Vol. 79 Issue 23 | Week of June 7-13, 2021 |
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Worship on June 13, 2021:
Rev. Allison Benfield as Proclaimer
We will worship together this Sunday online and we anticipate gathering in person on June 20! Rev. Allison Benfield, our Minister for Spiritual Formation will deliver a message called, "Not My Father" based on Matthew 6:9.
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This Sunday continues our summer sermon series, "All Together Through Prayer," and we are excited to hear from several different proclaimers, in addition to Dr. Foust, this summer including:
- Rev. Allison Benfield on Sunday, June 13
- Rev. Nate Dove on Sunday, July 11
- Sabrina Gilchrist, Executive Director of Right Moves for Youth, on July 18
- Derek Henson on August 8
- Lia Benton on August 15
- Rev. Lee Gray on August 22
The worship video will be available at 8am via our YouTube channel and at our website under the Worship tab for you to view. You can also link to worship from the Realm Connect App Events list.
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Are you coming to worship on June 20? We hope so!
Join us for in-person worship on Sunday, June 20 at 10:30am in the Sanctuary! You can register through your Realm account OR by using the button below. It is very important that you register for worship ahead of time. If you need assistance, please contact Mallory at mbrown@sjcharlotte.org OR 704-477-3349! She is happy to help you register for worship.
Additionally, if you are in need of a nametag for worship, please let Mallory know and she can order one for you.
Remember to read our Regathering Plan at the link here to learn about all protocols we have set in place for our regathering.
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Attention! Important Security System Updates!
Your door codes no longer work to enter the building!
As you have heard, over the last few months, we are upgrading our security system. The installation of our new system is in progress, which means that starting this week, your codes no longer work to enter the building. Please be patient with us as we learn more about working with our new system and work to distribute key fobs for building access. We’ll share more detailed information with you in the coming weeks.
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A Note from Dennis
Will you join me in prayer?
As you probably know by now, I am calling us to prayer during this summer of regathering. Regathering physically is not our primary purpose as a body, living in Jesus Christ. Instead, regathering spiritually is our aim. Therefore, I have given a name to this summer: "All Together through Prayer."
Our Staff and Deacons are setting the example for all members this summer. Therefore, I am asking each of you to invest a minimum of 10 minutes per day in prayer (you can even set aside 5 minutes twice per day or 2 minutes 5 times per day).
Through this summer, I will be sending a variety of scriptures, quotations, and emphases for you to use in your prayerful moments.
St. John's, as we prepare to regather "All Together through Prayer," please consider Zechariah 13:9, "They will call on my name and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people' and they will say, "The Lord is our God.'"
Through this summer, as part of our “Altogether through Prayer” emphasis, please include the following prayer focus points in your prayers each day.
- Thursday, June 10 – Kevin Gray, Minister for Worship and Music
- Friday, June 11 – Families with Children
- Saturday, June 12 – Allison Benfield, Minister for Spiritual Formation
- Sunday, June 13 – Church Council
- Monday, June 14 – Genesis Sunday School Class
- Tuesday, June 15 – Charlotte Family Housing
- Wednesday, June 16 – Jacquelyn McAbee, Church Administrator
- Thursday, June 17 – Families with Youth
- Friday, June 18 – North Carolina Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
- Saturday, June 19 – People preparing to regather in our St. John’s sanctuary
- Sunday, June 20 – World Refugee Day
- Monday, June 21 – Alliance of Baptists
- Tuesday, June 22 – Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
- Wednesday, June 23 – Lee Gray, Minister for Congregational Care
- Thursday, June 24 – Palestine/Israeli Conflicts
- Friday, June 25 – Chris Mullis, Head Custodian
- Saturday, June 26 – Alliance Center for Education Head Start
- Sunday, June 27 – Persons Living through Homelessness
- Monday, June 28 – Members Living in Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- Tuesday, June 29 – North Carolina Council of Churches
- Wednesday, June 30 – Deborah Thon, Custodian
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Sign Up to Make Sandwiches for Roof Above
We need 10 people to make 20 sandwiches for next Tuesday, June 15!
Roof Above is in need of sandwiches and St. John’s has signed up to make 200 sandwiches once a month starting this month. We are asking 10 people to make 20 sandwiches on the third Tuesday of each month starting. The next date we need sandwiches is next Tuesday, June 15.
Even if you have signed up to make sandwiches in prior weeks, you must sign up again to make sandwiches for each specific week you are available to help. Please check the sign up to see if you have already signed up or not.
From 10-11am on the date you sign up, please drop off your sandwiches at the Main Entrance. From there, a member of the Mission Resource Team will deliver the 200 sandwiches to Roof Above.
We will continue this through the summer and re-evaluate this approach before the fall begins.
If you and/or your family can commit to making 20 sandwiches once a month for Roof Above, please sign up here and look at available dates:
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Happy 101st Birthday, Virginia Allen!
On Saturday, June 12, Virginia Allen turns 101!
Send her a birthday card at:
5802 Old Providence Rd Apt 302
Charlotte, NC 28226-6909
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Prayer Concerns, Thanks & Sympathy |
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Polly Hull, Gene & Carol Poole, Elma Thomas,
Barbara Ledford, Carol Hager (sister of Betty Harkey),
Mary Birdsong Brown (granddaughter of Stan & Martha Brown),
Tish Philemon, Andrew Adair, Angie Wheeler, Carol Drye
Sympathy to Dan, Carly, and Dylan Redding in the death of Dan's father, Rev. Dan Redding.
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Financial Ministry Plan Report
Week of June 1-7: $28,517
Income through June 7: $510,093
Annual 2021 Ministry Plan Budget Goal: $1,175,000
Community & State Missions: $5,580
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