Your pledge is our future. You can find our Online Pledge Form by clicking the button below.

On Sunday morning, please CLICK HERE to find a Sunday Worship Service video, children's sermon, resources for prayer, formation, and much more.

You may also join us on Facebook at 10:00 a.m. so we can worship together as a community. CLICK HERE to connect on Sunday morning.

A virtual opportunity for us to lean into one another and the Advent readings. We’ll begin with simple Advent prayers, then move into Lectio Divina, closing before the 10:00am service. Please contact Brad+ with questions. CLICK HERE for the Advent Sunday Series "Moments" Attachment to print.

ADVENT SUNDAY SERIES ZOOM (Check personal email for ZOOM link)

10:00 am - 2:00 pm on December 5, 2020 

A day of silence will be offered to lean into the Advent themes of hope, anticipation, and yearning. We will have the opportunity to reflect on non-traditional images of the season and hear ancient meditations from non-traditional voices offering guidance. The event is free, but registration is required. Upon registering, you will be sent the Zoom ID and an outline of the day.  We hope you will join this day of silence and discover therein the savior we are seeking…the love of God and neighbor for which we yearn. Please contact Brad+ with questions. REGISTER HERE

In response to Brad's Advent email, many have reached out looking for resources for the Advent season, here are some options: The Season of Light: Daily Prayer for the Lighting of the Advent Wreath book (available HERE or HERE), and Advent Wreath and Candle options HERE.

The ONE THOUSAND DAYS OF LOVE event from Episcopal Relief and Development presents Advent resources. Please click the links below:

1,000 Days of Love Advent Wreath Prayers

Join us for an Evening Prayer service for Youth from the Dioceses of East Carolina, North Carolina and Western Carolina. These dioceses have planned a statewide evening worship for youth in Advent. You can register for the webinar version via Zoom. REGISTER HERE

You are invited to register and enjoy a two-part upcoming webinar series: "Breath of Life: Whose Breath, Whose Life?" Participants will be guided in a time of inquiry, contemplation, and recommitment grounded in our diverse spiritual traditions. The event is free; register to participate via Zoom or view the simulcasts via Facebook Live on the diocesan Facebook page. REGISTER HERE

The clergy of St. John’s offer communion from the reserved sacrament from Noon to 1:00 p.m. on Sundays. This offering takes place outdoors at the preschool entrance to the church with a number of safety precautions employed to ensure the safest possible environment. To learn more, please CLICK HERE.

Please visit our Online Church page for links to any of the offerings below:

LECTIO-DIVINA and CENTERING PRAYER groups meet weekly via Zoom. If you would like to join in, please email Brad+ directly.

A Monday - Friday virtual gathering to frame our days around a regular life of prayer. Each day will offer Morning Prayer at 7:30 a.m.; Evening Prayer at 5:00 p.m; and Compline at 9:00 p.m. Join the group in REALM, contact Brad directly, or (Check personal email for ZOOM links).

Please scroll down to the "Announcements" section of this email for details.

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STJE is offering an outdoor, live nativity in the Garden at 5:00pm on Christmas Eve. Participants needed! Costumes will be provided and participants will not have speaking parts. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME! (Check personal email for sign up links). Contact Matt Williams with questions.

During the month of December, Sunday School will focus on Advent. The Sunday School Plan: December and Sunday School Rotation: December are available on our Online Church webpage.

Do you have an announcement to post in the Weekly Announcements Eblast? Please submit your announcement to Rebekah by Monday at 5:00pm.

The Prayer list is in your personal Weekly Announcements email. (Check personal email for Prayer List).

LIFT (Learning In Faith Together) meets every Wednesday, 11:00am -12:30pm via Zoom. Please contact Toni Robinson, to be added to the Zoom invitation list. (Check personal email or REALM for contact information)

Our choirs are rehearsing via Zoom for our virtual services each Sunday. St. John’s Choir for teens and adults meets on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. The Treble Youth RSCM Choir for singers in grades 3-12 meets on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome and RSCM training goes on. Please contact Alan Reed for more details. (Check personal email or REALM for contact information)

The St. John's Christmas Giving Tree 2020 for the disadvantaged children of Merry Oaks is here! Please see details below:

St Johns Episcopal Church c/o Your Name

ATTN Giving Tree Child ID# xxx

1623 Carmel Road

Charlotte NC 28226

More details in upcoming Weekly Announcements email. Questions, please contact Melissa Conway or Margaret Errington.(Check personal email or REALM for contact information)

Tell your money where to go instead of wondering where it went! Learn to make a budget you’ll actually stick to, how to handle your money, and how to live free of it determining your future in God. It begins with kicking debt once and for all and learning how to build wealth according to the ways of God! Yes—it’s possible. Dave Ramsey and Financial Peace University (FPU) online is on the way to St. John’s in January…details forthcoming. It’s free for you and your family as a gift from St. John’s, but you will need to register. This is NOT a joke, or a get-rich-quick scheme, or Prosperity Gospel stuff. It’s about living as Christians in relationship to our finances, so we can live more deeply in relationship with God and neighbor. You CAN do it! Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime!!.VIEW INTRO VIDEO

In the future St. John’s will offer a live streamed service using our new live streaming system. We will need a team of volunteers providing support for this new ministry. Please contact Jamey Graves.

It is now time for the annual Episcopal Relief & Development's Year-End Match Challenge. All donations to the agency between now and December 31 will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $765,000. For more information or if you wish to donate, you can do so online at  episcopalrelief.org/match, or call 1.855.312.4325

The Parish Shop is still hard at work looking for ways to serve you! We have been able to partner with a couple of our vendors to offer their products through these links: