"To know Christ and to make Him known . . . "
The Chalice
The Weekly Sunday Bulletin of St. John’s Episcopal Church 
In this week’s Gospel, Mary comes to Jesus. She knelt at his feet and said to him,
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?” Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go” (John 11:32-44).

The real question I have for you today is: Are you open to the mystery of God and the unimaginable ability for the Gospel to transform our lives? Where will you be when you emerge from this Covid 19 cave? We live in a world filled with hate and there are always factions drawing each of us against one another. We are faced with forces that draw us from the love of God and the love of one another. We must believe that the Gospel has the power to turn us ever so slightly from our current trajectory to the Kingdom of God. To do that we must face the fact that we need to turn from the dead areas of our lives and the darkness of the cave we sometimes live in and walk into the light. How does our Lord come to the dead areas of your life and call you to come out? What is the tomb of your life? There are factors that bind all of us and limit us. Hate, violence, selfishness, the need for power and excessive money are examples of things that bind us and limit us. Warren Wiersbe once said that “God doesn’t bless us just to make us happy. God blesses us to make us a blessing (to each other).”

At St. John’s we have a wonderful family of people that are a blessing to one another. At St. John’s, we want to bring people to newness of life through the teachings of Jesus Christ and in the sacraments. We are a Christ centered church that values tradition, yet moves forward in the Holy Spirit. During our stewardship campaign, many people have witnessed why they love St. John’s and what brings them joy. We have something special here at St. John’s. It is the love of Christ. Our parish is dedicated, “to know Christ and to make him known.” We are trying to live in the present reality as we move towards the kingdom of heaven. The political environment may make us a little anxious, but our faith is the rock that never moves. Please love God and one another as Jesus Christ loves us. We have something very special here at St. John’s. Giving your time, talent, and treasure brings both you and this community to a place where we can minister to our children, the poor, the sick, and the thirsty. Giving of ourselves for the sake of others literally ushers in the coming kingdom.

On Sunday, we will celebrate All Saints' Day, the Holy Eucharist, Baptism and Loyalty Sunday. We will reaffirm our own commitment to Christ in the Baptismal Covenant. I ask each of you to first commit yourselves to Christ and then to turn in your pledge card during the offertory. If you are out of town, please mail your pledge card to the office by November 14th. Please join us for this very special Sunday and give generously to St. John’s.

In Christ’s love,
Rev. Duncan Burns
SUNDAY WORSHIP THIS WEEK
Join us for Sunday Worship at 8am and 10am in the church or remotely on Zoom and Facebook. Face masks and social distancing are required for all in person services.
 
8:00 am - Rite I Holy Eucharist
Bulletin: Rite I HE Bulletin

9:45 am - Sunday School in the Guild Room and on Zoom

10:00 am – Rite II Choral Eucharist

The Readings
 
The Hymns
SAFE PRACTICES FOR IN PERSON SERVICES
We are so happy to welcome people into the church for in-person worship. As we increase the number of people allowed in the church, we can all do our part to keep ourselves and others safe and healthy:
 
  • Masks are required. Disposable masks are available at the back of the church;
  • Social distancing. Please maintain a 6ft distance between your group/family and others;
  • Sanitize hands upon entrance. Dispensers are available at the back of the church;
  • Prayer books and Hymnals are available;
  • Service bulletins and reading inserts are available at the back of the church.
MORNING PRAYER
All are welcome at Morning Prayer. We meet Monday through Friday at 9:00 am via Zoom. Our short prayer service is followed by some fellowship and discussion. Feel free to join us occassionally to listen and pray, or come more often to participate as a leader or reader, and to start your day with your focus on Christ and a deeper connection with your friends at St. John's.

BIBLE STUDY
Bible Study meets Mondays at 6:30 pm and Tuesdays at 11:00 am on Zoom. Tuesday sessions will cover the material discussed on the Monday before.

Zoom Link for Mondays - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83373971746

Zoom Link for Tuesdays - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84448323853

Please contact the Parish Office if you need a copy of "The Dead Sea Scrolls TODAY."
ECW HARVEST FAIR MEETING
Sunday, November 14th at 11:15 am in the Guild Room
(Immediately following the 10:00 am service)
ADOPT-A-FAMILY
St. John's ECW is continuing it's holiday tradition of supporting St. John's Episcopal Hospital's Adopt-A-Family! This year, we are collection monetary donations only. All funds collected will go to St. John's Hospital Adopt-A-Family program to purchase gifts for families in need.

Please send your donations to the Parish Office in the form of a check written out to "St. John's ECW" with "Adopt-A-Family" written in the memo. You may also give cash in an envelope marked with "Adopt-A-Family." We are collecting until November 15th.
THRIFT SHOP
Tuesdays, THURSDAYS, & Saturdays!
12:00 to 3:00 pm 

Volunteers are needed - We are still bulding our Thursday and Saturday teams. If you wish to become a volunteer, please contact Nancy Feustel at n.feustel@verizon.net.

We accept donations of new or gently used seasonal clothing, household items and accessories. Please no books, out-dated electronics or damaged items.
VETERANS DAY
Thank you to all our veterans!

The Parish Office will be closed on Thursday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day.
SPIRITUALITY GROUP MEETING
Thursday, November 11th at 4pm via Zoom:

All are welcome to join St. John's Spirituality Group for our next meeting.

If you are interested in exploring your spirituality and deepening your connection to others, consider joining us. To find out more about SJSG, contact Patti Aliperti (silverymoon33@yahoo.com).
2022 STEWARDSHIP APPEAL
As you joyously consider your stewardship for 2022, please write your "Joy Thoughts" on the poster in the back of the church!
 
Our Joy will increase exponentially as we give of our time, treasure, and talent!

Please turn in your 2022 pledge card if you have not done so already. We will begin preparing our 2022 Budget, and pledges are vital in that process.

You may also submit your pledge online using our online pledge form. Then beginning in January of 2022 you may send your regular stewardship payments in the mail, leave them in the collection plate on Sundays, or set up automatic, recurring payments online.


Your stewardship is a commitment to sustaining St. John’s ministry today and going forward. We are so grateful for your pledge.
ST. FRANCIS IN THE VALLEY
Mission Trip to Arizona: April 25- May 2, 2022 
  
OUTREACH is sharing Christ’s love with all our neighbors! 
  
To learn more about this trip, as well as all the outreach we are doing, please join us in one of the following zoom meetings: 
 
 
If you are interested in participating in the mission trip, please contact Claire Mis or Fr. Duncan by January 15, 2022.
 
The monthly meetings with St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church help us get to know each other better and offer opportunities to get updates on the Christian outreach that is going on at our border, as well as within the wider area.
 
We are excited to have support from the Diocese of Arizona as we move forward. The Rev. David Chavez, the Missioner for Border Ministries. Fr. David will be leading us in an exciting and informative Lenten program here at St. John’s. Also attending that program will be the people from St. Francis in the Valley!
 
Arizona is rich with opportunities to serve underrepresented groups and we hope to be able to meet with The Rev. Canon Debbie Royals, their Canon for Native American Ministries.
 
Are you excited yet???? St. Francis lives out its mission to be the hearts and hands of Jesus. 
 
Check out these sites to learn more!!!  
 
St. Francis in the Valley Shares the following Newsletter:
 
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Home for the Holiday Special - Saturday, Decmeber 12th at 8:00 pm. The Long Island Gay Men’s Chorus is thrilled to begin their 2021-22 concert season with a fun new program featuring time-honored favorites from an array of yuletide TV classics. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased through the LIGMC website: https://www.longislandgaymenschorus.org/concerts

Sing Noel - Sunday, December 19th at 7:30 pm. Take a joyous break from the holiday rush and join us for “Sing Noel”, our annual concert of Christmas song, carols and stories featuring an amazing vocal quartet and special guests. $20.
YOUTH GROUP CHRISTMAS WREATH & FLOWER SALE
The annual Christmas wreath and flower sale is December 4th and 5th. You can pick up your order that Saturday from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm or on Sunday from 8:30 am to 12 noon.

Order forms are available using the link below or online at stjohns1745.org. Please return your order to a Youth Group member or the Parish Office by Tuesday, November 30th.

Contact Ford Spilsbury with any questions at 212-873-7088

ADVENT SERIES

Three Tuesdays in Advent via Zoom
Evening Prayer: 6:30 pm
Program: 7:00 – 8:00 pm

November 30: The Rev. Marie Tatro: Vicar for Community Justice Ministry, Diocese of Long Island: Preparing our Hearts for the Journey: What can we learn from occupying the liminal space of the Borderlands? How does our faith provide insights into how we connect with the “Other?” Are the borders we create even real? How do we bridge the space where “I” end, and “YOU” begin? How might we receive the gifts that the “Other” has to offer?

December 7: Jeanne Provenzano, Attorney. Walking with God and our Brothers and Sisters in Christ: What it is like to walk side by side with families seeking asylum. How does their witness and faith in Christ change me?

December 14: Vivian Doremus, LMSW. Listening for God in Tiny Sneakers and Endless PB and J sandwiches: How my life changed by serving for two weeks on the border of Mexico in 2019. When we recognize that those from a non-dominant group also bring God to us, how might we too change?
SPIRITUALITY GROUP ADVENT RETREAT
"Four Advent Words from the Giver of the Gift" with Rev. Dr. John McGinty on Saturday, December 4th, 9:30 to 11:30 am on Zoom. Suggested donation $10.
 
Each year the weeks of Advent invite us to begin again, to be new again, to listen and hear and rejoice again. We will spend our time together receiving four words from our God, taken from the Scriptures of the season, which individually and together invite our hearts to move to a season of renewal, toward a time and place beyond sickness and death, a time marked by God’s saving presence.

Here are the four . . .
 
  • “Surely coming”
  • “Constantly praying with joy”
  • “What should we do?”
  • “Blessed are you”

Two reflections will present these four words, allowing time for personal prayer, conversation together, and music of the season. You are most welcome to begin again.
 
About Fr. John McGinty - The people of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Worcester, called the Rev. Dr. John P. McGinty to serve as rector, effective March 1, 2020. John was the rector of the Church of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Shoreham, NY since 2016. He served as Dean of the George Mercer Jr. School of Theology, Garden City, NY, and Canon for Formation, Diocese of Long Island from 2012-2016.
 
Ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1983, John was received into the Episcopal Church in 2011 by the Rt. Rev. Larry Provenzano, Bishop of Long Island. He holds the S.T.D., Doctor of Sacred Theology, from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.

ALTAR FLOWERS & PERPETUAL LIGHT
If you would like to remember a loved one or give thanks for an important event with altar flowers or Perpetual Light, please complete an Altar Flower Form and return it to the Parish Office with your check made payable to "St. John's Altar Guild."


Reminder – Altar Flowers may not be given during weeks of Advent, November 28th thru December 19th. The Perpetual Light may be still be given.
PRAYER CONCERNS FOR ST. JOHN'S
We remember and pray for those departed in this past year: Robert Boise, John Gilbert, Joseph Hanko, John Lasek, Briggs Spach, Lucille Stack, Margaret Mae Villano, Emma Williams

We pray for the sick: Tom, David & Irene, Linda, Danica, Lori, Leslie, Hope, Mike, Michael, Elizabeth, Patti, Bob, Christian, Anthony, Gladys, Lynn, Fred, Jim & Irene, Debra, Alex, Michelle, Pauline, Richard, Barbara, Cory, Allassadra, Ellen, Frank, Theresa, Spencer, Sue, Wylie, Matt, Cheryl, Tom, Stephanie, Lisa, Gary, Maggie, Tyler, Ursula, Christine, Samantha, Edward, Tali, Bill, Kate, Amy, Jean, Pat, Joanie, Sueann, Dermot, Jill. Jenna, Walter, Evelyn, John, Liam, Charlie, John, Matthew, Gail, Frank, Gabriel, Karen, Lucy, Richie, Kenny, Aliison, Kyle, Robert, James, Joanne, Greg

Altar Flowers and the Perpetual Light are gifts of Nelly and David Lasek in loving memory of Modesto Roman.

We will be starting a new prayer list in Advent. Please send your updated prayers for the Advent season to Coral in the Parish Office, cfreas@stjohnshuntington.org.

For pastoral care and prayer, please contact Fr. Duncan or Claire Mis, directly.