This Week on the Mountain, March 14, 2021

St. John on the Mountain

This Week on the Mountain

The Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 14, 2021

An Observance of the One Year Anniversary

of Pandemic Related Forms of Ministry

Sunday Schedule

Please join us at

8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I, Church & Livestream
10 am Sung Morning Prayer, Church & Livestream

You are welcome to attend the 8 or 10 am services in-person or virtually. Space has been available the past few weeks. We urge you to do whatever feels safest to you!

The 8 & 10 am liturgies are held in the Church where social distancing and safe procedures are maintained:

Every other pew is available for seating. Persons sit more than 6 feet apart.
Doors remain open to allow air to circulate.

If you are joining us at the 8 or 10 am in-person, please read the guidelines here before responding. Your reservation is acknowledgment that you have read and agree to conform to them.

The 8 & 10 am liturgies will continue to stream in the SJOTM Zoom Room as well.

All are welcome to and encouraged to join our Sunday Zoom Room Coffee Hour at 10:45 am.

This is the Zoom link

This is the Youtube link for the 10 am Liturgy

The 8 am Service Leaflet is available here

The 10 am Service Leaflet is available here

Contributions for Lenten Outreach Initiative

You may be generous any time you want and as often as you want even though each initiative is listed for a specific Saturday in the booklet.

There are several ways that you can participate.

1. You can drop donations off into the large bin on the Parish House back porch. It is emptied and sorted daily. Feel free to drive up to the back porch for easy drop-off. (You can turn around in the small lot between the Parish House and the Church.)

2. You can order from Amazon with a shipping address of

379 Mt. Harmony Rd

Bernardsville, NJ 07924

Don't worry. We can sort it all out. The office will acknowledge your package with an email as soon as we get it.

3. You can make an on-line contribution to the Initiative of your choice. You choose the destination for your contribution. These funds are kept in four separate accounts.

FOOD for God's Co-op.

SOCKS for Grace Church, Plainfield.

DIAPERS for CASA SHaW.

CHOCOLATE for Somerset Foodbank.

If making an on-line donation. Please remember to:

+ enter the amount you wish to donate

+ when you're ready to give, click on the blue button at the bottom

Holy Week Schedule

Palm Sunday

March 28 – livestream & in-person

8am: Spoken Holy Eucharist Rite I - Church

9:30am: Photos with the donkey in Larocque Field (adjacent to the church parking lot)

10am: Procession and Holy Eucharist - Parish Hall Yard

Maundy Thursday

April 1 – livestream & in-person

7am: Spoken Holy Eucharist Rite I

5pm Sung Holy Eucharist Rite II

Good Friday

April 2 - YouTube and Facebook only

available all day

The Passion and Solemn Collects

Holy Saturday

April 3

Audio Playlist available all day. Offered by our Choir - YouTube & Facebook only

7pm: Holy Fire and Salvation Stories: The Easter Vigil Outdoors - St Marks, Basking Ridge only

Easter Sunday

April 4 -livestream & in-person

8am: Spoken Holy Eucharist Rite I - Church

10am: Sung Holy Eucharist Rite II Parish Hall Yard

You are invited to maintain social distancing and gather around

the open north windows of the Sanctuary to hear Christopher play the closing Voluntary.

A Blessing of Holy Textiles, March 21, following the liturgy

A Blessing of Holy Textiles will take place after the 10am service on March 21. In the past year, J. Wippell & Co of Exeter, England painstakingly removed the original hand embroidery devices from the 1964 frontal. They were then placed and hand-sewn on new white silk in the Tudor Rose pattern. The pattern was created by May Morris in 1892. A chasuble of all new fabric was also constructed. These are all given to the Altar Guild of St. John on the Mountain in loving memory of Sheila and Stuart Christie by their children.

Easter hams, chickens or large pans of lasagna

Easter is on the first Sunday of April this year. We will be collecting from now until April 1. Traditionally we fill a commercial freezer each Lent (sometimes twice) and provide for the Foodbank site in Somerville.

Saturdays at the Food Pantry at Somerville

We serve every Saturday in April. That's April 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th. To volunteer for 3 hours on a Saturday morning, please contact Hilary Thomas at hilarity3121@gmail.com. The pantry is held outside and is masked and socially distanced. Youth welcome.

Soren’s Story:

A Parable about Bullies and the Peacable Kingdom

Join us on Zoom to celebrate the recent publication of Al’s new book. He will greet friends and read a selection. 11:15 am on Sunday, April 11.

The Rev Alfred Niese was the Rector of St. John on the Mountain from 1979 to 1997. Having retired to Maine with his wife Bronwyn, Al remains an advisor to Priests and friend to members

Al has given us signed copies of his book. If you would like one, please contact the church office. You are welcome to make a donation to the Grace Church Sock Drive in his honor.

Music in Somerset Hills Virtual Concert

Saturday, March 13, 8 pm

Stephen and Kristin Sands will present The Art of Song with accompanist Dan Foster, a veteran of MISH concerts.

This is a virtual concert.

For more info, please visit musicSH.org

Click here for tickets

The Open Table Men's Group

Wednesday, March 17, at 8:15 am

The group is reading Making Sense of Paul: A Basic Introduction to Pauline Theology by Virginia Wiles. The book is available at Amazon for $24.

Please contact Rich McGlynn here for more information. Especially contact Rich if you want to receive a reminder and the Zoom link early on Wednesday morning.

Morning Prayer

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10 am

Join us in the SJOTM Zoom Room. Or in the Chapel

Sunday School

Check out our Facebook page as Mrs. Mitchell reads bible stories. Each week is a new story and lesson....this is a fun way to continue religious education at home.

Also, don't forget to drop by the SJOTM office and pick up a craft bag. New bags for February are in a bin on the front porch of the parish office building.

Listen to Sunday's Music

As we transition to in-person liturgies again, music of the day will continue to be posted on our SJOTM YouTube Channel. You can listen anytime throughout the week with this link . You can also Subscribe to our channel here for automatic updates and notifications.

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