The Week of December 25, 2022 |
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Our Christmas services this year will celebrate the joy of the Nativity, and we will use the best of the Anglican tradition to welcome visitors who may come to church only at Christmas, and to share with them the good news of Emmanuel, God with us.
Christmas Eve
5:00 pm - A Service of Lessons & Carols
11:00 pm - First Eucharist of the Nativity
Christmas Day
9:00 am - Holy Eucharist (chapel)
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Poinsettias and greens on the high altar and around the church will be arranged on Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24, at 10:00 am. All are welcomed to help with this display of our love of our Lord. If you are available and would like to assist in beautifying the church for the arrival of the Lord Jesus, please call Denise Wade at 914-649-2953. |
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The parish office will be closed from Monday, December 26, through Monday, January 2, in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day. |
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The Vestry asks each member of St. John’s to make a pledge of financial support to the parish for 2023. Every dollar given to St. John’s supports the important ministries we offer to our immediate community and to the world: from the music of our choirs to the work of our Outreach Committee to the support we give to our brothers and sisters in Christ in Haiti. Please prayerfully consider what you may contribute to our shared work, and make your pledge via this form.
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Nominations for Vestry, Parish Clerk, and Treasurer |
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Openings for parish officers are filled by vote of the parish at its annual meeting in January, and the election slate is presented to the parish by a nominating committee. In 2023, St. John’s Church will elect no more than three vestry members to a three-year term, a parish clerk to a one-year term, and a treasurer to a one-year term. If you would like to nominate any eligible parishioner(s) to any office, please contact Paula Thompson, nominating committee chair.
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The priest-in-charge, wardens, and vestry send their sincere thanks to all those members and staff of St. John’s Church, Iglesia Betania, and Eglise de l’Epiphanie who helped set up, run, and take down this year’s Christmas Village, and to the Stamford Model Railroad Club. Animals were petted; carols were heard; vendors were visited; trains were run; and an afternoon snowfall made for a truly picturesque village. |
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Tuesday Afternoon Bible Study |
The Tuesday afternoon Bible study is on hiatus for Christmas week and will resume on Tuesday, January 3. St. John’s Tuesday Afternoon Bible Study meets every week at 2:00 pm via Zoom.
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Coffee hour is made possible by the generosity of members of the parish, who provide simple snacks each week following the 10:15 service. A signup sheet is posted outside the library: there is no minimum commitment! Please contact the junior warden, Olive Grant, with any questions.
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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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Recent Prayer Requests for Healing of Body, Mind and Spirit. |
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Please keep these persons in your daily prayers:
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, George, Lawrence, Elizabeth, and the people of Ukraine
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer: the Anglican Church of Melanesia
In the Episcopal Church in Connecticut: St. Mark’s, Bridgewater; Good Shepherd, Bristol/Plainville; St. Paul’s, Brookfield; Trinity, Brooklyn
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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.
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