Christian Education Staff

"Beloved in the Lord, you have heard the promises of faithfulness spoken by these men and women. Do you promise to support them in their work, to remember them in your prayers, and to work with them to the best of the abilities that God has given you, so that He may be glorified and His work be done in our midst?" 

~Rally Day Liturgy

"Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight." 

~Proverbs 9:9-10

Please Pray for these volunteer Confirmation & Sunday School Teachers in out Congregation:

• 7/8th Grade Confirmation- Pastor Merrill
• 5/6th Grade Confirmation- Marjorie Neddermeyer
• Sunday School Superintendent- Peggy Sue Henschen
• PreSchool/Kindegarten- Sandy Bramley
• 1/2nd Grade- Jessie Jepsen
• 3/4th Grade- Jaci Elwell & Annette Stoltze
• 5/6th Grade- Peggy Sue Henshen
• 7/8th Grade- Bethany & Ted Mallory
• High School Bible Study- Leon Meseck
• Sunday School Music Leader/Vacation Bible School (VBS) Director- Bethany Mallory
• Adult Bible Studies & Adult Confirmation Instruction- Pastor Merrill
• Board of Christian Education: Jaci Elwell, Bethany Mallory, & Leon Meseck
• LYF Coordinators- Velita Pautsch & Karleen Beeck

Sunday School PK-8 Music Begins at 8:45AM in the Sanctuary, Sunday School Class Follow in basement classrooms. HS & Adult Bible Class begin at 8:45AM, Adults in Room 101 off the Fellowship Hall and HS in the Church Library in the basement. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Come join us as we dig into God's Word so that we can learn more about Him and grow in our faith in Him and our love toward others!

If you would like to help serve as a Sunday School Co-Teacher for either 5/6 or 1/2 Grades, please let Pastor or Peggy Sue know. Thank you.

From the Board of Education

• Today, Thursday, Jan. 9 members of the Board of Education will volunteer to dismantle and pack away the church's Christmas tree.
• February 16, we will be hosting our annual Family Movie Night, where we plan on screening the blockbuster 'Soul Surfer,' the story of how a Christian teen's faith is challenged by a shark attack. Watch the church bulletin, monthly newsletter and St.John Website for more details to come.
• Ash Wednesday, March 5, the Board of Ed/Sunday School will serve a supper before St.John's first midweek Lenten worship service. Watch the church bulletin, monthly newsletter and St.John Website for worship times.
• Sunday, March 23 is the date for our annual St.John's Swim Day at King's Point Resort in Storm Lake. Watch the church bulletin, monthly newsletter and St.John Website for more details. 

Graduation Time; Did you know?

St. John Lutheran School students and teachers in 1915. (From the 125th Anniversary History Book)

Did you know that St. John Lutheran School opened in Charter Oak in 1890 with just TWO students!? 

Please come celebrate Baccalaureate services for CO-U HS students at St. John this Sunday, May 22! And please think about how you can support Christian education at St. John. 

• The most important way you can help is to support us with your prayers. Please pray regularly for our students, leaders and helpers.
• You can encouraging your children and grandchildren to attend Sunday School, Confirmation, and Vacation Bible School- or inviting your neighborhood children to attend. 
• You can support us support these ministries by volunteering your own time and talents to serve as a teacher, helper or memory-work listener. Call the church office to find out how.
• Of course you can always support these outreaches financially or by donating supplies. Ask Pastor, Sunday School Superintendents Trisha McDonald and Peggy Sue Henschen, or VBS Director Bethany Mallory. Be sure to designate your gift to the St. John Board of Education.
• You can also help by contributing to the campaign to raise funds to pay for razing and cleaning-up the old Education Building across from the church, moving or razing the Sunday School House next door, remodeling the basement into classrooms and/or the completion of a new handicap-accessible fellowship South of the church. Please consider prayerfully how much you can give.

Sharing the love of Jesus through His Word the Bible with our children is one of our greatest responsibilities as a congregation, as parents, and as a faith-community.Just because it's almost summer vacation, it's still the perfect time to ask God how you can support and promote the teaching about His love at St. John.

"Train up a child in the way he should go,Even when he is old he will not depart from it." ~Proverbs 22:6

Did you ever attend St. John Lutheran School as a student? Share some of your memories or tell us how God blessed you through Lutheran education. You can click on the "comments" link below this post, or post it on our facebook wall.

Family Movie Night, Jan. 30Facing the Giants

Mark your calendars for Sunday, Jan. 30th.
St. John will be hosting a Family Movie Night at 6PM. The featured movie will be the inspirational film, "Facing the Giants." Get ready for the Super Bowl with this faith-centered football movie. The Board of Education will be providing pop and popcorn. Everything is free- bring your family and enjoy!