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St. John’s Lutheran Church held our 4th Annual Community Turkey Dinner, in March. The menu included turkey & dressing, mashed potatoes & gravy, vegetable, salad, rolls, and homemade pie. This is supplemented by the Fall River County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.It's become a yearly tradition. Every year has been a great success! Please join us next March! |
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Fall River Falls Memorial Walkway is being built down this gravel path. | Fall River Falls Memorial Walkway | 
Example of bricks for engraving.
The same company to engrave the
Viet Nam Memorial will be
engraving this pathway. |
The Fall River Falls Memorial Walkway Project is underway! This memorial walkway is being constructed as a permanent walking path down to the scenic Fall River Falls, recently recognized with a state historical marker, located behind St. John’s Lutheran Church. Brick engraving is available on two different sizes. The 4x8 inch brick (75.00 each) will allow for 3 lines with seventeen letters each, the 8x8 inch brick,($150.00 each), 7 lines, seventeen letters each. This is a meaningful way to honor your friends and family in a lasting way or share your favorite Bible verse in the Black Hills. You may call 605-745-4760 to receive a form, or simply send your information, meeting the above parameters, and payment to St. John's Lutheran Church, 13275 Fall River Rd., Hot Springs, SD 57747. Please notate "Memorial Walkway" in the memo section of your check. | 
A State Historical Marker for the Fall River Falls was placed in April, 2004. |
| | Join a Marriage Care Group - You'll be glad you did! | | | 
| Marriage Care is a small group of couples who meet together regularly, not because their marriages are in trouble, but because each of them want to keep growing closer as a couple. It is designed to nurture, support and encourage one another, in the growth and enrichment of your marriages. One of the best by-products of Marriage Care is the friendships that develop between couples in your group.Marriage Care is for couples interested in caring for their marriages, with all the pressures, tensions and stress that life can place on them. It gives you the opportunity to be with a small group of other caring couples where you can develop friendships and give and receive support from others who are experiencing many of the same frustrations (and joys) that you are.
| Even couples who aren't sure about attending at first really enjoy themselves and grow closer together. These are low-pressure, share-only-as-much-as-you-are-comfortable-with, groups that change lives and marriages for the better.If you are interested in joining. Please call Pastor Kevin. You and your spouse will be glad you did! | |
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| A Challenge to Read the Bible in One Year |
"Grace" |
Jesus promises in John 8:31-32, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”Please join with many others in our congregation for one of the most important journeys your will make in your lifetime - reading the entire Bible in one year, beginning on Ash Wednesday. If you decide to accept this challenge, please sign your name on the challenge sheet on the Bulletin board and pick up your calendar of readings in the Narthex. Reading the entire Bible in one year is a very rewarding spiritual discipline. |
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About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions by Dr. Terry Fretheim |
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BOOK STUDY - |
Who wrote the Bible? Why are various translations often different from on another? Are some translations bettern than others? Can more books be added to the Bible? Did Jesus have a Bible? Did everything reported in the Bible actually happen? Does everything in the Bible apply to Christian faith and life today? Is everything in the Bible equally important for Christians today? How should we use the Bible to explore today's issues? Why do Christians often interpret the Bible differently?Have you ever asked, or tried to answer, one or more of these questions? Then this book study is for you! The Bible is important for us as Christians, yet we often have disagreement or confusion about how to read, interpret and apply it to our daliy lives and issues of importance in our world today. |
"About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions" is exactly what its title implies: a short, easy reading book that addresses important questions for us as Christians. This study will go hand in hand with your effort to read the Bible in one year! |
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