Click the video link above to be transferred to the Sunday Service, April 13th, at 9 a.m. or it can be watched later.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The link for the Maundy Thursday Service, April 17, is HERE.

Good Friday LINK

Sunday 9 a.m. Worship Service

Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

April 13 Palm Sunday Breakfast 8:30-11:30 a.m.

***********Guest minister: Bishop Kevin T. Jones

April 14 Deadline for Easter Lily sign up

April 16 Newsletter deadline for May

**********Do Day Quilters

**********Wine and Word 5:30 p.m.

**********After School Program 2:15 p.m. / Trinity choir 6 p.m.

April 17 Maundy Thursday service 5:30 p.m. with Communion

April 18 No SJCP

***********Good Friday service 7 p.m. with choirs

April 19 Easter Egg Hunt

April 20 Easter Sunday services 8 and 10 a.m. / No Sunday School

April 27th Reverse offering for Blessing Box (returns May 4th)

May 1 Scholarship application deadline

May 3 Spring Clean up day

May 4th Ladies Luncheon

**********Reverse offering returns

Palm Sunday Breakfast will be serving egg bake, cinnamon rolls and fruit from 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Youth in grades 7-12 and their parents are needed to help with serving and providing egg bakes. To sign up, please go to https://bit.ly/41DyHAx. Contact Alison Pettit with any questions at pettita@neiasynod.org.

If you are dropping off your unbaked egg bake on Saturday, the church will be open from 8:30-10 a.m.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please keep the following in your prayers.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please pray for all serving in the Armed Forces & their families: Kaleb Bilharz,, Kaylie Fox, Hannah Fox, Kim Hall, Daniel Jacobs, Drew Roethler, Robson Shankland, Tyler Brockney and Peter Smith.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wednesday Night Supper

April 16 No Supper

Serving from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

$5 for adults

Children through 12th grade eat free thanks to

Kans for Kids

The organizers of the suppers would gladly accept volunteer help for these suppers in preparation or serving. Please let them know if you are interested. Give the church a call to volunteer.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After Worship Social Time



Coffee & a treat are served in the Parish Hall or outside each Sunday! If you would like to volunteer to bring the treats let Toni know in the office.

What you choose to bring for a treat is entirely up to you! Quantity: Three dozen treats

Coffee & napkins are provided by St. John.

**Special note: We do need people to sign up for bringing treats. There is a sign up sheet by the narthex door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Altar Flower & Radio Sign-up 2025: If you would like to sign up to sponsor the Altar flowers &/or the radio broadcast contact the office at 641-228-3397. We will continue to have flowers as they are on the online service & the radio broadcast reaches many of our at home congregation!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As precautionary steps for safety and security, we would like to ask all attendees and visitors of St John, to make sure you are locking your vehicles anytime you are inside.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Scholarship Applications:

Those students attending a Lutheran college who would like to receive an EPIC grant must notify the church by May 1st.

St. John scholarship applications for non-Lutheran colleges can be emailed to you and should be returned via email or dropped off to the office by May 1st.

Call the office to donate towards the Easter Lilies by April 14th

641-28-3397

Easter Sunday, April 20th

Worship/Communion

Will be at 8:00am & 10:00am

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grief Share will meet on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.in the chapel. Tuesday, April 8, is the last week. Any adult from the community who has experienced the death of a loved one is invited to join us for this healing and hopeful experience.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday, April 19, 9:00 a.m.

Meet in the Parish Hall for registration and crafts. Easter egg hunt will begin about 9:15 a.m.

All kids 5th grade and below are welcome.

Please bring donations of candy and small toys, etc. to the church office (marked Easter Egg Hunt) before April 1st.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT ST. JOHN

St John Lutheran Preschool is Hiring

A Full-time Preschool Director / Lead Teacher

An exciting and fulfilling position

with salary + benefits package + recruitment bonus

To apply send a cover letter and resume to Pastor Russ Leeper at

rleeper@stjohncharlescity.com

For full job description go to www.stjohncharlescity.org

***********************************************

St. John Lutheran Church in Charles City, Iowa is seeking a

Youth & Family Ministries Coordinator.

This person is responsible for facilitating K-12 faith formation in collaboration with the Board of Parish Education, the Youth & Family Ministry Board, and other volunteers. This position is full-time with a competitive benefits package. To view the full job description and qualifications,

click here: Youth & Family Ministries Coordinator Full-time https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XIHiQyXtiAKGs7SvZrL5Wbq-

OnFyZQzb/view?usp=sharing

To apply, please send a cover letter and resumeto Pastor Russ Leeper at

rleeper@stjohncharlescity.com.

**************************************

St. John Lutheran Church in Charles City, Iowa is seeking a

Church Secretary.

This person provides administrative and clerical support for the St. John office, staff, and ministries. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Google Docs is required. This position is part-time at 30 hours per week.

To view the full job description and qualifications, go to our website: www.stjohncharlescity.org

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Pastor Russ Leeper at rleeper@stjohncharlescity.com.

Pastor Russ Leeper

St. John Lutheran Church

200 S. Main St., Charles City, IA 50616

***********************************************

St John’s Stewardship Board is planning a Reverse Offering for the Blessing Box on April 27th…with a return of items on May 4th . We would appreciate it if everyone would place their items on the table in the tree/cross area in the Sanctuary. Thank you…

********************************

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Building and Grounds Board invites you to join them at Spring Clean-up Day, Saturday, May 3rd, 9 to Noon.

Come help us spruce up our church property!

 Ladies luncheon will be May 4 from 12-2. We will have a short devotional, entertainment, activity and craft. The meal will be sandwiches and sides. Looking for table hosts, make dessert for the 8 people at your table and decorate table how you like. There will be some silent auction items available. We are asking for $10 per person.

Family fun day will be May 17 at noon. We will float the cedar river from Brantingham bridge to Nashua. We will end at Linda and Ron cabin. This will be a potluck event. Canoe, kayak, and tubes will be available. If you are not floating, you can meet us at the cabin around 3pm. We will have yard games, bonfire, and possibly an outdoor movie.

Life can be difficult, but you don't have to go through it

alone. Stephen Ministers are trained caregivers who

provide one-on-one, confidential, Christ-centered

support during life's challenges. Whether you're

experiencing grief, illness, or another hardship, a

Stephen Minister can walk alongside you with care

and prayer. If you or someone you know could use a

listening ear and spiritual encouragement, contact

Pastor Russ Leeper, Pastor Intern Beth Hurt, or Linda

Johnson.

Wednesday Lenten Series

Join us Wednesdays during Lent at 5:30 PM, starting March 5 (Ash Wednesday),

for a series in the Gospel of Luke called “Everything In Between: Meeting God In

the Midst of Extremes.” Our theme invites us to explore how we can live faithfully

in a world seemingly filled with opposites. Jesus, himself, will be our guide as we walk with Him to Jerusalem through the Gospel of Luke. Here are our weekly themes:

Maundy Thursday, April 17 at 5:30 p.m. With Communion

Good Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m. with choirs

Easter Sunday April 20 at 8 and 10 a.m. with Communion / No Sunday School

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. John Finance Board has put into place a new spending policy.  There is a new form in the mailbox outside of the Parish Hall that will need to be filled out and pre-approved before any purchase over $100 is made or reimbursed on behalf of the church. Please see Business Manager if you have any questions about the form.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. John Christian Preschool would like to remind everyone that we sell Kwik Star gift cards. Please stop in the church preschool if you are interested in purchasing a gift card. The preschool receives 5% of the gift card’s face value. Please contact Whitney or Toni if you are interested.

Please call 228-7274 or email us at wfranke@stjohncharlescity.com for more information.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wednesday activities schedule (will update after Lent)

2:15 After School Program

4:15 Kids Choir

4:30 Supper

5:30 Lenten Service

6:00 Tone Chime Choir

7:00 Trinity Choir

***Note for After School. The program will be dismissed at 4:45 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. during the Lenten season because of the supper and service schedule.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

click below for the

April Good Newsletter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To get to the church website, click at the top of this page on the St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church logo.

You can pick up the Sunday bulletin as well as the Taking Faith Home reading sheets on the website.

https://www.facebook.com/stjohncc will get you to the Facebook page

Our intern, Beth Hurt's email beth@stjohncharlescity.com

Email address you can use to get a message to the church office  office@stjohncharlescity.com

Other emails are available on the website.

To call the church (641)228-3397

Editor: Janet Petefish