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A group of children in cowboy hats perform a Christmas play on a stage for an audience, with a silhouette nativity scene projected in the background.
A group of adults and children gather around a blue-covered table, smiling as they build a colorful structure together with plastic blocks at a community event.
A group of children in a large room stand in a circle, holding the edges of a large, colorful parachute with bouncing balls on it.
A group of young children sit at a long table coloring and creating crafts with paper, markers, and popsicle sticks in a classroom setting.

Operation Christmas Child Kicks off November 1st. Be a part of sharing  the greatest gift this season with a simple shoebox gift. No matter your  age, you can take part in this mission project. Here is how...

Pack a Shoebox: Due back November 22nd

What an amazing church we have!  All 400 of the boxes made available for packing have been picked up and hopefully will return on November 22nd.  Its not to late to participate!  Visit this link to Build a Box online.  

Shoebox Blessing 

Participants are asked to return their shoebox to  church by November 22 as we bless the boxes during service and ask  God to bless the children who will receive them. Following the second  service, boxes will be loaded into vehicles and brought to the nearest  drop off location. The loading and transporting of the boxes is another  great way to get involved!

Sunday School Packing Party- November 15th

The Children and Family  Ministry has been collecting items all year so that Sunday School can  pack over 150 boxes. However, we are short on a few items. Any of  these items are greatly appreciated. Please bring in your donation by  November 13th.  Items still needed:  - Markers - Crayons - Colored Pencils  - small stuffed animals/ balls or cars

Donate for Shipping

Shoeboxes travel all over the world by plane, train, car, camel, donkey or ship.  Help us send out boxes with a $10 donation to cover shipping.  If you choose to do a check make sure its made to St. Johns with Operation Christmas Child in the memo line.  All donations can be placed in the church offering plate.  

December 4th 6:30-7:30pm


Join us for a Birthday Party...for Jesus!  
This fun, hands-on Christmas event for kids and families is a great way to kick off the Christmas season.  During this event, families will build gingerbread nativities, drink hot cocoa, hear the Christmas story from the Bible and sing carols.  Bring the whole family and discover how sometimes the greatest gifts come in the most unexpected wrapping.  

This event will be located in our Fellowship Hall.  This event is free and a great chance to invite a friend of family for some Friday night fun!

Let us know in the registration form how many people are coming together to the Gingerbread Bash so we have plenty of supplies and can reserve a table for you! 
 

Family Advent Devotional

Family Advent Devotional

Coming this Advent - Family Advent Devotional " The Way to the Manger"

Advent kicks off on November 29th. Join us this advent as we journey to the manger through devotions, activities, and family conversations. This book is one you can use again and again and pairs with our Advent Wreath Kits. Both will be available beginning on November 15th. Stay tuned for more ways you can be in God's word and celebrate this Advent season!


Sunday School Christmas Program

Sunday School Christmas Program

Can you believe that Christmas is almost here? With this wonderful season comes many activities and events including the Sunday School Christmas program. This year’s program is December 13th at 10:30am in the Family Life Center. Students in preschool-4th grade all have parts in our program and we would love to have your family join us. 

  • Sunday School Program is on Sunday December 13th @ 10:30 am. WE STILL HAVE SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS SUNDAY FROM 9:15-10:15. Students in the program will stay in their classroom and line up as a class. Students will be picked up in their classroom following the program.


  • December 12th- Dress Rehearsal. On this Saturday Morning from 9:30-11:30 we will be having a full walk thru of our program and highly recommend that all participants attend. Enter thru door 4 or 7. We will meet in the Family Life Center. 
  • 3rd & 4th Grade Readers... For the 3rd & 4th graders who choose to read, please be sure to bring your part with you. We will be doing a run thru start to finish. Remember that students who choose to read, do not need to memorize their lines but they do need to practice them :).
  • Parents!!! You are welcomed to hang out at our rehearsal but we would love if you could help out too! If you are able we ask you to just check in with Ms. Kelly when you arrive and well point you in the right direction! 
  • There is NO SUNDAY SCHOOL DECEMBER 20th & 27TH . Merry Christmas!

No matter how you participate, we are excited to have you and your family join us for a celebration of Jesus Birthday!

A young boy dressed in a homemade cardboard knight costume promotes the Armor of God theme for the 2026-2027 Sunday School year.

Sunday School 2026-2027

  Did you register for Sunday School yet? We invite you to register for the 2026-2027 Sunday School year!

On September 13th we kick off the year with a family opening and orientation starting in the Family Life Center. Parents and kids are encouraged to do a scavenger hunt as they meet their child's teacher and find out about what is new for the year!

Registration open now for the 2026-2027 school year. Classes begin September 13th. Sunday School Classes (3yrs-8th grade) meet Sunday mornings from 9:15 - 10:15am. Children ages 3yrs - 5th grade gather in the Family Life Center for our opening then move upstairs into smaller classrooms. Children must be potty trained by September 13th in order to attend.


Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,  and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.  In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Ephesians 6:14-17


 



Sunday School Mission Project

Sunday School Mission Project

Each month a new mission project is select for a Sunday School Offering Project.  The money collected in children’s and Sunday school offering will go to this project, organization or mission.  Some of the organizations we support are local food shelf, Feed My Starving Children and more.

Milestones

Milestones

Faith Milestones are all about helping children, families and adults see God in their everyday!  We take common events or moments in our lives and the lives of our children to celebrate and ask God to bless them, guide them and be with them.  We hope to equip and encourage our families to see that being with God is more than just something we do on Sunday, but that God is a part of our everyday.  No matter if we are celebrating the beginning of school, learning something new or welcoming them into the family of God…all these moments are God moments.

(Toddlers)- First Faith Steps
(Preschool)- My Church
(1st Grade)- Teach Me To pray
(3rd Grade)- Bible Basics Class
(5th Grade)- Love Thy Neighbor
(8th grade)- Confirmation
( 12th Grade)- Graduation Celebration

Cradle Roll

Cradle Roll

When your children were baptized, their sins were washed away and they became a part of the family of God! As your church family, St. Johns seeks to equip parents with tools and resources to fulfill the promises you made to raise your children in the Christian faith. One way to do this is through cradle roll…

What is Cradle Roll?

  • Monthly E newsletter with devotions and developmental insights and tips to encourage and support families
  • A Baptismal Birthday gift each year for children 3 years and younger.
  • Invitation to our milestone ministry class, ” First Faith Steps”.
Kid Connection Child Care

Kid Connection Child Care

Our nursery is equipped for infants thru 4 years old. Need a quite place for to change diapers, breastfeed or rock you little one to sleep? Please be sure to check out our infant room filled with age appropriate toys, extra diapers in case of little accidents and much more for parents needs.