Posts by Angel Owens
All Hands on Deck for This Year’s “God’s work. Our hands.” Day
By Susan Shinn Turner After worship, on Sept. 9, St. John’s members will have the opportunity to serve at Isenberg Elementary School. “God’s work. Our hands.” is a ELCA-wide event, bringing church members together to volunteer in communities all over the country. At St. John’s, the event has been known as St. John’s Serves, but…
Read MorePreview Financial Peace University on Sept. 13
By Susan Shinn Turner Some 64 percent of Americans cannot cover a $1,000 emergency. Imagine if you did not have car payments. Imagine if your kids never knew debt. Imagine if you and your spouse did not fight about money. Debt is normal. Be weird! Dozens of St. John’s members have benefitted from Dave Ramsey’s…
Read MoreTeller Teams We Count On
By Susan Shinn Turner For years, the “Tellers Team” has been a key component of giving at St. John’s. “We used to count the money ourselves,” says a former church office worker who’s now a team member, “but we were robbed at gunpoint many years ago. And Pastor Carl Sachtleben thought it would be a…
Read MoreSomething Good at St. John’s Child Development Center
By Barbara Corriher Something good is happening just about every single second of every single day at St. John’s CDC, so let’s hear about some of that good stuff! Pastor Laura Henrik comes to visit: Every other Tuesday, Pastor Laura comes to our CDC. While she is there, she shares a Bible Story with the…
Read MoreConstruction Begins on Bell Tower Green
The time has come. The parking lot across the street from St. John’s is no longer available. Groundbreaking on the project officially began July 23. Although the parking lot was never owned by St. John’s, it has long been available for community use, including Sunday worship. The plans for the park include the elimination of…
Read MoreAugust Sale at Seasons Gifts
By Gerrie Blackwelder There is going to be a sale. A SALE! At Seasons Gift Shop. Run, get there as quickly as you can. It begins Aug. 1 and goes throughout the month. This is big…very, very big! One of the most popular items, and especially great for the back-to-school college kids and high school…
Read MoreTrinity Living at St. John’s Kicks Off Aug. 13
By Susan Shinn Turner Trinity Living at St. John’s — the county’s first church-based respite care program — kicks off Aug. 13. A collaboration between Trinity Living Center and St. John’s, the program will be housed in The Pit, in the lower level of the Faith Center. Respite care is open to people ages 60…
Read MoreTeachers Appeal to Raleigh for Additional Support
At least five members of St. John’s were among the thousands of teachers who filled Downtown Raleigh, May 16, in the “March for Students and Rally for Respect.” Here are some impressions of the day: “It was a wonderful day as teachers and supporters took a stand to rally for respect! So many people have…
Read MoreKnoxville Day 3
This morning my service project was with Mobile Meals. We went to a bunch of houses and we went up to the door and brought them hot and cold meals for the day. And at one of the houses we went to a lady invited us in. And when we went in she told us…
Read MoreKnoxville Day 2
So my favorite thing today was probably being able to help the growers at Beardsley Farm grow food to give to people that need food. So another high of my day, after we were done picking weeds at Beardsley Farm was throwing a baby potato around playing catch with it. For my second service project…
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