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📄 Download PDF Version The past two weekends have included weddings here at St. John’s. Husbands and wives have entered into that ordered goodness which God created in Eden. They have taken their solemn vows in front of hundreds of seasoned veterans – men and women who have stayed married for one to sixty-five years.…
📄 Download PDF Version ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) OCTOBER 25, 2026 REFORMATION DAY “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23-24 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401www.stjohnsLCMS.net 217-342-4334 …
📄 Download PDF Version Last Sunday we were blessed to have five teams go out to the streets around the church, visiting 107 homes. Some neighbors weren’t home. Many more received us warmly. Many asked us to pray for them. Everyone received a pamphlet giving an overview of the ministry of the Gospel we’re privileged…
📄 Download PDF Version ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) OCTOBER 18, 2026 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST “The Lord is my Light and my Salvation, whom shall I fear?” Psalm 27:1 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401www.stjohnsLCMS.net 217-342-4334 office@stjohnsLCMS.netPastor: Rev. Mike BurdickPreschool: www.eaglesnestpreschool.com PROCLAIM THE CHRIST + GROW THE FAMILY + SERVE THE…
📄 Download PDF Version In the Psalm for this weekend, we find these words: “O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.” (Psalm 26:8) They are words that we say often at church. We hear them in different orders of service, and we find them in the…
📄 Download PDF Version St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) August 30, 2026 — Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost “O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.” (Psalm 26:8) 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401 www.stjohnsLCMS.net 217-342-4334 office@stjohnsLCMS.net Pastors: Rev. Mike Burdick & Rev. Trey Dille…
📄 Download PDF Version Jesus was an infant, born into Mary and Joseph’s family. Years later He took infants into His human arms and blessed them. Then He stretched out His arms upon the cross to redeem infant sinners and college sinners and retired sinners. The only way we come into the Kingdom of God…
📄 Download PDF Version St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) August 23, 2026 — Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Beginning of the Sunday School Year 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401 www.stjohnsLCMS.net | 217-342-4334 | office@stjohnsLCMS.net Pastors: Rev. Mike Burdick & Rev. Trey Dille Preschool: www.eaglesnestpreschool.com Jesus said, “Let the children come to me…” — Luke…
📄 Download PDF Version The second distribution hymn in the 5:30 p.m. (Saturday) and 8:00 a.m. (Sunday) services this week is Hymn #425, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. At first glance, it might have you thinking something along the lines of: It’s the middle of August. Why in the world are we singing a…
📄 Download PDF Version St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) August 16, 2026 — Twelve Sunday after Pentecost 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401 www.stjohnsLCMS.net | 217-342-4334 | office@stjohnsLCMS.net Pastors: Rev. Mike Burdick & Rev. Trey Dille Preschool: www.eaglesnestpreschool.com I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! — Rom. 11:1 Proclaim the…
