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The Grapevine |
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February 17, 2022 |
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Building Faith and Community - Over a Meal
If you take mountaintops and meals out of the gospels, you take half of it away. Something truly powerful happens when we break bread together. It removes barriers and opens up our common humanity to want to get to know one another and share life together. Coming out of a time when so many people have felt disconnected, not just from the life of the church but from other people, Lent could be a great time to not just grow in faith, but to find a group to do that with. Read about Soup to Share and watch a preview video with Reagan Cocke in this week's Grapevine... |
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Susanne Guesmano's Next Steps
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After 22 faithful years as First Steps Head of School, Suzanne Gusemano will retire at the conclusion of this current school year. Suzanne’s commitment to education, her enthusiasm for Montessori philosophy, and her light-hearted, spirited personality have all helped shape the wonderful environment First Steps Montessori School is today. Read a letter from Leigh Spruill about Suzanne's retirement and who will fill her role here.
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PIC OF THE WEEK: Young Adult Dinner
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SJD Young Adults and Young Professionals meet for dinner on the first Friday of every month for "Genuine Eats". Email Tori Gilliland to connect with our caring, fun young adult group! Send your photo of life at St. John the Divine to Andrea Meier.
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| Monthly ECHOS Food Drive Kickoff |
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St. John the Divine is beginning an on-campus, drive-thru Food Drive the third Saturday of every month. Our first drive of the year is Saturday, February 19 from 9 – 11 am. You can help by donating nutritious foods for the ECHOS food pantry, by serving at the food drives, or by delivering food to ECHOS the Monday after the food drive. Learn more here or sign up to volunteer here.
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| Alpha Online |
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| Alpha is a course for "seekers" – non-Christians or new Christians looking to connect and explore our faith in a casual and relaxed environment. The class will meet virtually for most of the sessions with a few in-person meetings (conditions permitting). Register here. Begins Monday, Feb 21 at 6:30 pm online. |
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| Shrove Tuesday Luncheon |
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| All women are invited to join the women of St. Luke's Methodist Church at our annual Shrove Tuesday Luncheon. The luncheon, featuring speaker Laura Seifert, is on Tuesday, March 1 at 11 am. Tickets are $25/person or $200/table of eight, and can be purchased here. |
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| Ash Wednesday |
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| Begin your observance of a Holy Lent with your church family through the Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion. Ash Wednesday services are on March 2 at 7 am, 12 pm, and 6 pm. This year, our Lay Eucharistic Visitors will deliver ashes to those who are homebound or hospitalized. To sign up for ashes at home, email Chip Letton. |
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| Lent Group Signup |
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| This Lent, you are invited to grow in faith with your church family by joining a Lent group. Beginning the week of March 6, commit to 60 minutes a week for six weeks to build your faith with your group as we study the Psalms and follow the 'Pilgrim's Path'. Sign up for a home group, Zoom group, or Wednesday night group that meet following a soup supper at church here. here. |
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| Support our Mission |
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| Thank you for your steadfast support and for sharing in our mission of Changing Lives for God in Christ. We appreciate all that you share with St. John the Divine. If you wish to make a regular gift — just set it and forget it here and selecting the amount and the frequency. Contact Lynn Nelson. |
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| Parish Milestones |
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Notices of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths among our parish family. To report a milestone, email milestones@sjd.org.
There will be a memorial service for Claude Carr Cody IV Saturday, February 19 at 1:00 pm in the Church.
There will be a baptism for Hayes Olcott Hastings Saturday, February 19 at 10:00 am in the Chapel. |
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