St John—Sunday, February 10 following Worship POP—Sunday, February 17 following Worship 

Deadline-1 week- Feb,17! Please submit your contribution asap to Carol Cleal at clealbear@gmail.com Let's make this the best one ever!

Let’s get together and celebrate our birthdays on Saturday, February 16 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at SJ. Cake and ice cream will be served.

Pancakes will be served on Shrove Tuesday, March 5, at 6:00 p.m. at SJLC.  Free will offering.  Stay tuned for further details.

The pantry is eager to receive personal hygiene products, shampoo, deodorant, body lotion, conditioner, soap, and other such items not usually paid for by grant money. There is a plastic bin on the table by the coat rack and your donations should be placed there. Thank you for your support.

By Jean Bolinger Faith Lutheran Parish (St. John’s Lutheran Church in Champion and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Cortland) began a prayer shawl ministry in 2013 at the suggestion of Sandy Kovach, who was a member of Prince of Peace.  Pastor Michelle Nicodemus, who was the interim parish pastor at that time, organized the ministry as she was an avid crocheter.  Since then members of both churches have gathered twice each month to use their crocheting (or knitting) skills to make...

CHOW QUIZ NIGHT WILL BE SAT. MARCH 2 AT ST. ROBERT'S.  The Quiz Nights are the only fundraisers for CHOW.  A donation of $10 helps with expenses incurred for the semi-annual trips to Grahn, KY plus it gets you a light supper.  Come at 6:30; Trivia begins at 7:00   CHOW is asking for donations of bicycles and other sporting equipment for the children of Grahn.  They are also collecting BOOKS (adult or children, fiction or non-fiction, hardback or paperback).  The c...

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF. We will have offering boxes available for you to place in your home and ask that the boxes (or checks) be turned in by Easter. We no longer budget any funds for LWR but it cannot survive without the support of ELCA members around the world. Please consider making LWR a special emphasis for your family during Lent

St John anniversary is being postponed until October 13, 2019.  Please watch for more update.

We would like to welcome Pastor Don Barnes, who is currently the Chaplin at Shephard of the Valley. He starts this week as our parish supply pastor.

Calling all God’s children! We need your help in developing our best devotional yet. We welcome a variety of forms of sharing your experiences-prose, poetry, pictures. Help is available. Deadline –Feb. 17. Please contribute to this awesome project. The goal is 47 entries. Please sign the clipboard and/or talk to a committee member-Carole Wiley, Lynda Priddy, Cindy Orth, Sara Glee Baxter, Carol Cleal.

Lakeview K-8 Building The food pantry is asking for toiletries for the students who need them as Second Harvest and other programs do not provide such.  Deodorant, feminine hygiene products, soap, body wash, and shampoo will be joyfully received.  There is a plastic bin on the table in the fellowship hall where such donations can be placed. SOUP  is the product needed in January so if you can, pick up an extra can or two, bring them to the Fellowship Hall and place in the ...

Dear Ones, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and those you love and to our enemies too! 2018 was a challenging year for the Gundersen's. We sold our house, moved to a condo, talked about returning to Maine, reviewed our finances, consulted with a spiritual director, our Bishop, financial professionals and the Lord Almighty. It was a hard decision for me to relocate again. But after our vacation in Maine, it is clear to me it’s time to go home to Maine. I’ve been away for almost 30 ...

Christmas in Cortland This year’s concert was beautiful in every way! The Cortland Community Band chose and played perfect Christmas music! The choir’s performance was beyond every expectation! The cookies were delicious and plentiful! But most important is the money that was donated by the very generous patrons! Everyone dug deep into their pockets to help the high school purchase new band uniforms! As people entered the lobby, many had $20 bills in their hands! Over and over people took sever...

6:00 p.m. Mon. Dec. 24 @ SJ 8:30 p.m. Mon. Dec. 24 @ POP Celebrate the Birthday of Jesus, Our Savior! Children, Choirs, Candles, Family, Friends and You - Together we proclaim the Good News of Great Joy to all People. This day our savior was born in city of David, he is Christ the LORD! Into the darkest night the Light of Christ shines bringing faith, hope and love

Lessons and Carols for Christmas and Dinner for Pastor 10:00a.m. Sun. Dec. 30 @ SJ Featuring The Twelve Days of Christmas. In times when Christians were persecuted, they taught their children the catechism with the wacky images of birds, dancers, musicians, and other assorted gifts from God who truly loves us still. This will be Pastor’s Denise last worship service before retiring. Come and give her a good bye hug! Also please note—the Parish is having only this one worship service on D...