St. John's Lutheran Church

There will be a funeral service for Margaret Kuemmel at St. John's Lutheran Church at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 28, 2012. Communion will be celebrated at this service.

Viewing will be at Evans Funeral Chapel at 8800 Harford Road between 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.  Internment will be at Moreland Memorial Park.

Obituary

Shelby Haacke, one of St . John's young adults, is taking the Maryland State Police (MSP) Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday, January 28th. Keep her in your prayers. This is the 16th Annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge into the Chesapeake Bay to raise funds for Special Olympics Maryland. This is the largets polar bear plunge in the United States, held at Sandy Point State Park. Thank-you Shelby and to those who have supported her with donations!

In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus for he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' Acts 20:35

St. John's supoprts the local community by giving space to several community organizations.  There are four different AA Groups, two different ALANON groups, Baltimore Flute Choir, 4H Club, American Sewing Guild and AARP #3090.  These meetings have been noted in the right hand column of our website in Upcoming Events.  The Upcoming Events will now be limited to Church Activities.  Since these various groups have a weekly/monthly presence at St. John's we will provide the meeting times in the attachment.

Paper recycling effort:  Since May of 2007 St. John’s has been a recycling center for paper products through Abitibi – Paper Retriever Recycling.  For June 2011 we recycled 15.89 tons of paper which saved 65,180.78 KWH of electricity, 111,230 gallons of water, 953.4 pounds of air pollutants and 47.67 cubic yards of landfill. Thanks to everyone for your help and to our local Parkville community who also recycles at our bins. 

St. John's has a special emphasis each week of the month for you to have the opportunity to provide gifts  on behalf of our community and the world.

1st Sunday of the Month

       We collect money for the Heifer Project to help families around the world earn a sustainable living.  Help us build our ARK by placing your donation in the cow pail outside the sanctuary on the 1st Sunday of the month.

2nd Sunday of the Month

If you have accrued Thrivent Choice dollars you can donate them to St. John's.  St. John's is registered and all you have to do is to log on through the Thrivent Choice page  You will find St. John's when you do a search by city and state (Parkville, Md).  Thanks to everyone for your donations.

There are many opportunities for Adult Bible Study at St. John's.

                                    Weekly Bible Studies

Monday:  10:00 -11:30 a.m. Adult Bible Study in the Smith Building.

            This lay-led group uses the Augsburg Adult Adult bible Studies