St. John's Lutheran of Taylor, MI

06/09/2026

Due to low attendance, this trip has been cancelled. If you registered for this trip, please visit the office to receive a refund.

Room is still available for the one-day bus trip to Shipshewana Flea Market. Trip includes travel by bus, all day adventuring in the flea market, and a delicious Amish buffet for dinner. Cost of the trip is $80. Call the office for information about registration.

05/26/2026

Room is still available for the one-day bus trip to Shipshewana Flea Market. Trip includes travel by bus, all day adventuring in the flea market, and a delicious Amish buffet for dinner. Cost of the trip is $80. Call the office for information about registration.

05/25/2026

Today we celebrate Memorial Day. We remember those who gave their lives for our country and freedoms. We thank God for those sacrifices.

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05/24/2026

THE DAY OF PENTECOST (24 May 2026)
Numbers 11:24–30; Acts 2:1–21; John 7:37–39

The Risen Lord Jesus Pours Out the Holy Spirit

The Lord took “some of the Spirit” that was on Moses “and put it on the seventy elders” of Israel (Num. 11:25), and they “prophesied in the camp” (Num. 11:26). In the same way, our risen Lord Jesus poured out His Holy Spirit at the Feast of Pentecost — the 50th day and the “Eighth Sunday” of Easter. When “a sound like a mighty rushing wind” and “tongues as of fire appeared” and rested on each of the 12 apostles, “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit” and proclaimed “the mighty works of God” (Acts 2:2–4, 11). The Lord Jesus grants this same Spirit to His Church on earth to proclaim Him glorified on the cross and risen victorious from the grave for us sinners. From His open heart, our crucified and risen Lord pours out His Holy Spirit in “rivers of living water” (John 7:38) and invites everyone who thirsts to come to Him and drink freely (John 7:37). Through this life-giving work of the Holy Spirit, we hear our pastors “telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God” (Acts 2:11), and “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21).
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05/23/2026

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
Sunday, May 24 – Butch & Hans
4p – Confirmation Class
7p – Men’s Bible Study
Monday, May 25
Office closed
9:30a – Memorial Day Service @ Flag
Tuesday, May 26
6p – Properties Board Meeting
Thursday, May 28
10a – Anniversary Committee meeting
Saturday, May 30
Gym rental, 3-7p
Sunday, May 31 – Hank & Noah
2p – Ladies Tea
Upcoming Events
Monday, June 1
6p – Elder’s meeting
Tuesday, June 2
9a – Demographics Committee mtg
6p – Parish Planning
Wednesday, June 3
6p – Circuit youth leaders meeting
Thursday, June 4
6p- Ladies Dinner Out
Sunday, June 7 – Butch & Noah
4p- Membership Class
7p – Men’s Bible Study
Sunday, June 21 – Hans & Noah
11a - VOTER’S ASSEMBLY (postponed)
Calendar meeting to follow

05/22/2026

This weekend, Pastor Whittaker preaches on Sunday at 9:30am. Bible Study to follow in the church basement.
Sermon “What If All God’s People Received the Holy Spirit?”
Theme: The Feast of Pentecost concludes the “Time of Christ” in the Church’s liturgical calendar and transitions us into the “Time of the Church.” For the Father and Son complete Christ’s earth mission by sending the Holy Spirit to continue His work of salvation through the people of God. Today we celebrate that each of us separately, and all of us together, have been endowed by the Holy Spirit so that we can trust Jesus as our Messiah, and trusting Him, further His work to even more people.
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05/17/2026

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (17 May 2026)
Acts 1:12–26; 1 Peter 4:12–19, 5:6–11; John 17:1–11

Our Lord Jesus Is with Us in the Upper Room of His Church on Earth

On the night when He was betrayed, our Lord Jesus prayed for His apostles and His Church on earth. “The hour” had come when the Father would glorify His Son by the cross (John 17:1). Through the shedding of His blood, He would bring forgiveness for the sins of the world, and in His resurrection and ascension He would unite all Christians with the Father “that they may be one” with God (John 17:11). He manifested His name to the apostles and gave them the words of the Father to speak in His name. The apostolic witness of His cross and resurrection (Acts 1:21–22) gathers disciples together “with one accord” into the one Body of Christ (Acts 1:14). “Devoting themselves to prayer,” they wait upon the Lord in “the upper room” (Acts 1:13–14), the place of His Holy Supper. Strengthened by the Gospel, Christians bear the cross of Christ in patience and peace, rejoicing to share in His suffering, in order that they “may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed” (1 Peter 4:13).

Photo courtesy of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

05/16/2026

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
Sunday, May 17 – Hans & Noah
11a – Special Voter’s meeting
4p – Confirmation Class
5p – Circuit Youth Picnic @ CTK
7p – Men’s Bible Study
Tuesday, May 19
5:30p – Demographics Committee meeting
Wednesday, May 20
Newsletter Articles DUE
Thursday, May 21
6:30p – Board of Ed & Youth meeting
Friday, May 22
Office closed
Upcoming Events
Sunday, May 24 – Butch & Hans
4p – Confirmation Class
7p – Men’s Bible Study
Monday, May 25
Office closed
9:30a – Memorial Day Service @ Flag
Tuesday, May 26
6p – Properties Board Meeting
Thursday, May 28
10a – Anniversary Committee meeting
Saturday, May 30
Gym rental, 3-7p
Sunday, May 31 – Hank & Noah
2p – Ladies Tea

05/15/2026

Pastor Whittaker preaches on Sunday at 9:30a. No Bible study this week.
Sermon “The Theology of the Cross”
Theme: Christ’s resurrection brings His disciples under what Martin Luther called “The Theology of the Cross.” It is an understanding and lifestyle that embraces the necessity of suffering (the cross) in order to bring salvation into this world. Since we walk in the footsteps of the Lord, we, too, carry crosses of suffering, a suffering that is far from pointless, but that redounds to the good of others, our own personal blessing, and the glory of our Savior. He is risen! Indeed!

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day

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