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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”  Isaiah 52:7

as of 23 March 2025

URGENT  Planning ahead. We will be joining together for an evening service on Thursday, April 17th, at 7:00 p.m. for Maudy Thursday, Good Friday April 18th at 7 p.m. There will be NO service on Saturday April 19th.

Prayer List Requests: If you would like a prayer request published, please contact the Church Secretary at 580-353-0556 or email at stjohnlcsec@gmail.com.  What a friend we have in Jesus...take it to the Lord in Prayer.

Life Quotes: “Think of how important we as human beings must be in the eyes of God, if He—as the almighty creator and Lord of the entire universe—was willing to take on human flesh and become one of us. God loves the human race so much He decided to become our brother.” Thomas P. Nass, CELC President – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • lutheransforlife.org

Life Thoughts in the Church Year: If Almighty God has “no pleasure in the death of the wicked” (Ezekiel 33:11), how much more does death of innocents grieve Him? Why then should the people of God ever tolerate the killing of unborn sisters and brothers? And if the Lord of all only deals in death when human iniquity does not allow Him to avoid it, will not the same love move us to warn others against dealing in death?

The flowers on the altar are given -vacant-

Altar Flowers:  
The flower chart for 2025 is up and waiting on you to reserve your special day! If you would like to place flowers on the altar for an Anniversary, Birthday, Memorial or other special occasion, please remember to sign up on the “Flower Chart.” Please sign your name and the special occasion. The cost is $75.00 for both arrangements. It is permissible to have more than one person sign up for a Sunday and split the cost. You can also call the office at 580-353-0556 and Sandra will sign you up.

Lutheran Women in Mission: 
LADIES! You are invited to attend a Bi-Zone Spring Fling at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Bethany, OK (OKC) on Saturday, March 29, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. We will be joined by the Oklahoma City Zone for this annual Spring event which will include Bible study, missions giving, fellowship and fun. You can carpool from church if you prefer not to drive. Registrations are on the table in the front foyer as well as a sign-up sheet if you are interested. If you have any questions, please see Sharon Greene or call her at 580-695-0655.

SPRING FLING ATTENDEES: If you would like to carpool to the Spring Fling on Saturday, March 29th, please be at church by 7:15 a.m. sharp. Our Savior Lutheran Church is located at 6501 NW 23rd St., Bethany, OK (OKC). Also, if you are driving you will need to fill out the vehicle registration form at: https://lutheranwomensmissionaryleague.formstack.com/forms/tran sportation_release_driver This is an online form and a release of liability for any LWML event that you will be driving to, including the National Convention this summer in June, so one and done

The LWML is collecting items for the Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) for the months of February and March. Most needed items are diapers size Newborn, 3, 4 or 5; baby wipes, and formula. Please place items in the marked basket in the back of the sanctuary. Thank you in advance for your support of the PRC.

Midweek Services: Plan to join us for our Lenten midweek services. We will have a fellowship meal each week beginning at 5:45 p.m. Come and join us for a meal and then for worship. Our theme for our Lenten journey is: Savior, Servant, and Friend.

Schedule for Lent Dinners.  Plan to join use for a meal and wonderful fellowship before our Lenten services. Our meal will begin at 5:45 p.m. March 26th will be Soups and Salads - Team 2 April 2nd will be Breakfast for Dinner - Team 3 April 9th will be Italian Feast – Team 4. There is sign-up sheets on the table in front of the bible study room for items.

Easter Breakfast. Join us for Easter Sunday Breakfast on April 20th, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. in the fellowship hall. Hop on in and enjoy the fellowship and food. Bring your favorite breakfast item to share! Kitchen team #1 will be in charge of the kitchen.

Easter Lilies For Easter Sunday. The Easter Lily is the traditional, time-honored symbol of beauty, hope, and life during the Easter season. If you would like to purchase a lily for the beautification of our sanctuary on Easter Sunday, please complete the form on the credenza in the entryway of the church or you can use the form on the last page of the bulletin and place the form and money in an envelope. You can send it to the church or place in the offering plate. The cost is $8.00.

In this week's lesson Jesus takes His inner circle—Peter, James, and John—up on a mountain. There they see Jesus in His heavenly glory as Moses and Elijah appear alongside Him, discussing His upcoming departure. In his excitement, Peter offers to build three tents so they can remain on the mountaintop. Suddenly, a cloud—a sign of God’s presence—appears and a voice speaks out from it: “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!” (Luke 9:35).

Calling all volunteers!!! VBS will be here before you know it, and we can hardly wait to have you join us for the week of July 14-18 from 8:00-12:00! VBS needs as many volunteers as possible to make it a success! The sign-up sheet is available in the Narthex on the credenza. Snap up your preferred station before it’s gone! Thinking that you only have a couple of days that you can volunteer, or have questions? No worries! Just talk to Megan Schneider so she can answer your questions or work you into the volunteer line-up for as much time as you have available!

Mission and Volunteer:

If you are looking for a way to serve the church? We need help with the altar duties. The sign-up sheet is on the table in front of the Bible Study Room.
There are many ways that we are able to serve the Lord. One way is to serve as either an usher or a greeter. It takes just a moment of your time, but means so much to our members. Thank you to all who signed up to be a greeter. All months have been filled. There is however, still a need for ushers. Sign up today and take an active part in this minstry here at St. John.
Please don’t forget, we are always collecting pull tabs and aluminum cans. The funds from our efforts aid various outreach programs.

Blood Drive! St. John is considering hosting a Blood Drive on in April 2025 right after church. We need 20 participants. Please tell pastor and he will sign you up so we can move forward with OBI. It’s called “Donor Cares.” Each donation will result in a $15.00 donation to St. John. Please help us have a super successful Blood Drive.

The Lutheran Hour can be heard every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. on K-LAW 101.3 FM. You can also download The Lutheran Hour app for free and listen anytime, anywhere. Find it on the Apple app store, the Amazon Kindle Fire and on Google Play. Or simply listen on your desktop, tablet or smartphone at www.lutheranhour.org.

THANK YOU!

Giving opportunities. St. John Lutheran now has several ways to give your offerings. You can select GIVE on the top menu bar or down below at the bottom right of each page on this website.  Of course you can still give by using your giving envelope for 2025 and we also still have electronic giving.

We will be serving meals to Family Promise starting today, Sunday, March 23 through March 29. We will need to provide one meal per day which needs to consist of an entrée, 2 sides and a dessert. The meals can be divided up such as one person providing the entrée, another person providing one of the sides and etc. We have placed sign-up sheets on the credenza by the front of the office. At this time there are 9 adults, 2 teenagers, 4 children and 2 toddles. No allergies. If this changes we will let you know. Please have the meals to Family Promise by 4;45 p.m.

The church directory was a wonderful success. Although there are some families that did not get to take their picture do not worry we have you covered! We will be having a picture make up day. Our make-up day will be Tuesday, April 1st from 2 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and remember you get a free 8x10 picture. If you have any question call Sandra at the church office 580-353-0556. We have to have 10 sittings to be able to keep our date.

Internet Church Calendar: If you are having issues seeing the whole month calendar on your phone, we suggest you rotate your phone to the "Landscape" position, i.e. sideways.  Then you will be able to see the whole month.