The website is being diligently kept up to date for the benefit of the congregation. Please visit it regularly to keep abreast of the latest news. You can do this in a couple ways. It’ll take a few moments of your time to have automatic feeds to your e-mail so that when it is updated you will be automatically notified. In this way you won’t have to search out the latest updates.

RSS Feed – at the very top of the Home page you’ll find an icon labeled SUBSCRIBE. Click on this and the instructions will easily guide you through the set-up. This feed will list the latest topics on the opening page of your browser – just like the latest news topics are listed. If you want this to show up at the top of that page you can click and drag that panel to the top of the page. Yup, easy as that.

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E-mail Notification - at the very top of the Home page you’ll find an icon labeled SUBSCRIBE BY E-MAIL. Click on this and the instructions will easily guide you through the set-up. This feed will automatically notify you via your e-mail that updates to website have been made. Seemingly like magic!!

Updates – Regular updates that you will find are weekly postings of the Sunday Epistle, monthly postings of the Visionotes, monthly postings of the Council Minutes, and yearly postings of the Annual Report.

Other useful information – There is wealth of information about the church that you should acquaint yourself with. Of particular interest may be the Church Constitution, Forms for church use and the like, Group Info under “Join Us” and descriptions of the various church Committees. Drag your cursor across the 2 Menu lines under the St. John’s header to find the various topics listed under the major categories. Drop downs will appear and you can then move your cursor down that listing and click on the topic of interest to find out more.

Enter you own information and comments – This website is based on “BLOG” software so you can actually enter your own material. Under “Comments, Current Info & News” you can actually enter “Devotions” and “Personal Info” that you wish for the congregation to know of. If you have issues to bring to the attention of the Webmaster there is Menu item for that also. All “Postings” which are the second menu line can be commented on. At the top of the “Posting” page is an icon labeled “Leave a Comment” that you can click on to create your personal comments that will be published. These comments are first passed to the Webmaster so that he may review them to verify that they are appropriate for publishing. If deemed appropriate they will be added to the posting.

Always feel free to make Comments to the Webmaster for updates or modifications to the site that you feel will make the site more informative or easier to use.

Announcements regarding significant events in the congregation will be posted here.  We will list births, baptisms, confirmations, funerals and the like here.

What are your concerns or comments for the benefit of other church members?

Please direct any comments you may have for the webmaster. He would appreciate your suggestions for improvements, modifications or announcements that you may have. You may contact him at webmaster@stjohns-lc.org.

For latest news concerning our church you may choose to vist this area often, Other current information may be found in the Publications tab.

Category description here.

Visionotes is the official newsletter of St. John’s Lutheran Church. It is published monthly, and sent to all members, prospective members, and friends of the congregation. Visionotes is edited by Judy Bratzke. The deadline for submissions is the third Thursday of every month.

Visionotes is available for download using the links below. Help us protect our environment – if you prefer to read online and do not require a paper copy, please let the church office know.

The Epistle is the weekly announcement insert for St. John’s worship bulletin. It includes prayer concerns, upcoming events, information about the worship service, and more. The deadline for items to be included in the Epistle is 8:00 each Wednesday morning. Items should be submitted to the parish secretary.

All the latest news from St. John’s, updated as it happens. Read all about it below!

Please feel free to post a devotional for friends or loved ones so that we may keep them in our prayers.