​ 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.

• 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).

If you’d like to join a group or get more information, email the Church Office at church@stjohnslombard.org or call 630-629-2515 x118.

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2023/2024 ADULT SMALL GROUP INFORMATION
  
SUNDAY MORNINGS 9:15a – 10:15a 

 BODY BUILDING - The Right People... In the Right Places... For the Right Reasons.  Leader: Pastor Pete Imlah (Fellowship Hall).  Body Building is a bible study to help you understand who God has uniquely created you to be and help you discover a place of meaningful service in and outside the church. Each participant will discover their unique makeup of spiritual gifts, passions, and personal style. You will also discover the biblical nature and purpose of the church as the body of Christ and the unique importance of each member’s contributions. The church needs you. Not because it needs people to fill positions, but because YOU are an important part of the body of Christ. You have a significant contribution to make. When you make that contribution, it fulfills what God wants to accomplish in the church.
 
NAVIGATING THE HALLWAYS!!  High School Small Group.  Leaders: MaKenzie Baker & Ali VanDam (9:45a – 10:15a Church Abigail/Finance Room).  Join other High School age members to discuss Christian topics of interest to Teenagers. We will discuss topics like peer pressure, time pressure, SERVICE & Recharging!  Please come and bring a friend.
 
THE FORGOTTEN GOD!  Theology of the Holy Spirit.  Leaders: Bill Waller & Pastor Jim Ilten (Church Library).  Join us for a lively Discussion on this engaging book by Francis Chan.  Discover the Holy Spirit as you may never have known Him before!
 
JOB - A STUDY IN PATIENCE & OTHER THINGS!  Leader: Vern Klotz (Church Stephen Ministry Room).  We are currently finishing a study of the book of Job by Francis Chan.  When difficulties, hardships and tragedies come to us how do we respond?  The book of Job shows us how Job and his friends responded and how God responded to them.
 
MATURING IN FAITH - Young Adults (age 18 -25).  Leaders: Sean Nilles & Ali Brose (Every other week in West School Art Room).  Looking for a place to meet on Sunday morning and talk with other Christian young adults about common concerns & experiences??  Join our “Gen Z” Small Group.  This Group will be part fellowship and part discussion of a Christian topic or two.   Please come and bring a friend!  (Oct 1, 15, 29, Nov 12, Dec 3 & 17)

 
 
FALL SEASON - SMALL GROUPS THROUGH THE WEEK
 
SUNDAYS - THE MARRIAGE COURSE - A GUIDE TO A BETTER LIFE TOGETHER.  Leaders:  Nikki & Charlie Herhold (5:30p – 7:30p Fellowship Hall).  You’re Invited!!  Whether married 6 months or 40 years, whether your marriage is in a good place or struggling, “The Marriage Course” offers practical support to strengthen your relationship.  Please join us for fellowship & a meal together as Charlie & Nikki host & lead a 7 week discussion using the RightNow video series “The Marriage Course” by Nicky & Sila Lee.  Topics include Strengthening Connection - Resolving Conflict - Love In Action.  To Register contact the Church Office (Sept. 17 – Oct. 29)
 
WEDNESDAYS - THE “CHOSEN” TV SERIES (season 2) - Women’s Small Group Study.  Leaders: Shawn Mrakovich & Diane Butikofer (9:30a – 11:00a Fellowship Hall).  We will continue our study with “The Chosen” Season 2.  Discussion follows the video and we'd love participants of all ages.  No book or materials are needed.  (Sept. 13 – Nov. 15)
  
WEDNESDAYS - EXODUS - LEARNING TO FOLLOW GOD.  Leaders:  Hannah & Aaron Garnier (7:00p – 9:00p their home in Downers Grove).  Life is indeed a long Journey, for everyone.  Learning to navigate through the Journey takes a long time, sometimes a Lifetime.  Join Hannah & Aaron as they help us understand how best to travel our Journey, based on the journey of the Children of God in the book of Exodus.  To register contact the Church Office.  (begins Sept. 20)
 
THURSDAYS - MEN'S FRATERNITY. No More Excuses… Be the Man God Made You to Be.  Leader: Pastor Pete Imlah (6:00a - 7:00a Fellowship Hall).  Sometimes circumstances in life make it difficult for men to be all God wants them to be. But Tony Evans urges men to stop looking at their circumstances as excuses and instead to see them as challenges and opportunities for success. Exploring the examples of men of God throughout the Bible, this study will challenge you to lay down your excuses, stop compromising, and fight to be a man of character and commitment. Despite your setbacks, failures, and pressures, you can still find purpose, meaning, and direction in life and become the man God has called you to be. Questions contact Pastor Pete at pete.imlah@stjohnslombard.org.  (all year!)
 
THURSDAYS - WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY . . . Beginning Thursday, October 12th (8:10a in the Church Stephen Ministry Room), join Karrie Viscogliosi and other women as they study “The Resolution for Women” by Priscilla Shirer.  (Oct. 12 – TBD)
 
THURSDAYS - SENIORS BIBLE STUDY . . . CONNECTED THROUGH PRAYER - Leader: John Behrendt (9:30a - 11:00a East School Ministry Room - handicap access).  Whether you’re senior in age or an adult that is looking to grow more senior in your Spiritual journey, please consider joining us for some great fellowship and learning together. With this year's theme being "CONNECTED", what better way to start than to look at and perhaps improve our connection to God in our prayer life? Our first study this year will be a four-week series "Before Amen" by Max Lucado, who writes: "We all pray...some. But wouldn't we like to pray...more? Better? Stronger? With more fire, faith and fervency?" Lucado will take us through his struggles with prayer and how he discovered that it is not a privilege for the pious or the art of a chosen few, but a simple tool that everyone has been given to have a conversation with God.  Fellowship, coffee and a snack begins at 9:30a.  (Sept. 14 – May 23, 2024)
 
SATURDAYS - MEN'S FELLOWSHIP.  THEOLOGY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.  Leader: Pastor Jim Ilten (7:30a - 9:00a Church Library). We begin the third chapter on the "Theology of the Holy Spirit" in Francis Chan's “The Forgotten God". 
(Meets every other Saturday:  Sept. 9; 23; Oct. 7; 21; Nov.4; 18; Dec.2; 16…)
 
SATURDAYS – “SINGLE MINDED” – SMALL GROUP FOR SINGLES, DIVORCED & WIDOWED (ages 35 to 70) . . . Leaders: To Be Determined.   (Organizing Meetings Sept. 30th and Oct. 14th at 7:00p Fellowship Hall).   We Are Starting a New Christian Singles Group here at St. Johns. We will discuss how we want this Christian group to operate.  Gathering starts at 6:45p, after the 5:30p service.  



Updated 9/28/23