📄 Download PDF Version You’ll never meet a perfect man, except Jesus. Here at St. John’s we are blessed to have many men who are intent on growing in their calling to be godly men, masculine men, sacrificial men. Repentant, forgiven men. Men who, by God’s sufficient grace, will “Man Up!” Three years ago we…

📄 Download PDF Version The Eagle — St. John’s Weekly Newsletter July 26, 2026 Teach your children to leave you. At the right time. Not when they are 6 or 16. They need to be right beside you – a lot – in those days. But the goal of parenting is simple, says Rev Todd…

📄 Download PDF Version THE EAGLE St. John’s Weekly Newsletter July 19, 2026 Here is something that almost every person reading The Eagle can agree with: it’s no fun to wait. It’s a fact! Very few of us like waiting in line. It doesn’t take much of a special circumstance to remind us of this.…

📄 Download PDF Version My Sheep Hear My Voice “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me,” Jesus said. (John 10:27) Discipleship is hearing and following. Sunday through Saturday. But we’re lambs who have wandering in our DNA. Following the Good Shepherd is hard for us. But not too hard…

📄 Download PDF Version Pastor’s Message This painting sold at an auction in New York in 2017 for $81,000,000. What makes it special? Well, first and foremost, it’s the person who painted it. The painting is called Laboureur dans un Champ, which translates to Worker in a Field, and it was painted by Vincent van…

📄 Download PDF Version A Word from Pastor Dille Last weekend, the sermon text was the Psalm of the day — Psalm 91. You might remember singing the hymn On Eagle’s Wings, the verses of which come from Psalm 91. The Psalms have been a particular focus of mine for the past couple of years.…

📄 Download PDF Version A Word from Pastor Dille The Old Testament lesson for today begins with the words: “O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed.” (Jeremiah 20:7) Talk about learning the lesson the hard way. Think about your life and all of…

📄 Download PDF Version A Word from Pastor Burdick Love is active, not merely a feeling. I watched a brief, mature, and loving interaction in the halls during VBS this week. Two Jr. High girls who were leading little children from station to station took a small boy to the first aid kit. “A tiny…

📄 Download PDF Version A Word from Pastor Burdick Vacation Bible School begins Monday. This is a hard and wonderful week of teaching, crafting, singing, playing, and enduring in the race of Christian faith. Here are the four lessons we’ll teach: Jesus’ Triumphal Entry (Matthew 21:1–11) Peter realizes his sinfulness (Luke 5:1–11) Jesus raises Jairus’s…

📄 Download PDF Version A Word from Pastor Dille This past weekend, Katie, Kaleb, and I went on a road trip with my family. We visited the small town in northwest Ohio where my parents grew up and attended my cousin Charlie’s high school graduation. On the drive, we listened to what felt like every…