St. John's United Church of Christ
of Crown Point, Indiana
Faith Hope Love
December 2023
Happy that you have come our way! Membership is ongoing at St. John's UCC! Looking for a church Home? You found us! We have a Children's Ministry during the sermon time each week.
Pastor's Group and Communion slated for Sunday
December 3rd in our service! Advent Season begins this Sunday as well. Our Women's Guild will host their annual Christmas Raffle after service in the fellowship hall. See Jan Janson for tickets! God is good!
Our Advent Message Series "Watching for Christmas" begins on December 3rd in service as we light the first Advent candle of our wreath. Make your plans now to celebrate the wonders of the season with us.
December 17 will be our 3rd Sunday Singing for the Christmas month! Come prepared to sing a verse of your personal favorite hymns! YOU get to choose our songs!
Revelation Bible Studies will conclude for the year on Wednesday
December 6th and 13th. Study will resume in January by God's grace.
Friday evening December 22nd at 7 pm will be our Candlelight Service. Come out and join us for this intimate time of worship and fellowship. Jesus is the reason for the season.
Sunday December 24th we will celebrate the Christ of Christmas with songs, worship and communion! Plan now to engage in this joyful time!
November 19 will be our 3rd Sunday Singing for this month. Be ready to select your favorite songs!
November 11th is our Breakfast & Blessings date for this month. Doors open from 8:30 to 10 AM to the St John's fellowship hall. Free will offering accepted.
Every Sunday after the service we enjoy Fellowship time in our Hall plus a Food Pantry giveaway. Come and get to know the amazing folks at our church.
Call the church office with any questions at 663-1608.
Looking ahead to January 2024-
Pastor's Group and Communion slated for Sunday
January 7th in our service!
Our New Year Message Series "Things People Say" begins on January 7th. Make your plans now to celebrate the new year in God's Word.
January 21 will be our 3rd Sunday Singing for the the year! Come prepared to sing a verse of your personal favorite hymns! YOU get to choose our songs!
Revelation Bible Studies will continue on Wednesdays beginning January 10th weather permitting.
January 21st is also our "Sanctity of Life " Sunday as we honor the unborn. We will have a special prayer for the unborn babies during our testimony time..
Our Woman's Guild will host their annual Soup and Salad fundraiser in January as weather allows. Call the church office in the new year for a specific day and time!
SERMONS
We record our sermons weekly and publish them to our YouTube channel which can be accessed be clicking the YouTube icon at the top of the page. The following button will take you to our selection of sermons available to watch by streaming through YouTube.
If you need a link to a recent message, simply email Pastor Wendell (pastorwendell20@gmail.com) with the date of your service request and he will send a link to the service that will play in your media player on the computer or even your phone.
December 2023
Season's Greetings Friends!
Advent is a season of watching! So often we are thrust into the season of Christmas without adequate personal preparation. The economics push retailers to start earlier and earlier and, in our mind, the season is complete before it has ever arrived. I urge you to slow the pace, quiet the mind, and reflect on the Gift of Jesus. Let’s stand in awe at the wonder of the Son of God coming to us in our own flesh and blood, one of us, leaving behind his divinity as he emptied himself. Emmanuel is God with us!
Let me encourage you to be present for worship throughout the Advent season as we “Watch” to prepare for the birth of our Savior. Our 4 week message series is entitled “Watching for Christmas.” Our journey begins on December 3rd as we will light the first candle in our Advent Wreath--the Candle of Hope. We will focus on the role that God the Father played extending his love to us through Jesus. Jesus is our HOPE!
In subsequent Sundays we will continue our journey to Christmas with timely missionary messages about PEACE, JOY and LOVE concerning our Savior! Make your plans now for these special celebration days. I believe that God will honor your faithfulness!
The highlight of St. John’s Advent Season will be our Christmas Candlelight service on Friday December 22nd this year beginning at 7:00 p.m. This for many of us is our favorite worship service of the year. Through the reading of the Christmas story from the Bible, the singing of Christmas hymns, the lighting of the Christ Candle, the celebration of communion, and the always meaningful Candle lighting tradition, we will put the finishing touches on our “Watching for Christmas” 2023.
So come and celebrate the season of Advent with your church family. Come and give thanks for the birth of God’s Son. Jesus is the GREATEST GIFT of ALL
Advent Blessings,
Pastor Wendell
ONLINE TITHE
We have established the flexibility of online giving in a one-time or recurring format. Clicking the easytithe GIVE link below will take you to the St John's UCC "Give Now" page. Select either "one-time" or "Recurring" and enter your donation amount. After entering an amount you will be prompted to enter your payment method either by credit card or check debit ACH. Follow the instructions entering your information as requested and "submit" at the page bottom. You will receive an email receipt acknowledging your gift.
For our "texting" members and friends we have established 10 digit code 2192555077 which will direct you to our "GIVE NOW" page. Simply text the word "Give" in a text message to 2192555077. Select either "one-time" or "Recurring" and enter your donation amount. After entering an amount you will be prompted to enter your payment method either by credit card or check debit ACH. Follow the instructions entering your information as requested and "submit" at the page bottom. You will receive an email receipt acknowledging your gift.
WORK DAY
Our work days typically are the the first and 3rd Saturday of each month. We meet in the church basement hall beginning at 8:30 am for assignments, fellowship and instructions. Our volunteers do may tasks inside the building and on the outside grounds weather permitting.
ABOUT US
St. John's United Church of Christ is located at 1288 S. Indiana Ave in Crown Point, IN. 46307
We are compassionate followers of Jesus Christ doing our best to serve as God leads with the needs of
our members, families and community. Our heart's desire is to see everyone come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior! We are good people serving a GREAT GOD!
