The Week of September 11, 2022 |
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Join us this Sunday at 8:00 or 10:15AM in person or online
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Sunday Services: 8:00 am and 10:15 am |
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This Sunday, our services will return to the normal fall schedule: at 8:00 am in the chapel and at 10:15 am in the church. |
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Homecoming Sunday, September 11 |
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This Sunday, September 11, the 8:00 and 10:15 am services will resume, the choir will return, and Sunday school sign-ups will be available for the 2022-23 year. A pot luck lunch will follow the service in the Dining Room. Please plan to be present for this festive day! |
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Sunday School resumes September 18; Teachers’ Aides needed |
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Sunday School will resume for all ages beginning Sunday, September 18, with signups taking place on Homecoming Sunday, following the 10:15 am service. If any member of the parish would be willing to serve as a teacher’s aide, helping teachers to keep tabs on the youngest members of the Sunday School, please contact Olive Grant.
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Special Parish Meeting: Sunday, September 18 |
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Immediately following the 10:15 am service on Sunday, September 18, a Special Parish Meeting will be held in the church for the purposes of voting on an update to the bylaws of the parish, which has been approved by the Vestry and may be viewed here. The bylaws were most recently amended in 1994; the substance of the update is to bring the parish bylaws into agreement with the constitution and canons of the Diocese of Connecticut. For more information, please contact the senior warden, Ron Bacchi.
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Fall Preaching: last chance! |
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Fr. Andrew would like to hear from you! If there are topics that any member of the parish would like to hear addressed from the pulpit, please do submit them via this form. Questions from younger members of the parish (even if submitted on their behalf by their parents) are especially welcome. Preaching is an event, an interactive encounter between the congregation, the preacher, and the Holy Spirit, so do not be shy!
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Tuesday Afternoon Bible Study |
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Open Thursdays and Saturdays: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
The Community Thrift Shop welcomes new, almost new, and gently used clothing, home goods, and jewelry donations. All proceeds from the Thrift Shop are donated to nonprofit charities serving those in need.
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September Outreach Calendar |
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September 11 - Twenty $25 gift cards to be given to Homes for the Brave for homeless veterans
September 17 - Prepare and distribute lunches for men who work as day laborers
September 23 - Inspirica Women’s Shelter dinner
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Recent Prayer Requests for Healing of Body, Mind and Spirit. |
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Please keep these persons in your daily prayers:
Ben, Carol, Daniel, Ed, Kedley, Lloyd, Marc, Terrence, Jon, Ann, Henri, Sharon, Erin, Dante, Anthony, Marie-Anne, Martha, Nessa, Angela, Gweneth, Toni, Jordan, Gabriella, Cindi, Barbara, Jeffrey, Theadeen, Latoya, Christine, Murdena, Aidee, Anthony, Mitch, Jacob, Roslyn, McKenna, Andy, Emman, Bill, Verna, Nadine, Charles, Margaret and George.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer: the Church of Bangladesh
In the Episcopal Church in Connecticut: St. John’s, Stamford; Calvary, Stonington; St. Mark’s, Storrs
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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 doing the banking.
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Forward Day By Day is the Episcopal Church's own discipleship publication! As disciples, followers of Christ, daily prayer and reflection grounds us in God's love and gives us strength and clarity to confront our weaknesses, put our trust in God and listen to where God is calling us to serve. Available online for-free!
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