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2026 Operation Christmas Child

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Our goal this year is to collect 100 shoeboxes! We can do it with your help. Empty shoeboxes are in the lounge for you to use. A pamphlet with a label and instructions are in each box. Take a box and fill it up! We will collect boxes through...

Win A Trip To Disney!

Click HERE to buy tickets online First St. John Day School 2471 Seaman Rd. Toledo, Oh 43605 501(c)(3) 34-0898547 All profits raised from this promotion will go towards First St. John Day School general fund which supports the school, teachers and scholarships. Tickets...

October 2026 Newsletter

First St John Journal October 2026

October 2026 Calendar

St. John’s Diamond Jubilee 1861-1936

Founded in 1861 in East Toledo, Ohio, First St John Lutheran Church features a rich historical legacy deeply intertwined with the local community, originally sharing its grounds with a parsonage and the Toledo Orphanage.

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August 2025 Newsletter

First St John Journal August 2025

August 2025 Calendar

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Cemetery Clean Up

Cemetery Clean Up

Apr 5, 2025

We will have our semi-annual cemetery clean up on Saturday, April 5th at 9:30 am. Volunteers are needed—the more hands we have, the quicker we finish!  Please remove anything from a grave that you would like to keep—older decorations, grave blankets, and especially...

HOMEBOUND COMMUNION

HOMEBOUND COMMUNION

Mar 6, 2025

If you or a loved one would like a homebound communion visit, please call the church office at 419-691-7222.  Bob Haar is temporarily communing the homebound at their request, and he will call you to set up an appointment.

NURSERY OPEN!

NURSERY OPEN!

Mar 6, 2025

The church nursery is now available during the 10:30 am service. The nursery is in the church basement in the kindergarten classroom and will be staffed with 1-2 volunteers each week. Parents/Guardians can fill out a quick release form for children aged 5 and under...

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