The Week of November 14, 2021 |
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Join us this Sunday at 10:15AM in person or online
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Thank You St. John's Veterans! |
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As our nation celebrates Veterans Day today, we offer our sincere gratitude and appreciation to those in our St. John's family who have served our country to protect our freedoms.
We know of about nine veterans in our current membership, both men and women, and we honor these heroes amongst us. Thank you!
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Body & Land Performance
from Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet
This Saturday, Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. at St. Luke's, Darien
See below for an update
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This is a FREE event. Body and Land is sponsored by a Creation Care Grant of The Episcopal Church; a collaboration between Church Of The Holy Trinity, Middletown CT, Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford CT, and Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet, Middletown CT.
St. Luke’s is looking for 1-2 volunteers for this event. Would you be willing to welcome people at the door, and then at the end of the event, help breaking down the space and setting it up for the next event? If so, please contact The Rev. Derek Stefanovsky Associate Rector St. Luke’s 1864 Post Road Darien, CT 06820 203-655-1456 ext 104
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Help Wanted- Volunteers for Altar Guild |
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"We do not presume to come to your table, merciful Lord, trusting in our own goodness, but in your all-embracing love and mercy. We are not worthy even to gather up the crumbs under your table, but it is your nature always to have mercy. So feed us with the body and blood of Jesus Christ, your Son, that we may forever live in him and he in us. Amen."
These words from the BCP acknowledge our inadequacies in front of God and at the same time strengthen us to do anything in his name. As Gene and I prepare to move from Stamford, I hope that many of you will believe in the most important aspect of why we come together every Sunday - Communion, and volunteer to help serve at God's table.
Since we are not fully open, the set up is simplified and flexible. I will do trainings after church on this coming Sunday Nov. 14th. You can reach me at 203-962-3438 with any questions. There is also a Google sign up sheet.
Blessings,
Vicki Zacharewicz
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Family Centers Thanksgiving Food Donation
Deadline - Next Monday, November 15, 2021
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This Thanksgiving we are invited to help feed those who would otherwise go without.
We have committed to help The Family Centers distribute food to the hungry by providing 30 food cards, at $50 per card.
If you would like to help put food on the table of a hungry neighbor, any amount is welcome. Please send a food card or check made out to St. John’s Episcopal Church to: Kathy McBride, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 628 Main Street, Stamford CT 06901.
Or, if you are attending worship in person, you may place the card or check in the collection plate on Sunday.
The Family Centers is asking to receive our donations by November 15th.
The Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh once wrote that “sometimes words become sick, and we have to heal them.”
Community might be a word like that just now.
Many in our community are still feeling the grief of the pandemic, and all the dislocations that followed.
We are invited to help heal with love.
A love that asks each of us to touch those around us, and be touched in return.
For in truth we are giving to each other.
Thank you for considering a contribution this Thanksgiving.
Nicky and Mark
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Tuesday Afternoon Bible Study
Special Guest Speaker
Next Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 2PM
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On Tuesday, November 16 Rabbi Phillip Schechter will be joining the Bible Study Group to discuss the prophecies of the coming Messiah as in the Jewish Bible, and the declaration by Christ as the son of God as told in the St John Gospel Chapter 5.
We will be meeting on Zoom from 2-3pm.
Meeting ID: 925 7833 1521
Passcode: 618848
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Just a reminder for those of you needing checks or to have funds reimbursed. I’ve linked to the policy for you to review and the expense request form. Please make sure you review the process and use the form when making requests. We want to be able to help all of you as quickly as possible, and this will make things go more smoothly.
Some helpful hints!
1. Please fill out the requisition and get it approved PRIOR to the expenditure.
2. Please try NOT to pay for anything out of your own pocket and get reimbursed. This is not good practice and it doesn't help the audit. This should be the exception, not the norm, and the Parish Administrator must be informed.
3. Keep in mind, that depending on when you request the funds, it will take 8-14 days for the check to be produced and mailed, unless it is an emergency. So please request your funds well in advance of your event.
Any change in this policy should be coordinated with the Vestry, Parish Administrator and Treasurer.
Best and Blessings,
Jane Holt - Treasurer
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Annual Community Thanksgiving Meal
Thursday, November 25, 2021 11:00AM-12:00PM
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 628 Main Street Stamford, CT 06901
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St. John’s Outreach and the First Congregational Church of Stamford, will be distributing Thanksgiving meals to the underserved in our Community, shut-ins and their caregivers, and those who are alone and would like to share in this opportunity for a Thanksgiving meal.
Due to the COVID pandemic, we will not have a sit down meal at the church this year. We will instead be distributing meals that are individually bagged at the entrance to St. John’s Church from 11:00-12:00 on Thanksgiving Day. Homebound and their caregivers can contact St. John’s at (203) 348-2619 for reservations and delivery of meals. There is no charge. If you are interested in volunteering, please call me at 914 764-5758.
Wishing you all a blessed and safe Thanksgiving Day.
Kathi Bacchi
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Bon Samaritain Sponsor a Child Program |
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The outreach committee invites you to please consider sponsoring a child at Haiti's Bon Samaritain School and Clinic. It costs $80 to sponsor a child’s tuition or $150 for tuition, books and uniform, however, no contribution is too small!
You can sponsor online by visiting https://stjohns-stamford.org/give/ Click on the blue GIVE button and select Bon Samaritain School and Clinic in the "Give To" box; or see Sheelagh Schlegel or any member of the outreach committee for further info. Pictures of the children are on our website and the church's bulletin board.
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SAVE THE DATE: CHRISTMAS VILLAGE
Sunday, December 12, 2021, 4-7PM
(Rain date, December 19)
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You Are Invited!
St. John’s Children and Teen Program
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St. John's Community Foundation Corner |
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Prayers for our parishioners
Please send all prayer list requests for the bulletin to the Parish Administrator,
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To give to St. John's Episcopal Church, you can make your donations electronically or you can simply mail in your check to the church office if you would rather not use the online giving tool. Our Parish Administrator, Kathy McBride, is receiving the mail and doing the banking as usual.
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