Next Book of the Month Club - 11/2
Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers is the next selection for the women’s Book of the Month connection group.  All women are invited to join us on Wednesday, November 2nd, at 6:00pm to discuss our next pick.  We will meet at 3212 Brantley Drive in New Haven.  Email Joy Geiger at joyfulgeiger@gmail.com for more information.  We’d love to have you join us!

October is Connection Month!

With so many causes and groups claiming they have an official month, I have decided that October is “Connection Month”.  Instead of wearing special clothes, flashy lapel pins or posting inspiring memes on Facebook – you can celebrate Connection Month by getting to know someone in our church a little better.  You can celebrate by simply saying “Hi” to a familiar (or unfamiliar) face each Sunday in October. 

Some will want to take a bigger risk by adding a question: “Hi my name is Jon, what’s yours?”  If you’re really bold, you can celebrate by suggesting you meet for a cup of coffee or by inviting them to join your connection group!  (All of these are accepted ways to celebrate this new made up month). The most important thing is that you recognize others and move closer to them! 

Happy Connection Month!

​As the fall approaches, a new round of Connection Groups will officially begin the week of September 11th.  Over the next few Sundays, you’ll find information, sign-up sheets and hopefully get personally invited to join a group.  If you are newer to the church, or have never joined a group – this is the perfect opportunity to try one out.  If you are in an existing group – don’t be afraid to try a new one.  Our hope is that these groups will continue to help all of us follow Jesus more closely this year than we did last!

Here are the fall selections:
Sunday Afternoons (4pm) – Applying the Sermon
Sunday Evening Dinner (5pm) – Irresistible
Sunday Evening (5:30pm) – The Great Commission
Monday Night Women (7pm) – Christ in the Psalms
Monday Night Men (7pm) - Spiritual Disciplines
First Wednesday of the Month (6pm) Women’s Book Club - Voice in the Wind
Thursday Night (7pm) – Philippians
Friday Night (7pm) – The Slumber of Christianity
Saturday Morning (10am) - Set Your House in Order
Saturday Women’s Lunch (12:30pm) – 12 Women of the Bible

​“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”
 
Neil Armstrong said this as he stepped on to the moon on July 20, 1969.  He reminded us that our small steps can also be giant leaps.  As fall approaches, we challenge you to take a small step that may hopefully turn into a giant leap, moving you closer to Jesus.  Whether you are just visiting, or a founding member of St. Joe, we find life as we move closer to Jesus.  Since the Bible proclaims we are connected to one another as the body of Christ, growing closer to Jesus happens in the context of community.  So as fall approaches, please be praying about making a small “connection step” towards Jesus.  That step may be joining a connection group, attending a short-term class or simply having coffee with someone you just met last Sunday.  Our hope is to help everyone grow a little closer to Jesus.  Small steps make a big difference.  In the next few weeks you’ll hear more specifics about what we will offer and when we will meet.  Why not start today by making a decision that you’ll take a small step this fall?

​New study: Set Your House in Order
Isaiah 38:1

We owe it to our loved ones and ourselves to prepare for the future and the inevitable. Please join us for a financial discipleship study to guide you through this process.  Meetings will be Saturday mornings, 10am, starting September 10. Workbooks are $50, with an E version for $30.  Please register by August 28th on your Connection Card, in person with Bill or Lynnette Wallace, email lynnettew8@gmail.com, or text 260-615-4191.

Dear Men:

​Raytheon has generously availed its suite at Parkview Field to St Joe Community Church for the night of Saturday, August 6, 2022, when the Fort Wayne Tin Caps host the South Bend Cubs. This is intended as a men’s ministry event, so if you’re a man who is a member or attends St Joe, we’d love to have you join us for this night of fellowship and fun. We’ll meet at Parkview Field at 6:00 pm and the game will start at 6:45 pm.  
 
Tickets and parking passes are free, but limited and available on first-claimed-first-reserved basis. If you’re interested, register here. Note: if demand exceeds supply, we will keep a waiting list in the event that a ticket becomes available. Signing up here does not guarantee a procured ticket. For questions, contact elder Jerry Jones at jonsey.jj@gmail.com.