At St. John’s we offer a 2-year confirmation program for all 7th - 8th grade students. The program is designed to help students grow in faith & discipleship. Students meet weekly with Pastor Linda, Amanda, and their small group leaders from 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Life Center
Confirmation classes resume on Sunday, May 4 at 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Life Center. We have our final confirmation class this school year on Sunday, May 11.
SUNDAYS 6:30 - 7:30 P.M.
Downstairs in Youth Room
All 9th - 12th graders of St. John’s and their friends are invited and encouraged to attend youth group. During our time together we will be sharing, encouraging, playing games, eating snacks, and enjoying a Bible study together.
YOUTH & FAMILY EVENTS
SUNDAY, MAY 4 | NOON - 2:30 PM
All 9th -12th grade students please join us for our end-of-year party on Sunday, May 4! We will meet following the 10:45 a.m. worship service and have lunch in the Parish Life Center! Then, we will head out to the bowling alley where we will have 2 hours of unlimited glow bowling together. We will be back at the church by 2:30 p.m.
Please let Amanda Lawler know no later than Thursday, May 1 if you plan on attending.
MAY 18 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM | ENGRAINED BREWERY
All 7th - 12th graders and their families are invited to join us for a fun lunch with Pastor Ryan & his wife Lauren. This is a great opportunity for families to meet our new lead pastor and have him get to know all of you. Join us anytime from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. We have the backroom reserved and will have a taco/nacho bar available, as well as some other snack type foods and sodas. Their full service bar will be available for other purchases.
RSVP TO AMANDA BY MAY 14!
To help make ordering go smoothly, and that we have enough food, please send Amanda an email with number in your family that will be attending.
All confirmation students are required to attend our annual confirmation lock-in on May 16 from 6:00 p.m. - midnight. We will start at 6:00 p.m. with a confirmation camp informational meeting/dinner where the students and at least one parent needs to attend. We will enjoy a meal together then we will go over all the information that you’ll need to know for camp. After we eat, parents and families can leave and we will keep the students here till midnight. This will be a fun night of games, learning, snacks, team building, and much more!
150th Anniversary
Cookbook
Our Youtherans are selling an amazing cookbook packed with almost 400 recipes from appetizers to desserts. With each purchase you are not only helping raise funds for the youth group, but you are sharing generations of tried and true recipes from the disciples at St. John’s. You can buy the cookbooks through the church office or directly through Amanda Lawler. We can take payments through Realm by clicking purchase and adding cookbook to the memo line, cash, or check. Thank you so much for supporting our Youtherans!
Amanda lawler
DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTRIES
Phone: 217.793.3933
Email: alawler@stjohns-springfield.org
