May 17 Weekly News

SUNDAY SCHOOL/BIBLE CLASS end today for the summer and will begin again the Sunday after Labor Day, September 13.                

 

DUE TO A DELAY, the 175th anniversary t-shirts will be available for pick-up next Sunday after worship.  

 

SENIOR LEAGUE MEMBERS will gather this evening at 5:30 p.m. at Bob Evans Restaurant for supper and will then return to the Fellowship Room for their monthly meeting and socializing.

 

YOUTH GROUPS will meet this evening at 7:00 PM.

 

PHIL'S FRIENDS WALK:  The 3rd Annual Phil's Friends Walk will be held TODAY at 1:00 PM here at White Creek.  Monetary and CD donations are still being accepted.  Phil Zielke will be speaking at our adult Bible Class today and tomorrow at Zion Preschool at 10 AM and WCLS at 2 PM.

 

LADIES AID MEMBERS are reminded of the birthday party this Wednesday at the Lutheran Home.  Please be there by 1:30 PM.  (Those donating, remember your refreshment!). 

 

CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY:  On April 27, 1862, the cornerstone of the church was laid.  Pastor Folf of Clifty preached and used 1 Corinthians 3:11 as his text.  The new church was dedicated on September 14, 1862.  By that time, the congregation had 60 voting members and 400 souls.

 

LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION PICTURES:  The deadline for turning in Confirmation pictures will be June 7. The following Confirmation class pictures are still needed: 2001, 1971,  (professional pictures best for any 1970s pictures) 1951, 1945, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1920, and all years prior to 1920 except 1918 and 1919.  The original picture is needed to make a good copy.  If you prefer not to leave your picture(s), please contact Becky in the office to set up a time for Janeen Blomenberg to scan your original picture so you can take it home again.

 

DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ERROR, the arrival of the anniversary plates has been delayed.  Questions??? Contact Kyra Bode at 812-390-7571 or kbode43@gmail.com.   

 

MEMORIAL SUNDAY will be held on May 31 as part of our 175th celebration.  Information about St. John's members who have served or are currently serving in the military is needed, and photographs of servicemen and women are needed for a tribute video for this service.  We would like to have all of this information TODAY OR BY THIS WEDNESDAY.  Our founding fathers will be recognized, and a cemetery tour will be conducted. 

 

REUNION SUNDAY, a part of our 175th anniversary celebration, will be held on June 28.  If you know of any former confirmands, teachers, or pastors who no longer attend St. John's, please invite them to this service.  After worship, there will be light refreshments, and the confirmation class photos that have been collected will be displayed.  Pastor Marcus Jauss will be the guest preacher for this service.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO Cody Ross & Mikayla Cregg on the birth of their son, KACEN MICHAEL ROSS, on Saturday, May 9.  Kacen arrived weighing 6 lbs. 10 ozs. and measuring 19.5 ins.  Everyone is doing fine - God's blessings to them!

 

DEPOSITS OF $610.00, $999.00. and $86.00 have been made to the church, school, and Foundation accounts on behalf of Thrivent Financial's Thrivent Choice program by the directed Choice Dollars of the following:  Dale & Bettie Burbrink, Jan Buss, Ernie & Donna Dettmer, Ken Dettmer, Doyce & Becky Eckelman, Larry Hoeltke, Kathy Kerkhof, Brian Purdue, Brian Schultz, Matthew Taulman, Louis & Jean Voelker, and Lindsey Von Fange.

 

MANY THANKS TO those who supported the aluminum can drive last weekend. This drive was sponsored by our school's parent organization, the WCA.

 

THE TLHS ART CLUB will be hosting Art In the Afternoon today, beginning at 3 PM with a "Paint Your Own Canvas" project led by art teacher, Carrie Adler and assisted by Art Club members.  Cost to participate in the canvas painting is $25.  Please RSVP to the school office (812-524-8547) by Friday, May 8, to reserve a spot.  Following the canvas painting (approx. 5 PM), a soup dinner will be held ($5/person), featuring soup, bread, drink, and dessert-no reservation needed.  During this event, persons may view and bid on some remarkable refinished furniture in this first-ever FurnARTure Auction.  Students have refinished donated furniture pieces, and those items will be up for sale in a silent auction.  The bidding will start in the afternoon and will close at 6 PM.