To Love and Care for All, Seek Christ, and Spread His Gospel |
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Please sign up for Sunday service ministries for June and/or July
please click the month and sign up.
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SUPPORT NEEDED
We need participation in our Worship Services to have diverse voices heard. Don't forget to signup.
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Education For Ministry graduation celebration for
Destiny Zook-Monteleon & Brett Durbin
WHAT IS "EFM"
EfM is a program designed to develop the laity's gift for Ministry.
Education for Ministry
Are you a seeker? Would you like better understand the Sunday readings--both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures? Perhaps you are a history buff and would like to know more about church history----OR---perhaps you have a curiosity about theology and all that it means. If so, please consider joining us in EfM---Education for Ministry!!
EfM is a program designed to develop the laity's gift for Ministry. We meet weekly during the school year. If interested, please call me or email me. I love to "talk EfM," and can answer your questions.
John Svagera
417.496.0561
"Seek and you will find." Matthew 7:7
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This weekend, June 3-4, churches across The Diocese of West Missouri are invited to participate in “Wear Orange Day” in honor of victims and survivors of gun violence across our country. |
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However you choose to observe "Wear Orange" Sunday, the important thing is that we honor and remember in prayer those whose lives have been cut short by gunfire and those survivors whose lives are forever scarred. Our faith compels us to love one another as Christ has loved us.
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COMPLINE SCHEDULE CHANGE
Our nightly Compline broadcast will change from a 7-day schedule to a 5-day weekday schedule beginning June 1. Our Compline team is dedicated to providing this quiet and restful prayer service while recognizing that the weekends are going to get busy this summer! Please make note of this change.
On Saturdays and Sundays, the team invites you to either pray Compline from the Book of Common Prayer, p. 127, or by accessing our previous broadcasts by going to St James Live (or www.sj.church – Chapel – Live). This link will bring you to all our previously recorded live broadcasts (Sunday services and Compline.) Choose one and enjoy!
We are delighted to acknowledge our team who are, and have been, so faithfully committed to our Compline prayer time:
Monday: Anne Breid
Tuesday: Hayden Vaughn
Wednesday: David Britt
Thursday: Fr. Isaac Petty
Friday: Tessa Melancon-Eggers
Please, if you haven’t attended before, come and pray with us. Compline is a joyful and peaceful way to prepare for a restful time after busy days!
Our Compline services are open to all!
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Diocesan Juneteenth Commemoration |
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On Monday, June 19, the Diversity and Reconciliation Commission of The Diocese of West Missouri invites anyone able to embark upon a pilgrimage to Park Central Square, Springfield, Missouri, the site of the April 1906 lynching of three African American men, Horace Duncan, Fred Coker, and William Allen. |
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Saturday, June 10, 9:30am: Pride Mass at St John's, Springfield, followed by the pride parade at 10:30am, and staffing the festival booth the remainder of the day
Friday, June 16, 6pm: Installation of our new Rector
Monday, June 19, noon: Diocesan Juneteenth Commemoration
Sunday, June 25, 6:30pm: Evensong at St James to conclude Pride Month festivities
Saturday, July 8, noon: Deanery Picnic, St John's, Springfield
Sunday, July 30, 10:30am: Bishop Bruce visiting on the Feast of St James, with confirmations & receptions
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CONFIRMATION & INQUIRY CLASS |
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Are you new to St James Church and want to learn more about our faith and tradition? Have you been part of the St James family for a while but were never confirmed or received to officially become an Episcopalian?
Bishop Diane Bruce will be with us to celebrate the Feast of St James on Sunday, July 30th, and will baptize, confirm, and receive those who are ready to mark their life in Christ through the sacraments of initiation. To prepare for confirmation or reception, and as an informative session for those who just want to know a bit more for now, Fr Isaac will be leading a Confirmation & Inquiry class in June and July. Please reach out to him or the church office (office@sj.church) to sign up! Dates & times for class meetings will be determined based on the needs of those to be confirmed.
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Show Christ's Love
PRIDE FEST
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Pride Update, 5/25/23
Hey all! Ozarks Pridefest is a week away on Saturday, June tenth and the Episcopal churches of the Ozarks have finalized our plans and have gotten everything we need to make Jesus’ love known at Pridefest! I want to thank those who are volunteering to staff the booth and those who have said that they will be walking in the parade.
Now to reiterate what we’re doing on June tenth.
First, we are having an Episcopal Pride mass at St, John’s starting at 9:30am. We plan to have only a 45 minute service so that we’re out by 10:15am and can have enough time to walk one block to Springfield Municipal Courthouse where the Parade begins.
The Pride parade begins at 11am and is supposedly a fifteen minute walk to downtown square where all the booths are. Now if you’re gonna walk in the Pride parade then I encourage you to make a cardboard sign with a message that expresses God’s love for all and/or wear colorful clothes, something breathable because it probably will be hot!
Now, unfortunately I have to be serious here for a minute.. We know that we’re living in hateful times, and we know that there are people who don’t understand LGBT people and sometimes some people even go as far as physically harming LGBT people. I bring this up because unfortunately there have been calls by certain people to get people to go to Ozarks Pridefest and cause trouble, violence… I say this to you all now because I want those of you who are participating in Pridefest with us to be aware that there are risks in coming to Pridefest, more so this year than previous years. But as Father Isaac, Father David from St. John’s, and Father Ron from Christ Church have agreed that though we should be cautious, we should not let fear overcome our mission to show love to all. Therefore we hope you’ll join us on June 10th to show that God’s love is for all humans!! But if you did sign up for something and now aren’t so sure you want to go then just let me know, I’ll understand.
Peace be with you,
David Britt
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Adult Sunday School
starts at 9:30 a.m.
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Yoga will be taking a break in June and July.
Hope to see you all back on August 1.
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Celebrations & Prayers This Month |
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This Week
Happy Birthdays
Deacon Suzy Lynch 06/01
Margaret Aldefer 06/03
Zoey Donelow 06/06
Jan Hutcherson 06/08
Clay Stuckey 06/08
Happy Anniversary
Fr. Ross & Paula Stuckey 6/01
Joshawa & Liz Trader 6/01
Greg & Anne Breid 06/05
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Prayers for Families This Week
Vaughn, Weiland, Wright
Flowers were given to the glory of God
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Terry Abshire
Lisa Pruitt
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Celebrant
Preacher
Gospel
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The Rev. Isaac Petty
The Rev. Isaac Petty
The Rev. Suzy Lynch
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1st Reading
Psalm
2nd Reading
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Hayden Vaughn
Sung
Dotti Kaiser
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Kayson Monteleon,
Karlie Monteleon,
Lisa Pruitt
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Eucharistic Minister 1
Eucharistic Minister 2
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