The Week of November 7, 2021
Join us this Sunday at 10:15AM in person or online
Body & Land Performance
from Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet
Saturday, Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. at St. Luke's, Darien
This is a FREE event. Body and Land is sponsored by a Creation Care Grant of The Episcopal Church; a collaboration between Church Of The Holy Trinity, Middletown CT, Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford CT, and Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet, Middletown CT. Click here to the register for the event>>

Family Centers Thanksgiving Food Donation
Deadline - November 15, 2021
This Thanksgiving we are invited to help feed those who would otherwise go without. 

We have committed to help The Family Centers distribute food to the hungry by providing 30 food cards, at $50 per card.

If you would like to help put food on the table of a hungry neighbor, any amount is welcome. Please send a food card or check made out to St. John’s Episcopal Church to: Kathy McBride, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 628 Main Street, Stamford CT 06901.

Or, if you are attending worship in person, you may place the card or check in the collection plate on Sunday.

The Family Centers is asking to receive our donations by November 15th.

The Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh once wrote that “sometimes words become sick, and we have to heal them.”

Community might be a word like that just now.

Many in our community are still feeling the grief of the pandemic, and all the dislocations that followed.

We are invited to help heal with love.

A love that asks each of us to touch those around us, and be touched in return.

For in truth we are giving to each other.  

Thank you for considering a contribution this Thanksgiving.


Nicky and Mark
Help Wanted- Volunteers for Altar Guild
"We do not presume to come to your table, merciful Lord, trusting in our own goodness, but in your all-embracing love and mercy. We are not worthy even to gather up the crumbs under your table, but it is your nature always to have mercy. So feed us with the body and blood of Jesus Christ, your Son, that we may forever live in him and he in us. Amen."
 
These words from the BCP acknowledge our inadequacies in front of God and at the same time strengthen us to do anything in his name. As Gene and I prepare to move from Stamford, I hope that many of you will believe in the most important aspect of why we come together every Sunday - Communion, and volunteer to help serve at God's table.
 
Since we are not fully open, the set up is simplified and flexible. I will do trainings after church on Sunday Nov. 7th & 14th. You can reach me at 203-962-3438 with any questions. There is also a Google sign up sheet.

Blessings,
Vicki Zacharewicz
Join us for this evening as we explore ways to address food insecurity in our SW Region. All are welcome. Email Dylan Mello, dmello@episcopalct.org, with any questions. Zoom link is here: https://episcopalct.zoom.us/j/82608689949
Parish Directory Updates
Dear St. John’s Members,
 
Will you please update your directories to reflect the following email for Raymonde Gilmore: janrayvin@hotmail.com
 
Thank you - we’ll be getting a new directory our after the first of the year, so if you have any changes, please let Kathy McBride know at the church office.
Bon Samaritain Sponsor a Child Program
The outreach committee invites you to please consider sponsoring a child at Haiti's Bon Samaritain School and Clinic. It costs $80 to sponsor a child’s tuition or $150 for tuition, books and uniform, however, no contribution is too small!
You can sponsor online by visiting https://stjohns-stamford.org/give/ Click on the blue GIVE button and select Bon Samaritain School and Clinic in the "Give To" box; or see Sheelagh Schlegel or any member of the outreach committee for further info. Pictures of the children are on our website and the church's bulletin board.
Meeting ID: 925 7833 1521
Passcode: 618848
SAVE THE DATE: CHRISTMAS VILLAGE
Sunday, December 12, 2021, 4-7PM
(Rain date, December 19)
You Are Invited!
St. John’s Children and Teen Program
St. John's Community Foundation Corner
Prayers for our parishioners  
Please send all prayer list requests for the bulletin to the Parish Administrator,
Kathy McBride, at kmcbride@stjohns-stamford.org.
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Giving
To give to St. John's Episcopal Church, you can make your donations electronically or you can simply mail in your check to the church office if you would rather not use the online giving tool. Our Parish Administrator, Kathy McBride, is receiving the mail and doing the banking as usual.
Click here for St. John's Online Giving Page, click the blue GIVE button and fill out the information. Please be sure to choose a category from the dropdown menu before submitting your contribution.
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