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Quick News for Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Mothers' Day Brunch
Please join us as we celebrate Mothers and Friends at a special brunch following the May 13th 9:15 am service! Please consider bringing a friend who might appreciate our welcoming community.
REVISED !! New -- May Calendar Congregational Service Support
There are many revisions to the May Calendar of Support Services -- you may be on it!!! (Team Memberships ARE available - just ask!!). Please
CLICK HERE to note the changes. Thank you!
We are forever welcoming your donation of altar flowers at any time during the year. Altar flowers are a wonderful way to honor those who are present in our hearts! It is a sign and symbol of our love. Please speak with Lynne Goepper to schedule and plan your gift.
EVERYONE!!! New Church Directory INFORMATION NEEDED!
From Darcey Hale -- A special thank-you to those of you who have sent your directory information.
If you have not done so, please send the complete information listed below. If I only get part or you say "just like last year" it means that I have to go into the directory and retype it. Because of the difficulties that we had with the last directory (our first with pictures, etc.) I cannot do a simple cut and paste. Producing the directory is a very time-consuming process and having you send me the information as requested will save me a huge amount of time. Many thanks.
Please include:
Name(s) last name first
Address
Winter address (if you have one)
Phone number
Cell phone numbers (if you have them)
email address
birthdays (without year)
Picture(s)
Our Friday Pot Luck suppers continue weekly and begin at 6pm.
Please come and join us, with your questions and favorite dish to share.
All are welcome!!
Upcoming Events
And....
Celebrate with our acolytes!
Special RENEW Friday Pot Luck - May 25, 2018 - 6 pm
We will focus that evening on our local mission, RENEW. Mary Anne Schultz will be joining us to explain the mission. All current and future volunteers are welcome to come as our guests!!! Please come and honor our dedicated volunteers! Joining RENEW is a fulfilling way you can make a huge local impact on our community.
Reaching Out Towards "The Stranger"
Adirondack-Friends-of-Refugees is sponsoring two upcoming events in June - we hope you will attend and support.
June 2nd 4 pm
Sunday, June 10th 4 pm
Daily Devotional Readings Available (free)
If you would like to greet each day with a devotional reading from the Society of St. John the Evangelist, please go to their website at
http://www.SSJE.org/word
and hit the SUBSCRIBE button to receive their daily email devotional reading.
NEW INFO -- Another alternative is Richard Rohr's site called Center for Action and Contemplation, for more in-depth and profound insights. Please go to
www.cac.org to sign up to receive these.
These are powerful daily spiritual messages and inspirations that can help you "set your sails" for the day and raise up a mundane day into a path of devotion.
We are already seeing our Snowbirds returning and are joyously looking forward to welcoming home the rest of the flock! We have missed you and will be glad to see you back at your St. John's home. Who might we see this Sunday?!! As St. John said, "Come And See!"
Things are really progressing on our website! Please take a moment and check it out!
More to come, please keep checking on our progress.
Ecumenical and Regional Retreat Planning
Next meeting- June 4, 9:45am - St. John's
Please join us for the next meeting for the Ecumenical and Regional Retreat Planning on June 4, at 9:45 am, at St. John's. All are invited to attend!
Save the Date - July 8 - Holy Listening Session
Eric Davis, part of Bishop Ely's Discernment Committee will be conducted a Holy Listening Session here on Sunday, July 8, during coffee hour.
I encourage everyone to attend this session because our needs as a DEPO parish (Delegated Episcopal Pastoral Oversight) will be discussed and addressed. This Holy Listening Session is part of a new bishop-discernment process for the Diocese of Vermont. Bishop Ely is retiring within the next 18 months.
Bless all whose lives are closely linked with ours, grant that we may serve Christ in them, and love one another as he loves us. We give special thanks for all our mothers on this day, for the birth of John and Katharine's grandson, William Shepard Constable, and for other blessings we now share...
Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit; give them courage and hope in their troubles and bring them the joy of your salvation. We pray for those who are ill:
For James Graves; Bruce; Dottie Hall Swinehart's son, Kent; Jill; Teresa's sister Vivian; Pam's friend Bryce Newcomb; Laura Steenburg; Judith Moore; Dottie Hall Swinehart; Helene Gray; and others known to us....
We commend to your mercy all who have died.
Holy Day - Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, 389
Gregory loved God, the arts, and the human race. In 379 Gregory moved to Constantinople and no longer suffered from despair. He was on fire with the love of God. His fame as a theologian rests on five sermons he delivered during this period of the Doctrine of the Trinity. They are marked by clarity, strength, and a charming gaiety.
On a rainy day, the crowd at the great church of Haga Sophia proclaimed Gregory bishop after a ray of sunlight suddenly shone down upon him. Power and position meant nothing to Gregory. After the Ecumenical Council of 381, he retired to Nazianzus where he died in 389. He was known as "The Divine" and "The Theologian".
Let us pray:
Almighty God who through Gregory revealed to your church your glorious
majesty
in perfect love. Give us your grace that we may continue to be steadfast in our faith and continue to
worship you as our Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. May you live and reign in our hearts forever, Amen.
Special Readings for this Holy Day:
Wisdom 7:7-14
Psalm 19:7-14
John 8:25-32
Father Craig Contact Information
Here are the ways you can reach Father Craig:
Church Phone: 518 - 963 - 7775
Rectory Phone: 518 - 963 - 4657
Cell Phone: 207 - 595 - 2697
email: frcraigstjohns@gmail.com
If you are unable to reach him at the Church, please call the Rectory and leave a message if no one answers. And please note, the Rectory is always open for emergencies.
~ Looking Forward to Seeing You
in Church 9:15 a.m. this Sunday
May 13, 2018 ~
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