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Stewardship Campaign 2021
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As of Wednesday of this week, we have joyfully received pledges from the following people. Fr. Dave, the Wardens, and Vestry are thankful for the faithfulness and generosity of..
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December 20: The Third Sunday of Advent
Spoken Holy Eucharist Rite I, 8 am
Morning Prayer & Pageant, 10 am (web-based)
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Please join us at
- 8 am Spoken Holy Eucharist, Rite I, Church
- 10 am Morning Prayer & Christmas Pageant (Web-based)
We urge you to do whatever feels safest to you! You are welcome to attend the 8 service in-person or virtually. Space has been available the past few weeks.
The 8 am liturgy is held in the Church where social distancing and safe procedures are maintained:
- Every other pew is available for seating. Persons sit more than 6 feet apart.
- Doors remain open to allow air to circulate.
If you are joining us at the 8 am in-person, please read the guidelines here before responding. Your reservation is acknowledgment that you have read and agree to conform to them,
The 8 & 10 am liturgies will continue to stream in the SJOTM Zoom Room as well.
All are welcome to and encouraged to join our Sunday Zoom Room Coffee Hour at 10:45 am.
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Christmas Pageant on Sunday at 10 am
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Sunday, December 20 at 10 am
It may look a little different this year, but join us celebrating the Christmas Season as the children of SJOTM perform a virtual Christmas Pageant as part of the 10 am liturgy. A link to the web-based only liturgy will be emailed and posted on our website by Saturday.
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Christmas Eve on the Mountain
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Thursday, December 24
Creche, Candle, Carol: 4 pm* - Bring your home creche's baby Jesus to be blessed and join us to light candles, sing "Silent Night," hear the story and be blessed on this sacred night together. A twenty minute outdoor observance
- Reservations are necessary - please email the office today!
- Rain (or sleet) cancels
- *The 4 pm Blessing is nearly at capacity. We will let you know when we start taking reservations for a 3 pm Blessing
Festal Holy Eucharist - 6:30pm: Choral Prelude
- 7:00pm Choral Eucharist
- We will provide details and links for the services in the coming weeks. This event is web-based only.
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Christmas Ham, Turkey & Lasagna Collection
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The Outreach Committee continues to collect hams, roasters, small turkeys & lasagnas for the the Somerset County Food Bank. If you wish to donate, bring items to the church.
The freezer in the garage has already been filled and emptied once this Christmas and is ready to be filled . . . again!
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Check out Our YouTube Channel
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1. We are trying to get to 100 subscribers on our SJOTM YouTube channel so we can have a custom domain. Will you and your friends please SUBSCRIBE to our channel? You will receive automatic updates about our virtual liturgies, just in time for Christmas.
2. In case you missed it, you are invited to sing, pray, watch, and enjoy our Advent Evensong, now available on our YouTube Channel at any time.
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Collection for CASA SHaW
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Children being placed in the Foster System because of abuse and/or neglect must usually leave their homes immediately. Often they are offered not much more than a garbage bag into which they may hastily put their personal belongings. Fostering Love provides these children with a tiny bit of dignity and hopefully shows them that the world around them loves them during this most difficult time. During the season of Advent, we will be collecting items for Fostering Love, which benefits foster children supported by CASA SHaW (Court Appointed Special Advocate of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren counties).
Specific items are requested based on age and gender. Please use this link to review the available slots on the list and see if there are any items you would care to donate. In past years, generous friends have ordered in quantity from Amazon and had items directly delivered to SJOTM. Send to: St. John on the Mountain, Fostering Love 379 Mount Harmony Road Bernardsville, NJ 07924 Please bring all items to the SJOTM Parish House Meeting Room
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The Open Table Men's Group continues to meet
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Wednesday, December 23, at 8:15 am
We have begun reading Love Is The Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.
Both books are available through Amazon quick ship.
Please contact Rich McGlynn here for more information. Especially contact Rich if you want to receive a reminder and the Zoom link early on Wednesday morning.
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Music in Somerset Hills
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The next virtual concert is Saturday, January 9, 2021. Visit www.musicsh.org for details. 
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Vestry Nominations
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The following people are soliciting nominations for the incoming Vestry Class of 2023. If you yourself or someone you know might consider serving as a member of the vestry, please contact
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Good News in the Garden State
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Click here to read the Diocese Of New Jersey Weekly Newsletter
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This Week on the Mountain
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December 20, Advent 4
8:00 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I, Church
10:00 am Morning Prayer & Pageant, Web-based
10:45 am Coffee Hour in our Zoom Room
December 23, Wednesday
8:15 am The Open Table
5:00 pm Evening Prayer in a Time of Pandemic
5:25 pm Choir Rehearsal
December 24 The Eve of the Nativity
4:00 pm Creche, Candles, Carols, Outdoors
6:30 pm Choral Prelude, Web-based
7:00 pm Festal Holy Eucharist, Web-based
December 25, Friday
10:00 am Christmas Blessing, Web-based
December 27, The First Sunday after Christmas
10:00 am Morning Prayer, Web-based
10:45 am Coffee Hour in our Zoom Room
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Contact Us
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OFFICE HOURS
Email is the quickest and most certain way to contact us at this time.
Lisa Coakley
Lynn Mitchell ext 13 St. John Nursery School Directors 908-766-0374 |
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