This Week on the Mountain, May 22, 2022

This Week on the Mountain

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 22, 2022

The Schedule for Sunday

8:00 am Holy Eucharist (spoken) - Chapel
8:45 am Child Care - lower level
9:00 am Choir Rehearsal
10:00 am Holy Eucharist with Choir - Church
Child Care - lower level
Parable Project with Mrs. Mitchell
Tech Crew (6th-8th) - Flower Room
11:15 am Blessing of the Garden, Ross Farm
11:15 pm Child Care pickup
4:00 pm Choral Evensong, SJOTM

You are welcomed to celebrate the liturgy in person or on Zoom at 8 or 10 am

This is the Zoom link for Sunday Morning

If Zoom ever requests a passcode, always type in: 379

The 8 am Service Leaflet is available here

The 10 am Service Leaflet is available here

Choral Evensong

Sunday, May 22, 4:00 pm at St. John on the Mountain

Music by Roland Martin, Judith Weir, Howard Helvey, and Charles V. Stamford.

The SJOTM Choir welcomes the Choir of St. Luke’s, Gladstone to cap off our choral season together as we sing Evensong for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, “Rogation Sunday” – the day when the church has traditionally blessed the crops.

All are invited to join the choirs to sing and pray this beautiful liturgy together where we all experience the holiness of beauty in our beloved Anglican tradition. Your neighbors and friends will be grateful for an invitation.

The Blessing of the Giving Garden at Ross Farm

Sunday, May 22, immediately following the 10 am liturgy

The people and priests of St Bernard's, St Marks and St John will gather at Ross Farm immediately after their individual 10am services on Rogation Sunday, Sunday, May 22. The garden will be blessed, refreshments will be served and beans that were potted by our church school will be planted in the garden

There is no coffee-hour on the mountain that day.

You are welcome to join others in tending the garden any Saturday, Tuesday or Thursday 9am - noon, weather permitting. One week a month, our parish is particularly responsible. The schedule for garden work will be available on our website, sjotm.org.

Wendy and Graham Argent-Belcher Day

Sunday, June 19 following the 10 am liturgy

After months of denial and incidents of sneaking into the van to move articles back into the house, your priest must accept that Graham and Wendy have already bought a home and are moving to Massachusetts.

You are invited to an extended "coffee hour" (oh, so much more) during which we will honor their service to St John on the Mountain. Unique talents and delectable savories and sweets will be solicited. The poem is already being written. So start thinking.

SJOTM Vacation Bible School

June 20-24, 9:30 - 12:00

Children ages 3 to rising 4th graders are invited to register for SJOTM Summer Camp. This year's theme is "Knights of the North Castle". Join us for sports, science experiments, snacks, Bible stories, and crafts! Questions? Contact Lynn Mitchell.

Registration Form is here. The deadline for registration is May 23.

Summer Schedule at SJOTM

Summer is coming in which leads to some changes in our schedules and patterns:

Wednesday night Evening Prayer moves to 5 pm on Wed. May 25. In the chapel and on Zoom.
Wednesday evening choir rehearsal is on summer hiatus beginning May 18
No Sunday School on May 29
Sunday School concludes for the year on Sun. June 12.
Coffee Hour becomes "Lemonade and Cookies on the Front Lawn" following the 10 am liturgy on Sun. June 26.
Childcare will not be offered beginning on June 26. Our warm and skilled adult professionals return on Sept. 12.

Sunday worship times do not change.

You are always welcome to join us in-person or online every Sunday at 8 & 10.

Open Table Men's Study

Open Table Men's Study will read the fourth section of +Mark M. Beckwith's book Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines for next Wednesday.

Bishop Beckwith's book is available on Amazon.

Giving On-Line at SJOTM

We are pleased to announce that SJOTM offers on-line giving. Click here for simple instructions to donate via your smart phone, tablet, desktop and laptop. Instructions can also be found in the church pews. Or go to the Sjotm.org website, and click the "Give Today" button.

It's always good to check our website

sjotm.org

An article written by Al Niese+ . . . an anthem recently sung by the Choir . . . pictures of our kids . . . Get comfortable, make some coffee and check out the website each week. You'll be amazed!