January Memory Verse:
 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micha 6:8
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2023 Giving Campaign

We are so thankful for everyone that has submitted a giving card. Even if given anonymously, they are a physical representation of the love and support for the ministry of St. John. We will still accept, and encourage you to submit, a giving card at any time.
January 29th
Annual Church Meeting @ 12:45 PM

  • Lunch will be served at Noon
  • Please contact the church office if you would like to participate via ZOOM
Bible study on the book of Ruth
All are welcome to join Pastor Renae as she teaches the Bible focusing on the book of Ruth. Classes will be held Wednesday afternoons at 2:00 PM on February 1, 8, 15, and 22 in the church library.
W.I.P. Weekend Retreat
March 3rd-5th - $20 per person
 
This retreat is for crafters of any kind! Bring your project (your work-in-progress) and use this time and space to get caught up and enjoy the fellowship of other crafters! Each registrar will have a large, designated space in the Fellowship Hall to spread out and work at their leisure. Snacks will be readily available, and lunch will be provided on Saturday. Contact Anna in the church office with questions or for more information. Sign up on the church office bulletin board or online HERE.
El Flaco Service Learning Trip June 4th-10th! Contact Heidi Price or Joni Bruhn with questions or if you are interested and could not make the meeting.
High Schoolers - Register NOW for the summer trip to Denver,
July 10-15!
We will travel with youth from across Nebraska and spend 5 days in Denver learning and serving. Registration is open! Now - January 31: $525 ($100 deposit due with registration.) Register online or see Heidi for the form.
Once again, the WELCA Mission Action committee (together with our church youth) will be working on assembling kits for Lutheran World Relief. For personal and baby care kits we need dark-colored, lightweight bath-size towels (20” X 40” to 52” X 27”), dark-colored hand towels, and bars of soap in original wrapping (gentle soaps are preferred). Contributions can be placed in the oak box in the basement near the elevator. Please consider helping with this project - the gifts you give are an immeasurable blessing to families around the world and your generosity is appreciated.
Thank you for your donations - our snowmen are looking rather warm. We would appreciate more scarves to complete their ensembles!
 Our online digital directory will go live January 31st!
Watch your email for directions and log-in information.

*An email address is not necessary to access the online directory, but it will streamline the process.*
Scripture Reflection:

A Hunger for Justice

In today’s first reading, God cries, “O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer me!” (Micah 6:3). The people of God have forgotten God’s deliverance and who God has called them to be. Like a shrewd prosecutor, God has placed them on trial and is examining their actions, recounting the signs of mercy and loving kindness shown to them from generation to generation and searching for a sign that they are living into who God has called them to be. And so, they are reminded that this is how you shall live: do justice, love kindness, walk humbly.

A Latin American prayer asks: “Lord, to those who hunger, give bread. And to those who have bread, give the hunger for justice.” The words of this more modern-day prayer do not sound so different from the ancient words spoken by the prophet Micah to God’s people. “What does the Lord require of you,” asks Micah, “but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8). The hunger of God’s people has already been filled by the mercy of God, and so they are called by God to feed the hunger of others through lives of justice, kindness, and humility.

In the Sunday assembly, God surrounds the gathered people with reminders of who and whose they are: we splash in the waters of baptism, are brought to new life in the word, are fed and forgiven through bread and wine. Around the table, hunger is satisfied, and a hunger for justice is renewed. From the table, God sends the gathered assembly, blessed and broken, to feed the hunger of others as, together, we await the fulfillment of the kingdom.

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