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St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
June/July 2015
WANTED: VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AT LOAVES AND FISHES
AT SAINT MARKS IN SHAKOPEE!
Loaves and Fishes provides meals to people in Shakopee who are hungry. Loaves and Fishes vision is
that all people, regardless of socioeconomic, cultural or ethnic background deserve to meet their basic
needs for food, dignity and respect. It is only then that self-esteem and empowerment can move
individuals to independence. Loaves and Fishes dining sites provide access to additional social services
as needed. If you would like to serve on Tuesday, June 2, on one of the shifts between 3:30 - 7:30,
please contact Renee Lea for more information: 952-890-0201.
Congratulations to our 2015 Confirmands!
Rebecca June Dawley,
Thomas Robert Dawley,
McKenzyn Taylor Doty,
JoAnna Nicole Filo,
Bryce Tyler Knox,
Joshua Thomas Meyer,
Camryn Paige Noess,
Mackenzie Anne Reeder,
Allison Ann Roe,
Tyler John Roske and
Ashlynne Rae VanHorn.
2015/2016 Sunday School Registration!
Registration for the 2015/2016 Sunday School year has begun. We will collect registrations throughout the
summer – please send an e-mail to the Sunday School Coordinators at [email protected] to
ask any questions regarding Sunday School or request a registration form. Registration forms along with
the $30 registration fee can be sent to the church “Attn: Sunday School Office” written on the envelope or
sent to Linda Anderson, 1224 East Shakopee Avenue, #117, Shakopee, MN 55379
Congratulations to St. John’s 2015 Shakopee Seniors!
On Sunday, May 31st at the 9:00 am worship, we celebrate high school graduation with a parent pledge and a
youth blessing from the congregation. St. John's desires to lift up the following 2015 senior graduates from
Shakopee High School (student information submitted as of this newsletter printing):
Annika Paige Anderson
Parents: Mark and Lisa Anderson
Post HS plans: University of MN Duluth
Garrett Arthur Carlson
Parents: Mike and Sara Carlson
Post HS plans: MSU - Mankato
Alexis Marie Congdon
Parents: Lisa Clinton and Steven Clinton (step dad)
Post HS plans: NDSU for Pharmacy
Shelby Ellingsberg
Parent: Paul Ellingsberg
Post HS plans: Hennepin Tech –
Video Editing Production
Rebecca Jean McPeak
Parents: Thomas and Linda McPeak
Post HS plans: Normandale Community College/
Alexandria Technical Community College
Law Enforcement
Amelia Marie Patefield
Parents: Marc & Rachel Patefield
Post HS plans: Normandale
Chandler Henry Martin Wagner
High School: Tokata Learning Center
Parents: Kent and Sara Oliver
Post HS plans: Hennepin Technical Collage
Madison Lee Wilts
Parents: Scott and Kristi Wilts
Post HS plans: Concordia College,
Moorhead, MN - Music Education
One of the primary goals we set this year for Stewardship was to bring our giving into the
21st century by offering online giving. And now St. John’s is pleased to announce a
convenient new way to make your regular offerings. With our new electronic giving
program, you can easily set up or make changes to your Simply Giving (regular recurring
giving) schedule or make onetime contributions or pay for special events such as Sunday
School registration.
We encourage you to set up a schedule of recurring contributions. It’s convenient and
provides much needed consistency for our church. If you are currently giving on a weekly
basis, you will no longer need to write out 52 checks a year or prepare 52 envelopes. Even
when travel, illness or other circumstances prevent you from attending services, our church
will continue to receive your contributions on an uninterrupted basis. Simply follow these
easy steps:
1. Visit our Church website at: www.stjohnsshakopee.com
2. Click on the “OnLine Giving” Button
3. Click on Create Profile button, then
4. Follow the on screen instructions to create your profile and schedule your giving.
Or;
Scan this QR code to be taken directly to our mobile site; Follow these steps to set
up your account;
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Subject to council approval-- May 2015 Minutes
Council Members Present: Sandy McCullough, Patti Hayer, Shelley Gehrman, Mark McGraw, Paul Youngs, Eric
Doty, Erik Allen, Linda McPeak, Christine Wenzel, Renee Lea, Deb Rubash, Janelle Fritz
Council Members Absent: Brooke Whaylen
Meeting called to order: Sandy McCullough @ 7:08pm
Old Business:
Deb Rubash/ Paul Youngs Motion to approve council agenda: Carried
Mark McGraw/Eric Doty Motion to approve April Minutes: Carried
Patti Hayer/ Deb Rubash Motion to approve treasurer's report: Carried
Treasurer reported giving was down $2,000.00 for April but thanks to a successful social it brought our
account up $11,500.00. We had a boiler repair of $1,600.00. We have YTD savings of $4,400.00 for
insurance/mileage for Pastor Christine Wenzel.
We talked briefly about the sale of the parsonage. Erik Allen will be visiting city hall this week to fill out an
application for a lot survey. Hopefully we can get the parsonage roofed in June or July.
Paul reported online giving is on our website and very easy to navigate. You may set up your offering to be
automatically withdrawn from your checking account or credit card. You can also pay sunday school
registration online. Thank you Paul Youngs, Scott Vaupel, Mark McGraw & Nancy Meyhoefer for all your hard
work to get this up and running.
Renee Lea will be starting Loaves & Fishes June 2nd & then on July 9th. Food preparation is 3:30-6:00 and
Serving will be 5:30-7:00. Please help out when you can.
New Business:
Rally Sunday will be September 13th.
Discussed summer schedule for council meetings & it was decided to take a break in July.
We discussed trying to limit our paper usage to cut costs and doing more by email so if you could update your
email address with the office that would be helpful.
Adjournment:
Erik Allen/ Deb Rubash Motion to adjourn: Carried.
Respectfully submitted---Patti Hayer, Council Secretary
Nursery Volunteers Needed
Please consider helping out in the nursery. Our schedule allows for each family to volunteer 2-3 services per
year. If you are interested, please contact Jodi Schuler, [email protected].
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Hello St. John’s Community,
We are trying to update our records to get updated e-mail addresses for our congregation members. We
have the ability to send out e-mail blasts and would like to use this opportunity over the summer to keep
you up to speed on any exciting news or updates that are occurring at St. John’s. If you could send your
e-mail address to Nancy at [email protected] she can get it updated within our system and
you will start getting e-mail blasts from us. Thank you so much as we try to get our records updated.
VBS Theater Art Camp Important Update
I am saddened and regret to share that St. John's will not be hosting the VBS Theater Art Camp in August,
2015. A significant number of key leaders have declined their participation, thus making the existing VBS
Theater Art Camp structure not feasible to offer at this time. I am deeply grateful for the previous Theater Art
Camps, as they were loved by the children and positive expressions have come out of them. With this, I trust
that the Holy Spirit is at work already in the hearts of those that feel a call to provide a summer vacation
ministry opportunity for the children of St. John's and Shakopee community. Please feel free to be in
conversation with me or Pastor Christine on ways you can serve in ministry here at St. John's. Blessings to you
and your families as we anticipate summer transitions.
In Christ's Love, Pastor Linda
Annie Jr.-- a Huge Success for St. John’s and Brittany’s Place!
Another successful MWAM production, Annie Jr., was done in May. We raised over $7,000. We will be
distributing it among the 3 groups, St. John’s, Brittany’s Place and MWAM. The youth also made over
$1,000.00, on their bake sale, to help with their mission trip this summer. Great job!
Thank you everyone that has contributed to MWAM and the bake sale to help make this a huge success.
From Pastor Linda…..A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that either brought a sweet donation or more for the bake
sale. Another THANK YOU for everyone that helped set-up, sell and cleaned-up!!!
The Bake Sale during the Annie Jr. performances was a grand success with bringing in a little more than $1000
during Friday, Saturday and Sunday shows.
These funds will be added to the same funds supporting the summer youth ministry opportunities like Bible camp, VBS and
2015 ELCA Youth Gathering Trip to Detroit, Michigan in July.
Your involvement is a blessing to me, the community, the congregation, and most importantly the youth of St. John's! Much
appreciated!
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…..From Pastor Christine Wenzel
The Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly was held on May 15th and 16th at Lord of Life Lutheran Church
in Ramsey. The theme this year was, “The Word Became Flesh and Moved into our Neighborhoods.” We
heard great conversation around what needs to happen to reach out into our communities and transform our
congregations into Missional Congregations. Church is made up of the collective history, stories and
personalities of people. It is almost like a living being interested in its own survival. Richard Rohr helps us
understand what it takes to transform a church. “The word change normally refers to new beginnings. But
transformation more often happens not when something new begins, but when something old falls apart. The
pain of something falling apart – chaos – invites the soul to listen at a deeper level. It invites, and sometimes
forces the soul to go to a new place because the old place is falling apart. Most of us would never go to the new
place any other way.” They challenged each of our congregations to practice deep listening to God, each other,
and the surrounding community.
What if we don’t need to figure out a better way to do what we have always done, but instead, we need
to figure out a new way to be who and what God is calling us to be? Imagine: Church as less a noun, more a
verb, less a place, more a way of life instead of expecting people to want to be a part of our congregation. The
congregation as a mission outpost and therefore focused on serving its mission field (i.e. the neighborhood,
city, and world) instead of focusing on serving its members. Ministry as vocation rather than programs.
Vocation as living out the spiritual gifts given to us in baptism. Outreach as a combination of service,
advocacy, and relationship building instead of just doing nice things for others. Worship shaping us into the
kind of people God is calling us to become instead of expressing our praises to God in a comfortable setting.
Christian Education as making disciples of Jesus centered on faith practices in the home, workplace, and
together at church instead of just passing on the Lutheran confessional tradition. Congregational life as
creating a culture of hospitality, service, discipleship, and prayer within the congregation in addition to potlucks
and coffee hour. Stewardship as using all the resources God has given us for God’s purpose. Finance as
aligning our money with our mission priorities instead of worrying about how we’re going to keep the lights on.
Congregational Leadership as a dynamic partnership between clergy and lay leaders that cultivates a new
environment that fosters missional creativity, rather than serving on committees or council as a duty. Decisions
are made through spiritual discernment. The more participants in a decision-making process, the wiser it will
be.
Is St. John’s ready for this kind of deep listening? My prayer is that you are ready!
You are in my prayers. Please keep me in yours! --Pastor Christine
The staff of St. John’s is here to serve you. Please don’t hesitate to contact the church office at 952-445-5666 if
you have any questions or concerns. If you are in need of pastoral care or have a pastoral emergency, please
call the church office and you will be directed to Pastor Christine or Pastor Linda.
Rev. Christine Wenzel, Interim Senior Pastor
[email protected]
Rev. Linda McPeak, Associate Pastor, Youth and Family Ministry
[email protected]
Nancy Meyhoefer, Office Administrator
[email protected]
Lois Petricka, Custodian
[email protected]
Sean Vander Veen, Worship Music Accompanist
[email protected]
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Monday through Thursday
Closed – Friday, Saturday and Sunday
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JUNE 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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1
6:00 PM Executive
Council Meeting
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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4
5
6
10
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12
13
Loaves & Fishes
3:30 or 5:00PM
7
7:30 AM Worship, Lion’s
Park
9:00 AM Worship,
St. John’s
14
7:30 AM Worship, Lion’s
Park
9:00 AM Worship,
St. John’s
21
7:30 AM Worship, Lion’s
Park
9:00 AM Worship,
St. John’s
28
9
8
7:00 PM AA*
15
16
6:00 PM Executive
Council Meeting
7:00 PM Church
Council Meeting
22
23
17
18
8:30 AM Quilters
7:00 PM AA*
1:00PM Martha
Circle
24
9:00 AM AA *
19
20
9:00 AM AA *
From/Fahey
Wedding
26
25
27
9:00 AM AA *
7:00 PM AA*
29
30
7:30 AM Worship at
Lion’s Park
9:00 AM Worship,
St. John’s
JULY 2015
Sunday
5
7:30 AM Worship, Lion’s
Park
9:00 AM Worship,
St. John’s
12
Monday
6
7:30 AM Worship, Lion’s
Park
9:00 AM Worship,
St. John’s
26
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
7
8
6:00 PM Executive
Council Meeting
9
10
11
7:00 PM AA*
9:00 AM AA *
Loaves & Fishes
3:30 or 5:00PM
13
7:30 AM Worship, Lion’s Youth Gathering
Detroit
Park
9:00 AM Worship,
(ALL WEEK)
St. John’s
19
Tuesday
20
27
14
21
6:00 PM Executive
Council Meeting
29
15
16
8:30 AM Quilters
7:00 PM AA*
1:00PM Martha
Circle
22
23
7:00 PM AA*
30
17
18
9:00 AM AA *
24
25
9:00 AM AA *
31
7:30 AM Worship at
Lion’s Park
9:00 AM Worship, St.
John’s
* - “AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution…”
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P.O. Box 178
Shakopee, MN 55379
Phone: 952-445-5666
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