St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Glencoe, MN, 4505 80th Street, Glencoe, MN (2026)

John's was established in 1869 and has proclaimed the good news about the forgiveness of sins through Jesus for over 150 years.

06/14/2026

Hymn 897, 716, 902. Psalm 100B.
The Law was given through Moses. He was a marvelous leader of his people, but he could not take them to the Promised Land. The Law can never get God’s people to the promised land. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Joshua, the successor of Moses, defeated the enemies of the people and led them into the Promised Land. Jesus defeats our enemies and shepherds us as his flock. The gracious Gospel of forgiveness of sins through faith in Jesus is the only way to the promised land of heaven. Jesus leads us all the way there.

06/07/2026

Hymn 578,697,671,932. Psalm 119c. They never forgot their past. Moses never forgot how he killed a man in a fit of anger. Paul never forgot how he had savaged the Church of God. Matthew never forgot how, as a tax collector for the Roman Empire, he was considered a traitor to his people. But God forgot their past. He forgave all their sins and called them to proclaim his mercy. Christians are sinners whom God has mercifully called. Only mercy can explain why Jesus brings people to faith and promises them salvation. Only grace can explain how he calls them to serve as they are able, even in the ministry of the gospel. God loves sinners.

05/31/2026

HYMN 483;
PSALM 8;
HYMN 566;
HYMN 940;

THEME OF THE DAY
We believe in the triune God. He is the only true God. The festival of the Holy Trinity is a time to
celebrate God revealing himself to us as one God in three persons. The triune God wants his people to
teach this mystery in its biblical truth and purity. This festival of the Holy Trinity begins the second half
of the Church Year with a proclamation of people being baptized and blessed in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, the only true God.

05/24/2026

HYMN 590;
PSALM 104;
HYMN 703;
HYMN 774;
HE LIVES TO POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT
THE THEME OF THE DAY
When the disciples were distressed about Jesus ascending into heaven, he assured them, “It is for your
good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send
him to you” (John 16:7). That Advocate is the Holy Spirit. If Jesus had stayed in the grave, the Holy Spirit
would have had no reason to enter the lives of disciples.
But Jesus lives, and it makes a difference. The Spirit provides faith and purpose for life. Pentecost, the
celebration of the special arrival of the Holy Spirit, is the third great festival of the Church, along with
the Nativity and the Resurrection. Pentecost closes the fifty-day period after Easter and ends the festival
half of the church year. The Church dresses in red on this day to commemorate the tongues of fire that
marked the Spirit’s gift as well as the blood of the martyrs.

05/17/2026

HYMN 549;
PSALM 121D;
HYMN 446;
HYMN758;
HE LIVES TO GIVE ME EAGER EXPECTATION OF GLORY
THE THEME OF THE DAY
Without the resurrection of Jesus, my uncertainty can easily lead to anxiety. I am waiting for everything
to turn out, and not knowing what will happen is much harder if I think I cannot rely on anyone. It’s been
a long time since Jesus ascended into heaven. Sometimes I suffer. Has he forgotten about me?
He lives, and it makes a difference. I know how my life will turn out, and that certainty about the future
helps with life’s present difficulties. While I wait in the time between Christ’s ascension and his return
on judgment day, I know that God will work everything out for my good.

03/14/2026

Due to the UPCOMING weather, it has been decided to CANCEL St. John's Sunday, March 15 service.

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4505 80th Street
Glencoe, MN
55336

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https://www.stjohnsglencoe.org/

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