The Board of Outreach has set a congregational goal this Easter of personally inviting 500 people to worship with us.  If every family invites just one person, we will easily accomplish this goal as a congregation. We mailed thousands of Easter invitations to the community. However, there are 500 extra invitations available at the display in the church narthex for you to take to invite a friend, family member or neighbor!

Through Sunday, March 25 – Your help is needed to make St. John’s Easter breakfast a success! Help with clean-up is needed on Sunday, April 1. We’re also looking for donations of pastries, orange juice, milk and colorful hard-boiled eggs to be brought to the church kitchen on Saturday, March 31 by 11:00 am. Sign-up in the church narthex or click here.

April 7-8 Weekend – Due to Easter being the first weekend in April, the monthly Food Drive will be held on April 7-8. You can continue to show your concern for the hungry in the Milwaukee area by bringing your food donations to the narthex. Christ Lutheran Church, Milwaukee distributes your donations. Cash donations are also welcomed. Thank you for sharing your love for our Lord by helping those in need.

Order through Sunday, March 18 – Help us celebrate Easter and decorate St. John’s altar area. This is the final weekend to place orders. Order forms are located on the table in the church narthex. Completed order forms (with payment included in the special flower envelope) may be placed in the offering basket at worship, or in the church office. Checks are payable to St. John’s. 

If the almost spring-like weather has you itching to work outside, please consider joining the Rooting & Mowing team. We are a group of volunteers that take care of the gardens and lawn at church and school. Our first garden task of the season is pruning at church this weekend: Saturday, March 17 – 9:00 - 11:00 am and Sunday, March 18 – 1:00 - 3:00 pm. School pruning is scheduled for Saturday, March 24 – 9:00 - 11:00 am. If you would like to help, please contact Kurt and Kelly Kramer first for a list of gear/tools needed (kkramer9@att.net or 414-475-9071).

Through Sunday, March 25 – Help us celebrate Easter with flowers and breakfast donations! Flowers to decorate the altar can be ordered from the table in the church narthex. Completed order forms (with payment included in the special flower envelope) may be placed in the offering basket at worship. Checks payable to St. John’s. Breakfast clean-up help is needed on Sunday, April 1. We’re also looking for donations of pastries, orange juice, milk and colorful hard-boiled eggs to be brought to the church kitchen on Saturday, March 31 by 11:00 am. Sign-up in the church narthex or click here. 

Sunday, March 25 – Members of St. John’s, school families and the community are invited for an evening of fun, food and a silent auction, to benefit St. John’s School and student programs. Dinner is 4:30 - 6:30 pm. Auction winners will be announced at 7:00 pm. Sign up sheets are available in the church narthex. CES is currently seeking donations of items for the silent auction. If you or your employer would be interested and able to donate a product or service, or if you have questions, please email Kerry Ognenoff.

If you know a family who is seeking a quality Christian education for their children, tell them about St. John’s. We currently have openings for the 2018-19 school year. Our preschool program offers K3 classes for 2-mornings (T/Th) or 3-mornings (M/W/F) per week, while the K4 program offers 3-mornings (M/W/F) or 5-mornings (M-F) per week. Eligible children must be 3 or 4 years old by September 1, 2018. A new offering this year is the "Extended K4" program (available 11:45 am - 3:00 pm as a supplement to the K4 morning program). Applications for K5 - Grade 8 are available in the school office. Childcare is available for children at least 2 years old (and toilet-trained). Brochures for distribution are available in the narthex. Please contact school@sjtosa.org, childcare@sjtosa.org or 414.258.4214 for additional information, or to schedule a tour.  

Friday, March 16 –  We have an action-packed day of fun, learning and adventures, with dynamic presentations and hands-on workshops, for our K5-grade 6 students right here at St. John’s School. We are looking for some helping hands to make the day run smoothly. We also need help feeding all our fabulous presenters and volunteers with soups, salads or desserts. To donate your time or provide food donations, go to www.sjtosa.org/DiscoveryDay. Monetary donations to defer the activity costs would also be appreciated.