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These dear people are spending the next three days up at Intermountain sharing how God transforms community and how we are better together. What a gift! Thank you St. John’s community.

Verizon-Cellular Plus at 1302 Prospect Ave will be giving away free backpacks filled with school supplies on Saturday, July 27 from 10am to noon. Verizon-Cellular Plus Backpack to School program is one that involves employees and customers right here in our community. A child must be present with an adult to claim their free backpack and no purchase is necessary to receive a backpack. There are a limited number available and will be distributed while supplies last. One per student. Please feel free to call Verizon with any questions at 406-449-4848.

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Pastor Brad is in Israel and we wanted to share some of his highlights! Safe travels Pastor and Elaine!

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Our Pilgrimage to the Holy Land through Good Shepherd Travel has begun! Rev Peter Miago said, “Tourists pass through places, but pilgrims let places pass through them, allowing their heats to be change.” May it be so so on our journeys in Israel or wherever life’s roads take us. After being delayed in Helena for three hours waiting for a flight attendant who did not arrive, we flew to Denver to meet Pastors Sonja and Joel Pancoast, tour guides, and 40+ Lutherans from Zion Lutheran, Loveland Colorado. Then we flew 9 hours to Munich Germany and than 3 more hours to Tel Aviv , Israel on the coast of Israel. Our final leg of the journey was a 2 1/2 hour bus to the Golan Hotel in Tiberius, which sits right in the west side Sea of Galilee ( also known as the Sea of Tiberius, named after the Roman Emperor.) After a tiring couple days of travel we ate a delicious buffet at the hotel and went to bed at 10:00 PM. The Pilgrimage has begun!

Congratulations to Bishop-Elect Laurie Jungling!

Worship with us this Sunday as we celebrate Pastor Brad's upcoming summer sabbatical. We as a congregation will pray a special litany for him at the end of worship and continue the celebration with a pie feast in the fellowship hall. We pray that this is a time of rest, renewal, joy, and learning and look forward to hearing all about your adventures when you return after labor day.

Another celebratory Sunday coming your way! Join us this week as we celebrate our graduates: Graduate School: Angela Conley Bachelors and Associates Degrees: Dakota Dunlap, Nathan Alm, Emily Powell, Josh Barrows, Eleanor Wintersteen, Josey Smiedala High School: Gwendolyn Roszel, Evan Rankin We will pray a special blessing for all graduates and recognize our high school graduates at the end of the service with a special litany and presenation of quilts. May God bless and guide you on your path to your next adventures.

Our 4 years-K Sunday School class rocks! These kiddos raised money to purchase fish through ELCA World Hunger to help families in need. They raised over $500 dollars yesterday-which is two whole fish ponds. Thank you for supporting our kids. This is the church happening in the world right now and it’s looking pretty darn good.

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the source of all mercy and the God of all consolation. God comforts us in all our sorrows..." I Cor. 1:3-4 Please remember in your prayers the family of Shannon and Pete Callahan. A family graveside service will be held for Shannon's mother, Jeannie Matthies, on Friday afternoon, May 10. Jeannie was a lifelong member of St. John's. She and Doug were married at St. John's. Friends are invited by the family for an open house to celebrate Jeannie's life on Saturday, May 11 from 3:00 to 6:00 PM on the 6th floor of the Montana club. May God's peace comfort Shannon and her family.

We need help! Tomorrow, May 8th, we will box up all of our beautiful quilts so we can ship them off to Lutheran World Relief at the end of the week. We need more boxes and more muscles to help complete this project. The fun begins at 9:00 AM at church. Hope to see you there and THANK YOU!