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Please click on the link below for the Annual Report. You can also print the Annual Report after opening the file in Adobe Reader.
The Annual Report is in Adobe "pdf" format. If you don't have Adobe Reader, download it by clicking on the image below:
 
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Worship is the cornerstone of our faith. It is the center of our life together. Faithful worship can take a variety of expressions and it is our mission to make sure that each of our expressions of worship is as faithful to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit’s activity among us as possible.
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Continue to implement weekly services.
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Develop blended services on special occasions.
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Improve or develop our liturgies.
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Encourage youth participation in music programs.
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Establish goals for choirs (increase choir membership, etc.).
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Increase lay participation in worship services.
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Enhance visual liturgy.
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Each Sunday, St. John's celebrates the Eucharist with a contemporary service (9:00 AM) and a traditional service (11:15 AM). The summer schedule for 2010 provides contemporary worship at 9:00 AM and traditional worship at 10:30 AM from June 20th through September 5th.
St. John's has been blessed with the ministry of musicians to appropriately guide both the contemporary service and the traditional services. St. John's Praise Teens enjoy singing for services periodically. Any teen is welcome to join in on the fun!
Some of our most special services involve St. John's youth - Youth Sunday, Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday, and high school students sharing their experiences at ELCA Youth Convention in New Orleans.
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St. John's Choir - The choir helps to lead the liturgy and music each Sunday at the traditional service and also sings a choral anthem each week. Membership is open to anyone who has an interest in singing and rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings.
Praise Team - The Praise Team leads worship each Sunday at the contemporary service and includes vocalists and instrumentalists. Our band currently consists of acoustic/electric guitar, bass and drums but we welcome the addition of other instruments. Rehearsals are held at 7 PM on the 1st and 2nd Tuesdays of the month.
Praise Teens - The Praise Teens are a choral group for middle school, junior high and high schoolers. We sing a variety of music from traditional to gospel to contemporary. Rehearsals are held weekly, Thursdays 6:15-7pm and we participate in the music for the contemporary or traditional service on a monthly basis.
Sunday School Music - All Sunday School aged children will have singing time as part of their Sunday morning activities. In addition, each week we will spend some time working on a song to sing at the contemporary or traditional service.
Music with Hand Chimes is our newest group, for aspiring musicans in Kindergarten and above. Rehearsal time is 5-5:45pm on Tuesday evenings beginning October 13. |
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The Youth of the church are people whose faith needs to be nurtured and developed. They are also people who offer a different way of understanding our faith. The congregation should develop ways to both teach and nurture our youth and develop ways for our youth to teach and inspire adults with their joy and enthusiasm.
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Create opportunities for mutual ministries (i.e. ways in which youth can express their faith and enthusiasm to the rest of the congregation as well as ways youth themselves can be enriched)
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Improve communication to the congregation concerning all the things the youth in fact do
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Follow-up on synod and national church youth events so that the congregation can benefit from the youth experience at these events
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Focus on Middle School youth focusing on finding a way to coordinate more fellowship activities by seeking out a volunteer to organize them
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Continue work with confirmation and high school youth and coordinate Confirmation Class activities with social events to maintain group cohesion
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Address the creation of a paid Youth Worker position
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