Coming November 24

Join us this Student Day Sunday, November 24, when Pastor Andy Bartel brings the message “Love, Reign O’er Me."  Sunday worship services are at 8:00, 9:15 and 11:30 a.m. The later two services are livestreamed on YouTube.

It's pledge time

Please take the faithful step of making a plan for your giving this upcoming calendar year. Doing so helps us tremendously in planning the ministry of this congregation. Please know that you can change this estimate at any time. Look for a yellow pledge card on Sunday, or find the online form here.

Advent Adventure

Our annual Advent Adventure will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30. This is a fun family event with crafts and activities leading us into Advent season. Sign up here to help make Advent Adventure great! Helpers and station leaders needed!

Decorating for Advent

Love Christmas decorations? Help decorate the sanctuary for Advent! Lots of helping hands make this fun, festive and fast - join us at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, during Advent Adventure.

Wednesday Night Supper

Join us November 20 for Wednesday Night Supper. The menu is ham, cheesy potatoes and gooey pumpkin cake. Supper starts at 5:15 and runs until “about” 6:00 or 6:15. Suggested donation is $10/plate and $5/half plate but please just pay as you can. We hope to see you there!

Save the date

Kimber Olson and Kelly Jantunen are hosting a Women’s Discipleship Retreat, An Inward Journey During Winter, at Mountain Streams Bed and Breakfast in Palmer, AK, from January 10-12. It is a time for connection, reflection, and spiritual growth. The retreat will begin Friday at 5:30 pm. The registration will be maxed at 15 unless women are open to sleeping on top bunks. Then, registration can be expanded to 20. The cost for participants will be $125 per person. This includes two nights' lodging and 5 meals. Registration will open at the beginning of December. If you have any questions you can contact Kimber Olson at olson.kimber@gmail.com.

Do you have our new church app?

St. John has a new church app! Find all the important things in one place – current events, our Giving link, the Connect Card, the newsletter, the prayer chain and more. If you enable notifications, you can receive important announcements such as “Wednesday Night Supper and activities canceled due to snowstorm.” (We promise not to blast out too many notifications.)

Interested? Go to your app store and search for Ministry Keeper. The logo is gold with a black MK (see image above). When searching for our church, type in St. John United Methodist Church – and be sure to include the period in “St.” Check it out and let us know what you think!

St. John is hiring

If you have interest in working with the children or youth program at St. John (or know someone who does), please contact the church office.

Pickleball is on Sundays and (most) Thursdays!

Come play pickleball on Sundays in the gym from 1 to 3 p.m. and Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. (except 3rd Thursdays). All levels are welcome.

Sign up to be a greeter

There's nothing better than a friendly face when walking into church on Sunday. If you're willing to be a greeter, we would love to have you! It's an easy way to serve your church and say hello to new and old friends! Sign up here or contact the church office.

Cookies for Sundays

Fellowship time is better with a cookie! Can you help supply cookies for one Sunday? Sign up here to bring 3 dozen peanut-free/nut-free cookies - they can be homemade or store-bought. Cookies will need to be brought to the church by 10 a.m. Sunday, or by noon Friday.

Monthly Mobile Food Pantry

St. John’s Mobile Food Pantry is every 3rd Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. in the church parking lot. The next one is November 21. To volunteer at St. John’s MFP, sign up here.

To find other resources for food in Southcentral, check the Food Bank of Alaska website or F.I.S.H. (Friends in Serving Humanity). For other types of assistance, call 2-1-1 or go to Alaska211.org