It's not too late to volunteer! Join in the fun and help St. John's CES Committee un-decorate the school from 10:00 AM - Noon on Monday, January 2. Parents and Teens are encouraged to sign-up here. Teens may earn mission points for this activity. If you have questions, please contact Mary Gaub by email here or at (414) 312-3801.

Haven't signed-up yet? There's still time!
God has so much to say to you in his Word - are you looking for a new way to hear and study it?  Join St. John’s “By Scripture Alone” initiative to read through and discuss the entire Bible together in one year starting January 1, 2017.  We’ll be reading The Daily Bible, an engaging, chronologically arranged format of the NIV divided into 365 readings with helpful commentary to guide you through the amazing account of God’s grace.  Put what you learn at weekly worship and Bible study into the context of all of Scripture, and see if it doesn’t change your life!  Click here for details and to sign up.

Join us for New Year's Worship with Communion on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 5:30 PM or Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 8:00 and 10:30 AM. Because the holidays fall on our regular weekend worship schedule, we will have a singular New Year's worship service rather than separate New Year's Eve and New Year's Day services this year. We look forward to seeing you as we begin a new year in God's grace!

Please join us this Christmas as we celebrate a promise made and kept: the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. 
Saturday, December 24 at 4:00 PM
Children's Christmas Service
Led by St. John's K5-8th Grade students
at Wisconsin Lutheran High School
Saturday, December 24 at 7:00 PM
Service of Lessons and Carols
Modeled after a Christmas Eve service dating back to 1918
Sunday, December 25 at 8:00 and 10:30 AM
Christmas Festival Worship

You are invited to join St. John’s students in grades K5-8 on Saturday, December 24 as they celebrate the birth of our Savior in word and song at 4:00 PM in the auditorium at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. Doors will open at 3:00 PM. A drop-off area for wheelchairs and the disabled will be available in front of the school on Glenview Ave.

“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15).  God has so much to say to you in his Word - are you looking for a new way to hear and study it?  Join St. John’s “By Scripture Alone” initiative to read through and discuss the entire Bible together in one year starting January 1, 2017.  We’ll be reading The Daily Bible, an engaging, chronologically arranged format of the NIV divided into 365 readings with helpful commentary to guide you through the amazing account of God’s grace.  Put what you learn at weekly worship and Bible study into the context of all of Scripture, and see if it doesn’t change your life!  Click here for details and to sign up.

Due to inclement winter weather conditions, the WLHS Sacred Christmas Concert was rescheduled for 3:00 PM on Sunday, December 18 in the WLHS auditorium with preservice music beginning at 2:30 PM. The concert, titled "How Great Our Joy!" will feature the A Cappella, Cantorei, and Freshman Choirs of WLHS, Inspiration, Jubilation Handbell Choir, Wisconsin Lutheran Children’s Choir, and numerous instrumentalists. Admission is free, and a freewill offering will be taken during the concert.

Merry Christmas from St. John's to our Mission Partner, Illumine Church! Contribute to the December council project to give the members of Illumine a surprise Christmas gift of support for their ministry in Rock Hill, SC. Illumine church has been the destination for the St. John’s teen mission trips over the past two summers, and Pastor Reeder was our mission festival speaker this year. Please use your green Above & Beyond envelope and make checks payable to St. John's.

All voters and interested members of our congregation are encouraged to attend. a voters’ meeting on Monday, December 5, at 6:30 p.m. to elect church officers and board members for 2017. The voters will also act on a recommendation from the Church Council to change St. John’s school teacher, Mrs. Beth Wittig’s current one year call to a permanent call, call for a new second grade teacher (with Mrs. Alicia Campbell's moving), ratify new communion assistants, and receive an update from the Long Range Planning Committee.

Join St. John's 7^th – 8^th grade classes as they bring in food donations this weekend for the food pantry at Christ, St. Peter. Please bring your non-perishable items to the narthex and help a Milwaukee-area family in need. Cash donations also appreciated. You DO make a difference!