Welcome to St. John's Lutheran Church

Welcome! This web-site gives you an excellent introduction to St. John's Lutheran Church. It tells you of our mission, our activities and beliefs.

We invite you to explore it. We also invite you to worship with us at St. John's. As important as this web-site is, you cannot experience the joy of worship or the power of community unless you come.

Come and share a journey of faith!! At times you will experience joy. At other times you may experience sorrow. Whether we share our laughter and joy or our tears and sorrow, we do so with hope. We do so in the presence of Jesus who accompanies us on our journey of faith.

Enroll in Preschool

Mission: “To shepherd growing and developing children in a Christian environment.”

St. John's Christian Preschool has openings for the 2's, 3's and 4's classes. Call (301) 946-4977 to register your child for fall classes! For your convenience, you may view and print the registration forms (in PDF format) by clicking on the following links: Registration Letter, Cumulative Student Record, Health Inventory, Blood Lead Test

New Web Address

Our website has a NEW IMPROVED address -- stjelc.org --- It's shorter and easier to remember. The old address, stjohns-rockville.org still works, so we don't have to change all of our stationery! Try it and bookmark us at stjelc.org

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church = stjelc.org

What's Happening at St. John's

New Venture!

SERVICE & OUTREACH LAUNCHES NEW VENTURE! Perhaps you recall the front page Gazette article of February ’09 (Nathan Corrick, Staff Writer) which centered on a 40 year old homeless man living in the woods off of Veirs Mill Road; he was found dead of exposure on frozen mud following a bit...

Service Goals

Jesus once said, “As you have done to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you have done to me.” This means that Jesus is present in the least of these and, since it is important for the church to follow its Lord, we should be among the least of these. Recognition of the fact that we li...

Food Collection

The St. John's food collection is donated periodically to those in need in the Aspen Hill community. Through the generous donations of church members, our food pantry always contains food.

Yard Sale

A huge thank you to EVERYONE who helped with the Yard Sale!!!! We earned $1635 and Thrivent will match $1600, so $3235 will be donated to ELCA’s Disaster Relief Funds for Hurricane Victims. We couldn’t do it without you all!

Prayer Shawl

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY - Care for others and the love of knitting or crocheting combine into a prayerful ministry that makes shawls, lap robes and afghans for those members in need of comfort and solace. Many prayers and blessings are stitched into every piece that is made. Before going on to the...