St. James Lutheran Church & School

09/08/2026

09/06/2026

Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

09/03/2026

Everyone is welcome. Come worship with us.

08/30/2026

The Cross of Christ

08/30/2026

Don't forget...
It's the fifth Sunday of the month and that means there is only one service today at 9:00am. Bible Study and Sunday School after church at 10:30am.
See you there!

08/23/2026

Built on the Rock

08/21/2026

This is a beautiful reminder for all of our families with young children.
Come to the Divine Service. We want to worship with your whole family.

See you Sunday at 8:00am or 10:30am.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Children’s Policy at St. John
We wanted to make sure everyone is aware of our policy regarding children in church:
If your kids are loud, please still come to church.
If you’re running late because getting everyone out the door was a battle, please still come to church.
If your toddler won’t sit still, please still come to church.
If your baby needs to eat, please still come to church.
If your child asks questions at the least convenient time, please still come to church.
If someone cries, drops a toy, needs a snack, or has to make their third trip to the bathroom, please still come to church.
If your child doesn’t know all the words, all the prayers, or exactly when to sit and stand, please still come to church.
If you feel like you spent the entire service managing your children and heard approximately 12% of the sermon, please still come to church.
If Sunday morning feels messy instead of peaceful, please still come to church.
If you’re worried your children are distracting the people around you, please still come to church.

Because children do not learn how to be part of the Church by staying home until they can sit quietly.

They learn by being here.
They learn the hymns by hearing us sing them.
They learn the prayers by hearing us pray them.
They learn to worship by watching us worship.
They learn that church is home because we make room for them here.

The wiggles, whispers, dropped crayons, crying babies, and little voices are not interruptions to the life of the Church.

They are evidence that the Church is alive.

So bring the babies. Bring the toddlers. Bring the big kids. Come late. Sit in the back. Sit in the front. Step out when you need to and come right back in.

Just come.
Children are not simply the future of the Church. They are part of the Church right now.
And at St. John, there is a place for them here.

08/20/2026

CID LLL’s Annual Fall Retreat is happening September 12 at Camp CILCA. Contact Deloris Blessman to register.

08/19/2026

We are offering a new weekly study of the book "Family Wellness: Raising Resilient, Christ-Purposed Children". This study will be on Tuesday nights at St. James beginning Tuesday August 25 at 5:30pm. It will focus on parenting school-aged children from birth to adolescence. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Riley by email ([email protected]) or message us here on Facebook. If you would need child care to attend please let us know so that we can arrange for that.

08/16/2026

Pray Confidently