education, and finding employment. We have $250 worth of yarn purchased with Thrivent funding. We are asking those who attend the Bible study to take home some yarn, and crochet or knit baby blankets to be donated to new moms in need.
Even if you do not know how to crochet or knit, we invite you to come and work with more experienced crafters to learn a new skill. For those with a great deal of experience in knitting and crocheting, this is a great way to share your knowledge, and help young new moms. We will meet at the church at 7pm on the second Tuesday of the month. Contact Laura Gower or Amanda Hill for more information.
Dartball Team – Final Four
St. John's Dartball team will be playing in the final four on Monday, January 17th, at First United Methodist Church, Greenville. Time to be announced.
Soup Kitchen (Local Outreach)
Today was sunny but cold. It was a good day for chili, crackers, PBJ sandwich, a banana and a Blessing Bag. Before serving the meals, Mary Jane led the team in prayer, and then we served 78 meals in less than two hours. Carol Bruss, Mary Jane Dietrich, Birdie Kitchen, Elaine and Darrell Roan, Jim Sander and Dave Watts did the shopping, made the chili and served the meal. Fred and Iris Prasuhn provided the saltine crackers and Donna Howdieshell the jelly.
Lu Ann Boyer’s snowflake decorated Blessing Bag contained a snowflake napkin, hot chocolate mix with a chocolate coated spoon and a packet of instant oatmeal.
Our next meal will be served on February 8. Our plan is to prepare Manwich sloppy Joes, potato casserole and Ambrosia fruit salad.
Opportunities To Serve - Opportunities to serve abound at St. John. Your Worship & Music Team is searching for servants willing to serve as Sound Technicians, Media Technicians, and Live Stream Operators. These duties play an important role in the quality of your worship experience. Those currently serving in these roles do an outstanding job, and their service is greatly appreciated. Our goal is to add some depth to the current roster of those who currently fill these positions so that if one or more of them is not available to serve because of illness, vacation, or other, we can carry on without interruption.
The Information Center will be the place to sign-up. A sign-up sheet will be available to those of you interested in learning more about these opportunities to serve. Please sign up there. At a later date, an information / training session will be scheduled so you can begin the process of serving in one of these important roles. Please direct questions to Ron Smith.
Christian Education Team - We would like to expand the Christian Education Team. If you are interested in joining us, contact: Lori Trittschuh, Dave Suter, or Sarah Petitjean.
Adult Sunday School Leader - Needed for the Adult Class. If you believe God is leading you in this way, contact Lori Trittschuh or Dave Suter.
Connect Group Leaders - It's time to collect your information for the Spring Connect Group Catalog. Please give your information, by January 23, to Lori Trittschuh at 937-692-5388 or at herbreflex@gmail.com.
NEW CONNECT GROUPS - If you would like to start a new Connect Group, contact Lori Trittschuh.
Update from Bre & Hugo
Hello our friends,
Wishing everyone is well! We want to make sure everyone gets our MailChimp updates because sometimes it tends to go to spam or junk! Our last update was sent October 6 and comes from “Bre & Hugo.” If you find it in one of those folders, you can then choose to mark as, “not spam or junk” and you should then get our updates in your inbox. So, just something to let you know!
We have also been posting mini photo updates on our social media accounts. If you aren’t already, you can follow Bre’s Instagram or add to either of our Facebook accounts to see those.
Lastly, Hugo and I are thinking of doing a Q&A video here soon. If this is something you would be interested in seeing, you can submit any questions in the link below and we can try to answer them.
https://forms.gle/Fdnv7sZSBnUmUCPh8
We love each of you.
Sending blessings and hugs,
Bre and Hugo