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We're open every Sunday, rain or shine! Come by and visit us any Sunday. We worship every Sunday morning at 10:30 A.M. with more frequent worship during the Lenten and Advent seasons. If you are interested in participating in our worship, please visit, or get in touch with us.

Worship Service starts at 10:30 AM CST. Our Sunday School starts at 10:30 as well.
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Worship Leaders

Rev. Bennett McNeal serves as pastor at St. John's UCC. Elizabeth Prusa is our associate youth minister, responsible for youth ministry. Ken Michaels is the Sunday School Superintendent. Gale Ehle is the church Secretary, andLynette Lilly is Organist and Choir Director. Art King is the Sexton. The Church Council President is Elaine Johnson.

A Message from Our Pastor

Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be
upon us, even as we hope in you.
--Psalm 33:22

I can do all things through him (through Christ) who strengthens me.
--Philippians 4:13

This New Year brings hope and promise and some challenges for the people of St. John’s United Church of Christ.

In 2005 many people participated in all the activities of the church, in Adult Bible study and in Confirmation; in fellowship and in fund-raising; in mission, outreach and Re-visioning; in worship and in youth ministry —through all of these things and many more, the church continues to show vitality.

There is great hope for our congregation as long as we place that hope and our faith in God as the Psalmist suggests.

The challenge for us in this coming year, as I see it, will be look for new ways to “be church” together. In other words, how can we continue many of the traditions that have developed over the 104 years that St. John’s has existed, while looking to develop new ways to reach out to the communities that we serve?

We will have several opportunities to do this. One of them is the new Community Learning Center that has happened because of the vision of a young high school student who enlisted the assistance of many others while working to get his Eagle Scout Award. Classes in the Learning Center will be available to people of all ages, and I urge everyone to take advantage of this facility that is like nothing else in our community.

Finding new ways to use our facility and welcoming others will be an additional challenge for us this year. Finding ways to be open and accountable to one another in all that we do is also a significant challenge for us this coming year.

While many good things have happened during the previous year, it’s important to acknowledge that we suffered some losses this past year, both as individual families and as the wider church family. We will continue to grieve those losses.

The losses that we suffer together remind us of the need to look for ways to take care of one another, and to be compassionate with others as Christ was compassionate with all.

If we can continue to put our hope in God and in God’s faithfulness—if we trust in the example and the teaching of Jesus—all things will be possible for St. John’s United Church of Christ in this coming year and in the years to come.

Blessings and Peace in this New Year,

Rev. Bennett McNeal
Pastor
St. John's UCC Lyons
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