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Parish Breakfast and Sandwich Sunday This Week
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Join us this Sunday as our monthly Parish Breakfasts resume for the year. Enjoy fellowship and fun over fabulous food after the 9:15 a.m. service.
The menu for breakfast, as prepared by Chef Dave and his team, will be scrambled eggs, baked ham, biscuits and gravy, fresh fruit, cereal for the young ones, orange juice, coffee, tea, water, and pink lemonade.
Also, please join us in the Parish Hall after the 9:15 a.m. service to make sandwiches and bag lunches for the patrons of Faith Café. Thanks to our hosts for this month, the O'Brien family!
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All Souls' Day Requiem to be Sung by the St. John's Choir
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| On All Souls' Day, Friday, November 2, at 7:00 p.m., the Choir of St. John's will sing a solemn requiem mass to the setting of Gabriel Faure Op. 48. The choir will be led by Organist and Director of Music Simon Morley, accompanied by Associate Organist Ryan Hebert. The service will be celebrated by the Rev. Chase Ackerman. Please note that incense will be used at this service. |
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Pumpkin Painting Party This Sunday!
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| Our St John's Pumpkin Painting Party will be this Sunday, October 21, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall! It's BYOP (Bring Your Own Pumpkin), the parish will provide paint, brushes, activities, and food! We encourage all families to participate in this fun fall tradition. Invite your friends for a great time! Want to volunteer? Click here for the sign up form. |
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Parish Connections: News from Realm
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Realm Online Parishioner Directory
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In order to have a complete and convenient online directory, we changed all parishioners' privacy settings in Realm on October 9. You will have received several emails alerting you to this. There is nothing you need to do with the emails. After we changed the privacy settings, you will see other parishioners' contact information, just like the traditional printed directory, but online through Realm or the Realm Connect app. Information on Realm accessible by other parishioners will be: name, address, primary phone (you choose your primary phone number), primary email (again, you choose), birth month and day (not year), and groups that you are a part of.
If you do not want the above information visible to other parishioners, please email [email protected]. |
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The St. John's Book Club will meet this coming Tuesday, October 23 at 4:00 p.m. in the Lowry Room. Margaret Brokaw will lead the discussion of Days of Grace by Arthur Ashe. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Fall Supper with The Circle
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Adults of all ages, please join us for The Circle Fall Supper on Sunday, November 4
at 6:00 p.m. at the home of Lindsey and Jim Robbins. The event will be co-hosted by Leigh and Truett Gardner and Vicki and David Malizia. Please watch for an evite with further details or
email Lisa Sepulveda at
[email protected] to join the mailing list.
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Fathers Annual Camping Trip
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This year's St. John's Fathers camping trip is November 9 and 10 at
Lakewood Retreat in Brooksville, FL (
www.lakewoodretreat.org).
Lakewood Retreat is located at 25458 Dan Brown Hill Rd, 34602. Office phone: 352.796.4097
The cost is $25 per person. For example, a father bringing two children will be $75. Please mail a check made out to Kaivon Madani to: Kaivon Madani, 5224 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa, FL 33611, or you can pay at the campground. The fee will help cover the cost of the campsite fees, food, firewood, and other needed supplies.
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Action Items and Opportunities
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The Flowers at the Chapel Altar for Thanksgiving Day, November 22, are available. If you would like to take this opportunity to honor a loved one and support St. John's, please contact the parish offices at 259.1570 or [email protected].
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Above is a picture of our he Sunday School classes decorating and filling toiletry bags for Faith Cafe! The toiletries were donated by Sunday School parents and the St John's congregation. Thanks to those who gave so generously!
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Adult Christian Formation
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Women's Mid Morning Bible Study
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The Women's Mid Morning Bible Study is studying Exodus this fall, using Interpretation Bible Studies' guide Exodus by James D. Newsome. They invite all women of St. John's and their friends to join them as they explore God's redemptive and merciful activity in some of the most unforgettable stories in the Old Testament.
The group meets on alternate Tuesdays from 9:45 to 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel *please note slight change of location*.
Father Connelly will lead the study of Exodus 20:1-17, "The Ten Commandments " on October 30.
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Information and Resources
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October 18
Joanne Watkins, Margaret Korakis, Nina Haaskivi
October 19
Scott Tappan, Chip Connelly
October 20
Thom Gonzalez, McKenna Peterson, Jessica Moore, Hannah Neugaard, Peter Johnson, Bill Arthur, Aubrey Howell
October 21
Jan Williams, Helen Ireland, Trenten Decelles, Pippa Richardson
October 22
Paul Brokaw, John Shepard, Carolyn Harbert, Jack Hoskins, Tessa Sevelius, Mark Schnell, Leo Dorsch
October 23
Scott McClelland, Robby Kelley, Ty Bradley, Emily O'Brien, Kathryn Swanson
October 24
Debbie King, Betty Garcia, Rachael Mattox, Layla Ringhoff, Kathleen Kefauver
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Sunday's Scripture Snippet
Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate.
Amos 5
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Hospital Visitation
We want to provide support during your time of need! However, because health regulations prohibit the clergy from being informed when our parishioners are in the hospital, we will not know if you or someone you love is there unless you tell us. We want to provide support in any time of need or crisis. Please call the parish offices at 259.1570 or
click here to email us to let us know when you need us.
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Thursday, October 18
The Holy Eucharist (Rite II) and Healing & Anointing, 10:00 a.m., Chapel
Men's Thursday Bible Study and Lunch,
11:45 a.m., Peterson Room
The Men's Thursday Bible Study and Lunch group meets on Thursdays at 11:45 a.m. The readings the group studies are those from
the Revised Common Lectionary for the coming Sunday. Feel free to bring your lunch. Please park under the Selmon Expressway.
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The Holy Eucharist (Rite I), 8:00 a.m., Church
The Holy Eucharist (Rite II), 9:15 a.m., Church
Sunday School for Children, 9:15 a.m., Parish Hall
Parish Breakfast and Sandwich Sunday following the 9:15 a.m. service, Parish Hall
Adult Christian Formation, 10:30 a.m., Lowry Room
The Sunday Adult Formation group continues
a six-part DVD series,
Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
, led by Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School.
The Sunday Adult Formation group meets on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in the Lowry Room. B
ring your coffee and join us for a lively discussion between services.
For more information, contact Kathleen Moore at 785.9400 or
[email protected]
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The Holy Eucharist (Rite I), 11:15 a.m., Church
Family Pumpkin Painting Party, 4:00 p.m., Parish Hall
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Tuesday, October 23
Contemporary Women's Bible Study, 6:45 a.m., Lowry Room
Contemporary Women's Bible Study continues its fall session on Tuesday mornings at 6:45 a.m. in the Lowry Room. All women are welcome! For information,
contact Deacon Kathleen at
[email protected]
or 785.9400.
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The St. John's Book Club, 4:00 p.m., Lowry Room
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Wednesday, October 24: The Feast of St. James of Jerusalem
The Holy Eucharist (Rite II), 12:15 p.m., Chapel
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Wednesday Nights in St. John's, 6:00 p.m., Parish Hall
The group has begun a new study:
Christianity and World Religions: Questions We Ask About Other Faiths
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Adam Hamilton, named by PBS's Religion and Eth
ics Newsweekly as one of the top "Ten People to Watch," interviews religious leaders in Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism, then honestly and respectfully discusses the differences between each and Christianity. This six session DVD series builds bridges without compromising beliefs.
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