Weekly Updates | St. John’s Lutheran Church | September 2022
Church Events
Youth Council Planning Lock-In
September 27
BEER Meeting*
September 30 thru Oct. 1
Youth Council
September 30
Pride Parade*
October 1
Meal & Porch Visits
October 2
1st Sunday Lunch Bunch
October 5
SAM’s Meeting
Join Pastor Amy for an overnight adventure that involves dreaming and planning for this year’s Youth Ministry events, as well as a look toward Summer 2023. Here’s what you need to do:
October 7
First Friday
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October 8
Fall Cleanup Day
October 13
WINE Meeting
October 30
Pumpkin Patch Lunch* *denotes meeting off site
B.E.E.R. (Brother’s Engaged in Enriching Relationships) will gather Tuesday September 27th at 6:00 at Schulz Brau Brewery – 126 Bernard Ave. We’ll start just socializing and getting caught up. Following we will discuss the use of agricultural metaphors in the Bible, focusing on what it means for us to be "planted by streams of living water." Preparation isn't necessary, but if folks want to get a sense of what we'll be pondering they can read three parables of Jesus: The Sower - Mark 4:1-20 The Growing Seed - Mark 4:26-29, and The Barren Fig Tree - Luke 13:6-9.
Sept. 30 (9:00 PM) Oct. 1 (9:00 AM)
RSVP to amy@sjlcknox.org. Friday Evening, September 30. We are invited to gather at Mary Costa Park at 4 pm to line up. The Parade begins at 7:00 pm – carpooling might best because space is limited for parking For more information contact Clarence at sistermaryclarencenknox@yahoo.com
ONLINE CHURCH DIRECTORY How do I access the latest, most up-to-datechurch directory? Easy as this… Contact Toni in the church office at toni@sjlcknox.org or call her at 865-523-3330 and she will send you a link and a tutorial video for you to sign up for our Breeze software that will allow you access to the most current online membership directory available.
SAM’s will meet October 5, 2022, 11:30 am in the Sparks Fellowship Hall. We will begin with a WELCOME followed by devotions. Lunch: Catered by Cole's BBQ – Your cost $5. Blessing Basket: – please bring hand and body soap Program: "Lending A Helping Hand". Representatives from church will share what their ministry is, who the participants are, and how SAM members can become involved… A PLACE AT THE TABLE – Lois Williams HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS – Jon Efteland CHRISTENBERRY ELEMENTARY – Lee Ley, Ruth Crowley VOLUNTEER MINISTRY CENTER – Nancy Friedrich HABITAT FOR HUMANITY – Neil Fischer FAMILY PROMISE – Alice Garrison
Great Big Clean Up the Property Day Saturday, October 8! Let’s clean up the lot, prune the shrubs and pull some weeds!! But MOSTLY visit and get to know each other better. We will meet at 8:30 for coffee and donuts and then head out to get the block looking good! If you have them, please bring gloves and a rake or clippers; if you don’t, please come anyway, we will have plenty to do. For more information, contact Darrell, Toni, or Clarke at 865-523-3330.
First Friday October 7, 5:30—7pm Meeting at St. John’s in the Welcome Center to “pre-game” and then heading over to Mima’s Food Truck at the Crafty Bastard afterward... bring an appetizer to share and BYOB for this fun evening! Kate Bowler, New York Times bestselling author, podcast host and professor of history at Duke University, will speak at Church Street United Methodist Church on Sunday; October 2 at 6 p.m. in its historic downtown nave as a featured 2022 A. Orin Bishop Lecture Series Speaker. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For tickets, contact Union Avenue Books and they will assist you – 865-951-2180
The next WINE meeting is Thursday, October 13 at 6:30 in the SJLC Welcome Center. We will be an overview of Dia de los Muertos and creating our own sugar skulls! Art supplies will be provided.
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