September 6, 2020

Dear St. John's Community,

Tomorrow from 10am to 5pm we will have a beautiful event at St. John's. Artists from P.A.I.N.T.S. Institute will be painting murals on the plywood boards that cover our windows. A lot of planning has been put into their renderings, which will promote a message of peace, unity, love, justice and healing.

You are welcome to come by the church to watch this happen. There will be a short opening prayer service at 10am, and a closing time of prayer with a dedication of the art at 5pm. We'll have art activities prepared as well for people (even non-artists) who may want to decorate pieces of canvass that will create a visual prayer wall.

I want to share with you an image below, as a sneak preview! It is of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who promotes the idea of Ubuntu, which means in his words "I am because we are," or "my humanity is inextricably bound up in yours." This is a very deep expression of what it means to love your neighbor.

We will ring our bell every hour on the hour, to remind all people to look up, and to remember that God is present.

I hope to see you tomorrow.

Blessings,

Rob+

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