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The Eagle – October 4, 2026

📄 Download PDF Version The Eagle St. John’s Weekly Newsletter October 4, 2026 There are at least two ways we’re planning ahead this Sunday: 1) we’re getting ready for next Sunday’s canvassing of the neighborhood. Please volunteer to help meet our neighbors by completing the green card in the pew. We only received three cards…

Worship Folder – October 4, 2026

📄 Download PDF Version St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) October 4, 2026 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14 901 W. Jefferson Ave. Effingham, IL. 62401www.stjohnsLCMS.net   217-342-4334   office@stjohnsLCMS.netPastor: Rev. Mike BurdickPreschool: www.eaglesnestpreschool.com Proclaim the Christ +…

The Eagle – September 27, 2026

📄 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…

Worship Folder – September 27, 2026

📄 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.…

The Eagle – September 20, 2026

📄 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…

Worship Folder – September 20, 2026

📄 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…

The Eagle – September 6, 2026

📄 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…

Worship Folder – September 6, 2026

📄 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…

The Eagle – August 30, 2026

📄 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…

Worship Folder – August 30, 2026

📄 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…