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RITE 13 INFORMATIONAL MEETING
If you and your child are interested in participating in the Rite 13 ceremony please let us know.  We will be holding a meeting Sunday, March 26th following the 10:00 a.m. service in the Philbrick Room to talk about the details of the ceremony and your family's involvement. 

WIZARD OF OZ MUSICAL REHEARSAL
Rehearsal
This Sunday
March 26 at 11am
 
Choir Room and Thaxter Hall
SERVICE SUNDAY FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS
Dear St. John's Families,

I am excited to have planned a Service Sunday for all middle and high schoolers for Sunday, March 26 at the Seacoast Family Food Pantry.  We will meet in Thaxter Hall by 9:30 to carpool over to SFFP and will be back to St. John's by 11:00 

We are going to be helping to clean-up and organize the pantry, work that can only get done on the weekends when it is not open to the public.  As many of you may know, SFFP moved recently to a bigger location, 210 West Road (this is the road behind the Market Basket on Lafayette Road, near the Community Campus), with more space to allow them to continue to grow and expand their programs within the Seacoast community.  Check out their website to read about all of the great work they are doing:  http://www.seacoastfamilyfoodpantry.org/
I am thrilled we will be able to help support their work.

Look forward to seeing you all,
Lizzie
  YOC RECRUITMENT
EASTER MEMORIAL FLOWERS
Easter Memorial Altar Flowers Chart: is posted on the notice board in the church narthex. Place the people's name "In Memory Of" on the chart and person placing the name in "Donated By" column, so if I have any question I know who to contact. If you want to enter "In Honor Of" on the Chart please write "In Honor Of" along with the name in the "In Memory Of" column. There is also the form below you can fill out and mail to Ginny Edwards. Or you can call or email Ginny Edwards, I will see to it the names are put on the list. Please make donation check out to St. John's Altar Guild and mail it to Ginny Edwards, 173 Moses Gerrish Farmer Road, Eliot, ME. 03903. Thank You Ginny Edwards 207-439-2119 or edwardsga@msn.com. The Chart will be taken down Palm Sunday April 9th and if you mail the names I need to have it by Saturday April 8th so I have time to compile the list for the Easter Service Programs. Thank you Ginny.
 
 
Easter Memorial Altar Flower
 
In Memory Of:  __________________________________________
 
 
In Honor Of: ____________________________________________
 
 
Donated By: ____________________________________________
                       
 
Please made donation checks out to St. John's Altar Guild
and mail to Ginny Edwards 173 Moses Gerrish Farmer Road,
Eliot, ME 03903
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 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 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 29: art in prayer
April 5: poetry and prayer
Walk the labyrinth - our portable labyrinth will be set up in Thaxter Hall on Wednesday, March 29 and April 5 from 5:00 - 8:30pm.

Please contact Anne Williamson anne@stjohnsnh.org for more information. The Chittister book is available for $10.
PRAY
Dear Friends,

Thanks to all who continue to share prayers - here is one recently shared which comes from Richard Rohr and fits well with our story from John's Gospel for this coming week, Chapter 9 (yes, the whole chapter!), the story of the healing of the man who was born blind. 

Richard Rohr writes of God:
God for us, we call you Father.
God alongside us, we call you Jesus.
God within us, we call you Holy Spirit.
You are the eternal mystery that enables, enfolds, and enlivens all things,
Even us and even me.
Every name falls short of your goodness and greatness.
We can only see you in what is.
We ask for such perfect seeing-
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.
Amen. (So be it.)

Lenten blessings,
Anne



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