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St. John Lutheran Church has an opening for a Custodian to work 20 hours a week, part-time.

The Custodian in coordination with the St. John Staff ensures the church facility is in clean and sanitary condition and ready for worship services, weddings funerals, meetings and all other activities according to the schedule. Responsible for the general cleaning of the building to include vacuuming, sweeping, and mopping floors, cleaning and stocking restrooms, ensuring doors are locked after hours, cleans up spills with appropriate equipment, collect and dispose of trash, keep cleaning supplies in stock. Notify maintenance of needed repairs. Complete tasks in a timely manner with minimal supervision. Support the pastoral staff in providing a worship service environment where the love and gospel of Jesus Christ is shared and ministered to all.

Pay is based on experience, starting at $15 an hour.

If you are interested in learning more about this role please contact Jeannie Thomas at (402) 223-5268, email resume HERE, or mail or resume to St. John Lutheran Church, 701 N. 6th Street, Beatrice, NE 68310.

 Saturday Worship at 6 PM

Sunday Worship at 9:00 & 11:15 AM

Sunday School & Forum at 10:10 AM

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This week at St. John

March 22

The last of the great signs in the gospel of John is the raising of Lazarus. The church sees in the narrative of the raising of Lazarus and in the vision of the dry bones metaphors for baptism and for the renewed life of faith that is the intention of Lent. The Vigil is coming soon.

Weekly Announcements

9 AM Bulletin

11:15 AM Bulletin

 


Mark your calendars - all ages welcome!

St. John at the YMCA!

March 22nd from 4-6 PM

4:00-5:00 PM - Open swim, pickleball, open gym, bounce house, puzzles, cards, boardgames, and popcorn

5:00-6:00 PM - Potluck supper

Food sign up


LENTEN WEDNESDAY WORSHIPS

February 25th - March 25th

Meal from 5:00 - 6:30 PM and Worship at 7 PM

Please join us as you are able! Rewatch or reread materials from this series here!

All services will be streamed LIVE on Facebook.

March 18 Bulletin


 

Announcements
  • Easter Lilies

    Sponsor a lily in memory or honor of a loved one!  Lilies are $20 and will be available for you to take home after the Easter Sunday services. Stop in the office or fill out a form online by March 29th.

  • Mondays in Lent

    This five-week series of ecumenical worship services is sponsored by churches of Beatrice. Services are at 12:00 p.m. with a free-will offering lunch served at 12:30 p.m. Schedule: 
    March 23 - Christ Church Episcopal - Heidi Price
  • Prayer Vigil

  • Senior Spotlight

    On May 3rd we will be recognizing all graduating St. John Seniors. Watch for our Senior Prayer Focus as we will be spotlighting these students. We ask that you pray for the seniors each week as they prepare to start the next step in their lives and faith journeys. Seniors - please fill out our senior spotlight form!

  • Organ Crawl

    April 26th from 3-5 PM

    Join St. John and neighboring churches to hear beautiful organ music and learn a brief history of the instrument at each location. Featured organs are: First Christian church, Centenary Methodist church, First Presbyterian church, Christ Church Episcopal and St. John’s Lutheran Church. Full schedule coming soon.

 

Church Council Updates

February 2026 Council Meeting Highlights

  • Transition to one service – discussion with all staff and music personnel would need to occur for alignment and logistics.  Worship and Music and music staff are meeting to discuss – will present their recommendation next month.

  • We are waiting to pay for the new roof until we have a written warranty. We are working with Jones Group for lower insurance premium - insurance term comes up in April.

  • Tom Mick is retiring as custodian. The job listing will be posted to start taking applications and interviews.

From the Committees:

  • Hospitality & Engagement: A St. John night out is being hosted by H&E at the YMCA on March 22 from 4 - 6 PM.
  • Faith Formation: Upcoming events: March 12 – Hand out sacks for Food Pantry. March 21 – Pick up food sacks. March 8 – Girl Scouts. March 26 or 27 – Communion Class. We will be working on Senior shawls for our Senior Recognition. VBS Theme will be “Rainforest” and be held the week of May 26th.
  • Worship & Music: Organ crawl will be held on 4/26/26 with the same five churches participating. Committee reviewed results from the in-person church surveys. Will meet with music staff to discuss a possible transition to one service.

The next council meeting will be March 26 @ 6:00 PM

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