2017 Annual Pledge Drive

As of 2/16/17,

THANK YOU!

 

Only $296.00 to meet our 2017 budget goal of $510,000.00!!

Can you get us over the top?

Click here to Pledge Online

After much research and discussion, the Vestry decided to contract out the management of the upper parking lot to a parking company, United Parking Partners. The lot will be open to paid public parking at times when St. John's does not need more parking than the lower lot can provide. A parking kiosk has been installed at the back of the lot. When St. John's needs the extra parking (Sundays for services, Saturday evening for AA, Thursdays for Common Table, etc), the kiosk will shut off and the lot can be used free of charge. If parishioners do not want to pay during the times the lot is open for paid parking, you can use the lower lot as usual. United Parking Partners will be completely responsible for overseeing, ticketing and towing during the open public hours and St. John's will receive 60% of all proceeds generated.

The hours the lot will be open to paid public parking:

Monday                5am to 2am

Tuesday                9am to 5pm

Wednesday         5am to 2am

Thursday              closed all day

Friday                     5am to 2am

Saturday               5am to 5pm

Sunday                 1pm to 8pm

Federal Holidays  5am to 2am

There are signs on the kiosk that have these hours listed.

Please connect with Gerry Simpkins, Junior Warder, with any questions about this program.

Please continue to support the

End 68 Hours of Hunger

for seacoast children.

 

OUR HUNGER CHALLENGE THIS MONTH

    

We will be collecting individual boxes of

INSTANT OATMEAL . (Usually 6-10 come in a box).

 

February 19, 2017-Anam Cara

Candlelit evening services of
Celtic music, poetry and reflection,

at 5:30pm on the third Sunday of the month:

 

         St. John's Episcopal Church, Chapel Street, Portsmouth, NH

Dear Friends,

 

At the Celtic Evening this coming Sunday at 5:30pm, we will be thinking about the Gift of Friendship, and the blessing of having an 'anam cara' (anam cara is Gaelic for soul friend).  

 

Here is a friendship blessing offered by the late John O'Donohue, Irish poet, priest and philosopher:   

 

A Friendship Blessing by John O'Donohue

 

May you be blessed with good friends.

May you learn to be a good friend to yourself.

May you be able to journey to that place in your soul where

there is great love, warmth, feeling, and forgiveness.

May this change you.

May it transfigure that which is negative, distant, or cold in you.

May you be brought in to the real passion, kinship, and affinity of belonging.

May you treasure your friends.

May you be good to them and may you be there for them;

may they bring you all the blessing, challenges, truth,

and light that you need for your journey.

May you never be isolated.

May you always be in the gentle nest of belonging with your anam ċara. AMEN 

Blessings,

 

Anne