The SJLC Minute 8.24.22

Weekly Updates | St. John’s Lutheran Church | August 2022

Church Events August 27...THEOPUB* August 27...Aftermath Workshop*

September 2...First Friday (Parents’ Night Out/Kids Night In)

Parents Night Out First Friday Compline Service

September 5...Labor Day (The Church office will be closed.)

September 7...SAM’s Meeting September 8...WINE Meeting September 11...Rally Day /Brunch September 12...Guatemala Gathering* September 18...Inquirer’s Gathering *denotes meeting off site

We’ll have great adult supervision, with teens to help give individual attention to your little one. We’ll have play time, dinner, a movie, and music. Just sign up to reserve a space; let us know about your little one(s); and we will see you on Sept 2! Please bring a blanket, a pillow, and a stuffed animal in case they get sleepy, and we will take great care of them while you go out. Just promise to pick them by 9:00!

First Friday will once again be returning to the Fellowship Hall from 5:30 to 7:00, and then we can open back up into the rest of the building. (We have a wedding rehearsal in Sanctuary until 6:30!)

TheoPub August 27 | 4:00 PM Alliance Brewing Company 1130 Sevier Avenue in South Knoxville Topic: Baptism

John Tirro will provide a Compline/Night Night Service in The Sanctuary at 8:30 followed by pickup of littles at 9:00. Parents, Compline may be the perfect way to conclude your evening before picking up your children!

I'm asking for some help from SJLC member and friends this Sunday, August 28, after 2nd service.

A Place At The Table invites and encourages St; John's members and friends to plan to stay after 2nd Service worship on Sunday, August 28 to make sandwiches to feed our hungry, homeless neighbors. Can't stay? That's OK, too. You can make sandwiches after 1st service.

Can't stay then either? You can make them from home and just bring them to church with you.

The leadership of the organization is changing as Lois and Meredith step down and take some time for themselves and their families. APATT is reorganizing. There will be another very important meeting to introduce a number of Team Leader job descriptions and team member opportunities. This meeting will happen on Tuesday, September 6th at 6:30pm at St. John's Lutheran on Broadway.

Cases of bottled water would also be appreciated!

In the meantime, we need to serve 200-225 meals on Monday, August 29. That's where you and the sandwich making comes in! We will have on hand enough sliced meat for over 200 sandwiches. What we need is sliced bread and sliced cheese. One loaf makes approximately 10 sandwiches. So we need a minimum of 20 loaves. We would like to make even more sandwiches, if possible. 200 is the minimum. This means we would also welcome more sliced meat and cheese slices. If you are available for an hour or two, there are jobs to be done between 2pm and 7pm each Monday, whether you want to stay in the kitchen or help serve our neighbors, can stand for a job or need to sit. Please join us!

September 7 at 11:30 am Sparks Fellowship Hall Lunch: Cost is $5.00.

For reservations, please contact Mary Cole at 865-584-3153 or memecole@comcast.net Program: “John Tirro, the Musician” Pastor John will share his journey as a musician and play several of his pieces.

Knoxville Guatemala Gathering Monday, September 12th Peace Lutheran Church | 621 N. Cedar Bluff Rd. The Southeastern Synod Is a Comopanion synon with the Inglesia Luterana Augstina de Guatemala (ILAG). Our friends Pastor Karen Castillo, president of ILAG, and Diego Gil, director of delegations, are visiting us as part of our ongoing, long-term relationship. Many of you will remember Pr Karen from her visits to St. John’s Pre-Covid.

Come meet (or reconnect with) Pastor Karen and Diego on September 12th and learn more about the beautiful , faithful ministries of ILAG. Here’s the agenda: 4:30 Meet and Greet Come early and get to know Pr Karen and Diego Experience Guatemala Activities (craft, culture, language and more!)

Drinks and Snacks 5:30 BBQ Dinner (donations accepted to cover cost of meal) 5:45 Q&A with Pr Karen and Diego 6:45 Worship with Pr Karen preaching Congregation may present a special offering for ILAG For more information contact Joe Lay or Nancy Friedrich

The finance team is responsible for preparing and overseeing the budget and monitoring income and expenses. Great strides have been made over the past couple of years to restructure the budget to be team friendly and easier to understand. Our team currently consists of Nancy Maland, Laura Trout, Debbie Sweany, Neil Fischer, Dale Teague, Geoff Rolik, and Pastor Amy Figg Ley. We would love to welcome at least one or two new team members if you have an interest or experience in finances and budgeting. One of our goals is to show transparency in reporting church finances. Below is our financial statement for the fiscal year to date. We are off to a great start!!

SJLC Financial Statement Fiscal Year to Date | July 1, 2022 – July 31, 2022 Actual Income FYTD $66,547 Actual Expenses FYTD $43,498

Budgeted Income FYTD $51,420 Budgeted Expenses FYTD $51,420

Checking Account Balance as of 7-31-22 Savings Account Balance as of 7-31-22 Other Designated Accounts Balance as of 7-31-22

Variance $15,127 Favorable Variance $23,048 Favorable

$ 53,297.02 $ 49,933.44 $ 194,481.95

Ways you can help support St. John’s plan of ministry: Prayerfully consider and submit a pledge for the fiscal year 2022-2023.

If you would like to set up automatic giving through Breeze and need assistance, please give Toni a call in the church office at 865-654-1274.

Explore the opportunities to share your time and talents through one of our teams: Community Outreach, Finance, Property, Hospitality, Worship, Personnel, Evangelism, Faith Formation, Stewardship, Communication, or Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. If you aren’t sure where you’d be a good fit, or you would like more information about the different teams, please reach out to anyone on church council or by calling the church office.

We are so grateful to our ministry coordinator, Clarke Hinkle, for finding several ways to cut expenses and generate income! Thanks, Clarke!

Please contact Laura Trout for questions or comments. Ltrout13@gmail.com or 865-654-1274.

Workshop:

“The Aftermath” taught by SJLC Member Valerie Taylor Date: Saturday, August 27 Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm – with 1 hour break for lunch Location: Meaningful Life Center, 116 Carr St., Knoxville, TN 37919 This workshop will ask participants to explore how a pandemic has changed their lives, their perspectives, their goals, their purpose. There will be opportunities for self-reflection and group discussion. Valerie will share ways to consider our connections to self, others and the transcendent in an ever-changing world and how to stay positive in the face of what might seem like powerlessness.

One hour will be allowed for lunch so please bring your own or plan on getting something nearby.