Wednesday Bible Study

Every Wednesday at 12:00pm via Zoom


All are invited to join the mid-week bible study where we look at the readings for the coming Sunday’s worship, following the style of Lectio Divina. Together, we wonder, wish and notice how these ancient words still speak to us.  Some days we even look for what might be “shimmering” for us!


Some of the current bible study participants say:

  • Our discussions help me connect ancient writings with my own lived experience.
  • I am always grateful for what I learn from everyone’s various experiences and feedback.
  • I like that everyone is welcome to this Bible Study.
  • This group is so meaningful to me.
  • Getting to know folks better through our “check-in” time.
  • It’s a mid-week refocusing on God’s word and living God’s love in the world.

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Meeting ID: 824 3800 3387

Passcode: 640001

Young Adult Shave Ice

Thursday, July 9 at 6:00pm at Hānai Shave Ice


Come cool off with the St. John’s Young Adults at the new Hānai Shave Ice in the Ice Blocks on R Street! This new shave ice shop currently has a partnership with one of the Ice Blocks restaurants, so they won’t be around forever. Come check them out - littles always welcome!

Toward a Better Understanding of Homelessness

Sunday, July 12-26 at 10:15am in Oehler Hall


St. John's Lutheran Church is located in the heart of Midtown Sacramento and engages with our unhoused neighbors on a daily basis. These three adult education classes will help congregants take a look at some of the myths about unhoused people and hear directly from those who have found themselves to be unhoused. Come listen, learn, and hopefully walk away with a deeper understanding of our most vulnerable neighbors. 

July LLL Book Club

Thursday, July 16 at 11:00am in the Library


The LLL Book Club will read The Forbidden Garden by Simon Parking this July. "The riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world’s first seed bank who made “the mad, heroic decision during the siege of Leningrad to guard biodiversity at the cost of human life.”"

Six Flags Youth Trip

Saturday, July 18th from 10:00am-5:00pm at Six Flags, Vallejo


Middle + High School youth are invited to a day at Six Flags! Come spend your Saturday riding roller coasters and enjoying the FUN of Six Flags. We'll depart St. John's at 10:00am and return at 5:00pm. Tickets and transportation will be provided, just bring money for lunch!


Please RSVP here if you're able to attend!

"Wear Love" Mt. Cross Day Camp

July 27-31 from 9:00am-3:00pm


Mt. Cross Ministries is back to host Vacation Bible School - "Wear Love"! Happening July 27-31st from 9:00am-3:00pm, this Day Camp is for youth in Kindergarten-5th grade, with volunteer opportunities for middle and high school students. 


Registration is $60/camper, with a $20 off sibling discount. Middle and High School volunteer registration is $20/student.


Register here and select “Traveling Day Camps” St. John’s Lutheran.

Summer Sunset Carnival 

Saturday, August 15 from 4:00-7:00pm Outdoors at St. John’s


Save-the-date, the 1st annual Summer Sunset Carnival is happening this August! An evening of carnival games, BBQ, and a farewell to the summer. Bring a friend and come enjoy a fun carnival in community!

St. John's Night at the Rivercats

Saturday, August 22 with a 6:37pm Game


St. John's folks, we're heading to the Sacramento River Cats! On Saturday, August 22, St. John's folks will takeover the Lawn Seats at the game! All people + ages are welcome, tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased online ahead of time or at the box office day of. 


This event is hosted by the Children, Youth, and Family Ministry department, but open to all who enjoy baseball! 

Truth Matters: How a Bible Mistranslation Shifted a Culture

A Workshop with LGBTQ+ Advocate + Author Kathy Baldock


On Saturday, October 10, LGBTQ+ advocate and author Kathy Baldock will lead a day of learning and discussion about how the term "homosexuality" was incorrectly included in a Bible translation, and how that single decision reshaped church teaching, family relationships and countless communities across multiple generations. St. John's Lutheran Church, Carmichael Presbyterian, and the Sacramento Area Rainbow Faith Alliance will co-host this day - Carmichael Presbyterian will physically host the event.


Kathy Baldock, author, LGBTQ+ advocate, and founder of Canyonwalker Connections, based in Reno, NV, is a leading expert on historical and present discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community - in particular, discrimination from the socially conservative Christian church and political sectors. Baldock is one of the main researchers featured in the award-winning documentary 1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture. Her new book, Forging a Sacred Weapon: How a 1946 Bible Mistranslation Shifted Culture, is a historical and contextually-based survey following human sexuality, same-sex behavior, procreation, and Bible translations, as impacted by cultural, social, medical, political, legal, and military influences from ancient to current times. The book focuses on original research into the reasons the word “homosexuals” was included for the first time in the 1946 Revised Standard Version NT Bible.