A Fond Farewell

Dean Peters is moving to Oregon to be near his daughter and grandchildren. Sunday, October 6 will most likely be Dean's last Sunday at Saint John's. We will publicly thank him and bless him during the 10am service. Here are just a few of the many activities in which Dean has given of his time, talents and treasure to Saint John's: financial oversight during the construction of the new church, vestry, acolyte, chalice bearer, lector, intercessor, electrician-in-residence, husband of Rose. Dean will be greatly missed. Let us continue to remember him in our prayers and give thanks for the many ways in which he has helped to build up this part of the body of Christ.

Wine and Margaritas will be available for purchase.

 

Help Needed

Hey, all Men of St. John's! Our annual steak dinner fundraiser is coming up on Saturday, October 26th and we need help, especially with keeping the service areas stocked. There's a sign up sheet in the narthex. Find the appropriate job description where you can serve, write your name and phone number, show up and help out.

Easy, right? "many hands make light work," and we'll have fun and get to eat great food, too! Don't forget to buy your tickets!  

Opportunity Drawings

 

The Women of St. John's are sponsoring opportunity drawings at the Steak Dinner on October 26.  Each prize will have a paper bag next to it; drop one or more tickets in the bag to have a chance to win that prize. Tickets will be sold at the Dinner, six for $5.

We are looking for donated items to use as prizes. We can use just about anything that is in good condition because we combine things into baskets.

Here are what we plan to/would like to have; maybe this will give you ideas:

•  Gift cards to local restaurants or stores
•  A bundle of books
•  A large basket of kitchen items
•  British foods basket
•  One or more Christmas baskets. We already have a set of eight cork-       backed placemats, four guest towels, cookbooks, earrings, and a             beautiful red Christmas sweatshirt, size L, in fine condition that
   belonged to our friend, Rose Peters.

 We'd like to make Halloween and Thanksgiving baskets.

 And we could use the baskets themselves, especially large ones.

Here's the important part: Please hold onto your donations until the week of October 14.  A Bible Study now meets in the room where we usually store prize donations. We invite you to contact Diane Gustafson (diangus15@aol.com) to let us know what you will bring so we can plan ahead.

The top Critical Success Factor for Saint John's, according to our recent Congregation Assessment Tool (CAT) is "In our congregation the laity work with the clergy in leading and planning worship services." If you would like to participate in planning our Advent and Christmas celebrations, meetings will be held with Father Tom on Sunday, October 6 after both services. We will gather in Father Tom's office to start the planning process. All are invited.

October was designated as Clergy Appreciation Month in 1992. It has been said that if any church can and should appreciate their clergy, it's St. John's. We have four of the most caring, ready-to-serve clergy we could ever desire, save Jesus Himself.

 

While the 2nd Sunday in October is Clergy Appreciation Day, you are invited to celebrate Cathey, Jack, Al and Tom on each Sunday during the month. You will find a box in the narthex where you can drop your cards, notes, and letters. Gift cards are an option, too! Let's REALLY show them how much we appreciate them!

 

"Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching." 

1 Tim 5:17 (Contemporary English Version)

 

Obey your leaders and do what they say. They are watching over you, and they must answer to God. So don't make them sad as they do their work. Make them happy. Otherwise, they won't be able to help you at all.
Hebrews 13:17 (Contemporary English Version) 

Pill Bottle Ministry

Please note that we can currently only collect the clear orange prescription bottles.  We have found that the others do not benefit the program.

Thank you for your support!

If you had a medical emergency at church on Sunday morning, would the Wardens or church  staff know who to contact? If you would like to add someone to St. John's emergency contact  list in case of such an emergency, please contact Maria, our parish secretary (619-422-4141 or

maria@saint-johns.org). A sign-up sheet will also be available in the church lobby to collect this information. Please provide your name, the name of your emergency contact, their relationship to you, their phone number and/or their email address. This is one more way we can show how we love one another.

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

May God's face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

May God give you the grace never to sell yourself short;

Grace to risk something big for something good;

Grace to remember that the world is too dangerous for anything but truth 

And too small for anything but love.

So, may God take your minds and think through them;

May God take your lips and speak through them;

May God take your hearts and set them on fire.

-William Sloane Coffin