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1994 Mountain Road (P.O. Box 1175), Stowe, VT 05672 ~ (802)253-7578

ST. JOHN'S WEEKLY

April 22 -28, 2024

A community of faith located at the crossroads of Mountain Road and Luce Hill Road.

Our Mission is to be a welcoming Christian community of faith, loving and forgiving, questioning and learning, inviting and serving.

St. John's web site.

www.stjohnsinthemountains.org

Church Office and Pastoral Care

Rector, The Rev. Richard Swanson ~ Deacon, Zarina Castro

Office Administrator, Heidi Dwyer (802)253-7578

office@stjohnsinthemountains.org

Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 9:00am until 2:00pm.

Dear friends,

I am reaching out to ask for your help with office hour coverage while I am away in May. The dates are Tuesday, May 21st, Thursday, May 23rd, and Tuesday. May 28th.

Fr Rick and I feel it is helpful to have someone in the office answer the phone and support anyone who may stop by.

If you are interested in helping out or learning more about office coverage and some of the duties involved, please call the office (802.253.7578), email me at office@stjohnsinthemountains.org). or stop by and see me on Tuesday or Thursday between 9 am and 2 pm.

Cheers, Heidi

To contact the clergy or Vestry members, scroll to the end of this newsletter.

Check out the Vermont Diocesan News at diovermont.org

To view past sermons, go to:

YouTube St. John's in the Mountains

St. Mark the Evangelist

Celebrated by the Episcopal Church on April 25

The Christian symbolism comes from an ancient legend

The Lion of St. Mark in Venice

Marco was an evangelist, but not much information is known about him, the most relevant being taken from the Acts of the Apostles. He came from a family of priests in Jerusalem and his mission was that to convert the infidels and to create one of the most ancient and important centers of the Christianity of those times. Even if there are no reliable sources, it seems he died in Alexandria of Egypt.

The image of San Marco as a winged lion comes from an ancient legend which says that on a stormy evening, as he was returning to Rome from Aquileia, where he had gone to preach the Gospel, he found shelter in one of the few fishermen huts which were rising in Venice, probably in Rialto. After a frugal dinner he fell asleep. An angel, represented by a winged lion, appeared to him in a dream exclaiming a Latin sentence:

«Pax tibi Marce Evangelista meus, hic requiescet corpus tuum»

(Peace to you Mark my Evangelist, here will rest your body)

almost to mean that the saint would find rest, veneration and honor among the Venetian population. The first part of this phrase has become the most famous and used quote in reproductions of the lion of Saint Mark with the open book.

In the morning he told the dream to the fishermen. Then he sailed to continue the trip. The legend was handed down for centuries from father to son.

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ONLINE or BY Mail or at Sunday Worship

www.stjohnsinthemountains.org

St. John's in the Mountains, P.O. Box 1175, Stowe, VT 05672

Sunday's Holy Eucharist Service

Link to the YouTube sermons page.

https://www.youtube.com/@StJohns-Mts/videos

Emily Video Tech

Barbara Intercessor

Open Arms Ministry . . . . Childcare Sitter LIly

Bring your children to play

while you attend our 10:00am Holy Eucharist Sunday Service

Week's Schedule

WEDNESDAY, April 24

Zoom Lunch at 12:00pm

Holy Eucharist at 5:30pm

THURSDAY, April 25

Spirituality Group at 10:00am

SATURDAY, April 27

AA at 5:00pm

SUNDAY, April 28

Holy Eucharist Worship Service at 10:00am

Eastertide

March 31 to May19

Coming Up

First Sunday / Green Sunday (Food Share & Discretionary Fund)

Next Fiber Arts in the Mountain is Saturday, May 11.

Bishop Shannon to Attend Worship Service

On May 19 (Pentecost), Bishop Shannon will attend worship at

St. John's. Please note that he service will begin at 11:00am and not at 10:00am

April Volunteer Sign Up

Please access the link below to sign up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0848A4A729A4F49-48613184-april

Holy Eucharist Worship Service -- April 21, 2024

Celebrant and Preacher-- The Rev. Rick Swanson

Greeter -- Terry Whelan and David Small

Acolyte -- Nat Kinney

Altar Guild -- Kristin Wells

Intercessor / Lay Eucharistic Minister -- Nat Kinney

Lector -- Roger Nicholls

Counters -- Deb Clark and Cindy Rodman

Open Arms Ministry -- Lily

Coffee Hour -- the Kraemer's

Musician -- Sara Huff

ZoomTech -- Donald Clinton

Fiber Arts in the Mountains

Do you like to knit or crochet? Do you enjoy sewing or other needlework?

There is a group called Fiber Arts in the Mountains.

Our meeting are on the second Saturday of each month from 10 AM until 2 PM; here at St John’s in the Mountains.

If you’re interested in joining us, let Sara Huff, Sharon Witbeck, or the church office know; and we can email you with more details.

Sharon Witbeck (sewsews@yahoo.com)

Sara Huff (sarahuffvt@gmail.com)

office@stjohnsinthemountains.org

Prayers of the People

We pray for Rich, Patric, Belle, Peter, Theo, Nancy, Tom, Ann, Rick and Patty, Joyce, Sara, Curt, Ben, Bonnie, Don,

M-A, Jen, Erica, and Goldie.

We pray for the end of war around the world, especially in Ukraine, Sudan, Israel and Gaza, Yemen, and the most vulnerable in the conflicts; the children and the elderly.

We pray for our friends at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Stowe.

We thank you, Lord, for all the blessings and thanksgiving of this life. We pray for our local community, especially for the North Central Vermont Recovery Center. We give thanks for the ministries of St John’s, especially for our Sunday Offering Counters.

We pray for all who have died, that they may have a place in your eternal kingdom. We for the departed especially Jane, for those who have died as a result of the war, and those whose faith is known to you alone.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Birthdays

April 6 --- Zarina Castro

April 15 -- Dave Matthews

April 17 -- Sharon Witbeck

April 21 -- Andy Rodman

April 22 -- Peter Lilienthal

April 25 -- Sue Nicholls

April 26 -- Tim Heath-Swanson

April 28 -- Matthew Hoffman

April 29 -- Richard Bland

May 10 -- Peter Hoffman

May 10 -- Ruth Matthews

May 13 -- Griffin Johnson

Anniversaries

May 20 -- Merry & Grady Vigneau

May 22 -- Susu & Gordie Brown

May 24 -- Carole & Tom Younkman

May 31 -- Ruth & Dave Matthews

Please note; If you are new to the congregation, please join our list celebrating your birthday and anniversary. Just send email to cunningham.barbara@gmail.com.