Ash Wednesday Worship
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
7:00 PM
 
Service of Holy Communion with the Imposition of Ashes.
 
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, the forty days before Easter. This is the traditional period of the Church year that emphasizes repentance, fasting, prayer and works of love. This service begins our Lenten journey together with The Lord’s Supper and receiving the mark of ashes as a sign of repentance and returning to God with all our heart.
 

Share with us your experiences, impressions and memories of our beloved St. John's Lutheran Church of Elma in anticipation of our 150th  anniversary of the congregation's founding, which we will observe in 2020!
 
During 2020, we will celebrate the birth of our congregation in 1870. Details of the celebration will be forthcoming. For now we want to gather your thoughts—in writing—of you and your family's involvement in the life of our congregation over the years. We will share them in the newsletter and in other formats.
 
Please send them by mail to the church office, or via email to stjohnselma@gmail.com.
 
“Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.”
-Joel 1:3
 
2020 will be a year of celebration culminating with a All Saints Day, Sunday. November 1, in recognition of 150 years of ministry here in Elma and beyond . . .
 
 We need your input!
 

St. John's Lutheran Church
 
ANNUAL PICNIC!
 
Sunday June 3, 2018
 
Beginning with Holy Communion worship at 11:00 am,
food and fellowship to follow.
 
We will meet by 11:00 am at shelter #1 at the
Village Green – Elma Town Park
(located on the east side of Bowen Road, adjacent to the Methodist church)
 
St. John's Helping Hands will provide pulled pork and fried chicken.
You provide the “sides”--please bring a dish to pass and your own/your family's place settings.

Coffee and soft drinks provided.
 
Rain or shine—we're in a shelter.
 
Bring family and friends! 

Maundy Thursday – March 29 – 7 pm
Remembering the Last Supper
and the Commandment to Love
A Service of Holy Communion and Foot Washing
Stripping of the Altar

 
Good Friday – March 30 – 7 pm
Service of Tenebrae (Darkness)
Remembering the Seven Last Words from the Cross
A Service of Readings and Hymns

 
EASTER SUNDAY – April 1
Sunrise Service of Holy Communion – 6:30 am
(Procession from the cemetery, weather permitting)
 
Easter Breakfast in Fellowship Hall
8:00 am

Traditional Easter Festival Worship – 9:30 am
with Holy Communion

The Christmas season is quickly approaching. If you would like to order Poinsettias, please print the form below and return it to the church office. ​

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS
Cost $7
 
Name ________________________________________

Phone Number  _________________________________

Number of flowers: _____________

Take Home_________ Leave for TLC folks _____________

In Memory Of ___________________________________

In Honor Of _____________________________________

Make checks out to St. John's Flower Fund. Complete form and place in the offering plate or mail to
St. John's Lutheran Church, 2131 Woodard Rd. Elma, N.Y. 14059

  December 10 - Is the LAST DAY TO ORDER

We need people to deliver Christmas flowers to our TLC folks.  Please check here if you are able to help.

___ Yes, I am able to deliver flowers this Christmas season.

St. John's Rummage Sale is on Saturday, June 3rd from 9-1, with a bag sale from 12-1. We will be set up on the lawn between the church and the Preschool. Hope to see you there!
 

2017 CHURCH PICNIC
 
This year’s congregational picnic will be on:
 
Sunday, June 4th, 2017 (Pentecost Sunday)
 
At the Elma Village Green (town park off of Bowen Rd., north of Bullis Rd.),
Large Shelter # 1
 
Worship will begin at 11 am with Holy Communion,
followed by our cook out and picnic.
 
The church will provide hamburgers and hot dogs. Please bring
a dish to pass and your own table settings and beverages.
 
Bring family and friends, and be prepared to have a great time!
 

Thank you to all who purchased Easter Flowers this year! The Sanctuary looked beautiful! If you weren't able to make it to church for Easter, check out the pictures below! Hope to see you in church! Happy Spring!

HOLY WEEK and EASTER WORSHIP SCHEDULE
 
Palm Sunday: April 9, 8 am and 9:30 am
Holy Communion with Presentation of Palms
 
Maundy Thursday: April 13, 7:00 pm
The Commandment to Love One Another &
Rite of Footwashing
-Service of Holy Communion-
-Stripping of the Altar-
 
Good Friday: April 14, 7:00 pm
Service of Tenebrae (Gathering Darkness)
Readings and Hymns (no Holy Communion)
-The sanctuary lights are gradually dimmed
as the service proceeds-
 
THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD
EASTER SUNDAY:
April 16
6:30 am Easter Dawn Worship
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Festival Worship