St. John's College
Alumni Association
PO Box 376
1502 E. 6th Ave
Winfield, KS 67156
Phone: 620-221-1572
Email: sjcaa1@cox.net
Office Hours:
Tuesday - Thursday
8:00am - 3:00pm
Office Staff:
Larry Junker, Executive Director
Wallace Behrhorst, Reporter Editor
Beth Smith, Administrative Assistant
From the Executive Director
Greetings Alumni and Friends of SJCAA:
It has been a great fiscal year (FY 2024-2025) in many respects. Over the last five years, the Scholarship Endowment of the Association has grown substantially, thanks to gifts from alumni and friends. In the past five years, this endowment has grown to almost $4.2 million, and that has enabled the Association to increase financial aid from an average of $900 to $1,000, to now in the range of $2,000 plus. As a matter of fact, this past year the Association provided each student attending a Synodical institution with $2,500. And for this we give our great God the glory! A list of students was published in an earlier edition of The Reporter.
The Association published four issues of The Reporter this past fiscal year, and from comments returned, many of you “read it cover to cover.” We will continue to do so, although due to increasing costs, it might be necessary to reduce this number to three.
The 2025 Winfield Johnnie Reunion was successful, even though the number of those attending was down. Everyone attending did a lot of reminiscing and storytelling. The Service of Celebration and Remembrance was especially good, and the Alumni Choir provided its usual great rendition to this service.
From an operations standpoint, it was not the year that was anticipated. The Annual Fund reached 87.9 percent of its goal of $41,225. That, coupled with increased costs in almost everything - from insurance to postage to utilities to printing - caused the Association to operate at a loss of $11,922. If in the last five years the Operational Endowment had grown as the Scholarship Endowment, the interest earned on this Endowment might have been enough to offset some of the increased expenses. Just FYI, as of this writing, the Scholarship Endowment stands at just over $3.3 million, verses the Operational Endowment at $1.2 million, for a total of $4.5 million. In July of 2006, the total of these endowments stood at $1.45 million. Earnings for the Scholarship Endowment were just over $100,000 this past year, while the earnings for the Operational Endowment for the same period was $32,500.
As you can see, the St. John’s College Alumni Association operates as one might say “close to the belt.” The Association gives thanks to God that He has blessed the Association so richly. And we pray that He will continue to do so.
With this in mind, I want to express thanks on behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff of the Association for all the prayers and financial support that you have provided over not only this past fiscal year, but for your support over the past 116 years. We continually give thanks to God for each and every one of you. We ask that you continue your prayerful and financial support in the coming years ahead. The Board and Staff also wish each and every one of you a very Blessed Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Blessings always,
Larry Junker
SJCAA Executive Director
Greetings Alumni and Friends of SJCAA:
It has been a great fiscal year (FY 2024-2025) in many respects. Over the last five years, the Scholarship Endowment of the Association has grown substantially, thanks to gifts from alumni and friends. In the past five years, this endowment has grown to almost $4.2 million, and that has enabled the Association to increase financial aid from an average of $900 to $1,000, to now in the range of $2,000 plus. As a matter of fact, this past year the Association provided each student attending a Synodical institution with $2,500. And for this we give our great God the glory! A list of students was published in an earlier edition of The Reporter.
The Association published four issues of The Reporter this past fiscal year, and from comments returned, many of you “read it cover to cover.” We will continue to do so, although due to increasing costs, it might be necessary to reduce this number to three.
The 2025 Winfield Johnnie Reunion was successful, even though the number of those attending was down. Everyone attending did a lot of reminiscing and storytelling. The Service of Celebration and Remembrance was especially good, and the Alumni Choir provided its usual great rendition to this service.
From an operations standpoint, it was not the year that was anticipated. The Annual Fund reached 87.9 percent of its goal of $41,225. That, coupled with increased costs in almost everything - from insurance to postage to utilities to printing - caused the Association to operate at a loss of $11,922. If in the last five years the Operational Endowment had grown as the Scholarship Endowment, the interest earned on this Endowment might have been enough to offset some of the increased expenses. Just FYI, as of this writing, the Scholarship Endowment stands at just over $3.3 million, verses the Operational Endowment at $1.2 million, for a total of $4.5 million. In July of 2006, the total of these endowments stood at $1.45 million. Earnings for the Scholarship Endowment were just over $100,000 this past year, while the earnings for the Operational Endowment for the same period was $32,500.
As you can see, the St. John’s College Alumni Association operates as one might say “close to the belt.” The Association gives thanks to God that He has blessed the Association so richly. And we pray that He will continue to do so.
With this in mind, I want to express thanks on behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff of the Association for all the prayers and financial support that you have provided over not only this past fiscal year, but for your support over the past 116 years. We continually give thanks to God for each and every one of you. We ask that you continue your prayerful and financial support in the coming years ahead. The Board and Staff also wish each and every one of you a very Blessed Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Blessings always,
Larry Junker
SJCAA Executive Director