Lightly Salted

All of us who gather for worship have been told of the "glorious deeds of the Lord and the wonders that he has done" by another generation. And having heard it we also share it with others. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website .

The armor of God is all about the work of Christ in us and through us that we too might speak with boldness of the mystery of the Gospel. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website .

Paul calls marriage a "profound mystery." But that is not because it's a mystery how marriage works, though many would agree with that. It is profound because it points to Christ and His Church! For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website .

We have the light of Christ in us, and that should be shown to all in the way we live. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

It just doesn't quit sound right, but that's what Ephesians says along with the warnings about the damage anger can do. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

Paul reminds us that maybe it's better to actually pray with people than to tell them "You'll be in my prayers." For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

While Herod threw a birthday bash feast that ended in the beheading of John the Baptist, Jesus sets a simple feast for 5,000 and the greater feast of His Supper for all His sheep. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

Herodias hated John for speaking the truth. Herod feared John because he was a holy and righteous man, but must end John's life because of his own foolish promise. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

Christianity is counter-cultural and that is seen most clearly in Paul's statement, "I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me." For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

The situation was dire. Jerusalem and the temple had been destroyed. Jeremiah lamented. But he did so in hope. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

As Paul engages the Corinthians he appeals to them to not receive the grace of God in vain, but to live in it even as Paul has endured much to bring that message of God's grace to them. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

God has blessed the earth to be fruitful, even without our intervention. In the same way the reign of God continues even when we know not how. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

Because we believe that God raised our Lord Jesus and will raise us also, we freely speak of it, especially as we encounter the frailty of our bodies. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

Is God's command to remember the Sabbath a burden or a joy? Something we must do or get to do? For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

Isaiah sees the throne room of God and says, "And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, YHWH of hosts!” For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website...

Jesus promises that he will send the Help, the Paraclete. A promise that is fulfilled on Pentecost and still today. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website .

While " a cloud took [Jesus] out of [the disciples] sight," so much more was going on in the heavenly realms. Just like so much more is happening even yet today.

The relationship of a Christian to "the world" is summed up with three words, "Cautious, Confident; Compassionate."

Jesus gives us the best invitation we will ever receive to simply be branches grafted into Him the true Vine.

Since our Good Shepherd laid down His life only to take it up again, death now has a life problem.

Psalm 4 gives us an intimate look at prayer that is offered in faith even when we are in distress.

The Easter effect in the early church was they were of one heart and soul, caring for each other and supplying each the needs of their community. The actions challenges us to remember how completely Easter impacts us.

Which is harder to comprehend, death or resurrection? As we hear Mark's account of the resurrection we realize how life-changing the resurrection of Jesus truly is.

We go early in the morning with the women and the disciples to the tomb to hear the life-changing message, "He is no longer here, for He has risen as he said" [Matthew 28:6]. We've included the Reader's Theater "In the Garden" for the start of the service.

Walk with us through the betrayal, trial and death of Jesus. As and we see His sacrifice for us we hear the call to "by the mercies of God, present your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship" [Romans 12:1]. The end is a Tenebrae service which is a series of readings on Jesus arrest, trial and death drawn from the four Gospels.