"Building on the Cornerstone"

Already in Place at

The Lutheran Church of St. John

The Lutheran Church of St. John has been teaching God’s Word for 167 years. We are currently in our third church building. This building was constructed in 1962, and for the most part, no significant structural changes have been made since that time.

Beginning with a congregational planning session on April 9, 2002, members expressed ideas for the future which included visions for programming and facility needs. From this Spirit-filled planning session, we recognized the need to add professional staff to reach more people with our ministry. Since then we have added a Director of Christian Education (DCE) and a lay Minister of Christian Caregiving. The Lutheran Church of St. John is now worshipping 30 to 40 more people every Sunday than in 2003 and more younger families are becoming members.

Current Activities and Strengths
  1. Growth in membership and worship attendance;
  2. Traditional and contemporary worship styles being offered;
  3. Growing youth group with our DCE and others organizing the youth of the three LCMS churches;
  4. The start up of women’s ministry program organized by our DCE
  5. The start up of a Stephen ministry program organized by our Minister of Christian Caregiving;
  6. An outreach program to the needy in our community organized by our lay Minister of Christian Caregiving;
  7. A continued seminary partnership through our vicarage program; and
  8. Increased Bible studies offered through our educational program.

 

Vision for Future Ministry at St. John’s

Results of our congregational planning session and other meetings with leaders include the following vision for St. John’s:
  1. To exhibit God’s love in our community by helping and reaching out to those in need;
  2. To continue to strengthen and improve our youth and family ministry and Christian educational programs; and
  3. To continue through Christian education and fellowship to spread God’s love by welcoming all people and encouraging and motivating our members to be involved in our ministries, working together as God’s people according to His plan to increase His Kingdom.

 

Leadership Team