“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!”   (1Cor 1:3)

As we begin the fall season, we return to the familiar and we anticipate the new things at St. Johns!  This coming Sunday we begin a new start for our Children and adult Sunday school programs.  We will complete our catechism group with a final session and will be confirming 5 youth on Reformation Sunday.  A new catechism class will begin the first week of October.  A Bible Study will restart next week on Thursdays at 10 am in the Library.  We are so excited for these programs to continue and hope that you will have the opportunity to engage with them.  The end of September we will celebrate my time as your called pastor, but more importantly all the minsitries that we have done together over these past 8 years for the good of our community. 

In the Sundays ahead we continue to learn from our great teacher, Jesus about the ways that we are to live in community together.  These teachings include forgiveness, grace and mercy, and repentance and new life.  These who us how we use the gifts God has granted us, and how we become great through serving others. As we walk together on this journey of life, we have so much to learn from Jesus who continously instructs us in the way we should go!   

As we journey together, I pray that God opens our hearts and minds that we may learn from our great teacher how to love God and love our neighbors with the same love, grace, and mercy that Jesus has given to us. 

Blessings,

Pastor Karla