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St. John’s joins Smile Amazon Program

Do you shop on Amazon? Do you know part of your purchases could come back to St. John’s at no cost to you? Well let me tell you about www.smile.amazon.com. AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com) the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.05% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers. It could be St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church if you so wish.

When first visiting smile.amazon.com, customers are prompted to select a charitable organization from over one million eligible organizations. In order to browse or shop at smile.amazon, customers must first select a charitable organization. There is no cost to you or St. John’s. As there are many organizations, please make sure you have the correct one.

We are offering this easy giving avenue for those who are active Amazon shoppers and are conscious of how their spending can translate into philanthropy. We extend this offer for you to consider St. John’s when online shopping for those items not repeated in our local outlets and encourage continued support of our local businesses in Emmaus.

What to Do: Go to www.smile.amazon.com and type in St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, then in the list find the one with Emmaus, Pa. (there are a lot of church’s with the same name so be sure to double check before you select) and then hit select. You only have to select St. John’s the first time you go in, as it keeps your choice selected for you. From there you go to another screen where you verify your selection and then you start shopping at Amazon Smile and St. John’s is automatically noted as your default donation organization.

Thank you for your support of St. John’s

Your Stewardship Committee

Diane Felegy, Jane Harps, Susan Buchman, Deb Herman, Judie Herb, Bob Cleaver and Marlea McAdoo

Madelyn Eisenhart: Steward of the Month – July 2019

My name is Madelyn Eisenhart. I have been a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church since I was born.

At church I love to help out with anything I can. Some of the things I do at St. John’s include helping my mom with Altar Guild, helping with GIFT events (the Easter Egg Hunt, the church picnic, and the German Christmas service), and singing in the youth choir. This year I am going to be a helper at VBS. I love to help out because it makes me feel good as a person. It is also fun to work behind the scenes on events so everyone can enjoy them.

Nancy Reimert: Steward of the Month – June 2019

Having belonged to St. John’s all my life, I’m trying to remember the changes made throughout the years, of which there were many. I’m remembering Sunday School in the church basement. We had an opening for all classes together and then the curtains would be pulled, and each class would have their section for the lesson of the day. I’m thinking having a band in Sunday School but can’t find anyone with me at that time to confirm this. {It’s been confirmed we had a band). When Spring and Summer arrived, we looked forward to Bible School. We had many, many children. I really can’t remember how the church was set up for Bible School, but I believe we had an opening with all groups and ages in the church. Then I believe we all went downstairs for our lessons and crafts. Ed Fogel had a wood shop or wood burning for the boys. Later in my life, after collage, I helped at Bible School with the arts and crafts, then later when we went from two weeks to one week and evening, I helped in the kitchen to prepare supper for the children and staff. {By this time, we had Sunday School rooms for classes and a Parish Hall for openings and closings). Going back to earlier years while in high school, I helped at the St. John’s Stand at the Allentown Fair. The women were busy cooking and baking in the kitchen, which was in the basement of the church at this time and the men were making sauerkraut in Mr. Folk’s garage on Ridge Street. We don’t want to forget the women who made Fasnacht’s to sell. Throughout my life time I served on the Education Committee, I am on Alter Guild, a greeter, a member of the Newsletter group, bake for fellowship, and not to forget help to decorate the church for Christmas and Harvest Home, which I haven’t been able to do recently and also went Christmas caroling to the homebound members. I’m truly blessed to have such caring church family who have helped me in many ways.

Nancy Reimert