Our Rector Search process is continuing to progress forward. The Search Committee has spent a considerable amount of time gathering information about the various applicants and interviewing a number of candidates. The Vestry has recently scheduled additional interviews with one of those candidates for late May. The Vestry will continue its interviews until it is convinced that it has found the right leader for our Parish. Please continue to pray that God will bless the work of the Search Committee and Vestry and that God will make His call to lead St. John’s clear to our next Rector. We are excited about the upcoming interviews and the other options available to us.

Brett D. Divers

Senior Warden

St. John's Senior Sunday will be Sunday, May 2, at the 10:00 service. Come help us honor our high school graduates, and hear them speak about their time at St. John's!

If you have a graduating high school senior, and you have not been contacted about Senior Sunday, please email Youth Minister Ayana Grady!

We are now expanding Evening Prayer to include lay leaders. Evening Prayer is not an office that requires a member of the clergy and so represents a wonderful opportunity to expand lay participation in the spiritual life of the church.  This will also give your clergy some needed sabbath. 

The requirements are not difficult. The time commitment is about 20 minutes at 4:00 p.m. one day a week for an agreed upon number of weeks. There is a little setup and training that Fr. Cannon will provide. Evening Prayer happens on Facebook, so a Facebook account is required. If you are called to participate, please contact Fr. Cannon.

The candle in the Sanctuary Light is available on May 16, the candle in the Sanctuary Light is available on May 23, and the flowers at the Chapel Altar are available on May 30. If you would like to take one of these opportunities to honor a loved one and support St. John’s, contact us at parish@stjohnstampa.org.

St. John's invites parishioners and the entire diocese to join us for the final in a three-part speaker program featuring Christian M. M. Brady. The remaining event will take place on Sunday, April 25, at 4:30 p.m. and will be held virtually on Zoom. The link will be sent to St. John’s parishioners via Realm, others, please contact us at parish@stjohnstampa.org to get the link. Click here to read more about the event and about Christian.

Click here for the recording of the second session. We welcome you to attend the remaining session of this moving and impactful series, even if you missed the first ones.

Gifts of thanksgiving for Christian’s generous time with us can be made to the Mack Brady Memorial Men’s Soccer Fund at Penn State, in memory of Christian and Elizabeth Brady’s son.

There will be no EYC this Sunday, April 25. Meet us on Sunday, May 2, for our FINAL EYC of the school year--a combined 6th through 12th graders Messy Games Night from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Our Messy Games Night will be mostly outdoors, but it will begin in the Parish Hall with our 2020-2021 EYC Slideshow!

St. John’s (limited attendance) Vacation Bible School is coming up Monday, June 14th through Thursday, June 17th--and we need your help! This year’s theme is Rocky Railway: Jesus’ love pulls us through! Youth volunteers will serve from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day, and we'll sign for 16 service hours. Click here to sign up as a volunteer (and to see descriptions of all of the volunteer roles). Invite your friends!

St John’s EYC has a new leadership opportunity! Beginning this fall, we’ll be starting a St. John’s Youth Council made up of Middle and High schoolers. We’ll meet once a month (with dinner) to discuss EYC, brainstorm new ideas, and strengthen our faith together. Youth Council applications will be available in the next few weeks, with a deadline of Sunday, August 1 to turn them in. If you are interested in applying, please contact Youth Minister Ayana Grady!

Please let us know if you’d like to "opt-in" for our May at-home Sunday School packets by contacting Children's Minister Ayana Grady at agrady@stjohnstampa.org by this Sunday, April 25. If you are already receiving the packets and want to continue, you don’t need to contact us.

Registrations for our limited attendance 2021 St John’s Vacation Bible School, June 14 through 17, are now open! VBS is for potty-trained 3 year olds through rising 4th graders, and the cost is $40 per child for the week. We’ll meet from 9:00 a.m. to noon in the Parish Hall on Monday through Thursday, in a modified, masked, socially distant (but FUN) program. Don’t miss out on your spot--sign up here. Experience the Rocky Railway--Jesus’ power pulls us through!

This week’s Sunday School curriculum for all classes can be accessed here, along with the weekly cartoon videos.

The Women’s Mid Morning Bible Study continues a study of the Book of Job, which biblical scholars include in the genre known as "wisdom literature." They are using Interpretation Bible Studies /Job by David C. Hester as their study guide. They welcome new members joining them at any point in the series. Father Michael Cannon will lead the class on Tuesday, May 4? We will be focusing on Job 40:6 through 42:6.

This is a Zoom study on alternate Tuesdays, 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. To receive an invitation to log in

email Joan McKay at mckayjhm@aol.com. Pat Wilson can also provide more information or

answer questions, contact her at patwilson68@tampabay.rr.com or 245.9562.

The Wednesday Afternoon adult formation group continues on Zoom on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The group is doing a study of Henri Nouwen’s book, Here and Now. For more information contact Deacon Kathleen at kmoore@stjohnstampa.org or 785.9400.

We are in need of Sandwich Sunday Hosts for a few more months this year. Available dates are August 22, November 21, and December 19.

Hosts can assemble lunches at their own homes, and deliver them to Faith Cafe the next day. Costs are reimbursed by the parish. Contact Cindy Martin if you can help.

Contact Laurie Lawther at llawther@stjohnstampa.org to set up.

Go to www.stjohnstampa.org and click on "Give Now" on the right side of the top blue bar. The church now has the ability to accept credit and debit card payments, along with checking/savings account payments. To make a pledge or pay in some other way, click on "Stewardship" in the top website menu.

In the 'To' field of the text type 73256, then in the message, type SJE. You will receive a text back immediately with a link to complete the payment.

Laurie is available to walk you through any of these methods by email at llawther@stjohnstampa.org or call her at the parish offices at 259.1570. If you prefer, you may also call John Edgar in the parish offices and he will fill out a pledge card for you.

April 22, James Edgar

April 23, John Casey, Michele Williams, Shannon Gray, Wade Wankelman, Leigh Gardner

April 24, Tweed Eckhard, Julie Sevelius, Crystal Madani

April 25, Lisa Couch, Christen Morales

April 26, Williams Shamblin, Karen Saunders, Roy McCraw, James Lee

April 27, Danny Otero

April 28, Maria Howey, Pat Rudy, Jane Williams, Roddy Belfatti, Barbara Pitts

The Men's Interactive Bible Study meets every Thursday at 11:45 a.m. to study the readings for the coming week and for fellowship. Email John in the parish offices at jedgar@stjohnstampa.org for the link to join.

The Holy Eucharist (Rite II), 10:00 a.m., Church, on Facebook Live, and our website

Bulletins and other resources are available here. 

Click here for the readings, St. John's follows Track 2.

Lamentation, Grace, and Hope Speaker Series, 4:30 p.m., Zoom

The Contemporary Women's Bible Study (CWBS) group is doing a weekly virtual study on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. This is a Zoom meeting, so if you are interested in participating, you will need to register. Contact Deacon Kathleen at 785.9400 or kmoore@stjohnstampa.org; or Sally Thompson at tampasal@gmail.com or 254.3009.

In addition to welcoming limited, safe in-person attendance at the 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Sunday services, St. John's streams our 10:00 a.m. services live on Facebook. Access the stream at our page at https://www.facebook.com/stjohnstampa/. The stream is also live on our website.

The audio for sermons is here. New sermons are uploaded by Monday each week. Bulletins for Sundays are here, each week's bulletin is uploaded to this page by Saturday. Click here to find the readings for this coming Sunday (St. John's follows Track 2). You can also see Sunday services on our YouTube channel, they are uploaded each Sunday by mid-afternoon.

The parish offices are open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Email us at parish@stjohnstampa.org or call 259.1570 to speak with John Edgar if you have questions.

Our clergy and staff stream evening prayer daily Monday through Saturday at 4:00 p.m. on Facebook Live. Intercessory prayers are invited in the comments during the feed or email us.

Nightly compline is offered by the brothers of the Society of St John the Evangelist on their web site at www.ssje.org.

If you have any questions or trouble using the online services noted above, please contact Lee Lowry by replying to this email, or John Edgar at jedgar@stjohnstampa.org. You can also contact the clergy member or parishioner who is the contact for each ministry. 

If you are someone who is able to help your fellow parishioners with errands and other means of support, please contact Fr. MIchael at mcannon@stjohnstampa.org. Conversely, if you are a parishioner who needs help, please also contact Fr. Michael at email at mcannon@stjohnstampa.org or by phone at 864.320.7116. He will match needs with resources so we are able to help one another in Christ's name.