The SJLC Minute MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS | ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH | MARCH 2022 – VOLUME 1
Evening Wednesday Worship “Compline: All for Love’s Sake 5:30 PM Dinner TLC will provide a simple and wonderful meal. 6:30 PM Worship In-person in our Sanctuary and live-streamed. Compline is a centuries old service. It helps us put down the day (or week, or year). This service is also known to SJLC as Nite Nite Prayer, featuring music by St. John’s own Andy Tirro and Trevor Tirro, Tyson House alumnus Zack Nyein, and Pastor John.
Team Ministry Opportunities The heart of St. John’s is ministries of grace through which members and friends can actively share their gifts with the world! We are developing the following NEW teams; please consider investing your time to make a significant difference for Christ and the Church:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: This team is born out of
the vision of Bishop Kevin Strickland and the folks at the Southeastern Synod. Focusing on racial justice, gender justice, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and disabilities inclusion, this team will help us care well for all of God’s children through advocacy and awareness.
Church Events •
Mar 9th - Lenten Meal/ Worship
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Mar 10th – WINE Meeting
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Mar 12th – Theopub
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Mar 16th Lenten Meal/ Worship
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Mar 17th Family Promise off site
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Mar 18th Family Promise off site
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Mar 22nd BEER Meeting*
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Mar 23rd – Lenten Meal/ Worship with Musical Guest Lisa Aschmann
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Mar 30th – Lenten Meal/ Worship
Evangelism: This team will help people share God’s story in their
lives, within the congregation, and out in the community. Consider this an opportunity to lovingly share God’s grace through worship, publications, conversation, and media.
Communication: This team will work to hype the word of God’s grace across all media platforms. If radio, television, print, social media, and design capture your attention, there is a spot for you! To learn more, contact Clarke Hinkle at clarke@sjlcknox.org.
THEOPUB This month’s TheoPub is Saturday, March 12th at 4:00pm in the Sparks Fellowship Hall Topic is “What Lutherans Say About… Fear” We will look at the short essay, “Freaking the Hell Out” by Nadia Bolz-Weber and take a grace filled look at Luke 8 and Matthew 8 to think about faith not as a magic wand but as an invitation to find some calm… BYOB and masks are encouraged but optional
WHAT? Theological Discussions What Lutheran Say about...Fear? WHO? All are welcome at St. John’s WHEN? Saturday, March 12th 4:00 PM, Mask Optional—Social Distancing WHERE? Sparks Fellowship Hall MORE… Topics change each month JOIN US! Contact Hilde Lindeman for info hlinde@msu.edu
W.I.N.E. Meeting Women Inviting Narrative Exploration th
We will meet March 10 at 6:30 pm in the SJLC Welcome Center Kate will be leading the discussion! We are doing Star Charts! Now, you may be thinking; “Star Charts! That’s that odd thing that people do who blame bad periods of time on Mercury in retrograde!” And you would be right (by the way, all the planets besides Venus are going into retrograde in October, so buckle up!) But really, star charts are just where the planets were when you were born. You can ascribe meaning to it or not… If you are up for it , please fill out the google form so that Kate may have your birthday, time and place. http://forms.gle/xGTY8MD46TCP3uJS7 Please share with Kate the exact day and time of your birth to prepare for this topic!
March is Women’s
History Month During this month, Check Out, the Fireside room where placards of Notable Women in Lutheran History is displayed. Also the cover art on the bulletin each week for the month of March will feature artwork by the Reverend Robin LovettOwen.
Lent Devotional
Good Enough by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie Available in the Welcome Center for $17 Written gently and with humor, Good Enough grants permission to all those who need to hear that there are some things you can fix and some things you can’t. And its okay that life isn't always better. In these gorgeously written reflections Bowler and Richie show how fresh imagination for truth, beauty, and meaning can be discovered amid the chaos of life. Their words celebrate kindness, honesty, and interdependence in a culture that rewards ruthless individualism and blind optimism. Ultimately, in these pages we can rest in the encouragement to strive for what is possible today while recognizing that though we are finite, the life in front of us can be beautiful.— description from the inside cover of Good Enough