Saint John San Juan New Worship Location

Saint John San Juan New Worship Location 

November 30th, 2025 will be our first worship service at our new location at the chapel at Saint Croix Lutheran Academy.  

https://www.stcroixlutheran.org/ 

1200 Oakdale Ave, West St Paul, MN 55118 

Directions 

https://www.stcroixlutheran.org/uploaded/virtual_tour/index.html 

Although this is a new location and a new mission field, we continue to proclaim the same timeless Gospel, the good news that Jesus won our salvation through his perfect life, death on the cross, and resurrection. Come and join us! 

 

Saint John Thanksgiving Service 2025

Saint John Thanksgiving Service 2025 

 

Wednesday, 11/26/25 @ 6:00 pm—Thanksgiving service. This will be our last regular worship service in our present facility. Come and celebrate to give thanks for all the blessings that happened at this place. Come and give thanks for the opportunity to continue to do Gospel Ministry in a new place. Come and give thanks that throughout the changes in our lives Jesus and his salvation promises are the same yesterday, today, and forever. Join us after the service for fellowship in the fellowship hall. Feel free to bring a dessert to share. 

 

 

Combined Multilingual Service

Hmong, English, Spanish

Immanuel Hmong

Saint John

San Juan

Sunday

November 16th, 2025

10:30 am

To celebrate our time together on the East side of St. Paul, MN all three churches will 

be holding a combined service this coming Sunday morning. All are welcome. 

Potluck to Follow. Please bring a side dish or dessert to pass.

Funeral Announcement

 Funeral services for Florence Kulisheck will be Friday at 11am. Visitation at 10am.

Funeral Announcement

Pastor Moua's mother, Xao, has passed away. There will be an English worship service at 6pm on Sunday, 7/27 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Stillwater.

If anyone wants to volunteer to help clean up at Elmhurst Cemetery on Sunday afternoon to please contact Pastor Otto for more details. Thanks.

Pastor of St. John / San Juan
Tim Otto (651) 360-9560
Email: timotto25@yahoo.com

Blog Post to the Congregation re Merger Vote (04.25.25)

 

St. John Council Lutheran Church

April 25, 2025

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

In preparation for the vote on Sunday, the Council wanted to provide the Congregation with the results of the survey, an additional opportunity to address any remaining questions and/or concerns in regard to the vote and the potential Merger, and the procedure for the vote. Each of these is addressed below.

Yours in Christ, the St. John Council

     1. The Results of the Survey.

 

The results below are the “raw” numbers of the surveys. The surveys, and the comments made on the surveys, were made confidentially so none of the comments will be shared.

 

Please Note: The “Voting Members” numbers are approximate as, due to the confidential nature of the surveys, the Council was unable to determine the exact number of Voting Members.

 

Option A – St. John/San Juan Join the new Merged Church:

 

All Members: 43        Voting Members: 28

 

Option B – St. John/San Juan Continues as an Independent Congregation, but Sells our Current Facility and “right sizes” to a Different Facility/Location:

 

All Members: 13         Voting Members: 10

 

Option C – St. John/San Juan Continues in the Present Location with the Present Ministry Plan:

 

All Members: 14         Voting Members: 10

 

     2. Opportunity to Address any Questions/Concerns.

 

Pastor Otto and Jeff Abrahamson will be available for anyone who wants to meet at the Church on Saturday, April 26, 2025 to address any questions or concerns that congregation members have in regard to the vote on Sunday and the proposed Merger.

 

Please contact either Pastor Otto, or Jeff Abrahamson to schedule a time to meet:

 

Pastor Otto:      651-360-9560 (call or text)

totto0615@aol.com

 

Jeff Abrahamson:    612-616-9050 (call or text)

jabrahamson@stjohnev.net

 

     3. Procedure for the Vote on Sunday.
 

The voting process on Sunday will involve two phases.

 

The first phase will include all members of St. John, age 18 and over – both men and women. The totals of the first phase will then be counted and announced.

 

The second phase will include only the voting members, with the voting members being encouraged to vote how the majority of the congregation voted in the first phase to implement the will of the congregation.

 

The votes of the voting members will be counted, the results will be announced, and the leadership will briefly address the next steps moving forward based on the results of the vote.

 

Please Note: The vote is whether we at St. John intend to join in the ministry plan with the Merger with Pilgrim, St. John’s Minneapolis, and Mount Olive. If any one of the four Churches votes not to join the Merger, the M4M Committee would need re-evaluate the potential Merger, and what that newly proposed Merger would look like. We, as St. John, would then hold further discussion in regard to any newly proposed Merger, and would hold a vote in regard to whether to move forward with any newly proposed Merger.

 

We will provide the results of the other three congregational votes to our members as quickly as possible, and expect to be able to provide them to the congregation by next Sunday, May 4, 2025.

 

 

If you would like to access this message in the form of a document that you can reference or download you can use the following link:

Blog Post to the Congregation re Merger Vote (04.25.25)