St. Johns Lutheran Church

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Status of Ministries at St. John's do to COVID 19

Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from of God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Developments have certainly changed rapidly in regards to COVID-19 over the last week. We want to thank you for your prayers and support. This has been a stressful and trying time for everyone. We appreciate your grace and understanding as we minister in these unprecedented circumstances.

District President Sailer emphasized that the issues we face is NOT an Acts 5:29 thing that “we must obey God rather than man.” Instead, it is a Romans 13:1-4 thing that we “submit to the governing authorities” established by God and obey God in so doing, and a Philippians 2:3 thing that we “do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”

With this in mind of having concern for others, especially those most affected by this pandemic, St. John’s leadership has decided to suspend all St. John’s gatherings and activities until further notice. We will re-evaluate as needed as new information and guidance becomes available.

The ministry team will continue providing online worship and other information via Facebook. Sunday services will be live-streamed on Facebook at 8:30 AM and Lenten Services on Wednesdays at 10:00 AM. All services are available to view and participate with at any time after the live stream. The Sunday service can also be heard on KYNT at 9:30 AM on Sundays. You can also watch Main Street Living at 10:00 AM on KDLT or https://www.mainstreetliving.com/. We also encourage you to develop a good devotional habit or family worship using Portals of Prayer, daily Bible reading plans, Luther’s Small Catechism, or other devotional materials.

We are making sanitary and responsible physical distancing arrangements in consultation with medical professionals for drive-up communion in your vehicles, if you so desire, on Sunday mornings from 9:30 – 10:30 AM. The pastors will distribute the Lord’s Supper while you remain in your vehicle from the carport at the southeast entrance of the building. Please drive through the western entrance of the parking lot, enter from the west side of the carport, and exit out onto Jackson St. If you are ill, we ask that you please stay home.

If the current status continues through Holy Week, we will provide Holy Week services via Facebook. Once we are able to gather again in person, we intend to reschedule our Holy Week celebrations! Funerals will be limited to private family only as directed by the funeral homes, with the option of a public memorial service at a later date. Baptism arrangements should be made in consultation with the pastors.

The pastors are not permitted to visit people in the care centers or hospital in person until the visitation restrictions are lifted, except for end of life situations. However, the pastors will make phone calls to our sick or shut-in as we are able. We encourage you to call family, friends, and neighbors to stay socially connected. Let us know if you are willing to make phone calls or do grocery runs for our more vulnerable members and we’ll do our best to get you connected in a responsible physically distanced way.

We thank you for your generous financial support. While we understand that some of you may be facing financial limitations at this time, we encourage those of you who have sufficient financial means to continue to give your offerings and tithes as usual by giving digitally https://stjohnsyankton.breezechms.com/give/online, making arrangements to drop off your offering, or mailing it to St. John’s.

Finally, we are suspending the Ambassador newsletter until further notice due to the lack of activity and the ever-changing status of events. Information will be communicated primarily via Facebook, email, www.stjohnsyankton.org, and text. If you are not receiving emails from us, please check your spam folder or provide the church office with an accurate email and cell phone number. This information can be made private and for church use only. If you do not have text or computer access, you may also call the church office for the most up-to-date info.

Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John 14:27

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