We are so pleased to be welcoming in-person worshipers this Sunday at the 11am sanctuary service. Cleaning protocols, masking, and social distancing will be observed. We are also asking attendees to preregister, both so we can keep the congregation within acceptable limits, and for contact tracing if necessary. Doors will open at 10:30am.

Please enter through the EAST doors.

Live-streaming will also be available! You may also register by calling Debbie Brown in the office at 883-9717.

We will be open for a limited number of in-person worshipers.

Careful protocols will be followed, including mask-wearing

and social distancing. Click HERE for more information about these protocols!

We are asking worshipers to preregister, both because of space limitations and for the purposes of contact tracing.

You may also register with Debbie Brown in the office by calling 505-883-9717.

Nicole will be editing the eDisciple beginning next week. In the meantime, you can send her your greetings at ncreaturo@stjohns-abq.org!

The hoop houses are COMPLETED and the garden boxes for the hoop houses are close to being finished! Wow, what a whirlwind couple of weekends we've had!

We need to appeal to you once more for your help! This Friday, April 23, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., we need volunteers to help us finish the hoop house garden boxes. Basic carpentry skills preferred. We will have some tools but if you have personal drills, small hand tools, and/or a saw horse please bring if you want. Please mark any items you bring with your name.

Saturday, April 24, starting at 9 a.m., we are in need of volunteers to help fill the garden boxes with soil. Please bring a shovel and/or rake if you have them (label them with your name). Wheel barrows will also be appreciated for use on Saturday.

For either of these days, please wear a hat, gloves, sunscreen, closed-toed shoes, and bring a bottle of water. We will have a carafe of coffee and bottled water on hand as well. We are providing a simple lunch for any who are there at lunch time.

The garden and hoop houses are located on the north west side of the church building. Volunteers that can help for an hour, or two, half day or all day are welcome. Park along the street on the corner of Arizona and Phoenix.

If you want to support the Garden Ministry efforts to grow fresh, healthy, local food to feed hungry people in our city, but are not able to assist with physical labor building the garden boxes or filling them with soil, please consider making a donation towards the project costs.

For more information please contact Chef Tim Nuzum, 505-833-9717 or email tnuzum@stjohns-abq.org.

Sunday Community Activities: Click HERE to view all Sunday School Classes & groups! Join us in the virtual Sonshine Coffee Zoom immediately following the 11:00 am Worship with church Leadership Team members hosting. Zoom link is HERE

St. John’s is now scheduling church small groups to meet in certain classrooms Monday through Saturday. If you would like to schedule your group to meet at the church, please contact Debbie Brown at 883-9717, ext. 138 or email her at reception@stjohns-abq.org to submit your request.

Our UMW Albuquerque District Meeting on Saturday, April 24th, will feature a program, "Embracing Change", presented by Susan Brumbaugh, St. John's Mental Health Counselor. This will be a Zoom event, from 10 am to noon. You need not be a UMW member to attend; everyone is welcome! There is no registration fee, but a registration form is required to receive the Zoom link. Please contact your circle chairperson or Mary Beth Spletzer (mbspletzer@gmail.com) to have the registration form and other details emailed to you. The deadline for registration is April 18th. Since we can't fight change, let's learn --- together --- how to embrace it!

St. John's Preschool program will be hiring a new Director. If you might be interested and would like to request the position summary, duties and requirements, please email the Interim Preschool Administrator, Susan Perry at PreschoolDirector@stjohns-abq.org. You can also view the job description HERE.

St. John’s own Bible study, continues with a new unit called “Street Signs in the City of God.” Join us as we travel some of the ways, highways, paths, streets, and marketplaces – and one corner – in the Bible. To receive daily study tips by email, write or call Regina Hunter at drhunter@nmia.com or 294-2877. If you prefer to read on your own, download or print a study guide.

  In the early 20th century Lydia Patterson of El Paso noticed that there were no schools for the boys in the barrios on the borders with Mexico. Texas provided no schools for children who could not speak English. So she and other Methodist women started schools in their homes. In 1913 these home schools grew to become Lydia Patterson Institute, a ministry of the UNM church. By 1921 it was known for its curriculum teaching English as a Second Language. Its emphasis on the Christian faith, solid values, and academic excellence continues to this day.

   LPI now serves up to 400 boys and girls, half or more on scholarship and many from ciudad Juarez. Typically the Mexican students are up at 5 AM for the long process of crossing the border. In addition to studying, the scholarship students do most of the work of maintaining the campus including fixing meals.

  In April we have an opportunity to help Lydia Patterson fund these scholarships, show Christ's love to the poorest of both El Paso and Mexico and develop future Christian leaders for both countries. Please give generously.

Barbara Escobedo is the recipient for the prayer quilt on display.

In lieu of tying knots, please pray this prayer (or your own prayer): “Lord, please lay your healing hand on Barbara and allow her to see the wonders of your magnificence. Amen.”

Stephen Ministers are members of St. John’s who have gone through 50 hours of training to provide high quality, confidential Christian care to individuals experiencing a crisis or life challenge such as divorce, grief, job loss, hospitalization, relocation, or loneliness.

If you or someone you know could benefit from the care of a Stephen Minister, please call the office 505-883-9717 or email stephenministry@stjohns-abq.org

www.stjohns-abq.org

(505) 883-9717

2626 Arizona St NE | Albuquerque, NM 87110

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