EASTER CANTATA – Sunday, April 1, during worship. Come hear the excellent voices of our adult choir.
Join us for Maunday Thursday service at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 5. PLEASE NOT THE TIME CHANGE!
Easter breakfast prepared by the men. Sunday, April 8, beginning at 9 a.m. Come join us for fellowship before our Easter Sunday service beginning at 10:30.
St. John’s Beef and Noodle Dinner has
become a tradition in the Bluffton community, and it’s back on Friday, April 13 2012. The dinner will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in St. John’s Oppermann Hall, which can be accessed from College Avenue.
The dinner includes homegrown beef, noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, roll, homemade pie and beverages. Admission for adults is $7, for young adults 6th grade through college $5, for elementary students $4 and children pre-K are free.
Please join us for some delicious Beef and Noodles!
24 Hours that Changed the World is the Lenten Sunday School lesson shared on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. in Oppermann Hall. The series takes us to the holy lands and shares with us the places and events of the last 24 hours of the life of Christ.
Easter from the Backside is the Tuesday evening Bible study beginning at 7 p.m. in the room across for the pastor’s office in the Christian Education Wing. The author looks beyond the traditional Gospel scriptures to connect the story of Christ’s resurrection with others stories and scriptures throughout the Bible.
Ash Wednesday service will be held on Wednesday, February 22, beginning at 7:15 p.m. with the imposition of ashes and Holy Communion.
Maunday Thursday/Tenebra service will be held on April 5 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The candlelight Christmas eve service will be held on Saturday, Decemver 2 at 7 p.m.
The Sunday worship service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Christmas day.
Celebration of Harvest Home – Sunday, November 20
Community Thanksgiving Service – Sunday, November 20, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 7 p.m.
Decorate the sanctuary for Advent/Christmas – Tuesday, November 22, 7 p.m.
Hanging of the Greens – Sunday, November 27, during worship
Fulton Oursler learned the lesson of a grateful heart from an African-American woman who helped care for him when he was a little boy. Every time she sat down to eat, she would bow her head and say, “Much obliged, Lord.” Oursler asked her why she did this because the food was there for her to enjoy whether she gave thanks or not.
She replied, “Sure we get our vittles, but it makes everything taste better to be grateful. Looking for good things is a kind of game an old preacher taught me to play. Take this morning. I woke up and thought, ‘What’s there to praise God for today?’ You know what? I couldn’t think of a thing! Then, from the kitchen, came the most delicious odor that ever tickled my nose. Coffee! Much obliged, Lord, for the coffee,’” I said, “and much obliged, too, for the smell of it!”
Many years later, Oursler stood at the bedside of that woman as she lay dying. Seeing her in much pain, he wondered if she could still find something to be grateful for. Just then she opened her eyes. As she saw him and the others gathered around, she folded her hands and said with a smile, “Much obliged, Lord, for such fine friends.”
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (I Thessalonians 5:16-18)
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