St. John's United Church of Christ

This Sunday, August 4, 2024 Associate Conference Minister Rev. Shernell Edney Stilley will be with us to help lead worship and preach. Rev. Shernell is the Associate Minister for Pastoral Transitions for the Illinois Conference and for Pastoral Care for Eastern Association and Fox Valley Association.

Pulpit Swap:
On Sunday, April 7, Rev. Dr. Kris Hewitt and Pastor Selena Blackwell will preach and lead worship in each other's churches. Kris is the pastor of Ivanhoe Congregational Church, UCC in Mundelein.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 14. There will be an Ash Wednesday service at 6:00 pm Other Lenten worship services are below. Save these dates and times:
Palm/Passion Sunday, March 24 at 10:00 am
Maundy Thursday, March 28 6:00 pm
Good Friday March 29, 12 noon
Easter Sunday March 31 10:00 am.
As part of Lent, there will be a mid-week program during Lent, beginning on Wednesday, February 21 and running through March 27. Each week the program will start at 5:30 pm with brief worship (in the Narthex), a simple meal (soup, salad, bread -- no dessert), and study (in the Library). A sheet has been posted outside the church office for volunteers to sign up to provide soup, salad, or bread.

This year our study will be about our liturgy at St. John's: what we do, why we do it, and what we might do in the future. We will also cover a bit of the history of St. John's.

Reminder: the Annual Meeting will take place immediately following the 10:00 AM worship service on Sunday, February 4, 2024.
We will share a potluck and all are encouraged to bring a dish to share.

Because of the extreme cold predicted for tomorrow January 14th, worship service at the church will be cancelled tomorrow and the annual meeting and potluck will be postponed until Sunday, February 4.

Our St. John's UCC Dec. 31st worship service will be at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at 10:00 am. St. Paul's address is 824 N Lewis Ave., Waukegan. (St. Paul's has moved their time of service to coincide with our time.)

Sunday, Dec. 24th 2:00 pm at St. John's we will have Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols with Holy Communion. We will be joined by violinist Cara Searle. (There will not be the regular 10:00 am service; an abbreviated service for the fourth week of Advent will be posted.)

Thursday is Earth Day. In honor of that is a posting from Ken Sehested, from PrayerandPolitics.org

Join us at 6pm on Thursday, April 14 for Maundy Thursday in-person worship service in the Sanctuary. Every person is welcome.
St. John's United Church of Christ, 1520 N. McAree Road, Waukegan, IL 60085.