Have you made your pledge to St. John's for 2022 yet? If so, thank you! If not, our Every Member Canvas team will be calling you soon. We hope you will answer the call, make your "perfect gift," and help us make sure we have your correct contact information so we can stay in touch. You can get more information on our website, or make a safe online gift now here. Let's make this year St. John's strongest stewardship year ever, as we prepare to welcome a new Rector!

The annual Fathers Ministry camping trip will be this Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6 at Lakewood Retreat, 25458 Dan Brown Hill Road in Brooksville. Don't miss this popular St. John's tradition! Contact Kaivon Madani or Fr. Cannon with questions and to RSVP.

The Way of Love small group for parishioners under 40 meets tonight, November 3 at 7:15 p.m. on Zoom. Join them to pray, share, and grow! Send Fr. Cannon an email and he’ll send you the link.

A new Father’s Fellowship Bible Study will begin on Wednesday, November 10 at 8:00 a.m. in the Lowry Room. Join your fellow Fathers in this opportunity for fellowship and to study the scripture. Bear Galavis will be leading this group, along with Fr. Cannon. You can reach out to Fr. Cannon at mcannon@stjohnstampa.org or Bear at agalavis@redwire.com if you would like more information.

Parish Brunches are back and we need your help! Chef Dave needs team members on the third Sunday of the month to help feed our parish. The first date is November 21, and he will be in the kitchen from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Won't you give of your time to support fun fellowship? Contact Dave to sign up!

Menus will consist of finger foods, and diners will be spaced throughout the Parish Hall and Courtyard for safety.

Join the Cathedral of St. Peter for a Zoom webinar on Monday, November 8 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Cathedral member and director of the USF Counseling Center, Scott Strader, and Monica Burton, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, will help us understand how we can extend compassion, build resilience, and practice self-care as we face the ongoing challenges posed by the pandemic. Register here and the Zoom link will be sent to you. Please invite friends, grandparents, and others! For more information, visit the diocesan website.

The women of St John’s and their friends are invited to attend our Women’s Retreat at the Franciscan Center on Saturday, February 5, 2022. Mark your calendars now, details will follow. Questions? Contact Deacon Kathleen at kmoore@stjohnstampa.org or 785.9400.

What a great day the Invite-Welcome-Connect group and their guests had at the Tampa Bay History Center. Thanks to Jack Wyatt for the tour! As Helen Straske said, "When 'new friends' and 'old things' combine, it makes for a memorable experience!"

The next IWC tour of the History Center will be on Friday, November 26. Contact Donna Gem to sign up or get more information!

Our Family Service included some fun extras for the holiday... besides our usual child-focused service and sermon, Moses even made an appearance! Mark your calendar for the next service on February 28 at 10:00 a.m.!

If you want to see more photos like the ones above, make sure to like our Facebook page! And don't be shy to share our posts. It's a great way to invite visitors to St. John's and let your friends and family know about all the great things going on in our parish!

Many of our former book club members have expressed the hope that they can begin again, now that we are learning to live cautiously with the COVID virus. They will miss the leadership of faithful, long-standing coordinator, Helen Gilbart, who has stepped down, and Polly Woodard, a member of the book club for several years, has agreed to serve in this capacity, along with her daughter Mary Blythe Broecker. They need your input as to how to reactivate the club. They propose an organizational meeting on Tuesday, November 16, at 4:00 p.m. in the Lowry Room. If this works, let Polly know. If meeting in person with masks is not comfortable for you, let her know that too. Before they meet, Polly wants your book suggestions, so she can present them to the group. They will start with a monthly book to discuss at the January meeting. If enough folks suggest the same book, they might start the book discussion in November.

Call Polly at 571.215.8543 or email her at pollyinfl@gmail.com with your preferences. The sooner they hear from you, the sooner they can get started!

Looking ahead: St John’s EYC will be serving at Metro Ministries Holiday Tents on Sunday, December 12 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.. Every volunteer needs to sign up through this link to be included in our St John’s group: http://stjohnsyouth.metromin.volunteerhub.com. We will need to know our final numbers before December 1! Youth Group families, including parents and children over 8, are welcome to sign up to serve together!

Check out Youth Group pictures and video from this week (including a Christmas Singalong?!) on our St John's EYC Instagram.

Join our Remind EYC group text to stay up to date on EYC happenings by clicking here (from your phone)!

Our 2021 St John’s Christmas Pageant Sign-Up is now officially open! Email Children’s Minister Ayana Grady with your preferences. We are asking for at least one parent per family to sign up to help. Our Christmas Pageant Cast Reveal Brunch will be on Sunday, November 21 after the 10:00 service in conjunction with the Parish Brunch.

Luke O.

10th grade at Tampa Prep

🇨🇦 Luke has visited Canada

🕺Luke has never been on a trampoline!

👴 Luke’s dad and grandfather share the same middle name

Luke’s favorite thing about St John’s: The close community, making it easy to meet and understand new people. Also—the shared family, and the mutual appreciation for the value of worship.

The Women’s Mid Morning Bible Study continues a study of the first and second letters of Paul to the Thessalonians using the study guide Paul for Everyone, Galatians and Thessalonians by N. T. Wright. They meet on alternate Tuesdays, gathering at 10:00 a.m. for fellowship, followed by the lesson from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. They will continue to meet by Zoom for now. Sharon Stoll will lead the study of 2 Thessalonians, Chapter 1, on Tuesday, November 9.

For more information, contact Sally Wiley at wiley48sm@gmail.com or 244.4497 or Pat Wilson at patwilson68@tampabay.rr.com. All women of the parish and those whom they would like to invite are welcome to join them as the group delves into Paul’s earliest extant correspondence.

The Wednesday Afternoon adult formation group continues on Zoom on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The group studies the work of a variety of Christian writers; group discussions are lively and substantive. All are welcome. For more information contact Deacon Kathleen at kmoore@stjohnstampa.org or 785.9400.

One of the simplest and yet most significant ways that our Kairos Prison Ministry team demonstrates our care and concern for the men at Sumter Correctional Institution is by sharing cookies. If you like to bake cookies, please make as many as you care to make and deliver them to the parish office by next Wednesday, November 10. The team will be taking your love offerings into prison beginning November 11. Please contact Fr. Cannon if you have any questions.

Cornerstone Kids will benefit from your generosity once again this Christmas! The Giving Tree will be put out in the courtyard Sunday, November 7, and then throughout the following week in the church office. You can choose a child to buy gifts for, wrap the gifts, and return them to the church office. If you’re not a toy shopper, the parents will can surely use $20 Wal-Mart gift cards. And the program always needs food and paper products for their hot afternoon meal.

See you between services on the 7th!

Do you like to sew? Do you know a young person who would like to learn to sew? Well, St. John’s may have a new ministry for you. Nothing fancy necessary, just straight lines!

We are beginning a sewing ministry that will make pouches for Tampa’s unhoused population to store their ID and other important documents. The pouches have a cord that goes around the neck and can go under a shirt or blouse so that documents can remain out of sight and safe.

They are very easy to make. We have samples and instructions. They will be distributed to people in need by Faith Cafe and Love, INC. What we need now is denim or other strong fabric and velcro strips. Old, unwanted jeans or other denim clothing will work. We will place a container in the

Parish Hall, properly labeled, for your donations. If you would like to join the sewing ministry, donate supplies, or receive more information, please reach out to Shirley Susich at sjsusich@gmail.com.

Are you interested in serving God and your parish community through one of our many ministries, but don't know where to start? Contact Fr. Cannon by email or at the church office at 259.1570, and he can help guide you to the perfect match!

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.

November 4, James Few, Gerd Michel, Cynthia Peters, Sam Stephens

November 5, Johnson Lykes, Joseph Lykes, Vera Farmen, Peter Cannon, Miles Griggs, The Rev. Dr. Fred Robinson

November 6, Walker Barnes, Hywel Leonard, Josie Taylor, Gabriel Picone, Bennett Cruse, Matthew Conlee, Andrew Moore

November 7, Evelyn Bowles, Thompson Marston, Braden Simmons

November 8, Leland Baldwin, Charles Crumpton, Mary Esther Parker, Anne Voss, Brandi Mason, Brett Divers, Benjamin Lejkowski, Sam Zukusky, Lawrence Normandeau

November 9, Betsy Arizu, Candace Portmann, Bridgette Howell

November 10, Emmy Adams, Suzy Lopez, Vicki Arthur

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. The group will convene in person in the Lowry Room for those who are comfortable. If you prefer to continue joining virtually, email John in the parish offices at jedgar@stjohnstampa.org for the link.

The Holy Eucharist (Rite I), 8:00 a.m., Church, followed by Coffee Hour Fellowship

The Holy Eucharist (First Sunday of the month Rite I), 10:00 a.m., Church, on Facebook Live, and our website, followed by Coffee Hour Fellowship

Bulletins and other resources are available here. Click here for the readings, St. John's follows Track 2.

The Contemporary Women's Bible Study (CWBS) group does 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, contact Deacon Kathleen at 785.9400 or kmoore@stjohnstampa.org; or Sally Thompson at tampasal@gmail.com or 254.3009 for the link.

In addition to welcoming 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. Please access the most current safety guidance here.

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, staff, and fellow parishioners 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.

Compline is offered by the brothers of the Society of St John the Evangelist on their web site at www.ssje.org on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 8:30 p.m EST.

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. 

Father Robinson: 941.350.0043

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.