Vacation Bible School will be held every Sunday in July (July 1, 2018 - July 29, 2018) from 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. in the church social hall. The theme this year is "Rolling River Rampage". There will be Bible lessons, crafts, games, music and snacks.
A picnic/ luncheon is slated to be held on the last Sunday which will include an ice cream social and bubbles. There is a sign-up sheet in the Narthex (All are welcome – participants as well as helpers)! Come join the fun!! If you have any questions, please email either Melissa Seward or Jenae Jenkins.
Sunday, July 1, 2018 – 11:00 a.m. - Worship with Holy Communion
Sunday, July 1, 2018 – 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Vacation Bible School at St. John’s
Sunday, July 1, 2018 - 12:15 p.m. - Worship and Music Committee meeting at St. John's immediately following worship
Sunday, July 8, 2018 – 11:00 a.m. Worship
Sunday, July 8, 2018- – 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Vacation Bible School at St. John’s
Sunday July 8, 2018 – 12:00 p.m. - St. John’s Council meeting after worship
Thursday, July 12, 2018 and Friday, July 13, 2018 - Pastor Sonya out of town
Thursday, July 12, 2018 – Saturday, July 14, 2018 - Power in the Spirit at Roanoke College
Sunday July 15, 2018 – 11:00 a.m. Worship
Sunday, July 15, 2018 – 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Vacation Bible School at St. John’s
Sunday, July 15, 2018 – 12:30 p.m. - Joint Council meeting at Gravel Springs
Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 5:30 p.m. - Auction team meeting at St. John's
Saturday, July 21, 2018 – 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. - New Bible Study at St. John’s
Saturday, July 21, 2018 – 3:00 p.m. – St. John’s Youth meeting – BE-attitude introduction
Saturday, July 21, 2018 – 6:00 p.m. - Mocha and a Message - The apostle Paul writes… “I beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called.” Come and hear more about our vocations. “Here I am Lord, send me!” Come and worship and learn more about being Lutheran! Bingo to follow.
Sunday, July 22, 2018 – 11:00 a.m. – Worship
Sunday, July 22, 2018 – 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Vacation Bible School at St. John’s
Sunday, July 22, 2018 - 12:15 p.m. - Worship and Music team meeting at St. John's immediately following worship
Sunday, July 29, 2018 - Bring a Friend to worship
Sunday, July 29, 2018 – 11:00 a.m. - Worship
Sunday, July 29, 2018 – 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Vacation Bible School at St. John’s
Sunday, July 29, 2108 – 12:00 p.m. – Vacation Bible School picnic after worship at St. John’s – hot dogs provided; Bubbles for youth and ice cream social
Sunday, July 29, 2018 - Silent Auction setup at St. John's immediately following picnic
Sunday, July 29, 2018 - Silent auction begins at St. John’s
Tuesday, July 31, 2018-Monday, August 6, 2108 - Pastor Sonya will be on vacation. If you have an emergency, please contact Steve Allamong (by email by clicking on his name or phone 540-877-2529).
We collected 274 food items for CCAP in July. Thanks to all for your generous donations.
July 2018 – Outreach Project
Vinyl pocket folders*
Marble composition books*
Spiral notebooks*
Notebook paper
One (1) inch binders
#2 pencils
Highlighters
Pencil boxes/bags
Glue sticks
Dry erase markers
Ziploc plastic bags (quart and gallon)
Kid’s scissors
Tissues
Pink erasers
Crayons
Headphones/earbuds
Backpacks
*red, blue, green, yellow, orange, black, and purple
Update: Thanks to the generosity of our church family, we were able to donate the following items to the Indian Hollow Elementary School:
10 Folders
7 Backpacks
106 Pens
11 Mini tissue packs
40 Markers
70 Highlighters
158 Glue sticks
670 Baggies
26 Packs (or 3,900 sheets of paper)
1,000 Crayons
11 Erasers
1 Bottle glue
36 Color pencils
29 Composition notebooks
45 Spiral notebooks
4 Binders
4 Three (3)-subject notebooks
16 Pencil cases
20 Pairs of scissors
402 Pencils