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Quick News for Wednesday, May 16, 2018
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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)
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 thanks 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 - Alcuin, Deacon, and Abbot of Tours 804
Alcuin was named Abbot of Tours in 796 and he died May 19, 804.
He was buried in the church of St. Martin. Alcuin was a man of vast learning, personal charm and integrity of character. He was chiefly responsible for the preservation of the classical heritage of western civilization. Schools were revived and cathedrals and monasteries and manuscripts of both pagan and Christian writings were collated and copied. Under Alcuin liturgy was reformed, edited and adapted. We owe to Alcuin the preservation of many of the collects we have today such as the Collect of Purity at the beginning of the Holy Eucharist.
Let us pray: Almighty God, thank you for raising up your deacon,
Alcuin, to rekindle the light of learning. Illumine our minds so we can see your eternal truths through the uncertainties and confusion of time. We ask for this in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Special Readings for this Holy Day:
Ecclesiasticus 39: 1-9
Psalm 37:3-6, 32-33
Matthew 13:47-52
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 20, 2018 ~
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