St.

Johns Lutheran Church ELCA

1300 W. Benjamin Avenue
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402) 371-1985
stjohn@cableone.net
www.stjohnsnorfolk.com

Our Mission: Loving God . . . Loving People . . . Reaching

Out!
Please remember in prayer:
Jo Schaefer
Janel Jundt
Dallas Esser
Susan Hansen
Esther Harrom
Skylar
Havranek
Elmer Krause
Abbie Baack
Rachel Schoepf
Wilma Palmer
Harriet Weber
Jerry Polenske
Janice Graber
If you know someone who is in need of prayer but whose name is not
listed, it may be that they have asked not to be included in the printed
bulletin. Please remember them in your personal prayers.

Happy Birthday to Mary Ann Heckman who will celebrate her 91st
birthday on April 30th. Mary Ann lives at The Homestead. We wish
you many blessings on your special day.
Flowers on the altar this last weekend in April are sponsored by
Zella Dederman in loving memory of her husband, Don and
daughter, Charlotte; and by Jeff & Cathy Erwin in celebration of
their 33rd wedding anniversary and in loving memory of their infant
son, Jason.
Everyone is invited to Fellowship Hour for coffee and rolls between
services each Sunday in the Fellowship Hall. Sunday School for
grades k-6th and adult Bible study class (Community Room) can be
found in the lower level. FELLOWSHIP HOUR IN THE BETHANY
ROOM TODAY.
PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE if you or someone you
know is hospitalized and would enjoy a visit. Our church staff and
hospital visiting volunteers would be happy to greet, see, and pray
with you.
NEXT SUNDAY St. Johns will celebrate the 2015 Confirmands as
they reaffirm their baptism. Photos and rehearsal will be this
Wednesday, April 29, @ 5 PM.
LOOKING FORWARD: On Memorial Day weekend (May 24) we will
be switching to summer hours Saturday 6 PM, Sunday 8:30 &
10:15 AM.

Dr. David E. Cox Interim Senior Pastor

Justin Wiese Assistant Pastor, NeLCM-Norfolk Campus Pastor
Jacquie Samway PMA, Coordinator of Congregational Care
Jolene Ziebell Coordinator of Youth Ministries
Gail Volquardsen Office Manager
Jim Carter Custodian/Grounds Keeper
Midge Hedrick Office

Assistant
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
John Skogstoe, VP........402-379-3148
8:30 am....................................... Worship Danny Olson, Treasurer.......402-3799:45 am............................Fellowship Hour
1036
9:45 am.............................Sunday School Diane Sobotka, Secretary.. . .402-3713583
9:45 am..............Life of Christ Bible Study
(Community Room Lower Level)
11:00 am .....................................Worship
Noon...Community Mennonite Ham Lunch
12:30 & 2 PM Presentations in
Sanctuary
MONDAY, APRIL 27
10:00 am..............................Staff Meeting
10:00 am......................Friends ChristCare
Pat Monson, 402-371-8803
7:00 pm..............................Praise Forever OFFERINGS
8:30 pm....................................Solid Rock Mission Emphasis (APRIL) .....Fundraisers
for Camp
TUESDAY, APRIL 28
General offering for 4/19/15......$6,508.40
7:00 am................Mens Prayer Breakfast
The above general offering figure
reflects weekly additions of direct
deposits and advance pledges.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
1:30 pm...................Searchers ChristCare End of April Net Profit / (Loss)........721.66
Year-to-Date Net Profit / (Loss)
Connie Hagstrom, 402-649-4862
............................................($3,949.01)
5:00 pm...................Confirmation Pictures
Attendance
4/19/15.......(40, 108, 79) 227
5:30 pm................Confirmation Rehearsal
5:30 pm................Last Wednesday Lectio
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
9:00 am....5th Thursday Quilters & Potluck

SUNDAY, APRIL 26
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
NANCY JACOBS
SHOP FOR MINISTRY
GREETERSJana Kuhlman, Ken
APRIL 26
8:30 am
Alice
Wragge,
Gentzler
Terry Hall
11 am
Terri
USHERS Greg & Sandra Korth,
Denkinger
Mark Nelson,
MAY 3
8:30 am
Linda
Ken Wragge & Terry Hall
Downs
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Jeann
11 am
Lisa
Granstra,
Echtenkamp
Laurel Moore, Kristi Johnson,
Tracy Meister
ST. JOHNS EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRAYER LEADER Lon Timperley
Mike Widhalm, President.........1-402SOUND Pat Strom
316-5382
SATURDAY, MAY 2
6:00 pm........................................Worship

POWERPOINT Claire Thompson

SUNDAY, MAY 3
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
TRACY MEISTER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
MIKE / KAREN WIDHALM
GREETERSMichelle Dagerman,
Martha
Thompson
USHERS Kevin Bonderson, Don
Meister,
Carol Severa
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Beth
Bonderson,
Brenda Carhart, Kristy Booras,
__________
PRAYER LEADER Carol Severa
SOUND Logan Strom
POWERPOINT __________

Our Stephen Ministers are ready

to care for you.
If you or someone you know could
benefit from the care of a Stephen
Minister, please give us a call:
Stephen Leaders

Karen Widhalm (402-694-9031)

Nancy Jacobs (402-841-1770)
Jacquie Samway (402-371-1985)
Jolene Ziebell (402-371-1985)
Stephen Ministers

Jan Henning
Booras
Jeann Granstra
Dahlkoetter
Laurel Moore
Skogstoe
Iva Thelander
Tomsen

Kristy
Kris
Susan
Katrina

Nancy Jacobs
Karen
Widhalm
Jolene Ziebell

YOU ARE INVITED to the Mennonite Disaster

Service Awareness & Appreciation Ham Dinner
Openhouse on Sunday, April 26, from 12 2 PM.
in the St. Johns Fellowship Hall. Come learn
about and meet the Mennonites who are helping
with the rebuilding efforts in Pilger and across
northeast Nebraska. Presentations will be made in
the sanctuary at 12:30 & 2 PM. The ham has
been generously donated by Tyson Fresh Meats
of Madison and will be served continuously from
12 to 2 PM. A free-will offering will be gathered
to help support the work of Mennonite Disaster
Service in northeast Nebraska. The public is
invited to attend!

Dear Members of St. Johns

I want to thank everyone for the cards and
visits I have received since I have moved to Park
View Haven in Coleridge. I miss seeing
everyone so I really enjoy hearing from you!
Your friend,
Bob Strivens

ATTENTION GRADUATES
Are you preparing to graduate
from high school or college? We
would like to celebrate with you
at our 8:30 AM worship service on
May 17. Please bring a senior
picture to the church office (we
can scan it in seconds) or email a
picture of yourself to
midgehe@cableone.net. Watch
for more information!

It is once again St.

Johns privilege to
deliver Meals on
Wheels from April 27
May 15. (To round out 4 weeks of
delivery, an additional week of
deliveries will be Nov. 2 5). If you
would be interested in signing up for
a route or need more details, please
contact Carol Sorsen @ 402- 3717482.

The Garden Club is

looking for people who
enjoy getting their
hands dirty and helping
keep the landscaping of
St. Johns in good shape. The first
scheduled clean-ups are at 5pm
on Tuesday, April 28, and
Wednesday, May 6. We will be
doing a bit of planting as needed
and make decisions on new pots
near the front doors. Gardeners
are welcome at either date and
can come when it fits into their
schedule earlier or later. If you
have questions, please contact
Diane Sobotka @ 402-841-0181
or email dsobotka@gmail.com.
Everyone is invited to help!

Luthera
n
World
Relief

Teach a person to sew and youve

given them tools they can use to earn
an income, support their family, and
break out of poverty. Many of the
thousands of Fabric Kits Lutheran
World Relief distributes are used in
vocational training programs to teach
young men and women useful and
marketable sewing skills.
During the months of April and May,
we will be collecting Fabric (Sewing) Kits
for Lutheran World Relief. Watch for the
washtub in the west hallway to pick up an
information sheet and/or leave your
completed kits.

St. John's families: get your kids & their

friends signed up for summer camp with
NLOM this summer! Talk with Pastor Justin
for more information about how you can go
to Carol Joy Holling Camp near Ashland for
just $50! Check out all the options online
at http://www.caroljoyholing.org.

MOSAIC MONDAY @ PIZZA HUT

Pizza Hut has generously offered to donate
a portion of their proceeds to Mosaic to help
provide meaningful lives for people with
disabilities in Northeast Nebraska. Dine in or
carry out at Pizza Hut and mention Mosaic
and 10% of your meal total will be donated to
Mosaic.
Either location: 910 W. Benjamin Ave OR

506 S. 25th St., Norfolk

May 4
5 PM - Close

Please lift up Aline Skogstoe in your

prayers as she has been offered and
accepted a YAGM (Young Adults in
Global Mission) position in the
United Kingdom. After several
interviews in Chicago, she will return
a final time on August 19 for
orientation before flying to the UK
on August 26. From a field of 254
applicants, 79 were accepted and
14 assigned to the UK.
A year of service through the
Young Adults in Global Mission
program invites young adults to
become the hands and feet of Jesus
in the world, providing critical
support to ministries and projects in
communities of need. It also invites
volunteers into a journey of selfreflection, providing space to
consider their sense of identity,
Gods work in the world, and their
place within it all.
Watch for information about a
sending service later this summer.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
6 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT

NANCY JACOBS
GREETERS/USHERS Rod & Shirley
Hughes
READER Carolyn Wilcox
PRAYER LEADER __________
SOUND Jacquie Samway
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
NANCY JACOBS
GREETERS Alice Gentzler, Claribel
Wulf
USHERS Richard Uhlir, Roger
Gentzler,
Linda Downs
READER Duane Nelson
FELLOWSHIP HOUR Men in Mission
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Tom &
Midge Hedrick, Jim & Elenore
Merritt
PRAYER LEADER Rollie Downs
SOUND __________
POWERPOINT Janet Erickson
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
NANCY JACOBS
GREETERSJana Kuhlman, Ken
Wragge,
Terry Hall
USHERS Greg & Sandra Korth,
Mark Nelson,
Ken Wragge & Terry Hall
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Jeann
Granstra,
Laurel Moore, Kristi Johnson,
Tracy Meister
PRAYER LEADER Lon Timperley
SOUND Pat Strom
POWERPOINT Claire Thompson
LECTIONARY READINGS:

Acts 4:5-12
Psalm 23
1 John 3:16-24
John 10:11-18

SATURDAY, MAY 2
6 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
TRACY MEISTER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
MIKE / KAREN WIDHALM
GREETERS/USHERS __________
READER Shirley Hughes
PRAYER LEADER __________
SOUND Jacquie Samway
SUNDAY, MAY 3
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
TRACY MEISTER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
MIKE / KAREN WIDHALM
GREETERS Naoma Ronnfeldt, Carol
Sorsen
USHERS Phil Sykes, Dennis & Lois
Braesch,
Jack Prater
READER Diane Hansen
FELLOWSHIP HOUR Mission Life
Team
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Rollie &
Linda

Downs, Sherri Kuk, Carol

Waggoner
PRAYER LEADER Maureen Bivens
SOUND Susan Skosgstoe
POWERPOINT John Skogstoe
SUNDAY, MAY 3
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
TRACY MEISTER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
MIKE / KAREN WIDHALM
GREETERSMichelle Dagerman,
Martha
Thompson
USHERS Kevin Bonderson, Don
Meister,
Carol Severa
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Beth
Bonderson,
Brenda Carhart, Kristy Booras,
__________
PRAYER LEADER Carol Severa
SOUND Logan Strom
POWERPOINT __________
LECTIONARY READINGS:
Acts 8:26-40
Psalm 22:25-31
1 John 4:7-21
John 15:1-8