Upcoming Events

March 20th--Youth Meal High School

March 24th-Mission Sunday - displays highlighting our various ministries--sponsored by Church Programming Committee

March 27th--Youth Meal 7th & 8th Graders

March 29th-Family Game Night sponsored by Outreach Committee

March 31st--Camp Fontanelle Early Bird Deadline

March 31st-UMCOR Sunday 

April 3rd--Youth Meal 6th Graders

April 6th--Tables with Fashion at Classics

April 7th- Communion Sunday 

April 10th--Youth Meal Bible Club

April 13th--Youth Group Lasagna Fundraiser Day

April 14th-2nd grade Bible Presentation 

April 14th-Palm Sunday, the day of Jesus' triumphant entry in Jerusalem

April 18th-Maundy Thursday service at 7:00

April 19th-Good Friday service at 7:00

April 20th-Easter Egg Hunt at 9:30 am 

April 21st-Easter Sunday Celebrations at sunrise (6:40 at the home of Duane and Deb Smith, 1000 Covey Circle), 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM

May 5th- Senior Breakfast  at 10:00 am 

Community Food Pantry

This month we will be collecting Chicken and Tuna Helper, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Cooking Oil, and Mayonnaise.  Thank you Centenary for helping our families in need.

The Community Food Pantry is another mission project for our church.  Our church takes food donations to help those in need.  The types of foods requested are given to us by the Food Pantry to help fill their shelves based on the needs at the time.

Location: St. John Lutheran Church, 701 N. 6th St., Beatrice, NE  68310

Phone: 402-223-5306

Hours: Monday & Thursday 9:00am-12:00 noon, 1:00pm-4:00pm   and   Last Tuesday of the month from 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Services: Food, one-time assistance with rent; one time assistance with electric bill

Interviewed clients may come once a month for three months.  Additional food pantry visits by clients are determined on a case by case basis.

They work closely with Health & Human Services, Blue Valley Community Action, Salvation Army, Crisis Center of Hope, etc.. Transients may receive one night's lodging at a local motel. 5 gallons of gas may be given for EXTREME emergencies.

They serve all of Gage County.

Your gifts of food and cash are much needed and GREATLY appreciated. It requires about 65 volunteers to carry out their MISSION.

This Institution is an equal opportunity provider. "And Justice for All."

Did You Know

We collect Nickels for Nigeria every fourth Sunday of the month.  The mission is to help sustain an orphanage located in Jalingo, Nigeria.

Almost 100 children in Nigeria face futures that are more hopeful today because United Methodists in the Nebraska Conference committed several years ago to improve the lives of the poorest of the poor children in Africa.

The Jalingo UMC Orphanage (#3021070) in northeastern Nigeria is one result of a partnership formed in 1999 between the Nigeria Episcopal Area and the Nebraska Conference. It grew out of the United Methodist Council of Bishops' Hope for the Children of Africa initiative.

The orphanage in Jalingo, a city of about 118,000 people, opened in 2005 with 28 children who had lost their parents. Today it is home to 98 students, ranging in age from infant to 17 years old.

The residents came from far eastern Nigeria. Their parents likely died from one of the six most common causes of death in that region: snake bites, car accidents, malaria, HIV/AIDS, home accidents and liver disease. Other relatives became their guardians, but with limited resources, the children had little hope for a good education.

The orphanage is also a school, and many of these kids weren't able to go to school and didn't really get three meals a day. They get three really good meals a day (at Jalingo). They live in a family kind of atmosphere.

The younger Jalingo residents attend school at the orphanage, while the older residents go to a junior secondary school nearby.