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In-Person Sunday Worship Services

Sunday morning worship services will be celebrated in the Sanctuary, beginning at 11:00 am.

To limit personal contact,
the collection plate, worship booklets, masks, and hand sanitizers
are on the table in the Narthex.

Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of the month and all festival Sundays.
The second floor Sanctuary is accessible by a chairlift.
Sanctuary is air-conditioned in the summer months.

An unstaffed nursery is available on the first floor.

First floor restrooms are located in the rear of the lower level
and are not wheelchair accessible.

Music Sunday
Sunday, June 4, 2023
11:00 am
St. John Center Lutheran Church
featuring joint choir with Mellinger's Lutheran Church
Organ | Hand Bells | Percussion | Violin
Come for the music and stay for the Strawberry Social in the Fellowship Hall after worship

Join us as we do God's work in Christ's name for the life of the world.

More about This Week's worship at SJCL

Upcoming Events

Happenings you shouldn't miss in the weeks ahead.

Thurs
June 1

Choir Practice
6:30 pm

3:45 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl - Special Musical Prelude

4:00 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl

7:00 pm - St. Paul Lutheran Church, Adamstown

Thurs
June 1

Bell Choir Practice
7:00 pm

3:45 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl - Special Musical Prelude

4:00 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl

7:00 pm - St. Paul Lutheran Church, Adamstown

Sun
June 4

Music Sunday and Strawberry Social following worship
11:00 am
Bring a covered dish to share and lawn chairs if the weather is nice
Sign up sheet available

3:45 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl - Special Musical Prelude

4:00 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl

7:00 pm - St. Paul Lutheran Church, Adamstown

Sat
June 10

Fellowship Breakfast
8:30 am at Yoder's Restaurant
Deadline to sign up sheet is June 4

3:45 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl - Special Musical Prelude

4:00 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl

7:00 pm - St. Paul Lutheran Church, Adamstown

Sat
June 10

Hands of Hope
9:30 am - 11:30 pm

3:45 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl - Special Musical Prelude

4:00 pm - St. John Center Lutheran Church, East Earl

7:00 pm - St. Paul Lutheran Church, Adamstown

2023 Music in the Grove Season

All Programs are held on Sunday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Concession stand opens at 5:00 pm
Bring your own lawn chairs
In the event of rain, concerts will be held in the Fellowship Hall

June 11

Tim and Kim Craven

June 18

Tru Vintage Gospel Bluegrass

June 25

Crow Hill

July 2

Ironwood Drive - formerly Werner Family Band

July 9

Horst Brothers

July 16

Sunnyside

July 23

Mike Hertzog Trio

July 30

Chestnut Ridge

Aug 6

Heart and Soul

Aug 13

Rick Lee and Potter's Clay

Aug 20

Summit Hill

Aug 27

J-Tyme

Health and School Kit Supplies
being collected now
through August 2023

Check the chart located outside of the church office that will be

updated with what items are most needed.

Place all donations on the table in the class room next to the church office.

Health Kit Supplies
Light-weight bath-size towel in a dark color
(between 20"x40" and 52" and 27")
Bath-size (8 to 9 oz,) bars of soap in original packaging
Adult-size toothbrush in original packaging
Sturdy comb removed from packaging
Metal nail clippers (with attached file, optional), removed from packaging

School Kit Supplies
70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper, 8" x 10.5"
(no loose-leaf paper)
30 centimeter ruler, or ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other side
Pencil sharpener
Blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well
#2 pencils with erasers
Ballpoint pens, blue or black ink (no gel ink)
Box of crayons, 16 or 24 size
2.5" eraser

Be sure that items have NO religious symbols, messages and NOTHING decorated with a US flag, patriotic or military symbols or references to armed forces, including camouflage.

What it Means to be an ELCA Lutheran

Center Union Cemetery

Call Becky at 717.354.5560 for information regarding the cemetery.

Inclement Weather

Unsure if worship services are cancelled due to inclement weather? Simply call the church office at 717.445.5505. The voice mail message will be updated by 8:00 am on the day in question.

Words From Our Customers

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is

never alone.

Martin Luther