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Sunday, November 1 at 2:00am
Turn clocks back 1 hour
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St. John's invites us all to participate. When we accept that invitation and join with others to give of our time, our talent or our treasure, it is called Stewardship. Part of Stewardship is the reality of meeting a yearly budget to sustain our liturgy, music and education, reaching beyond our walls to serve within our wider community, and caring for the preservation of our historic buildings. Our involvement in the various programs and opportunities at St. John's asks for our hands-on energy, our financial support, and our creative ideas. In one or all of these ways, we ask you, too, to be a Steward of St. John's. We hope you find it in your heart to proclaim the theme for this year's Stewardship effort:
"I'm in!"
You will be receiving a letter along with a pledge form in the mail. You can return your pledge form by mail in the remittance envelope or in the plate on Sunday. Or you can email your pledge to Joanne in the office at administrator@stjohnsnh.org or call if that is more convenient.
Last year, with the help of many volunteers, our annual pledge drive exceeded goal. Based on the church's needs, we have set our goal at the same level of $510,000. Please give generously to St. John's - for the worship that nourishes and refreshes us, for the spiritual exploration in men's and women's groups, for the 170+ children learning moral and spiritual values in our youth programs, for the choir school, Common Table, and other outreach programs...for your friends, for the blessing of giving back as a Steward of this community.
Your Vestry
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Adult Education Calendar
- The Year of Pilgrimage
Gospel Chat
(Sunday 9-9:45am)
A discussion around the Gospel reading for the following Sunday
Nov 1 Mark 12:38-44
Nov 8 Mark 13: 1-18
BibleWorkbench
(Tuesday 10:30am-12pm)
Exploring our story through sacred stories.
Nov 3 Mark 12:38-44
Nov 10 1 Samuel 2:1-10
St. John's Night
(Wednesday 6-8pm
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We Make the Road by Walking -
Brian McLaren
Nov 4 Chapter 7 - It's Not Too Late
Nov 11 Chapter 8 Rivalry or Reconciliation
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SAVE THE DATE - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Flannery O'Connor Book Discussion
with Dr. Eden Wales Freedman
7:00pm Presentation and Book Discussion
The three stories we will be discussing are:
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find, "Good Country People," and "Parker's Back."
If you don't have copies of the stories, they're available online:
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Last Call for ChIPs Gifts
The Episcopal Church of New Hampshire is again helping provide gifts for Children of Incarcerated Parents (ChIPs) and you can still help.
Gifts and books - for infants through teens - must be new, unwrapped, with a retail value of $20. Cash donations are also welcome with a check payable to St. John's, memoed "Chips". Only a few days remain as gifts or donations must be at St. John's by this Friday, November 6, for delivery to Diocesan Convention the next day. You may place your gifts at the base of the historic font in the rear corner of the church or deliver them to the church office.
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Needed:
Bakers for
Welcoming Bread
Our custom on Sunday is to welcome guests to St. John's with a personal sized loaf of freshly baked bread, but we need bakers to make this happen. Can you help by baking bread once a month? Contact Christine Niles at 603-502-0889 or
septemberluna@comcast.net
for more details or to sign up.
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Help purchase Bibles
for Seafarers Ditty Bags
26 in hand ... 74 remain ...
$370 left to reach our goal
Here on the NH Seacoast, we are reminded of the world that comes to us by sea. Since 1856, The Mission to Seafarers has cared for seafarers in desperate need around the world. The Mission to Seafarers cares for all seafarers, regardless of rank, gender, nationality or faith.
Each Episcopal community on the Seacoast is collecting items for a joint outreach project, creating 100 Ditty Bags. A Ditty Bag is a small care package of items that may be needed and useful during a voyage at sea. St. John's contribution to this initiative is a personal sized Bible. We will purchase 100 Bibles at a cost of $5 each - so we need $500 to do this - and ask for your gift to purchase one or more Bibles by November 15.
Please hand your donation to Charlie Nichols or Anne Williamson and speak to Charlie or Anne for more information. Thank you!
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