📄 Download PDF Version It was a lovely sight to see the fellowship hall filled with preschoolers and grandparents this Tuesday and Wednesday. “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations” (Psalm 90) came to mind. In all generations the Triune God is our unchanging security. As we approach our canvassing effort on…
📄 Download PDF Version ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) September 27, 2026 — Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost “Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.” Psalm 25:5 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL 62401www.stjohnsLCMS.net 217-342-4334 office@stjohnsLCMS.netPastor: Rev.…
📄 Download PDF Version The Eagle St. John’s Weekly Newsletter September 20, 2026 Last Sunday’s bulletin included the five-question survey we’ll be taking to our neighbors door-to-door on October 11. “Meeting Our Neighbors” is a relatively easy way to begin to do evangelism in the area around our church, with the sub-goal that our neighbors…
📄 Download PDF Version St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) September 20, 2026 SEVENTEENTH Sunday after Pentecost “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts,” says the Lord.” Isaiah 55:9 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401www.stjohnsLCMS.net 217-342-4334 office@stjohnsLCMS.net Pastors: Rev. Mike…
📄 Download PDF Version St. John’s Family, I write to you with the words of St. Paul to the church in Thessalonica: “We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is…
📄 Download PDF Version St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) September 2, 2026 — Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost “Love is the fulfilling of the Law.” Romans 13:10 901 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 Proclaim the Christ. Grow the Family. Love…
📄 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…