Upcoming Events

Here's your look at the week ahead

Oct 21 Church Council Meeting 5:30

Oct 22 Text Study @ Hy-Vee East @ 7:00 am

Oct 22 Text Study @ 10 am

Oct 22 Worship w/ Communion @ Bel-Air @ 1:30 pm

Oct 22 Drop the Rock Bible Study @ 6 pm

Oct 23 Pastor Gretchen Day Off

Oct 24 Gathering Worship @ 5 pm

Oct 25 Festival Worship @ 830 am *

Oct 25 Coffee hour @ 930 am

Oct 25 Sunday School @ 945 am

Oct 25 Celebration Worship @ 11 am

Oct 26 Solid Rock @ 7pm

Oct 28 Pastor Gretchen's Sermon Planning @ 830am-1 pm

Oct 28 Confirmation Class @ 4pm 4:30 pm

Oct 28 Trunk or Treat @ 5pm

* This service will be live streamed

Trunk or Treat 2026

Reserve your Table for the Annual Indoor Trunk or Treat Tables are Limited

🎃👻 SPOOKY TRUNK OR TREAT! 👻🎃

Get ready for some spooky fun! 🕷️🍬

Want to decorate a table and join in the fun? We’d love to have you be part of our Trunk or Treat! Come up with a fun, creative, or spooky theme and help make this a night to remember!

🕸️ SIGN UP TO RESERVE YOUR TABLE! 🕸️

📝 Sign up during worship services
📞 Or call the Church Office

🎃 Bring your creativity, your best decorations, and get ready for some Trunk or Treat fun! 🍭👻

Shocked ANd Confermands

🎃 Shocked Youth Group Trunk or Treat! 👻

🎃 Confirmation Class & Trunk or Treat! 🍬

Get ready for a spooktacular night of fun! Join us on Wednesday, October 28, at St. John’s Lutheran Church!

📚 Confirmation Class: 4:00–4:30 PM

🎃 Trunk or Treat: 5:00–7:00 PM

❤️ Attention Confirmands!

After confirmation class, please stay and help at our church’s Trunk or Treat table! We need your help handing out treats, welcoming families, and making this a fun evening for our church and community.

⭐ Community Service Opportunity: Youth who help at Trunk or Treat from 5:00–7:00 PM will receive 2 hours of community service credit.

Your help makes a difference, and we appreciate you giving your time to serve others!

👻 Let’s have fun, share smiles, and make wonderful memories together! 🍬🎃

⭐ IMPORTANT: 2 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIRED!

Confirmands must help at Trunk or Treat from 5:00–7:00 PM to complete the full 2-hour community service requirement. Please plan to stay and volunteer for the entire two hours!

Pack the truck for Lutheran World Relief

It’s “Pack the Truck” Time for LWR! The Lutheran World Relief (LWR) semitrailer from Northeast College will be at St. John’s Lutheran Church on November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. We are looking for volunteers to help unload boxes from arriving vehicles and load them onto the trailer from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day. If you can lend a helping hand, please contact the church office. Thank you for your time, generosity, and for helping make a difference!