​ Adult Education
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We encourage our adult members at St. John's to actively participate in a weekly small group. Why? To provide another opportunity for community.

If you’d like to join a group or get more information, call the Church Office at 630-629-2515 x118 or email [email protected].
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• Small groups offer a place to love and be loved, know and be known, serve and be served, celebrate and be celebrated
• Small groups meet Sunday mornings (2nd week of September thru mid-May) and throughout the week - there is time for prayer, sharing, and study
• Groups are loosely based on where you are in life (for example, young singles, families with small children, families with older children, older adults).

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2024/2025 ADULT SMALL GROUP INFORMATION
To join a group contact the Church Office
Updated 1/30/25
  
SUNDAYS - DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES - 9:15a–10:15a Church Library.  Leaders: Harvey, Sherwood and Rick.  Join this Small Group to read The American Miracle by Michael Medved. The book covers thirteen chapters or episodes in early American History with events so startling that they can easily be described as nothing less than Divine Intervention in our nation’s history. Discuss the faith of early Americans and how their prayers were often answered.
 
SUNDAYS - PASTOR’S STUDY - 9:15a-10:15a (Fellowship Hall) Leader:  Pastor Dan Wegrzyn.  The Book of ACTS PART 2. Pastor Dan will lead us through the second half of Acts, starting with chapter 16.  This is not just a study of history, but a framework for how to be an impactful church in a time of cultural diversity, persecution, and distancing of society from God. Join us to be energized and equipped for your role in leading yourself and your family deeper in Christ!
 
SUNDAYS- CONFLICT RESOLUTION VS. RECONCILIATION. 9:15a-10:15a (West School Art Room). Leader Pastor Pete Imlah. This study will help apply a biblical approach to conflict. The first three lessons underscore the importance of being reconciled to God. The next three lessons provide guidance on being reconciled to others. Come learn to live, proclaim, and cultivate a lifestyle of reconciliation through the study of God’s Word.
 
MONDAYS - WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY - 8:10a-10:00a (Church Library) when school is in session.  Leader Karrie V.  We are a fellowship group that tries to learn something new.  Current study “Numbers” by Melissa Spoelstra. 
 
THURSDAYS - MEN’S FRATERNITY STUDY - 6:00a-7:00a (Fellowship Hall) Leader:  Pastor Pete Imlah.  Join us as we study Holy Habits.  When God calls us to Himself, He sets us apart—He makes us holy. But what does it mean to be holy? What habits define God’s people, no matter where they are on earth or which denomination they are a part of? In this study we will explore four foundational behaviors of Christians. Questions contact Pastor Pete Imlah [email protected].
 
THURSDAYS- SENIORS BIBLE STUDY - 9:30a Social Time; 10a-11a Study (East Building Ministry Room). Leader: John B.  Whether you’re senior in age or an adult that is looking to grow more senior in your Spiritual journey, consider joining us March 13th – April 10th to study Ray Vander Laan's "That The World May Know" series "In The Dust Of The Rabbi - Learning To Live As Jesus Lived". The author writes: "Faith from a distance. Do you ever feel like you are a follower of Jesus, but from a distance? Come, discover how you can get dirty and be closer to YOUR Rabbi, Jesus. We will uncover the world in which discipleship was born and practiced, we will better understand Jesus' call to be His disciples...as He says "Come, follow Me"." 
 
SATURDAY – MEN’S FELLOWSHIP - 9:00a-10:30a (Church Library every other Saturday, see church website calendar for meeting dates).  Leader:  various. The group will discuss readings from a selected collection of Luther's works “Martin Luther in His Own Words” by Jack Kilcrease and Erwin Lutzer. Centered around the five solas of the Reformation (sola Scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, sola Christus, soli Deo gloria), the selections offer readers an accessible primer on works that are foundational to the theology of Protestantism in all its forms. Any student of the Bible should find this an enlightening introduction to Luther.