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NEWSLETTERVolume 2015 • Issue 10OCTOBER

For St. John’s disciples Andy, Jennifer, Jake, and Lucas Read, it’s all about connections. Since joining St. John’s in 2006, the Read family has experienced deep connections with many in the congregation through their active involvement and participation.

Andy, who works as the Assistant Director of Marketing for Campus Recreation at Illinois State University in Normal, greatly enjoyed serving as a small group leader for confirmation and looks forward to the fellowship hour each Sunday morning when he can visit and catch up with other disciples at St. John’s. In addition, Andy serves as a reader for the 8:00 a.m. sanctuary service. For several years now, Jennifer, who works as the Project Manager at Resource One, has taught our 3rd Grade Bible class as part of our midweek Sprout! ministry and greatly values the relationships she has formed with both

the youth and their parents. In addition, Jennifer currently serves as the team leader of our Stewardship Vision Team, working closely with other team members Dennis Bomke, Lisa Hartzler, and Adam Reiss.

For the Read boys, Jake and Lucas, it’s the friendships they have developed with other youth at St. John’s that they value the most. Through his involvement in confirmation, Encounter, and Leadership Lab, Jake, a sophomore at Southeast High School, has developed close relationships with the other St. John’s youth both from Southeast and other area high schools. Lucas, a sixth grader at Franklin Middle School, also enjoys the friends he has made through Sunday School and other church activities and looks forward to starting confirmation next year. In Jake and Lucas’ own words, “St. John’s has helped us be more connected to Christ and to go out and connect others to Christ as well!”

The Read family greatly appreciates the variety of options available in and through St. John’s to help them learn and grow in their faith and discipleship. They also value the way St. John’s challenges them to go out and share their faith in the community through both their words and their actions. As they look to the future of our congregation, the Reads recognize the need to grow our staff in order to maintain the growth in discipleship and relationships with Christ, with one another, and with the community.

Thank you, Read family, for your faithful discipleship to Christ here at St. John’s!

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PASTOR'S MESSAGE

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Page 3 - WorshipPage 4-6 - DiscipleshipPage 7- FellowshipPage 8-9 - Outreach and MissionPage 10 - StewardshipPage 11 - Calendar

Ready…Set…Grow! Our hope and prayer is that this fall theme will encourage you as disciples at St. John’s to get Ready…Set…Grow in your relationships with God, with one another, and with the community. So how do you grow in your relationships with one another? This sounds like such a simple question, but when I say grow, I am not simply asking how do you learn more about someone via Facebook or Instagram or a quick, “hello” in the hallway at church or at work or even at home. I am talking about growing relationships in an intentional and sincere way. I think the best answer to this question cannot be found in modern society, which focuses on social media as its primary means of rela-tionship growth. Instead I think we need to turn back to scripture and see how God has grown in His relation-ship with us.

Three points stand out to me about how God has cultivated a relationship with us. First, He recognized that He and we were created to be in relationships with other people (Gen. 1:27). We were not created to be isolated from others. It is in God-given relationships with others that we begin to have a foretaste of the love God has for us. Second, He realized that the only way to grow in relationship with others is by leaving our comfortable confines and entering those of others (John 3:16). We see this best when God sent Christ into the world to dwell with us in the flesh, Immanuel. For us this happens when we force ourselves to slow down and take the time to truly sit down with those around us and not be in such a hurry to get to the next thing. Last-ly, God realized that to grow in relationship with us He had to put others before Himself. This is why we hear in Mark 10:45 that Christ “came not to be served, but to serve.” We serve our neighbors when we focus more on learning the stories of others than on sharing our story.

God grants us opportunities each and every day to grow in our relationship with others by acting upon these three things. The challenge for each of us is to not just know about them, but to act upon them. Therefore this

October we are setting aside time and space for people to once again realize they were made to be in relation-ships by connecting with and learning about others. There are a host of relational stewardship events which you can learn more about on page 7. In addition, opportunities continue to work side-by-side with others through the Rally Around Habitat for Humanity home build for Sundae and Darviel Johnson.

Already through the Habitat Build, disciples here at St. John’s like Carol Lange have been able to meet people who are not a part of the St. John’s community and invite them to church (and welcome them when they came). Other disciples like Mark and Jennifer Butler have cultivated deeper relationships with others in our community of faith by participating in their small group, Parenting the Early Years.

So how are you going to get Ready...Set...Grow into the relationships that God has created for you so that you may better know and share His love?

In Christ ,

Ready… Set…

GROW!

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WORSHIP

Ready... Set... Grow!October 3/4GROWing in our relationships with the COMMUNITY through WORSHIP(Acts 16:16-40)

October 10/11GROWing in our relationship with CHRIST through DISCIPLESHIP(Luke 9:18-27)

October 17/18GROWing in our relationships with EACH OTHER through DISCIPLESHIP(Acts 8:26-40)Guest Preacher: The Rev. Dr. James Nieman President, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

October 24/25GROWing in our relationships with the COMMUNITY through DISCIPLESHIP(Luke 19:1-10)Reformation/Confirmation Weekend

Welcome, Dr. James Nieman!On October 17-18, we welcome The Rev. Dr. James Nieman, President of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, to St. John’s as he serves as our guest preacher at all of our weekend worship services, including a combined 10:30 a.m. worship service in the PLC. The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) is one of our eight ELCA seminaries across the nation. In addition, Dr. Nieman will meet with our Junior and Senior High Youth on Saturday evening, October 17, for pizza and conversation about the call to ministry in the church. On Sunday, October 18, during the Adult Forum, Dr. Nieman will lead a conversation about theological education in the ELCA and how our congregation can be a part. Come and join us!

Reformation and ConfirmationWeekend- October 24/25In addition to commemorating the 498th anniver-sary of the Reformation on Reformation Weekend, October 24-25, we will also celebrate with 13 of our 9th graders at our 10:30 sanctuary worship as they affirm their baptismal promises through the Rite of Confirmation. Those affirming their faithinclude: Elizabeth Barkley, Emma Busboom, Meghan Eiter, Zach Eiter, Jillian Korte, Danny Lee, Joey Lee, Becca Nika, Mark Sanders, Colton Scott, Maddy Smith, Caleb Wind, and Logan Young. Remember each of these young disciples in your prayers that they might daily grow in their faith and discipleship to Christ!

Harpsichord Concert featuring Alice EdwardsWe are blessed to have Alice Edwards present a harpsichord recital on Friday, October 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. Alice Edwards, organist/pianist/harpsichordist, retired recently from Lincoln Land Community College, having taught piano there for 13 years. She was presented with the award for Outstanding Adjunct Faculty of 2014. Ms. Edwards previously taught piano for 30 years on the faculty of Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee. She holds Bachelor of Music degrees in both piano performance and clarinet performance, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Oklahoma. She received her Master of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Michigan.


DISCIPLESHIP CHILDREN AND FAMILY

Children and Families Ready… Set… GROW!Rally Sunday was a great day for families to grow in their faith! We assembled 55 kits of “Cookie Mix in a Jar” to share with our community. Parents and children committed to growing together in their faith at our Bible presentation to third graders. Our “My Bible Class” meets every Wednesday night to help our third graders and their parents learn together. MidWeek Sprout! also offers fun classes for Kindergar-ten-6th grade. In October, kids will learn to play an African djembe drum and other percussion instru-ments as we narrate Bible stories and play a “groove.” Our Sunday School Christian Education Program, complete with our Opening in the PLC at9:15 a.m. for children and families, is another great way to grow! There are classes for all ages every Sun-day morning. Our new parent group, “Get Away”, meets downstairs outside of the preschool after the opening every Sunday morning. Are you new to St. John’s and want to meet other families? Plan to “Get Away” on Sunday mornings!

Cookie Mix in a JarThirty jars were delivered to the Family Service Center. Caseworkers will deliv-er jars to foster families on their home visits. Twenty-five jars were delivered to Ronald McDonald House, along with a gift basket of cookie sheets, aprons, pot holders, and vanilla extract.

SamsonLast year, twelve St. John’s families “sponsored” Samson. They committed to praying for him, writing to him, and paying $38 toward the sponsorship fee. Heartfelt letters, books, stickers, cards, and drawing & writing paper were all sent to a little boy in Tanzania who wrote back that it “feels nice to have people who love him.” Please sign up on the poster by Kathy’s office if you would like to sponsor Samson for one month. Thank you!

Mark your calendars forSt. John’s 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat!Wednesday, October 28.There will be supper and lots of great treats! Please sign up to decorate your “trunk” - the more, the merrier! This is a fabulous night of fun that you and your family won’t want to miss.

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Preschool Fundraisers

Let’s Make DinnerOctober 12-16Purchase a pre-made meal or schedule an appointment to make your own freezer meals. Tell them you’re with St. John’s Lutheran Preschool.www.letsmakedinner.biz

Scholastic Book FairOn Sunday, October 4, St. John’s Preschool will behosting a Scholastic book fair in the PLC lobby. This is a great opportunity to start your Christmas shopping or expand your home library. Books for ALL AGES will be available. All proceeds will benefit St. John’s Lutheran Preschool.

Texas RoadhouseOctober 27Join us for a meal and family night activities. Turn in a voucher (available later this month) and a portion of your total bill will be donated to the preschool.

Be a Preschool Volunteer!St. John’s Lutheran Preschool would love to have your help in a number of different ways. We are looking for people to bake goodies, purchase goodies, host events, and volunteer in our classrooms. If you would like to be a part of our preschool family, please pick up a volun-teer form from the welcome center or contact Melissa Roselle in the preschool office- 793.3934 or [email protected].

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YOU AREINVITED

COSTUME PARTY

FRIDAY,OCTOBER 237:00-9:30 P.M.

Mark and RuthieSteen’s HouseHalloween Costume Contest (with VOTING),

Bonfire, Capture the Flag, and a Monster Mash Dance Party! Bring a Halloween themed

appetizer or dessert to share!

DISCIPLESHIP YOUTH AND FAMILY

Volunteer with usat the Mini O’Beirne Crisis Nursery! Wednesday, October 7, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Meet us at the Nursery at 1011 North Seventh Street, – Springfield!

A Look Back at the EncounterKick-Off- September 13

Thank you for your support of our preschool!


ADULTNew Disciples’ ClassesAre you wanting to grow in your walk with Christ and learn what it means to be…in Community, a Christian, a Lutheran, a Disciple, and a Servant? Then you are invited to take part in our New Disciples’ Class! Starting Sunday, October 4 from 5:00–7:00 p.m., we will be offering our first of five New Disciples’ Classes for anyone interested in joining our congregation. If interested or if you just want to learn more, please contact Alison Storm at [email protected] or you can call her at 546.7244.

Dinner Night OutDinner Night Out will meet at Charlie R’s Steak House, 2242 South Sixth Street, on October 20 at 6:00 p.m. Please call Becky Smith at 793.0099 if you plan to attend. You are welcome.

Deborah CircleDeborah Circle will meet on October 6 at 12:00 noon in the Adult Meeting Room. Please bring a sack lunch. Members of the circle will be working on organizing items for the health care kits. If you have any questions, call Marcia Burris at 525.1657.

Tuesday Morning Men’s Bible Study(9:00 – 10:30 a.m.)This Men’s Bible Study uses a DVD series entitled The Story of the Bible. The lecturer leading the topic is Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, the professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Emory University. All men are invited to come and listen to Professor Johnson and to take part in interspersed discussions concerning the subject. You will learn how the Bible’s story originated and how it continues today.Questions? Call George Lambert at 546.2429.

Discover Who You Are – Life Keys(6:30 – 7:30 p.m.)Join us on Wednesday Nights as we learn more about who God created you to be. During our time together we will hear engaging stories, take inventories, and other easy-to-use exercises to help you learn more about “Who You Are.”

FEARLESS Conversation:Why Is Grace So Amazing?Our Sunday morning Adult Forum continues each Sunday from 9:20-10:15 a.m. in the Adult Meeting Room (AMR). Co-led by Pastor Greg, Pastor Ladd, and Reggie Wagner, this class creatively and openly explores the theological core of our Lutheran faith – GRACE! Upcoming topics include:

October 4 – Can I be good enough to please God? (Galatians 3:1-14) October 11 – What does a life of freedom look like? (Galatians 5:1-15) October 18 -- Conversation with the Rev. Dr. James Nieman, President, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago October 25 – How can I get along with others – even when I don’t feel like it? (1 Thessalonians 5:12-22)

Come and join together in this engaging Bible study as we discover together why GRACE is so AMAZING!!! All are welcome! (Coffee and donut holes provided!!!)

YOUNG ADULTWalk Across the Room Study(7:00 - 8:30 p.m.) On the first Tuesday of every month we will learn together how to follow Christ’s example and leave our circle of comfort to help those who may not know God while growing in our own faith. All are welcome to join this group and are encouraged to bring friends! We will hold this study at the homes of disciples. Light snacks will be provided. Contact Amanda Johnson ([email protected]) for more info.

DISCIPLESHIP YOUNG ADULT AND ADULT

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FELLOWSHIP

Ready... Set... Grow!!!GROWing in Generosity!

YOU ARE INVITED!!! Everyone in the congregation is invited to attend and participate in at least one of the following FUN, RELATIONAL, STEWARDSHIP events scheduled throughout the month of October!!! Come and get to know one another better, enjoy good food and entertainment, and learn more about our ministry priorities and stewardship needs for the coming year. It’s an exciting time to be part of St. John’s! Come and grow with us in generosity as we give thanks for all that God has first given us and as we look to the future together!

Parents of Teens EventSaturday, October 3; 6:00-8:30 p.m.West of Wise Winery in PetersburgA relaxing evening of appetizers, wine tasting, and conversation!

SeniorsMonday, October 5; 12:30-3:00 p.m.

St. John’s Parish Life CenterA delicious lunch followed by musical entertainment by Ken Bradbury!

Parents of Young Children EventSaturday, October 10; 12 noon-1:30 p.mBomke’s Pumpkin PatchBring the whole family for an afternoon of food, fun, and fellowship!

Young Adult EventSaturday, October 24; 6:00 p.m.Colin and Rachel Helton’s Home

An evening of refreshments and casual conversation!

Empty Nesters EventSaturday, October 24; 2:30-5:00 p.mJubilee Farms on Old Jacksonville RoadAn afternoon of refreshment, spirituality, and ecology!


OUTREACH AND MISSION

Parish Nurse Ministry Immunization Clinic It’s that time of year for Flu Shots. Nellie Weitekamp will be giving immunizations on Saturday, October 3 from 4:30-5:00 p.m. and again Sunday, October 4 from 9:00-10:30 a.m. We will also be doing blood pressure checks on these dates.

Meals on Wheels Volunteers NeededThe Senior Services of Central Illinois has asked for help with the Meals on Wheels Program for the timeframe of September 28 through October 30. There are approximately 26 different routes that potentially serve 183 individuals during this time that need to be filled. If you are interested in helping, please contact Janet Moulton at 971.9535 or [email protected].

ThanksgivingAgain this year we will have a Thanksgiving food collection for Grace Food Pantry. On the weekend of October 31 and November 1 grocery bags will be handed out after Church and Sunday School. Donations will be received on November 7 & 8 and November 14 & 15. Your donations will be delivered to Grace Food Pantry on November 17 in time to brighten the Thanksgiving tables of those in need. You have time to look for bargains and check the sales. While there will be a list of suggested items attached to your grocery bag, anything is welcome. We just missed the goal last year, so lets see if we can beat the total of 3,000 items that we collected in 2013!

Storybook by Normajean SandersFor many years now, St. John’s has been a strong supporter of LSSI’s Storybook Project. The project continues to thrive and is growing with the help of wonderful people like you. In the last fiscal year that ended June 30, we mailed 4,703 packages, held 102 events, and parents reported that their 7,153 children benefitted from storybook!! At Lincoln, where we go monthly, volunteers sent 620 of those packages, held 11 events, and were told by the men that their 971 children benefitted.

We hear from one incarcerated parent: “I don’t see my son that much, so it’s truly a blessing to be able to send him something he can hear my voice on.”

To those of you who donate books regularly, there have been some changes. The only hard backed books we can accept are The Golden Books and Dr. Seuss. All the rest of the books have to be soft back books.So that we can keep the program going and growing, we need help from all of you. Our needs are CD’s and the jacket they go into, envelopes, volunteers, and cash to pay for the postage to mail the books.

Just this month a young man came into pick out a book for his 5-year-old son. It was his first time coming to storybook and he asked me if it would be alright to send the book to his son via a case worker. “Of course,” I said. He then told me how much this means to his son and him. The Storybook Project is a blessing!!! Please help us continue to make it happen. For more information, contact the church or Normajean Sanders at 726.5230.

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OUTREACH AND MISSION

Personal Care KitsIt’s never too late to keep on giving to the Personal Care Kits. We are collecting toothbrushes, soap (Bath Size), towels (Dark color, light weight, bath size), sturdy combs, and nail clipper. The last day to drop things off is Sunday, October 4.

You can also take part in the Annual All Church “Tie” Party on Sunday, October 11 in the gym from 9:15–10:00 a.m. During this time you will be working with children, youth and other adults to help assemble the Personal Care Kits!

FRB Share the Harvest CelebrationSave the date for this year’s annual FRB Share the Harvest Celebration on Sunday, October 4! Join members of our Global Missions Ministry Team as they travel to Carthage to celebrate with our Foods Resource Bank ministry partners! A blessing of the harvest service, combine and hay rack wagon rides, and a delicious meal will be shared together! Families with young children who want to spend a beautiful fall day on the farm are especially encouraged to participate. The group leaves from St. John’s around 12 noon and returns around 7:00 p.m. For more information or to sign up, contact Rose Moser ([email protected]).

ELCA World Hunger Walk for Water! The global water crisis doesn’t always make headlines. But the truth is that it claims more lives each year than war. Globally, 1.8 billion people — that’s about one out of every four people in our world today - drink from contaminated water sources. Unsafe water leads to illnesses that claim the lives of 840,000 people each year, almost half of whom are children under the age of 5.

This year, ELCA youth will join together for ELCA World Hunger’s Walk for Water. The goal is to raise $500,000 for ELCA World Hunger-supported water projects around the world. Through these gifts, local communities will be equipped to provide water for drinking and growing crops, sanitation and hygiene, as well as ongoing health education, training and maintenance. Learn more about the water crisis and ELCA World Hunger’s efforts at www.ELCA.org/walk4water.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States with more than 3.8 million members in 10,000 congregations across the United States, Caribbean, and U.S Virgin Islands. Known as the church of “God’s work. Our hands,” the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through Jesus Christ. We are a church that rolls up our sleeves and gets to work. ELCA World Hunger’s Walk for Water is a way for youth to take a stand against global poverty by starting with one of the world’s greatest needs: water. Together, we accomplish much more than we ever could alone.

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Financial SnapshotGeneral Operating Fund August 2015 Year to Date 2015Income: $ 82,569.18 $ 605,133.67Expenses: $ 72,729.77 $ 587,344.65 $ 9,839.41 $ 17,789.02Building Fund August 2015 Year-to-Date 2015Income: $ 21,652.83 $ 119,514.62Expenses (P&I): $ 15,498.00 $ 118,852.11 $ 6,154.83 $ 662.51

Remaining Balance on Mortgage as of 8.31.15 $1,484,179.23

Stewardship is, First and Foremost, about RELATIONSHIPIt is about money, but … it’s not all about money. At its heart, Christian stewardship is really about relationship – our relationship with Christ, our relationship with one another, and our relationship with the community. Zacchaeus is a great example of true Christian stewardship. As a result of his new relationship with Christ, Zacchaeus is moved to share half of his possessions with the poor (relationship with the community) and to pay back (with interest!) all those who he had defrauded (relationship with one another). True Christian stewardship flows out of the loving relationship we have with Christ and the loving relationships Christ frees us to share with others.

Here at St. John’s, we believe that the more we grow in our relationships with Christ, with each other, and with the community, the more we will grow in our generosity as well. During the month of October, everyone in the congregation is asked to attend at least one of the fun, relationship, stewardship events that are planned (see page 7).

These events are designed to help us grow in relationship with one another even as we learn how we are being called to grow our generosity for the sake of Christ’s mission and ministry in this place. Please come and be a part. Zacchaeus’ life was changed. Maybe yours will be as well.

STEWARDSHIP

“Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much’” (Luke 19:8).

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Lead Pastor Pastor Greg BusboomPastor of Faith Connections Pastor Ladd SonnenbergChurch Administrator Linda ToroOffice Assistant/Receptionist Amanda CulpCoordinator of Graphic Design and Communications Ramey WallenDirector of Children and Family Ministry Kathy LasleyDirector of Senior High Youth and Family Ministry Ashlynne SteenDirector of Music Ministries Royce HubertChancel Choir Director Sue HamiltonChancel Choir Accompanist Damien KaplanChildren’s Music Director Alicia Huntley Director of Contemporary Worship Christie Lazarides PurdyYouth and Young Adult Worship Leader Andy LazaridesContemporary Worship Keyboardist Valerie HunterCustodians Dwayne Varner, Brian YokemPreschool Administrative Staff Terri Harms, Melissa Roselle,

Courtney PetersNursery Attendants Lori Spear & Amanda Culp

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Phone: 217.793.3933 Fax: 217.793.4564 www.stjohns-springfield.org

Mission StatementTo be and make disciples of Christ, in response to God’s grace.

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