FYI-for your information-November 15, 2018 
 

48 Middle Street --  (Parking at 33 Wash. St.) 
Gloucester, Massachusetts
978-283-1708


Looking Ahead:
Country Cupboard Fair November 17, 9-2.
First Saturdays: Dec. 1 Blue Christmas Service, 5pm. Lynn Runnells: 978-407-5901
Advent Lessons and Carols December 2, 4 pm.
Advent Evensongs : December 6, 13, 20; Thursdays at 6 pm.

Country Cupboard Fair on Saturday November 17th, 9-2!! 
The fair is this weekend, the weather looks great, and all that's needed is you! Please come and enjoy the fellowship, the wonderful  holiday shopping, and  Janie Brown's famous Fish Chowder Lunch. If you'd like to help at the last minute, come down on  Friday and we'll find something for you to do. You can even join us for  wine and cheese at the end of the afternoon. Thanks to everyone for your help, and  please come to the Fair! 

Thanksgiving service: Building on the spirit of community from the service at Temple Ahavat Achim, the First Baptist Church (38 Gloucester Ave) is hosting an interfaith Thanksgiving service for all Cape Ann on Monday, November 19 at 7 pm. An offering will be collected for refugees on Cape Ann. Parking is available on site.

Read Father Bret's   Midweek Musings in the Gloucester Daily Times, entitled, "We must be agents of transformational change." Reflecting on the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA, Father Bret writes, "We must voice our support for all our Jewish brothers and sisters, a people who from ancient times have known far more than their fair share of suffering and loss. And we must tirelessly and fearlessly reiterate that antisemitism is always completely unacceptable. We will be satisfied with nothing less than complete and consistent rejection of this and every form of hate." Read more here


Thank you for your pledge!  (This will be updated weekly!)
Newly Received pledges from: 

Stand with our immigrant neighbors and help us resist a proposed regulation that would give our government the power to deny green cards or permanent legal status to immigrants who have accessed public services commonly used by working families like Medicaid, SNAP, or housing assistance. This regulation would target the poorest immigrants, as wells as children, seniors and people with disabilities. Federal law requires a public comment period before the regulation goes into effect - it's not too late! Learn more about the proposed regulation and submit a comment after the 10:30 service in the Thompson Room, or online at protectingimmigrantfamilies.org.

Sue and Martha are ... home from the Camino de Santiago
WELCOME BACK!!!
The 26th Sunday after Pentecost: November 18, 2018
Presiding & Preaching:The Rev. Bret Hays, Rector

8am:
Lector: Pat Earle
Lay Eucharistic Minister/Intercessor: Bill Melvin 
Acolyte: Norm Barr
Usher: Dani Stotzer

10:30am: 
Lectors:  Dori Mottola & Lynn Runnells
Lay Eucharistic Ministers:  Cecily Merrell & Claudette Chmura 
Acolyte: Sue Lupo
Ushers: Jonathan Pope & Ian Bedford   
Greeters:  Nadine Boughton, Dori Mottola & Geoff Grow 
Musicians: The Parish Choir & Mark Nelson, Director and Organist

Preparing for the Liturgy
Altar Guild:  Marjorie Fergusson & Kim Prentice 
Flower Guild: Rosemary Sullivan
Bread bakers Catherine McGeary, Sue Lupo, Kim Prentice and I ona & Melanie Murray-Brown.
 
Food Bank  for next week: SOUP
 
Coffee Hour Sunday will be hosted  by  Nadine Boughton Please sign up for future dates. 
 
Action Shelter Sandwiches  this week are being provided by Mary Jane Sawyer
(Need sign-ups for Nov. 24, December 1 and 8.) 
 
THE ALTAR FLOWERS SUNDAY  are in memory of Betty D. Knott on her birthday Nov. 21, 1929 given by her daughter Janet Knott. 

The Sanctuary Lamp  burns this week in memory of Chieko Kobayoshi given by Hatsumi Miura. 

2018 sign-ups for Lamp/Flowers, etc. are in the parish hall or next to sacristy door in hallway.
 
St. John's Intercession List: 
Andy Spellman, Patricia Anders, Tim Pierce, Susan Kessler, Jeffrey, Sr. Judy Fortune, Charlotte Baxter, Susan, Malcolm Henderson, Harold Ercolani, Margo Lion, Sally Elwell, Christine, James T. D., Maud & family, Meghan, Charles Curti, Tom Kaito, Katherine Esty, The Riccio family, Sharon Martin, Richard Jefferson, Anthony Shamitaro, Catherine Genovese, David Arnold, Connor Macauley, Simon Woods, Jackie Vannah, Susan Richardson, Mary McIntyre, Jane Walsh, Patti Kelleher, Margie Sonthemier, Beni Rose, Jack Ketchopulos, Marie Giacalone, Grace Center, John Fleming. 



Contact Prayer List manager  Joan Gorga 978-283-5926 or jmgorga@yahoo.com.
 
The Intercession List  is used by members of the congregation to pray on behalf of fellow parishioners or others in need of assistance. The assistance can be needed for any type of problem perceived by the person for whom the prayers are requested and stating the reason for the request is not necessary. Sometimes only the first name of the person on whose behalf the prayers are offered is used. The list is published twice a week, once in the emailed FYI bulletin and once in the Sunday bulletin distributed at the 8:00 and the 10:30 services. There are several sources for the list of intentions. Calls are received at the church office, Bret adds names based on his ministry of pastoral care and other calls are received by the person who keeps the formal, computerized list and whose name is publicized in the two bulletins. Anyone can call with a name for the list. Names are removed when the need for assistance has passed. 

The FORUM is currently reading and discussing "Vintage Saints and Sinners - 25 Christians who Transformed My Faith" by Karen Marsh. Sundays at 9:15 in the Thompson Room.
 
Nurture and Challenge Your Spirit with us at St. John's.
Our mission in Christ is to nurture and equip members  for spiritual growth and active participation in ministries  of compassion, justice, and peace in the church and beyond.
WEEKLY CALENDAR

Sundays                
  • 8 am Eucharist, Rite 1
  • 9:15 Adult Forum (Thompson Room)
  • 10:30 am Sung Eucharist, Rite 2 with choir
  • 7:30 pm Sunday & Sober Alcoholics Anonymous
Mondays              
  • 9-noon Ms. Fixits Women gathering to tend to the fabric of the church.
  • 6 pm Women's Cursillo Reunion Group (1st and 3rd Monday)
  • 7 pm Bible Study (First Monday of the month led by Lynn Runnells.)
  • 7 pm Psalm Study (Fourth Monday of the month)
Tuesdays                  
  • 5 pm Free Harvest Meals, sponsored by Cape Ann Interfaith Commission.
Wednesdays
  • 7 am Men's Bible Reflection, (Bible study)  
  • 9:30 am Open Space             
  • 7 pm Fish City Alcoholics Anonymous
Thursdays     
  • 4:30-5:45 pm Choir School Children from ages 5-12
  • 6 pm Evensong (during Advent and Lent) 
  • 7:15-8:45 pm Parish Choir rehearsal.
Saturdays              
  • Action Shelter Lunch-Making, Carolyn Stewart 
  • 5 pm " Art Service First Saturday of the month , October to May. 
  • 8 pm Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
Parish Office Hours
Monday - Thursday 
8am-noon
The Church is open for prayer and meditation during these hours.

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Staff
The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates, Diocesan Bishop  
The Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris, Bishop Suffragan

The Rev. Bret Bowie Hays, Rector - e-mail,
Mark Edward Nelson, Music Director - e-mail
Elizabeth de Veer, Parish Administrator - e-mail
Marge Bishop, Church Assistant - e-mail
Martha Whitney, Thrift Shop Manager - e-mail
Wardens & Vestry
Wardens: David Stotzer & Paul McGeary
 
Clerk:Geoffrey Pope  
Treasurer: Karen Kasper
Assistant Treasurer:  Sue
Lupo 
 
VESTRY
 
2019- Connie DeSimone, Joan Gorga, Lynn Runnells
2020-Pat Earle, Nancy Harrison, Jim LaBelle  
2021-Tom Chmura, Bill Melvin, Dori Mottola  

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