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Welcome!
We invite you to join us in worship here at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church. We are a congregation called to a living Faith. We encourage daily faith practices such as prayer, study, worship, inviting, encouraging, serving, and giving; those actions that enable us to live and grow as disciples in Christ. They come out of scripture but they are lived in the world. They "grow out of love, and integrate love of God, neighbor and self in ways that can transform the world." Worship is central in our life where we hear God's Word and receive Christ's forgiveness in the Sacraments. That continues with regular Bible studies, Women's and Men's groups, an active Youth Ministry, catechism and Sunday School classes, vocal choirs, outreach ministries that support communities needs, support of scouting, AA, and other groups. We believe in a God of love who cares for you! Come and worship with us! – Pastor Aucker |
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St. John Lutheran Church invites all members and friends to join us,
February 11, 2018, to celebrate the
25th Anniversary of Pastor Aucker’s Ordination to Word and Sacrament Ministry.
There will only be one worship service that day at 10:30 a.m. with Bishop Collins, Bishop of the Upper Susquehanna Synod preaching. A reception will follow in the Sunday School Room.
February 11, 2018, to celebrate the
25th Anniversary of Pastor Aucker’s Ordination to Word and Sacrament Ministry.
There will only be one worship service that day at 10:30 a.m. with Bishop Collins, Bishop of the Upper Susquehanna Synod preaching. A reception will follow in the Sunday School Room.
The Reverend Doctor Kerry Aucker began his studies at Bloomsburg University earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary in 1992, and was ordained in 1993 at Zion Lutheran, Turbotville, PA. Pastor then came to St. John in 1999 and continued his education to earn a Doctor of Ministry degree in Congregational Mission and Leadership from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota in 2013. He has completed a number of courses in adolescent development and crisis counseling from Penn State and the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, in Baltimore.
Pastor has recently been involved in the Jersey Shore Ministerium, was an organizer of the Jersey Shore Summer Recreation Program, a volunteer EMT and Paramedic, and an Administrator of the New Love Center Food Pantry, located at St. John. Currently at St. John, he participates in Family Promise, Relay for Life, and Meal Packaging projects for the hungry, as well as having served 18 years as a committee member for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, as President of the Board, and a "Big." When not at church, Pastor enjoys biking, hiking, and kayaking with his wife, Karen; and chocolate.
Pastor has recently been involved in the Jersey Shore Ministerium, was an organizer of the Jersey Shore Summer Recreation Program, a volunteer EMT and Paramedic, and an Administrator of the New Love Center Food Pantry, located at St. John. Currently at St. John, he participates in Family Promise, Relay for Life, and Meal Packaging projects for the hungry, as well as having served 18 years as a committee member for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, as President of the Board, and a "Big." When not at church, Pastor enjoys biking, hiking, and kayaking with his wife, Karen; and chocolate.