Please send an email to the office if you did not receive a pledge card yet: SJECCentreville@aol.com, or let Carol know. The cards may be mailed back to St. John's, or put in the collection this Sunday.
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fghans/thr
ows are here!
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If you already placed an order for one of the Historic Centreville afghans/throws featuring St. John's, they have arrived! They are ready to be picked up in the office. Please see Carol. (If you didn't already order and pay for one, there are a few extras available to sell. The price is $50.)
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- Bob Barnes, who served as our organist last Sunday.
- Tom Campbell, who provided his legal expertise on our contract with Elim Kids Academy.
- Val Tucker, who has spent countless hours working through the arduous process in Fairfax County to get the necessary permits for the day care center.
- Dave Parker, who not only took apart and disposed of the old piano, but also took apart and disposed of the large desk, both in room 213, and moved many large tables and chairs, in preparation for the day care center.
- Penny Parker and Susie Pike, who cleaned out the closet in room 213, went through old choir folders, and moved the choir robes and prayer books to room 216.
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- Donation Envelopes for Western Fairfax Christian Ministries Thanksgiving baskets now available
Envelopes are on the back table in the church to make donations to purchase the food for Thanksgiving baskets. We will be providing 10 baskets for Thanksgiving and 10 baskets for Christmas. Thanks (again!) to Marie McDermott for organizing this outreach ministry.
If everything continues to go well, Elim Kids Academy will open its doors at St. John's next week. We have been working with the owner, Noah Bae, for the past year or two, and now all this work has come to fruition. The classrooms are perfect for a child care center and we thank all who have been involved in this effort, particularly the "Tiger Team" and the Vestry.
- "Scouting for Food" drive - volunteers needed
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he Boy Scout drive "Scouting for Food" to benefit the Western Fairfax Christian Ministries will be held this Saturday, November 10. Volunteers are needed at the sorting site at 14280 Park Meadow Drive (in the parking garage) in Chantilly. Shifts are available from 10-1, 11-2, 12-3, 1-4. Help to load and unload the trucks is needed from 11:30-2:30 and 2:00-5:30. Those with strong backs and arms are needed to lift the crates of food. For more information and to sign up, please contact WFCM
at
ScoutingforFood@wfcmva.org (attn: Sandy).
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Not too early to think about the holidays...
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"Quilts by Nita" made by our own parishioner Nita Amar, are available in St. John's office. They make lovely presents!
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We can prepare our hearts & minds by reading ahead
for the Sunday Service lessons.
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The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
November 11, 2018
9:30 AM
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The First Reading: 1 Kings 17:8-16
The widow, in her willingness, is a vessel of God's miraculous provision for herself and her son, as well as for the prophet, Elijah.
The Psalm: 146
The Second Reading: Hebrews 9:24-28
We must enact again and again the story of repentance, forgiveness, and redemption, from the beginning of time till today. Just because we forget does not mean that God's love and sacrifice are limited, even as Jesus's gift of his life is a one-time event.
The Gospel: Mark 12:38-44
May we examine ourselves, as Jesus convicts the scribes in today's Gospel lesson, and recognize the ways and places in which we march around with our noses in the air, and march on top of others.
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THE ADULT LECTIONARY FORUM
MEETS EACH SUNDAY IN THE LIBRARY, FOLLOWING THE SERVICE
FROM 10:50 - 11:50 AM
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CHILD CARE IS PROVIDED IN THE NURSERY
(Rm. 205)
During the Service
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JOINT SUNDAY SCHOOL: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Each week, St. John's children join with three of our Ministry Partners:
Fairfax Chinese Christian Church, Wellspring UCC & Grace Baptist Church
Room 207/208
St. John's Sunday School
class for ages 2-4, Room 215
Meets the first Sunday of each month from 10:50 - 11:30
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Annual Diocesan Convention Report
Our Annual Diocesan Convention was held last Friday and Saturday in Richmond. We bid farewell to Bishop Shannon Johnston, who has served as our diocesan bishop for the past 11 years. To read a summary of what else happened at convention, please
click here
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VOLUNTEERING AT ST. JOHN'S
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Sign Up Here
to be an altar server
*,
or to donate flowers for a Sunday service, or to bring refreshments for Coffee Hour after the service.
*
(if you're not an altar server, and would like to be a Lay Eucharistic Minister (LEM), a Lector, or a Crucifer, please see Carol).
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WESTERN FAIRFAX CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
WFCM
"We know that food can be one of the most expensive items on a household budget list. Our hope is that in allowing our clients to visit once per month they will save enough money to pay for other expenses such as rent or utility bills." - WFCM
Items are collected weekly in the baskets at the front door of St. John's Church.
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UPDATED ITEMS REQUESTED
AS OF 10/02/2018
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Currently Needed Items
Food & Beverages
- Fruit Juice (individual size appreciated)
- Canned pineapple
- Tomato paste
- Sugar
- Canned vegetables (no green beans or corn needed)
- Flour
- Oil
- Pancake Mix/Syrup
- Pasta
- Canned spinach or collards
Toiletries
(NOTE: Toiletry items cannot be purchased by our clients with their food stamps)
- Body wash
- Deodorant
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo
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Reminder
Every Wednesday evening, we have a service of Holy Eucharist and healing at 6:00 PM. The service is about 30 minutes. It is a perfect alternative for those who cannot come to church on Sunday mornings, as well as a good spiritual boost in the middle of the week. Come join us!
Catalyst
If we open our lives to God we will be changed. What usually makes us change, sometimes forces us to change, are the changes taking place around us, or within our lives. Those changes so often act as a catalyst, or as the New Testament puts it, like a refiner’s fire. They challenge us to grow and to change and to deepen our trust in God.
-Br. Geoffrey Tristram
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My email address is stjohnscvpriest@gmail.com,
and the office number is 703-803-7500.
May our ministry together spread God's love to all whom we encounter.
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Carol
The Rev. Carol Hancock, Rector
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ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | 5649 MT. GILEAD RD. , CENTREVILLE, VA | 703-803-7500
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