Worship

St. John gathers regularly to be fed and strengthened with God’s gifts:

  • Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
  • Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

Seasonal and festival service information can be found on the Calendar, available on the home page.

What is “worship”? Who’s it for?
Worship is God’s gift to us! The action in worship is first from God (as He feeds us with His Word and Sacraments) and then from us to God (as we respond with praise, prayer, and thanks). The primary “actor” in worship is certainly God. Worship is a time when the congregation gathers together to receive God’s gifts.

At St. John you’ll see people of all ages worshiping together. Why? Worship is a time for both old and young to be nourished in the faith as a Christian community. Senior citizens, Gen-X’ers, married couples, children — all people — are united together in Christ: we are great sinners in need of God’s grace and forgiveness in Christ. God’s Church is a “hospital” for sin-sick souls, not a “country club” for the saved! Thanks be to God He richly blesses us with these gifts as we gather together to be fed and strengthened in the name of our Triune God!

Hymn of the Month: Listen to God’s people sing the faith together!
April 2012: If Christ Had Not Been Raised from Death (grades 3 and 4 sing stanza 1)
March 2012: How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
February 2012: Be Strong In the Lord
January 2012: O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright
November 2011: One Thing’s Needful
October 2011: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
September 2011: In Thee Is Gladness (organist Irene Beethe; from Connie Ore memorial service, fall 2010)
August 2011: Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness
April 2011: What Wondrous Love Is This
February 2011: Come, Thou Fount of Ev’ry Blessing
January 2011: Children of the Heavenly Father