CHANGES: STARTING EASTER WEEKEND: MARCH 30 & 31

St. John will return to passing the offering plate in the pews during Service beginning Easter Saturday and Sunday.  St. John will also be returning to: distribution of the Bulletins to all who enter the Church for Worship Service, and asking that the White Attendance Cards in the pews be filled out and handed to Ushers after the service.

VBS INFORMATION
There will be a “Kick Off Training” session for ALL Volunteers on Thursday, April 4 from 6-8pm.  Please RSVP to Pat Lemmer at 414-810-0870.

DORCAS WOMEN’S CELEBRATION SET UP: APRIL 30
Help is needed from the men on Tuesday, April 30 at 2:00pm for set up.  Also, on Wednesday, May 1, for men to help serve and clear up for our celebration festivities.


LWML ZONE 1 SPRING RALLY: APRIL 20

The LWML Zone 1 Spring Rally will be held on Saturday, April 20, from 9am-11am at  Lutheran Chapel of the Cross, 3353 S. Whitnall Ave. A special presentation will be given by Deaconess Grace Rao about the ministry of “A Place of Refuge” for WOMEN who have experienced PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE, or are seeking help to keep a WANTED PREGNANCY rather than ABORTION. If you are able, “Gifts From the Heart” will be collecting: All or Tide Unscented laundry Detergent, Unscented Bounce Dryer Sheets, and select-a-size Paper Towels. 


WHEELCHAIR NEEDED

If you or someone you know has a large wheelchair that is in good condition and is no longer needed, please consider donating it to our Church.  Our current wheelchairs are in need of repair.  Please contact the church office at 414-481-0520 to make arrangements.  Thank you. 

PROJECT CONCERN’S ANNUAL 9-PIN TAP BOWLING FUNDRAISER

Project Concern’s annual 9-pin tap bowling fundraiser will take place on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at South Shore Bowl.  Join in the fun and support the pantry!
Registration starts on the day of the event at 11am, with bowling at noon.  The fee is $25 per person (up to 6 bowlers per team) and includes bowling, pizza, cash prizes, and the opportunity to participate in some great raffles.  Contact Dan at South Shore Bowl by phone at 414-481-0200, or by email at
southshorebowl@gmail.com to reserve your spot.


SELC DISTRICT LWML: WEBSITE

To all women, girls and our churches, welcome to the LWML SELC website where you can find information on events taking place, contact information for your Zone, and see some of the fun things that have been happening in our churches and our LWML.  Check us out!!  http://lwmlselc.mystrikently.com/

FAMILY BIBLE JOURNEY DAILY PODCASTS

If you are interested in listening to these podcasts, check out familybiblejourney.com.  Join the journey of journaling through the Bible.


ST. JOHN CHILD DAY CARE AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
How can you help?  Come read stories to the children, or share a talent with the children (play an instrument, play a special game, do a cooking activity, etc.). You can share your knowledge with the children (occupation, cultural, ethnic, etc.). How about helping by fixing broken equipment or donating items from the donation tree. Any of these ideas can bring interesting new information to the children, or suggest something that you would want to do to help out.  Contact Karen at 414-482-0554.


VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED - ST. JOHN DAYCARE VAN DRIVERS
Day Care is seeking 1 to 2 volunteers to drive the van in the mornings (7:45am8:30am), to take children from Day Care to Cudahy Schools, and also to pick up from schools in the afternoon (2:00pm-3:30pm), and bring to our Day Care. Volunteers must have their driving record on file in the Day Care Office.  Karen Erickson our Day Care Director can submit your drivers license number to the state. It can take a couple weeks to get back the needed information.  Please contact Karen Erickson 414-482-0554 or stop in to see her to get more information.



COFFEE KOINONIA NEEDS YOUR HELP
If you are interested in volunteering to help with our Coffee Koinonia Fellowship Time after our Sunday Worship Services, your services would be greatly appreciated.  Please contact SaDonna Antonia at 414-483-6228 for further information.


THE ECONOMY CENTER THRIFT STORE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

The Thrift Store urgently needs volunteers on Fridays and  Saturdays at their W. Burleigh St. location.  All proceeds from  the Economy Center Thrift Store support the mission of the LCFS. If interested, please see the flyer on the Communication Board in the hallway, or contact Gayla Boehlke at 414-630-1214.



LCEF OFFERS A 6.25% NOTE

Did you know your investment can have a bigger impact this season with LCEF? Their limited-time, 6.25% term note empowers you to grow your savings while strengthening, sustaining, and starting Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Ministries.  
Your investment with LCEF directly supports SLCMS ministries through this 2.5year term note.  Visit lcef.org/invest to learn more about this opportunity.


RAISERIGHT NEWS!! 
Our St. John Day Care has become part of a pilot program designed to get more people to use RaiseRight to purchase gift cards. They have been given “re-loadable” cards for Amazon, Starbucks, Pick ‘N Save, Target and Walmart. They will be available with instructions on how to go to the website to load them with the amount you desire. To order other cards online go to: RaiseRight.com/Enroll and enter the enrollment code: L493D3LE18725. As usual there will be cards available after services. Contact Karen Erickson if you have any questions at 414-482-0554



VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Are you willing to help?  We are in need of Ushers to help at funeral services that are held at St. John.  The duties to be performed can be easily explained, and walked through with you.  If you are interested, please contact the Church Office.
 
We also need someone to go through the church pews, making sure that the pencils are sharp, the prayer & attendance cards are available, etc.  Please contact CynDee in the Church office if you are willing to help with this.


HEALTH AND SCHOOL KITS FOR MISSIONS

Showing MERCY opens doors to tell about Jesus.  Victims of tragedies need the essentials of life. Impoverished children need supplies to learn.  Our St. John LWML will be donating: 53 SCHOOL KITS: each with a drawstring backpack filled with 4 notebooks, 1 ruler, 1 pencil sharpener, 1 pair blunt scissors, 5 pencils, 5 ink pens, 1 box of 24 crayons, and 1 large eraser.  15 HEALTH KITS: 2 bars of soap, 1 sturdy comb, 1 toothbrush, 1 metal nail clipper wrapped and tied inside a large bath towel.  Thank you to all who donated items or cash for these kits.  


FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

Please join Social Concerns for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Fireside on Saturday, April 6.  Arrival at 10:30am.  Dinner choices are Chicken Cordon Bleu, Roast Beef Tenderloin, Almond Crusted Baked Cod.  Adult tickets cost $84 per person, (gratuity included). Makes checks payable to Julie Monson.  Deadline for sign up is March 3.  Any questions, please contact Julie Monson at 414-248-2729.  Sign up in the Narthex. 




TRIP TO ISRAEL - JUNE 2024

Do you want to go to Israel in June 2024? Learn more by attending the Israel trip ZOOM session, led by Pastor Dan Lepley, or email him pastorlepley@giaml.com to learn more. Zoom sessions - https://lcef.zoom.us/j/83651175982 are held at 7pm Central Time.


2024 INSTITUTE ON LITURGY:  JULY 9-12, 2024
The LCMS will host the 2024 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music at Concordia University Nebraska, in Seward, NB in 2024.  The theme will be “Songs of Deliverance: Psalms in the Great Congregation.”  Participants will be able to choose from a variety of instructive and interactive sessions addressing practical topics of interest to musicians, pastors, teachers etc.  More information, including how to register, will be available soon at: lcms.org/2024-worship-institute.



BLESSED AGAIN RESALE
Blessed Again Resale is located at 7624 W. Hampton Ave, Milwaukee WI  53218.
They offer high quality, low cost items in support of “A PLACE OF REFUGE” Ministries.  Donations needed are: Clothing (all sizes, all types), shoes, books, housewares, furniture, electronics, appliances, toys, linens, sporting goods, antiques, collectibles, and seasonal items.  (They cannot accept refrigerators, air conditioners, gas appliances, lawn mowers or computers over 5 years old.) Volunteers are always needed to work behind the scenes to sort, price, ring up sales, and assist on the floor or transport donations.  If you are interested, please contact Betty at 414-355-5198 for more information, or to volunteer.


A PLACE OF REFUGE (APOR) For Pregnant Women & Preborn Children Refuge House is a safe place that provides a loving, nurturing environment for women and their preborn children.  Refuge House encourages women to make positive changes in their lives that will offer opportunity, direction and hope for their futures.  APOR seeks to contribute to the mental, physical and spiritual growth of women facing an unplanned pregnancy.  APOR  has been sharing God's love since 1993, one mother at a time.  Check the display in the Fellowship Hall for ways you can share with and support APOR.  Playpen for donations is located in the Narthex.


CUDAHY/ST. FRANCIS INTERFAITH PROGRAM
The Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Program for Older Adults (CSFI) is looking for older adults that want to help and/or connect with other older adults, or if any older adult needs help with things around the house.  People can sign up for our companionship call/visit programs if they would like calls or visits periodically, or if they would like to make calls or visits to other older adults.  Please contact Pat Mull at Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith program at 414-483-4474 for more information.

LCFS
Are you wondering what LCFS is, and what they do?  LFCS is Lutheran Counseling & Family Services of Wisconsin. They work year-round to assist those struggling with mental health and addiction.  In addition, they work diligently to bring families together through their adoption program, help to heal relationships and improve family dynamics, give hope to those suffering from trauma. And to meet a strong, growing need in our community, they continue to expand mental health services to children through our inschool counseling program and through expanding our in-clinic child therapy services.  We give thanks for all the healing that they provide. 


FLOWER CHART
The 2024 Flower Chart has been posted in the Narthex.  Please fill in your date(s) for sponsoring the flowers.  If there would be more than one sponsor for the flowers on a given weekend, then the cost for them would be split. If you have questions, please contact Alice Grant at 414-630-6792.



AMAZON SMILE - Do you order from Amazon?  Enter the Amazon site, clicking on smile.amazon.com; a list of charities will appear.  Look for: St John Ev Lutheran Church CDC Dev Ctr.  and our Day Care will receive 0.5% of eligible purchases.  No extra cost to you!


ARE YOU UP TO DATE?
Have you gone to the St John Website, (www.stjohncudahy.org) and signed into the St. John member login? (on the bottom left of home page).  Even if you have never set up an account, this is the time to do it!  Sign in, go to the home tab, my profile, and make sure the info St. John has is up to date.  Many people have gotten rid of their land lines and now only have a cell phone, or have a new email address, or even moved and haven’t told us!  You can even see where you are with your giving for the year.  We want to be sure to stay in touch, so please check out the web page, and then make sure we have your current info.


WANT TO BE INVOLVED AT ST. JOHN?
There are many ways you can get involved.  Volunteer as an Usher, Altar Guild, Serve Coffee, Handyman jobs, Weeding the flower beds, Vacuuming, join a group or board and the list goes on.  (Especially needed: Altar Guild and Ushers!)  Please call the Church Office (414-481-0520) if you can to help.


ELECTRONIC OFFERINGS
We thank all the members who are consistent and generous in providing gifts to support our Congregations.  One way to BE CONSISTENT in your offerings is through ELECTRONIC GIVING. With a simple form, you can set up direct deposit from your checking account to St. John. Call the Church Office at 414-481-0520 for information.









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