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CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: PHASE 1 - DISCERNMENT

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - PHASE 1
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS
 
At our annual meeting, we announced the opportunity to join other parishioners in a series of meetings around the Seacoast to talk about your concerns, hopes and dreams for St. John's. It is part of our long-range planning and capital campaign discernment process.   So far 50 parishioners have signed up.

We want and need to hear from everyone to be our very best in the years ahead. Email (see below) or call the office (603-436-8283) to sign up for the meeting that is most convenient. There will also be sign-up sheets available at Coffee Hour this Sunday. 
 
Tuesday, January 31 from 6:30 to 8:00pm
  • John Tabor, 55 Pleasant Point Dr., Portsmouth, NH
  • Neely & Rick Barnhardt, 51 Islington St. # 503, Portsmouth, NH
  • Jane Holway, 647 Washington Rd, Rye, NH
 Wednesday, February 1 at 6:30 to 8:00pm
  • Francie & Scott Osgood, 30 Martine Cottage Rd, Portsmouth
  • Suzi Raeside, 1751 State Rd, Eliot, ME
  • Bertha Rocray, 134 Ridge Rd, York, ME
 Thursday, February 2 at 6:30 to 8:00pm
  • Chris Sieve and Brad Lown, 45 Brackett Rd, Portsmouth, NH
  • Jean Lincoln, 100 Shepard's Cove Rd., H 307, Kittery, ME
 Sunday, February 5 at Noon
 FULL: St. John's Philbrick Room
 
Wednesday, February 8 at 6:30 to 8:00pm
  •  Margaret Sofio, 63 Beach Hill Rd, New Castle, NH


If you are unable to attend any of these meetings but are interested in participating, please let us know if a Saturday afternoon could work as we have someone who has agreed to host.  
We could also add another Sunday. 
Let us know as we want as many voices as possible.

Access all there is to know about the Capital Campaign:
Timeline Fact Sheet
Thaxter Hall Ministry Usage
Accessibility Feedback
2010 Parish Survey Results
Architectural Survey Results
Loan Application for the Parking Lot Project
Past Newsletter Articles and Excerpts from Vestry Meetings
 
Pledge Drive Update
2017 Annual Pledge Drive
As of 1/26/17,
253 parishioners have donated
for a total of $506,584.00.
Almost there - Thank you!!
We are so close to meeting our
2017 budget goal of $510,000.00!
The secondary goal is to have
300 parishioners participate in pledging
(a goal we have come close to but have never met).
We need $3,416.00  in pledges and 46 pledgers
to meet both goals.
We need your participation!
Pledge Online
Click on the link below to send a secure email to the office with your 2017 pledge.  Just answer the two questions and DONE!
 
  COLLECTION FOR SYRIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN
A WONDFERUL EVENT TO SUPPORT COMMON TABLE
Great Chefs Tasting Party
The Regatta Room, Eliot, Maine
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Doors Open at 5:00 PM
 
Proceeds to benefit Piscataqua Chapter Educational and Scholarship Programs and Local Seacoast Nonprofit Organizations.
St. John's Common Table receives $10 for each ticket we sell.
Tickets are available in the office.

  DISNEY CONCERT
PRAYER
  
Dear Friends,

This coming Sunday, our readings include The Beatitudes from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount' (Matthew 5:1-12) and Micah 6.

In the prophecy of Micah, the answer to the question 'what does the Lord require of us' is 'to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God'.  Here is a prayer for mercy offered by Becca Stevens, our friend from Thistle Farms:

A Prayer for Mercy 
In your spirit of mercy, as solid as the ground upon which we make our stand, help us recall  when we were hungry, afraid, sick, or imprisoned by bonds and burdens. May that mercy be  forged into compassion that loves the whole world without judgment. Forgive us again when we  fail to show mercy or come into your temple for solace and not for strength. Pardon our  blindness when we didn't see you in the person we called our enemy. Help us let go of tired old  bitterness passed on by generations who forgot the freedom of forgiveness. Unite us in the truth  that love is the most powerful force for change and teach us to preach love in action.

Lord in your Mercy, Hear our Prayer

Blessings
Anne
 



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