Installation of the Rev. Robert W. Fisher
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The entire community of St. John's is invited to celebrate our new ministry together as we install the Rev. Robert W. Fisher as our new Rector at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 28.
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of the Diocese of Washington, will preside at the service
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A reception will follow at
The Army and Navy Club
on Farragut Square.
Complimentary Parking at SP+ Parking.
Nursery Care is available from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon in the Parish House basement.
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WELCOME
The Rev. William Morris
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The Rev. William Morris
Assisting Priest for Engaging Faith and the Workplace
Please welcome the Rev. Will Morris, who will be joining the ministry team at St. John's as an assisting priest.
Will was ordained in the Church of England in 2009 and was part of the clergy team at St. Martin-in-the-Fields for ten years. In addition to helping establish the healing ministry at St. Martin's, his main focus was on exploring links between church and the workplace, and on issues involving faith and work. He believes passionately that the workplace is an integral part of God's creation, and while definitely not perfect (what is?), is a critically important place for Christians to live out their faith and engage with the world. He has published two books: Where is God at Work? (2015) and Love thy Colleague (2017).
Will has recently returned to Washington with his wife Michelle after 16 years in London. Will is a UK lawyer by training, and US lawyer by adoption. He worked in DC in the 1990's, first in private practice and then at the Treasury Department across the Square. After Treasury, he joined GE in Connecticut, moving back to the UK in 2003. He returned to DC in April to work on tax policy at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Will and Michelle have three daughters, one who works on Capitol Hill and the other two attending college in Maine and Vermont. Will has degrees in history from Trinity College, Cambridge, in law from the University of Virginia, and in contextual theology from St. Mellitus College, London.
Will's role will be to serve as an assisting priest at St. John's, which means he is keeping his "day job," as he did during his years at St. Martin's. In addition to Sunday liturgical duties, his primary ministry will be helping St. John's develop ways to engage the spiritual needs of the thousands who work in the neighborhoods that surround us.
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Ministries with Children
Sunday, September 22
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Join us this Sunday for two engaging opportunities for children's faith formation.
10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.:
Church School for age three through grade five
(Godly Play Montessori-style stories and activities)
During the sermon at the 11:00 a.m. service:
Children's Chapel (Interactive child focused sermon based on the scriptures for the day and prayers)
For more information or if you have questions, please contact Savannah Ponder,
Assistant for Ministries to
Children, Youth, and Families.
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Speaker Series
Sunday, September 22
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Speaker Series
Sunday, September 22,
at 10:00 a.m. in the Togo West Parlor.
Our speaker this Sunday will be
Adam Rothman,
Professor in the History Department at Georgetown University. He will speak on The Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Potluck Suppers with our New Rector!
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St. John's will continue its popular parishioner potluck suppers into the Fall! The Rev. Rob Fisher and Sarah Wood plan to attend. The potlucks are a wonderful opportunity both to meet our new rector and to connect with fellow parishioners. If you are interested in hosting one,
please contact Holly Sukenik
or 202-332-2952
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Saturday, September 21, 6:30 p.m.
SW, Washington DC
Hosted by Carolyn and Nelson Crouch
Sunday, October 27, 5:30 p.m.
Alexandria and S. Arlington.VA.
Hosted by Gay and Bob Pasley and Nancy and Frank Klotz
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The United States Army Chorus
Wednesday, October 2,
12:10 p.m.-12:45 p.m.
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We're honored to welcome the United States Army Chorus back to St. John's to kick off our new season of First Wednesday Concerts.
The Army Chorus has established a reputation of excellence in the performance of male choral literature. Beyond the traditional military music and patriotic standards, the repertoire of the Army Chorus covers a broad spectrum which includes pop, Broadway, folk, and classical music. First Wednesday concerts are open to the public and free of charge.
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The Latrobe Young Adult Fellowship
Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 p.m.
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Ghost Tour of Lafayette Park
Join the young adult Latrobe Fellowship for our monthly First Wednesday celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 7:00 p.m. Following the service, St. John's parishioner Carolyn Crouch, owner of
Washington Walks, will lead the group on a haunted walking tour of Lafayette Park. Please contact the
Rev. Robert Fisher with questions.
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Host a Sunday Parish Lunch
Starting September 29
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September 29, 2019 - May 17, 2020
Sign Up to Host A Sunday Parish Lunch!
Our beloved Parish Lunch tradition resumes on Sunday, September 29. Your help is needed to make it happen. Participate in one of the best fellowship opportunities at St. John's. Make new friends - both members and visitors - and catch up with old friends. We encourage individual members, families, and groups and ministries of our church to host lunches. Working with family and friends is FUN! It takes at least two people to pull it off. So, ... Talk to a friend - or two or three - about joining you to host a Sunday Lunch. The more the merrier! Hosts may be reimbursed for expenses or receive a tax receipt as you choose.
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The Parish Choir, a dedicated corps of volunteer musicians who provide musical leadership for Sunday morning services, welcomes new members. Midweek rehearsals are most Thursday evenings from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m., with a light supper of sandwiches provided at 6:30 p.m. There is a straightforward voice trial for admission, but the main qualification is your interest in serving St. John's in its music program. The Parish Choir uses the Rule of St. Benedict as a guide for serving together in a community of faith and ends most rehearsals with a service of Compline in the nave. Additionally, the singing season is divided into "Quarters," which are focused commitments of eight to ten weeks.
Please be in touch with Brent Erstad, Acting Director of Music to learn more.
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Fall Adult Inquirers' Class
Saturdays | October 5 and 19
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If you would like to be baptized, confirmed, or received into membership in the Episcopal Church at St. John's, join the 2019 Fall Adult Inquirers' Class. The two-day class will meet on Saturdays, October 5 and October 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. both days. The Rev. Rob Fisher, Rector, will lead the sessions. Anyone - newcomer or longtime parishioner - interested in learning more about our Christian faith and life, the Episcopal tradition, and the ministry of St. John's Church, is encouraged to attend. For more information or to register, please contact Kaye Edwards, Assistant for Church Growth.
Those who participate in this class, or have completed another inquirers' class, may attend a Service of Confirmation, Reception, and Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows at Washington National Cathedral on Saturday, November 2.
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Help Cardozo School Families
Tuesday, October 8
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Volunteers are needed on the second Tuesday of every month, from 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., to help distribute food at Cardozo School. These free food "markets," are sponsored by Communities in Schools in partnership with The Capital Area Food Bank. Volunteers help with registration, unpacking the food, assisting the families, and cleaning up. The job is easy and fun: you get to chat with numerous people, and you can wear comfortable shoes! The next market is on October 8. For more information, contact Livy More at 202-291-8783.
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Youth Pilgrimage to Kwasa College in South Africa
Summer 2020
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Rising ninth-twelfth graders are invited to contact Savannah Ponder to apply to participate in a pilgrimage to The Kwasa College in Springs, Gauteng, South Africa. This pilgrimage will happen next summer. Kwasa is an educational center for children age three through grade five. St. John's has had a long relationship with Kwasa, both supporting their ministry financially and sending volunteers to visit the community. The Rev. Sharron Dinnie, the rector of Kwasa, has warmly invited St. John's youth to return to Kwasa next summer to build relationships, serve with the school, and learn more about their ministries with children. The requirements leading up to this pilgrimage would be participation in the following: monthly group meetings for prayer, faith formation, and fundraising planning, hosting parish-wide fundraising events leading up to the trip, and leading one presentation at St. John's after the trip.
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Savannah Ponder, Assistant for Ministries to Children, Youth, and Families. |
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"Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment
in our children's health (and also, by the way, in our own)."
Richard Louv,
Last Child in the Woods:
Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Our faith stories, beginning with Genesis, are grounded in knowledge and awareness of the natural world around our forebears. And yet our own daily urban lives often remove us from that very world. Computers and cell phones restrict our vision, rather than expand it. Studies demonstrate the importance of time outside in green spaces for our physical as well as mental well-being - indeed for our spiritual health.
Are we open to and listening for the word of God in the natural world, our island home?
What we can do:
- Enjoy a laugh.
- Schedule intentional time outside.
- Have children in our lives? Be deliberate about providing unstructured discovery time in the woods; take walks together.
St. John's Care of Creation Group
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REMINDER: Be Vigilant Against Continued Whaling/Phishing Scams
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Email Whaling/Phishing Scams Persist -
Be Aware and Don't be a Victim!
Again, community members have received messages purporting to be from the Rev. Rob Fisher, asking for favors and gift card purchases.
These emails are not from Rob!
Rob and the rest of the staff at St. John's Church will never email anyone asking for gift card purchases. Treat this as a red flag and report it to staff immediately.
Any email from clergy or staff will have an address that ends with stjohns-dc.org.
Common phishing/whaling attempts use very similar looking email addresses from free services like Gmail or Yahoo.
Please do not open any suspicious emails that may come from any account. Delete them immediately. If you are unsure, please contact the Church Office (202-347-8766) for assistance.
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Those who are sick or recovering:
From our parish:
Krista Becker, Kristie Hansen, Teresa Huettner, Nelda Johnson, Bob Patchell, Gordon Richmond, Dace Vidins, Samuel Watson, Jeff White, and
Susan Wild.
Friends and family of our parish:
Bruce Anderson (Cay Buser), Niels Beck (Michelle Mangrum), Jeannie Boyd (Samuel Watson), Rachael Buckley (Chrystal Martin), John Frew Carter (Margo Arnold),Lane Carter, Kevin Chaney (Andrew Tomlinson), Laura Chaney (Andrew Tomlinson), Bill Clark (Clark Ervin), William Frew Conderman (Margo Arnold), Sambar Datta (Ashley Culbertson), Harry Davis (Mary & Carl Raether), Karl Dornemann (Deb Dornemann), Bobby Doyle (Alex Pappas), Henry Farrington (Samuel Watson), Ted Fibison (Wendy Fibison), Chantay Griffin (GeeGee Bryant and Charley Griffin), Lucas Hunt (Matthew Taylor), Edwarda Johnson (Wande Johnson), Elena Lascano (Evangeline Gravina), John Linton (Cay Buser), Linda Linton (Cay Buser), William Markiewicz (Matthew Taylor), Tammy McCleaf (Matthew Taylor), Timothy Mullins (Jim Mullins), Judy Nicola (Cynthia Walker), Jerry O'Hagan (Lance Jensen), Jonathan A.I. Olowu (Elizabeth Leach), Ginger Parra (Leila Taaffe),
Cawley Scott (Robyne Johnston), Diane Sinclair (Pat Dalby), Henry and Sandy Welles (Donna Welles), Jim Wolter (Willy Wolter), and Kristen Wyckoff (Pat Dalby)
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Those who are shut-in:
From our parish: Max Hudgins.
Those who died:
Friends and family of our parish:
Georgia Lorraine Nicol Mangrum who died September 16.
Those who are in the hospital:
Friends and family of our parish:
Russ Capps (Virginia Bader),
Julie Howell (Cynthia Walker), Aiden Mylnikov (Lindsey Bowen), and Travis Rogers (Robert Carroll).
Those in our parish celebrating a birthday this week:
Laura Belman, Robert Craft, John Vincent Culver, Clayton Depue, René Doucet, Caroline Faris, Juliet Folger, Lydia Hornbaker, Elizabeth Johnston, Michael Mengel, Quin Woodward Pu, Denzel Ramirez, Jocelyn Tichenor, and Cynthia Walker.
Those in our parish celebrating an anniversary this week:
Tammi and Robert Hoback, Andrée and Joe Leonelli, Claire and Harry Marshall, Kelly and Christopher Mufarrige, Gay and Bob Pasley, Nancy and Randall Roe, and Laurel and Andrew Tierney.
Those serving in the Armed Forces including those who are
deployed, and for the Armed Forces Ministry of the
Episcopal Church:
From our parish:
Will Yale.
Friends and family of our parish who are deployed: Steve
Helmer (Sara McGanity)
and Peter T. Watson (Wendy Fibison).
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This Sunday's Schedule
September 22
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7:45 a.m.
Holy Eucharist-Homily-The Rev. Jane Milliken Hague
8:15 a.m.
Parish Choir Rehearsal
Nursery opens
9:00 a.m.
Choral Holy Eucharist-Sermon-The Rev. Jane Milliken Hague
10:00 a.m.
Speaker Series-
Adam Rothman, on
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Formation Hour | Church School
10:10 a.m.
St. John's Choir Re
hearsal
11:00 a.m.
Choral Holy Eucharist-Sermon-The Rev. Jane Milliken Hague
Children's Chapel
12:15 p.m.
Hospitality Hour
12:30 p.m.
St. John's Choir Re
hearsal
1:00 p.m.
Oraciόn Vespertina
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The Speaker Series is held at 10:00 a.m. on the following Sundays in the Togo West Parlor:
September 22:
Adam Rothman, professor in the History Department at Georgetown University. He will speak on
The Civil War and Reconstruction.
September 29:
Dr. Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library. He will speak on
The Folger and Shakespeare.
October 6:
Jeffrey Rosen, American academic and commentator on legal affairs. He is a professor of law at the Law School of George Washington University. He will speak on The New Supreme Court Term.
October 13:
Anthony Williams, former mayor of the District of Columbia, for two terms, from 1999 to 2007. He will speak on the State of the City.
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The next dates for
Holy Baptism are:
Sunday, November 3, at 11:00 a.m.
Class: Saturday, November 2, at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 12, 2020, at 9:00 a.m.
Class: Saturday, January 11, at 10:00 a.m.
If you are interested in having a child baptized, or in baptism for yourself,
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Help brighten the day of parishioners who can't be with us by taking them flowers, located in the side chapel. A greeting card for the parishioner is attached to each vase, which also contains contact information. Thank you for checking to see if a delivery address is convenient for you.
Flowers need to be delivered to MacArthur Blvd., NW , Washington, DC; Kings Cloister Circle, Alexandria, VA; and Key Blvd., Arlington, VA.
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Listen now
to past Sunday Sermons and Speaker Series.
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St. John's Church, Lafayette Square
1525 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
P: (202) 347-8766
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