Mail Delivery
We are still experiencing disruptions and delays with the USPS delivery. If you are unsure that the mail you send us is being delivered, please contact us to confirm that we received it. 

Bulletins and Flowers for Sunday
The bulletin and flowers sign-up calendars are posted in the narthex. Please consider sponsoring flowers and/or bulletins in honor of loved ones or special family events.
Cost per week - Bulletins: $25 Flowers: $35
Just fill out the form envelope located below the alendars in the Narthex. Place your payment in the envelope and give to the church office or place in the offering plate. Sponsors of altar flowers may collect them following the 10:30am Eucharist.
On Sundays when the altar flowers have not been subscribed, worshippers are invited to take the flowers home with them following the 10:30am Eucharist.
The flowers Sunday, May 15th, are given in honor of our Lord and Bradford, Leah, and Baby Davis by Donna Davis..

Special Envelopes
May’s special giving envelope is designated for Sparrow Place.

Listening Post
With the promise of vaccination in the coming months, the congregational council is planning our sequential reopening. If you have any questions or would like to communicate something to council, you can do so by emailing Pam Bromiley ( bromileypl@gmail.com ).
On Sunday, May 29th Phil Buttiens will be available at the baptismal font following the 8.00am Eucharist and Michael Ridgely will be available after the 10.30am Eucharist.


August Poll
During August, the Worship and Music Committee will be asking those in attendance to take a poll concerning the number of worship services we should hold that will shape the future of our congregation. We will be asking you whether you prefer one service or if we should go back to two services in the fall. We have been worshipping at 8.00am and 10.30am since Easter 2021 in order to provide social distancing. In June 2022, we will resume our summer schedule with one combined 9.00am service. Post-COVID, we are having to make some tough calls both personally and as a church without the previous number of worshippers. One combined service provides opportunities to have a fuller church, relieve the burden on limited volunteers, and maybe make some fiscal choices as well. Two services afford flexibility in service types and attendance options.

Worship Assistant Schedule

This Sunday and Next Sunday

Full Monthly Schedule


Kids Feeding Kids   June 5^th - August 21^st

Many children depend on school for breakfast and lunch during the school year. Once school is out for the summer, many families find themselves struggling. The Kids Feeding Kids outreach program assists these families in need. Every Sunday evening throughout the summer, these children come to do their "shopping" for the week. They are each given a reusable grocery bag, which is theirs to keep. They bring the bag with them each Sunday and “shop” for breakfast, lunch, snack items, and beverages with the help of youth volunteers. Additionally, each household will receive bread, milk, eggs, and whatever produce was available each week.

We will be open Sundays, 5:00-6:00 pm, starting on June 5^th.

 What We Need

1. Lots of Teen and Preteen volunteers each Sunday, from 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm, to help the young children shop, to help with setup and cleanup, etc. We are looking to schedule a rotation of teens so no one has to commit to the entire summer. You can commit to as few as one Sunday during the summer.
      This is a great opportunity for our youth to get involved with the community. Please contact Maria in the office (717-235-2315) to sign up or see the signup sheet in the Narthex.

2. We also need donations of individual size/packaged food items. In May, we are looking for donations of single-serving sized microwave spaghettios, individual mac & cheese cups, ramen noodle cups, uncrustables, pudding cups, and bottled water.

 If you or someone you know is in need of this program, please contact the church office for more information.

Choirs
Choir will meet Sunday mornings from 9:15am to 10:15am, in between services; and bells will return to Wednesday’s from 7pm to 8pm. Both will meet in the music room.

Swanson Family in Tanzania - Newsletter
We have received a new Newsletter from our Missionary Family in Tanzania dated May 2018. Click here to read.

Southern York County Food Pantry
Donations can be made payable to “SYC Pantry” and mailed to PO Box 8, Shrewsbury, PA 17361. The Pantry benefits the communities of Southern York County.

Solicitations Reminder
ALL solicitations presented on church property, ranging from group requests presented to the congregation in church to individual requests, must be presented to and approved by the Stewardship/Finance Committee

Choice Dollars
Thrivent members may soon be receiving notifications that they have Choice Dollars that they can designate toward charities of their choice. Please consider directing those Choice Dollars to St. John Lutheran Church. If you do not know how to direct those funds, please contact the parish office, and we will walk you through the process.

Purpose Statement and Guiding Principles
As part of our 150 Anniversary celebration, the congregational leadership used scripture to prayerfully discern both a Purpose Statement and a set of Guiding Principles to guide our shared ministry into the future.
Purpose Statement:
Our purpose is to share God’s love with one another and the world around us.
Guiding Principles
We will:
  • Have faith in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • Listen to God and one another.
  • Support one another in faithful living.
  • Seek to share the Love of Christ with others.
  • Be intentional and productive in the stewardship of our ministry.