St. John's Youth

The young people in our congregation are an integral part of our life together. With their advisor, Amy Spaude, and other adults, they engage in bible study, service projects, fellowship and fun activities.

We meet the first Sunday of each month following the worship service. For special activities please see the calendar and the link "Events". Our youth group members are encouraged to participate not only in congregational events but also in offerings through our Synod and the national church.

Spring 2010 Pizza Fundraiser. Who doesn't love pizza?? The LYO group hand made 784 pizzas on a Saturday morning. We all worked hard but had fun doing it. The profits helped some of our group with the expenses for their mission trip to Minneapolis in July and to be able to attend the Synod senior high and junior high youth gatherings this year.


Watch the sauce	Putting it all together	Look at the pizzas

November 2009 Senior High Youth Gathering in Manitowoc	February 2010 Junior High Youth Gathering in Oshkosh

Paintball anyone??? 16 LYO members and their friends spent an afternoon at Commando Paintball in Little Suamico on March 6th, 2010. It was a near spring like day and we had a "ball" being outdoors after the long Wisconsin winter. The bruises will fade but not the memories made.

On July 19-24, 2009, 13 youth and 3 adults went on a mission trip to the Quad Cities. This is a specific area on the Mississippi River that borders the states of Iowa and Illinois. We combined with 3 other churches from across the USA to be 70 Christians strong. We specifically spent all of our days in Davenport, Iowa and worked in three different urban ministry sites.
Part of the group combined with other youth from Alabama to share their days between two ministries. They spent their mornings at Skate Church, a church sponsored 3 story indoor skate boarding facility. They did general maintance work of cleaning, painting and grounds clean up. In the afternoon, they went to Project Renewal, an afternoon program that gives the kids in the community a safe place to go to enjoy computer games, fellowship and fun. The rest of the group worked at Lydia House for the entire week. This is a temporary shelter for women and children in need. It also offers afterschool and summer programs for at risk kids. This allows them a chance to get away from the high crime neighborhood. While at Lydia House, they mostly interacted with the k-3 graders and shared basic school activities and daily praise/worship time with them. We did have a chance to help out in the community a little bit. That included painting and yard work around the building and for a neighbor.
There were evening activities that opened our eyes to the city around us and to the need of all of our brothers and sisters in Christ. It was humbling to be the hands and feet of Christ for those few days. We had so many opportunities to share our faith and actions with a community that desperately needed it.

On Aug 15th, 2009, 15 LYO members and 4 adults went on a lazy river tubing trip down the Wolf River out of New London. It was blast and a great way to spend a hot summer afternoon.

On June 29, 2008, ten youth and four adult members, including Pastor, left on a Mission Trip to Sault St. Marie, the oldest city in Michigan. Since the air force based closed, the area struggles with severe unemployment. For most of a week, the youth and adults were engaged in projects that supported children's ministries, provided assistance to the elderly and homeless, participated in daily devotions and learned about residents and their culture. All of our people brought home with them a life-long memory of how it feels to be a disciple of Christ who taught us to commit ourselves to help and serve others.