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DORCAS WOMEN’S CELEBRATION SET UP: APRIL 30
Help is needed from the men on Tuesday, April 30 at 2:00pm for set up. Also, on Wednesday, May 1, for men to help serve and clear up for our celebration festivities.
FREE CONCERT
The U.S. Air Force Band and the Singing Sergeants will present a FREE Concert at the Bradley Symphony Center on Monday, April 15, at 7pm. Free tickets are available at: https://usafband.ticketleap/spring-tour-concert-milwaukee/.
STEWARDSHIP CONFERENCE: APRIL 20
You are invited to join with Pastor, elected leaders, and all lay leaders on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 8:30am to 2:00pm here at St. John Church, to take part in “Biblical Training” and the assessment of our congregation’s stewardship culture. (Acts 2:42 “… they devoted themselves to the apostle’s teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayers.”) More information and sign-up sheets are in the Narthex. Please register. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. Registration will allow us to practice good stewardship in providing food and drink.
LWML ZONE 1 SPRING RALLY: APRIL 20
The LWML Zone 1 Spring Rally will be held on Saturday, April 20, from 9am-11am at Lutheran Chapel of the Cross, 3353 S. Whitnall Ave. A special presentation will be given by Deaconess Grace Rao about the ministry of “A Place of Refuge” for WOMEN who have experienced PHYSICAL OR
EMOTIONAL ABUSE, or are seeking help to keep a WANTED PREGNANCY
rather than ABORTION. If you are able, “Gifts From the Heart” will be collecting: “All” or “Tide” unscented laundry detergent, unscented “Bounce” dryer sheets, and select-a-size paper towels.
Pat Lemmer has offered to drive any ladies that would like a ride to the South WI
District LWML Rally to be held Saturday, April 20 9:00-11:00 AM at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 3353 S. Whitnall. Please call her at (414) 690-4408 to confirm.
ABBAFAB: AT THE SOUTH MILWAUKEE PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER
Social Concerns invites you to join them on Friday, June 14 at 8:00pm to see ABBAFAB. The cost is $53.50. Having performed before sold out crowds, ABBAFAB is a stunning multimedia tribute to ABBA. Deadline for sign-up is May 5. Checks can be made payable to Julie Monson. Contact Julie at 414-248-2729 if you have any questions.
LCEF ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES!
The Take Heart Scholarship was developed for Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) Young Investors (YI) Club World Changers, who are high school seniors and will soon advance to your next level of higher education. As you begin your new journey, LCEF’s Y.I. Club wants to assist your transition by offering financial support through the Take Heart Scholarship with up to three awards, $3,000, $1000, and $500. Visit lcef.org/scholarship to learn more.
NOUR TOUR: A TOUR OF THE HOLY LAND
You are invited to join this 26th tour of the Holy Land Nour Tour. A native of Israel, born in Nazareth on a Journey to the Holy Land for an experience of a lifetime to visit Israel for a spiritual NOUR-ishment. We will depart from Chicago on June 24 and return on July 6, 2024. During this 13-day tour, you will experience the life of the land in new ways-sounds, smells, and sights of two civilizations the old and the new. You will stand at the crossroads of history-HIS STORY and your heart will be renewed with the love and truth of Scripture. The Bible will be our map and guide. Please join in on this blessed adventure. The price is $4,950.00 p/p including: air fare from Chicago to Tel Aviv and back to Chicago, hotel accommodations (for double occupancy) tips, entry fees and all meals. For further information contact:
Rev. Nabil S. Nour, Pastor, 46448 263rd St. Hartford, SD 57033
605-526-3571 (O) 605-201-6998 (Cell) preachermanfootwasher@gmail.com
(Please see printout on the bulletin board in the main hallway if interested.)
WHEELCHAIR NEEDED
If you or someone you know has a large wheelchair that is in good condition and is no longer needed, please consider donating it to our Church. Our current wheelchairs are in need of repair. Please contact the church office at 414-481-0520 to make arrangements. Thank you.
PROJECT CONCERN’S ANNUAL 9-PIN TAP BOWLING FUNDRAISER
Project Concern’s annual 9-pin tap bowling fundraiser will take place on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at South Shore Bowl. Join in the fun and support the pantry!
Registration starts on the day of the event at 11am, with bowling at noon. The fee is $25 per person (up to 6 bowlers per team) and includes bowling, pizza, cash prizes, and the opportunity to participate in some great raffles. Contact Dan at South Shore Bowl by phone at 414-481-0200, or by email at southshorebowl@gmail.com to reserve your spot.
FAMILY BIBLE JOURNEY DAILY PODCASTS
If you are interested in listening to these podcasts, check out familybiblejourney.com. Join the journey of journaling through the Bible.
ST. JOHN CHILD DAY CARE AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
How can you help? Come read stories to the children, or share a talent with the children (play an instrument, play a special game, do a cooking activity, etc.). You can share your knowledge with the children (occupation, cultural, ethnic, etc.). How about helping by fixing broken equipment or donating items from the donation tree. Any of these ideas can bring interesting new information to the children, or suggest something that you would want to do to help out. Contact Karen at 414-482-0554.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED - ST. JOHN DAYCARE VAN DRIVERS
Day Care is seeking 1 to 2 volunteers to drive the van in the mornings (7:45am8:30am), to take children from Day Care to Cudahy Schools, and also to pick up from schools in the afternoon (2:00pm-3:30pm), and bring to our Day Care. Volunteers must have their driving record on file in the Day Care Office. Karen Erickson our Day Care Director can submit your drivers license number to the state. It can take a couple weeks to get back the needed information. Please contact Karen Erickson 414-482-0554 or stop in to see her to get more information.
COFFEE KOINONIA NEEDS YOUR HELP
If you are interested in volunteering to help with our Coffee Koinonia Fellowship Time after our Sunday Worship Services, your services would be greatly appreciated. Please contact SaDonna Antonia at 414-483-6228 for further information.
THE ECONOMY CENTER THRIFT STORE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
The Thrift Store urgently needs volunteers on Fridays and Saturdays at their W. Burleigh St. location. All proceeds from the Economy Center Thrift Store support the mission of the LCFS. If interested, please see the flyer on the Communication Board in the hallway, or contact Gayla Boehlke at 414-630-1214.
LCEF OFFERS A 6.25% NOTE
Did you know your investment can have a bigger impact this season with LCEF? Their limited-time, 6.25% term note empowers you to grow your savings while strengthening, sustaining, and starting Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Ministries.
Your investment with LCEF directly supports SLCMS ministries through this 2.5year term note. Visit lcef.org/invest to learn more about this opportunity.
RAISERIGHT NEWS!!
Our St. John Day Care is part of a pilot program designed to get more people to use RaiseRight to purchase gift cards. They have been given “re-loadable” cards for Amazon, Starbucks, Pick ‘N Save, Target and Walmart. They will be available with instructions on how to go to the website to load them with the amount you desire. To order other cards online go to: RaiseRight.com/Enroll and enter the enrollment code: L493D3LE18725. Cards are available after our worship services. Contact Karen Erickson at 414-482-0554 if you have any questions.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Are you willing to help? We are in need of Ushers to help at funeral services that are held at St. John. The duties to be performed can be easily explained, and walked through with you. If you are interested, please contact the Church Office.
We also need someone to go through the church pews, making sure that the pencils are sharp, the prayer & attendance cards are available, etc. Please contact CynDee in the Church office if you are willing to help with this.
HEALTH AND SCHOOL KITS FOR MISSIONS
Showing MERCY opens doors to tell about Jesus. Victims of tragedies need the essentials of life. Impoverished children need supplies to learn. Our St. John LWML will be donating: 53 SCHOOL KITS: each with a drawstring backpack filled with 4 notebooks, 1 ruler, 1 pencil sharpener, 1 pair blunt scissors, 5 pencils, 5 ink pens, 1 box of 24 crayons, and 1 large eraser. 15 HEALTH KITS: 2 bars of soap, 1 sturdy comb, 1 toothbrush, 1 metal nail clipper wrapped and tied inside a large bath towel. Thank you to all who donated items or cash for these kits.
TRIP TO ISRAEL - JUNE 2024
Do you want to go to Israel in June 2024? Learn more by attending the Israel trip ZOOM session, led by Pastor Dan Lepley, or email him pastorlepley@giaml.com to learn more. Zoom sessions - https://lcef.zoom.us/j/83651175982 are held at 7pm Central Time.
2024 INSTITUTE ON LITURGY: JULY 9-12, 2024
The LCMS will host the 2024 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music at Concordia University Nebraska, in Seward, NB in 2024. The theme will be “Songs of Deliverance: Psalms in the Great Congregation.” Participants will be able to choose from a variety of instructive and interactive sessions addressing practical topics of interest to musicians, pastors, teachers etc. More information, including how to register, will be available soon at: lcms.org/2024-worship-institute.
BLESSED AGAIN RESALE
Blessed Again Resale is located at 7624 W. Hampton Ave, Milwaukee WI 53218.
They offer high quality, low cost items in support of “A PLACE OF REFUGE” Ministries. Donations needed are: Clothing (all sizes, all types), shoes, books, housewares, furniture, electronics, appliances, toys, linens, sporting goods, antiques, collectibles, and seasonal items. (They cannot accept refrigerators, air conditioners, gas appliances, lawn mowers or computers over 5 years old.) Volunteers are always needed to work behind the scenes to sort, price, ring up sales, and assist on the floor or transport donations. If you are interested, please contact Betty at 414-355-5198 for more information, or to volunteer.
A PLACE OF REFUGE (APOR) For Pregnant Women & Preborn Children Refuge House is a safe place that provides a loving, nurturing environment for women and their preborn children. Refuge House encourages women to make positive changes in their lives that will offer opportunity, direction and hope for their futures. APOR seeks to contribute to the mental, physical and spiritual growth of women facing an unplanned pregnancy. APOR has been sharing God's love since 1993, one mother at a time. Check the display in the Fellowship Hall for ways you can share with and support APOR. Playpen for donations is located in the Narthex.
CUDAHY/ST. FRANCIS INTERFAITH PROGRAM
The Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Program for Older Adults (CSFI) is looking for older adults that want to help and/or connect with other older adults, or if any older adult needs help with things around the house. People can sign up for our companionship call/visit programs if they would like calls or visits periodically, or if they would like to make calls or visits to other older adults. Please contact Pat Mull at Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith program at 414-483-4474 for more information.
LCFS
Are you wondering what LCFS is, and what they do? LFCS is Lutheran Counseling & Family Services of Wisconsin. They work year-round to assist those struggling with mental health and addiction. In addition, they work diligently to bring families together through their adoption program, help to heal relationships and improve family dynamics, give hope to those suffering from trauma. And to meet a strong, growing need in our community, they continue to expand mental health services to children through our inschool counseling program and through expanding our in-clinic child therapy services. We give thanks for all the healing that they provide.
FLOWER CHART
The 2024 Flower Chart has been posted in the Narthex. Please fill in your date(s) for sponsoring the flowers. If there would be more than one sponsor for the flowers on a given weekend, then the cost for them would be split. If you have questions, please contact Alice Grant at 414-630-6792.
AMAZON SMILE - Do you order from Amazon? Enter the Amazon site, clicking on smile.amazon.com; a list of charities will appear. Look for: St John Ev Lutheran Church CDC Dev Ctr. and our Day Care will receive 0.5% of eligible purchases. No extra cost to you!
ARE YOU UP TO DATE?
Have you gone to the St John Website, (www.stjohncudahy.org) and signed into the St. John member login? (on the bottom left of home page). Even if you have never set up an account, this is the time to do it! Sign in, go to the home tab, my profile, and make sure the info St. John has is up to date. Many people have gotten rid of their land lines and now only have a cell phone, or have a new email address, or even moved and haven’t told us! You can even see where you are with your giving for the year. We want to be sure to stay in touch, so please check out the web page, and then make sure we have your current info.
WANT TO BE INVOLVED AT ST. JOHN?
There are many ways you can get involved. Volunteer as an Usher, Altar Guild, Serve Coffee, Handyman jobs, Weeding the flower beds, Vacuuming, join a group or board and the list goes on. (Especially needed: Altar Guild and Ushers!) Please call the Church Office (414-481-0520) if you can to help.
ELECTRONIC GIVING
Would you find it helpful to have your offerings debited directly from your bank account as you do other monthly drafts? St. John offers “Electronic Giving” for those of you who wish to have your contributions transferred electronically to your church account. If you travel, this is particularly helpful in keeping up with your intended offerings and will help keep you from having to make up the difference later. Contact the Church Office for more information. (414-481-0520)
If you have something you would like included in the church bulletin, please send an email to STJCUD@yahoo.com. Thank you.