Sunday School
Discipleship opportunities are offered for all ages from 9:45-10:45am on Sunday mornings from September through May. Our high school Sunday School class meets in the Youth Room and has a laid-back, conversational style using Bible-based lessons. Once a month, the class has a Youth Board Youth Meeting during Sunday School to plan events like service projects and fundraisers for the youth.
We’ve opened up some new opportunities for our high school students this year. In addition to the high school Sunday School class, post-confirmation high school students are invited to attend the forums and small groups traditionally thought of as “Adult Education” on Sunday mornings. Confirmed students are also encouraged to get involved on Sunday mornings by helping out in our younger Sunday School classrooms.
Parents – See the Adults page for opportunities available for you while your children are in Sunday School.
Click here for the Sunday School schedule.
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Lock-In
The High School Lock-In, held on October 22nd-23rd, was a success! The students and volunteer adults worked hard to clean up and rearrange the Youth Room, making it more suitable to be used by the youth and the various other groups who meet in the church on a regular basis.
Thank you to all of you who worked so hard to clean up that important space! Stay tuned for details concerning next year’s high school lock-in!
30-Hour Famine
April 28th-29th
St. John’s will host high schoolers from area ELCA churches for this incredible overnight event. The 30-Hour Famine is an opportunity for students to raise funds to help feed hungry people while experiencing what it’s like to be hungry themselves. During the Famine, students perform acts of service and worship to God together while they learn the truth about hunger, poverty and injustice.
Click here to learn more!
Youth Zone
Youth Zone in the Dells, March 9th-11th, 2012. The youth will be travelling together from St. John’s to enjoy this powerful weekend of fellowship and worship. Don’t miss it!
Click here to read about the event or to download a registration form. Early Bird registration is due by January 11, 2012. Registration cost: $142 (early bird, covers program and housing).
National Youth Gathering
The National Youth Gathering is July 18th-22nd, 2012 in New Orleans! Students completing 8th through 12th grades in 2012 are invited to attend. This is a rare opportunity to worship and serve alongside 39,000 high school students in New Orleans. It only happens every three years, so don’t miss it! Those 39,000 spots are filling up quickly! Please get in touch with Cheryl Poth or Charis Gordon (discipleship@makedisciples.com) if you would like to attend!
Click here for more information.
Worship and Serve at HephathaThe high school students of St. John’s will attend Hephatha Lutheran Church in Milwaukee on February 12th for worship and will serve lunch afterward. Please let Cheryl Poth (
cherylpoth_sjl@yahoo.com) know if you plan to attend so that we can arrange for transportation.
Milwaukee Synod Invitation to Serve
JANUARY 27-28, 2012
PRACTICE: Discipleship, Justice, & Peace Making
PRACTICE! What do you practice? Sports? Music? Talking to your crush? Do you practice being a Christian? What does it mean to PRACTICE being like Jesus? Come to Invitation to Serve on January 27-28 to find out. It’s a synod-wide event open to high school youth, young adults, and their adult leaders. You’ll stay overnight at a the Wyndham Hotel in Milwaukee. You’ll experience incredible music by Rachel Kurtz, amazing speakers like Elijah Furquan, and you’ll get some PRACTICE time!
High School Youth, young adults, and their adult leaders are welcome! The cost of the event is $40 per participant (cost includes registration, food, and lodging)!
Early Bird Registration: Monday, January 9. (If you register by this date, you will receive a FREE event t-shirt)
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, January 17.
Email discipleship@makedisciples.com for more info and to register.
