This Sunday, December 5, 2021
/Dear St. John's Family,
Welcome to Sunday morning! This is the day that God has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it!
While we are deeply grateful for the four months of wonderful outdoor worship we enjoyed this summer and fall, the weather has now turned too cold to gather in person outdoors for worship on Sundays and our positivity rates and hospitalizations remain far above the guidelines adopted by our pandemic task force for a return to in-person worship in the sanctuary. Therefore, starting this Sunday, November 7, we will return to virtual worship services. A small team of worship leaders (pastor, music director, liturgist, cantor, and tech) will broadcast the service from the sanctuary via our website, Facebook, and YouTube. Please plan to participate from the comfort and warmth of home and know that as soon as it’s truly safe to do so, we’ll return to in-person worship together in the sanctuary.
To celebrate Holy Communion, please have some bread or a cracker and some juice or wine (whatever you have will work and God will be OK with it). To participate, you may watch via our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsuccgr/, via our YouTube channel at http://alturl.com/etrte , or via our website at https://stjohnsuccgr.org/ .
There are links below this message to the order of service, the weekly Journal, a children's bulletin for the week's lectionary readings, a youth Bible Study, an Adult Bible Study, and a devotional guide for the week. Please share these resources with your family and friends and know that we are joined together across any distances or difficulties that might separate us.
We will resume after worship fellowship by Zoom immediately following the worship service. You can join from any digital device by clicking this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/192123229?pwd=Z203SlNXWmRmdnFFWDg4RlltZlVqdz09
Our weekly Bible Study class that normally meets on Sunday mornings at 9 am is on hiatus for the summer and will resume in the fall.
We are able to provide all of these wonderful services because of your continuing generosity and support. If you are able to give to support our ministries, please so do. You can make a donation or set up regular giving by clicking here: http://www.stjohnsuccgr.org/give . You can also simply mail your check to the church.
St. John’s UCC
1934 Bridge ST NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Thank you for your continued faithfulness in supporting St. John's.
Let us continue to hold each other and the entire world close to our hearts and to the heart of God in prayer.
With love and hope,
Pastor Wes
Sunday Bible Study
Youth Bible Study
https://blogs.elca.org/faithlens/
Children's Activity Sheet
Weekly Journal
Order of Service
Weekly Devotional
