Third Sunday of Easter - 04.18.2021 |
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EASTER SUNDAY
Please join us for Easter Sunday Eucharist, Coffee Hour, and Announcements at 9:30 am.
Meeting ID: 892 3690 8727
Passcode: 552574
OR Phone in at +1 312 626 6799
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Compline and Chat
Wednesdays at 8pm via Zoom.
Please join us on ZOOM for a short Compline Prayer service on Wednesday evenings beginning this week at 8 PM. Compline (or Complin) is the final prayer service of the day. The word is derived from “completion”. We will offer a short (15 minutes) prayer service and a time to visit with each other. The following ZOOM information will be a recurring check-in link. A wonderful way to prepare for a good night’s sleep and say thank you for your day. Hope to see you there.
Zoom link for Compline:
Meeting ID: 874 7394 0711
Passcode: 043830
OR Join by phone +1 312 626 6799
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Wednesday Night Faith Formation
In the first century, Jesus of Nazareth inspired a movement. A community of people whose lives were centered on Jesus Christ and committed to living the way of God's unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial, and redemptive love. Before they were called "church" or "Christian," this Jesus Movement was simply called "the way.” Our vocation is to live as the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement. The deep roots of our Christian tradition may offer a path. For centuries, monastic communities have shaped their lives around rhythms and disciplines for following Jesus together. Such a pattern is known as a "Rule of Life. “Walking The Way of Love: Practices for Jesus-Centered Life” outlines a Rule for the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement. Join us on Wednesday night before Compline as we explore this path. (Reading the book is optional.)
Come, join the discussion!
Starts April, 7th and runs for 8 weeks. Wednesday nights at 7 pm.
Meeting ID: 874 7394 0711
Passcode: 043830
OR Join by phone +1 312 626 6799
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UPCOMING Worship Schedule |
Worship Team: Rev. Cindi Brickson, Ann Clark, Steve Deeren, Margo Druschel, and Nickie VanStelten. Mary Schuldt, Organist
Readers: Candace Black, Rick Robbins, Margo Druschel, Steve Druschel, Tim Secott, Joan Hertel
Tech Team: Tim Secott, Steve Druschel, Margo Druschel, Jen Drganc
Please let one of the Worship Team know if you would like to share your skills and talents.
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Beloved in Christ,
Yesterday morning I wept as I gathered with Healing Our City’s virtual prayer tent and listened to Imam Rami Nashahibi reflect on the tender, motherly, inexhaustible compassion of God. My heart, like all of yours, is so heavy, as a city that is already carrying so much is handed one more dose of sorrow and anger. As most of you know, on Sunday night Brooklyn Center police killed Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man, during a traffic stop. Daunte’s killing resulted in a night of tense but largely peaceful protests, met with tear gas and less-lethal ammunition fired at protestors, and looting of Brooklyn Center shops. While we don’t know much about the circumstances of Daunte’s death, we do know that he was 20 years old and a beloved child of God.
There is a sickness in our society, a sickness that shows up over and over as deadly violence against Black and brown bodies by the very institutions and agencies that form the frame and foundation of our common life. This sickness, which infects every single one of us, cannot be rooted out by our good intentions, or more knowledge, or our own efforts. This sickness is a sin that possesses us and can only be healed by the divine mercy, our mother, the God of all compassion and peace. Our first call today is to join our sorrow, our tears, our anger, our longing for a better way to the voice of Isaiah who, when facing the systemic injustice in his own society, cried out to God: “Oh that you would tear open the heavens and come down. . .” (64:1) The transformation and healing we so desperately need asks for our whole lives, and our whole life together, and it must be grounded in daily lament, crying out for God to tear open the heavens and come down, and daily repentance, a commitment to letting the divine mercy break us open and thoroughly possess our sin-sick souls so that each breath we are given might be an offering of God’s perfect love working through us.
As we continue to hold the trauma of these times, I commend to you again the incredible interfaith work being done by Healing Our City. Their morning prayer vigil, held every day at 8 am, is a truly healing and restorative space. You can always find a recording of the vigil after the fact on their Facebook page if you cannot attend in real-time.
Oh God, tear open the heavens and come down to the family of Daunte Wright today, to the city of Brooklyn Center today, to the Twin Cities today, to the state of Minnesota today, to all who have ever feared or been hurt by police or the prison system, to all Black and Indigenous and Latine people who are disproportionately targeted by the police. Oh God, tear open the heavens and come down to us today.
The Right Reverend Craig Loya
X Bishop
Episcopal Church in MN
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Vestry Updates:
The next Vestry meeting will be in May. All are welcome please contact Jen or Tim for the zoom link.
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Pastoral Care
If you are in need or know someone in need of pastoral care, please reach out to our Companion Priest, The Rev. Cindi Brickson at 612-998-5136 or revcindi@stjohnsmankato.com. To be added to the prayer list please contact Connie Miller at admin@stjohnsmankato.com or call her directly at 612.237.0940.
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St. John’s Prayer List
Please pray for Gay, Andy, Bill, Ricci, Barbara,
Marcia, Mary, Mara, Jordin, Elsie, Elizabeth, Kate, Mary, Jason,
Wendy, Ann, Wayne, Swede, Jim, Libby, Bernie, Don, Anne, Mary, Judy, Joan, and Kylie.
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mary Babcock (04/02), Barb Partridge (04/02), Jill Fischer (04/13), Andrew Westberg (04/08), Marcia Olauson (04/14), and Barbara O'Brien (04/15).
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Mike and Jane Kearney (04/25).
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