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Mar 10

Join Our Congregation-wide Lenten Project: Personal Care Kits

This year’s Lenten Congregation-Wide Project invites families to assemble personal care kits for Lutheran World Relief (LWR). World War II left an estimated one-fifth of the world’s Lutherans homeless. Soon...
Feb 22

A Gift with a Story: 12 Stone Art

By Angel Owens We all have love languages– how we best recognize and receive love and how we most naturally share love. Mine is NOT gift giving. I love giving...
Feb 15

Happy Anniversary! 2022 Marks the 275th Anniversary of St. John’s

By Susan Shinn Turner and Rhodes Woolly Artifacts dated from the 1770s found on the North Lee Street site of the first church, including a “host...
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Jan 24

2021-2022 Rwanda Ministry Update

St. John’s has a rich tradition of outreach to brothers and sisters in need near and far. St. John’s global ministry partners include Dar al Kalima University and Bright Stars...
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Jan 17

2021-2022 South Sudan Ministry Update

St. John’s has a rich tradition of outreach to brothers and sisters in need near and far. St. John’s global ministry partners include Dar al Kalima University and Bright Stars...
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Jan 10

2021-2022 Guatemala Ministry Updates

St. John’s has a rich tradition of outreach to brothers and sisters in need near and far. St. John’s global ministry partners include Dar al Kalima University and Bright Stars...
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Jan 06

2021-2022 Bethlehem Ministry Update

St. John’s has a rich tradition of outreach to brothers and sisters in need near and far. St. John’s global ministry partners include Dar al Kalima University and Bright Stars...
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Jan 04

Thank you, Jon!

By Susan Shinn Turner Jon Koppe, facilities manager at St. John’s for nearly six years, ended his service in November. He’s moving to Raleigh to be with his wife, Jenni,...
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Dec 20

Our Chrismon Ministry: Remembering Barbara Rufty

By Susan Shinn Turner Of course December was the busiest time of the year for Barbara Rufty. Rufty, who worked at Rufty’s Chrismons beginning in the 1990s, was an icon...

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Dec 06

4 week commitment

Dear friends, As inflation concerns grow in the US, anxious economists are beginning to talk about its impact on the upcoming Christmas season. We’re a consumer society, after all, and...
Thank you to Joe Sims for sharing this beautiful photo, taken from inside Bell Tower Green. The new park in downtown Salisbury — directly across the street from St. John’s — opened to the public on Oct.1.
Nov 09

Calling a New Pastor

Thank you to Joe Sims for sharing this beautiful photo, taken from inside Bell Tower Green. The new park in downtown Salisbury — directly across the...
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Nov 02

That quarter was for Sunday School

I learned how to give from my parents. From an early age, I was introduced to a Sunday morning — sometimes Saturday evening — ritual of watching dad write a check...
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Oct 04

How do we call a new pastor?

Dear friends, A common question I’m getting these days is about the Call process for our next pastor. Well, I’m glad you’ve asked! Here are a few details you might...

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