Welcome to St. John Lutheran Church-LCMC
March
Important Events for March
Lent
We will continue our Lenten Services through
March 25th.
We will have our
Lenten Services on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. with a meal at 6:00 p.m.
March 29 - Palm Sunday ~ Celebrating the Triumphant Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.
April 2 ~ Maundy Thursday ~ 7:00 p.m. with Communion ~ Celebrating the Institution of the Lord’s Supper and the new command Jesus gave to love one another.
April 3 ~ Good Friday - 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ~ Remembering the suffering and death of Jesus for our sin and our salvation.
April 5 ~ Easter Sunday ~ Celebrating the
Celebrate the
Triumphant Resurrection of Jesus!
resurrection of
Easter Breakfast ~ 9:00 a.m.
Easter Egg Hunt will follow breakfast
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Celebration Sunrise Service
~ 10:15 a.m.
Shepherd's Heart Work Day
We will be hosting a distribution for Shepherd’s Heart ministry on March 9, from 8-10 a.m. Please plan to help if you can. We will get started about 7:00 a.m.
It's Lily Time
We will be purchasing “Lilies for Loved Ones” this Easter. For $15 you can purchase an Easter lily and dedicate it to a loved one - living or deceased. The lilies will be placed in the church, and you may take them home after the service on Easter morning. Please use a form and place it in the offering or drop it by the church office. The list of dedications will appear in the Easter bulletin.
Easter Breakfast
The Sunday School will provide breakfast tacos, donuts, juice, milk, and coffee for breakfast Easter morning during Sunday School along with the annual Easter egg hunt for the children.
Sunday School Outing
We’ll have a Sunday School outing on Sunday, March 29th after church service. The Sunday School children will go to Mr. Gatti’s in Taylor for lunch and arcade games and then will go sing at the SPJST Skilled Nursing at 2:00 p.m.
Lutheran Men ~ Monthly Breakfast
There will not be a Men’s Breakfast in March.
BABIES
Congratulations to Rey & Brittany Rangel on the birth of their son, Reed Simon Rangel, on January 26, 2026. Reed weighed 9lb 1oz and is 20 3/4“long. Reed is welcomed home by big sister Rynn and grandparents, Chris & Ann Glaser.
Congratulations to Blake & Clara Whitlow on the birth of their daughter, Adalynn Joy Whitlow, on February 13, 2026. She weighed 7lb 15oz. Adalynn is welcomed home by grandparents, Brian & Lesha Whitlow, and great-grandparents Gary & Romadene Mohel.
Ladies Bible Study
The Ladies Bible Study will meet on March 12th at 10:00 a.m. They are having a Bible study on the women of the Bible. Please plan to join them for time in God’s Word.
Shepherd's Heart
FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR GESKE
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Sharing the Love of Jesus!
Greetings to you in the name of Christ! Our mission is to be about sharing the
love of Jesus to help people discover God’s love! Evangelism is certainly the work of the pastor, but it is also the work and mission of every member. We are to live and share the Savior, Jesus Christ. As your pastor, I look forward to receiving those names of friends and neighbors with whom you have shared the Savior’s message. I am a resource to help you share the message of your Savior, but all of us are called to share, witness, and tell others how our congregation is seeking to bring people to know Christ as Lord and Savior. It is the responsibility of all of us. Just think about how more people would come to know Jesus and how our church would have more people if more of us intentionally shared the Savior’s message and intentionally invited people to join us in worship at Immanuel.
Some questions for us might be: Are we reaching and inviting our communities and neighbors to come and worship and grow with us? Secondly, what are you doing to share the mission and ministry of church. If you want to see our church grow, I encourage you to take these questions seriously. Evangelism is not simply the pastor’s responsibility. I am called to encourage and equip. In my life, I, too, seek those opportunities to share our Savior and the ministry of our church. I, too, seek those opportunities to invite people. And if all of us did that, what an amazing difference we would see!
We have a great and exciting task ahead of us. I am excited about what God is going to do in the years ahead and pray that we can be committed to growing together in God’s Word and to be strengthened together as the body of Christ. As we think about what is ahead for our congregation, two Bible verses that we will hear much more say, “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NIV)
May God bless you and excite you to be intentional in prayer and in sharing your faith as you seek to sharing the love and forgiveness of Jesus!
In Christ,
Pastor Jeffrey Geske
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Sunday Morning Bible Class
Our Sunday school would love to have you
and your child or grandchild
to be a part of learning more about the
love and forgiveness of Jesus.
Please make the study of God’s Word
a priority for you and your
family. A church that is growing is a church that is in God’s Word.