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PLEDGE DRIVE GOAL MET!!


WE DID IT!
264 parishione rs pledged $512,612.00,
exceed ing our goal by $2,612.00!!!

 
We made our 2017 goal of $510,000, but your vestry would like to keep going to get to 300 participants. Every additional pledge will help us pay for a curate position and retire debt on our parking lot project. Thanks to all who have pledged this year, and if you haven't pledged, your contribution can still make a real impact on our program for the year!
 
St. John's is flourishing!
 
ADULT FORMATION DURING LENT
Lent is often a time of 'giving up' but this year you are invited to 'take up' for Lent and join one of the adult formation offerings:
Living Faithfully, Dying Well
 
Sunday Mornings-9:00-9:45 in the Philbrick Room
With Dick Siener, Rob Stevens, Anne Williamson and
Jim Zuckerman
 
March 5 : How do we measure our life in terms of happiness and fulfillment?
March 12 :How are the sick and aged treated (or not treated) to live out their lives in a fulfilling way?
March 19 : How do we cope with the serious breakdowns in our bodies and minds as we age?
March 26 :How does the medical profession help or not help us fulfill our life goals?
April 2 : What role does the Church play in helping us live a faithful life as we age?
 
This is not a book discussion, but Being Mortal by Atul Gawande and When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi are pertinent to the areas we will cover in the group.
 
Wednesdays
Mornings 10:30-12 noon - Bible Workbench
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12 (Philbrick Room)
 
We meet for discussion and reflection on one of the
Bible readings for the upcoming Sunday and related writings. This gathering concludes with Noonday Prayer.
 
Evenings 7:00pm to 8:15pm - A Time to Pray  (Philbrick Room)
Using Joan Chittister's book 'The Breath of the Soul - Reflections on Prayer' as our guide, there will be opportunities to experience a variety of different ways of praying-come to one session, some or all!
 
March 1: lectio divina
March 8: centering prayer
March 15: praying the Examen
March 22: body prayer
March 29: art in prayer
April 5: poetry and prayer
Each Wednesday in Lent-walk the labyrinth -
our portable labyrinth will be set up in Thaxter Hall each Wednesday evening until 8:30.

Please contact Anne Williamson anne@stjohnsnh.org for more information. The Chittister book is available for $10.
SAFE CHURCH TRAINING
"Safe Church" -  we all not only want this, but expect it.  Our Diocese  provides training that is mandatory for many of our volunte ers and it is our responsibility to make sure that we do all in our power t o keep our communities safe for ALL people. 
 
WHO NEEDS TRAINING

The Episcopal Church of New Hampshire is aligned with the wider Episcopal Church's use of sound education and training programs to be attended at least every three years by Clergy, Wardens, Treasurers, Lay employees and any paid staff members, Eucharistic Visitors, Pastoral Visitors, EFM Mentors, Safe Church Ministers, any Postulants or Candidates, and all volunteers who regularly work with children or youth and everyone, paid or volunteer, who is engaged in any other high risk area of service.
 
REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEERING
  • To begin or continue working in your ministry:
  • You must at least complete the online training prior to beginning your service. 
  • You must complete the in-person training within 6 months of the start of your service.
 
There are two parts to the Safe Church Training. The first part is an online class that Joanne, our office administrator, can initiate for you. The second is a half-day training at different sites throughout the state.   You must have finished your online modules prior to attending the live training. The next live trainings are scheduled for:
 
March 4, 2017     9:00 AM            St. Paul's Church, Concord
                 
March 11, 2017   9:00 AM            Christ Church, Exeter  
 
Email Joanne to register for either of these sessions.
 
If you have any questions about whether you need training, have completed your modules, or to register, call or email Joanne at 603-436-8283 or administrator@stjohsnh.org.
BOOK DISCUSSION - HILLBILLY ELEGY
 
Book Discussion Thursday March 9 - Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
Join Lizzie Bristow and Anne Williamson on Thursday March 9 for a discussion of Hillbilly Elegy, a book that tells stories of America that may be unfamiliar to some of us, and hear one of the voices speaking to the concerns of our times.

The Good Reads review of Hillbilly Elegy notes: 'From a former Marine and Yale Law School Graduate, a poignant account of growing up in a poor Appalachian town, that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. Part memoir, part historical and social analysis, J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy is a fascinating consideration of class, culture, and the American dream.'

Click here for the full 'Good Reads' review


We will meet at 7pm in the Philbrick Room, on the lower level of Thaxter Hall. All are welcome but it would be helpful if you would let us know you will be joining us. Please contact Anne Williamson anne@stjonhsnh.org or leave a message in the office 603-436-8283. All welcome.

  SPRING MUSICAL
  CHOIR SCHOOL FUNDRAISER
NEW - PLAY AND PARENTING
Once a month, parents of young children (babies through preK) are invited to gather together to play and chat about what you want and need from your church community. Here are upcoming dates:
Saturdays, 10:00-11:00
  • March 11
  • April 8
  • May 13
Please email ashley@stjohnsnh.org or text/call (508) 776-8951 if you're planning to come!
FAMILY LIFE EVENT
VISION BOARD

On Wednesday, March 15th we are hosting a Family Life Event in Thaxter Hall from 5:30PM-7:00PM. This event is open to all St. John's community members, but is tailored to be a family-loving event. There will be a pot-luck meal shared, and together we will claim a bulletin board to create our own community vision board! A vision board (or dream board) is a great way to dream about our future as a community together and build a present reminder in our shared space of these ideas and values we hold together. Save your old magazines and bring them with you!

SIGN UP IN THAXTER HALL!
BEETHOVEN NINTH SYMPHONY with St. John's Choir
CELTIC EVENING

  YOC RECRUITMENT
PRAY
 
Dear Friends,
 
As we prepare for the beginning of Lent (Ash Wednesday is March 1), we celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration this weekend. Here is a prayer from the Iona Community which calls us to a place of reflection and encounter with God: 
 
Transfiguration by Pat Bennet t 
 
God,
you are the source of all time.
yet it neither contains or constrains you.
 
We who are time bound
confess
that often we do not take the time,
or make the time,
to enter your great stillness
and gaze upon you.
 
Forgive us
for all those times
when the restless pursuit of the next thing
has distracted us and deflected us
from spending time with you.
 
Help us to escape the bondage of busyness
and find those moment s
of intersection with eternity
when your time and our time come together
and we can grow in our awareness of you
and your purposes.
 
We ask this in the name of Christ
who came into the world
to make visible the Time of God. Amen.
 
Blessings,
 
Anne
 




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