For the 2025 stewardship season, St. John’s leadership is once again calling on our people, but this time, we are calling on you to wonder how you might reinvest in the St. John’s community. This stewardship season, we invite you to invest both your finances and time at St. John’s by seizing new opportunities during this transitional period. Focus on shaping the present and future of St. John’s by fostering a new church culture centered around "Living God’s Love in the World."

We’ll center our reinvestment around four focus areas: reinvesting in outreach, our finances, building and furthering connections with each other, and engaging with and deepening our call to discipleship. Here’s a look into a few of the St. John’s ministries that align closely with these focus areas:

• Reinvesting in Outreach: Afternoon Snack Stop, Pilgrimage Meal, LGBTQ+ 1128 Group
• Reinvesting in Connections: Community Engagement Committee, Deborah and Esther Circles, Elk Grove Dinner Group
• Reinvesting in Discipleship: Luminaria, Sunday School, Wednesday Bible Study
• Reinvesting in Finances: St. John’s General Fund (ministries, property, staff salaries, etc.)

Perhaps you find yourself deeply invested in many of these areas already, or perhaps you’re wondering where you might invest at St. John’s. Regardless of how you walk alongside your St. John’s community today, we invite you to wonder about your investment for the upcoming year over the next month or so. Throughout the stewardship season this October, you’ll hear stories from congregants deeply invested in outreach, connections, and discipleship, and leadership will invite you to pledge your time, talent, and treasures for the coming year.

Blessings and peace as you and your loved ones wonder how you might reinvest with the St. John’s community in 2025.

Rev. Frank Espegren

Senior Pastor