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 Remedy Drive in Concert on 9/8
Come hear Remedy Drive in concert (including St. John's own Tim Buell on drums!) at Galilee Church in Virginia Beach at 6:45pm on Sunday, September 8. Co-sponsored by Galilee and Old Donation Episcopal Churches, it even includes a free tailgate cookout in the Galilee parking lot beginning at 5pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Contact Sharon Buell to make your ticket order! (Fr. Derek will pay for the tickets for any youth of the parish who would like to attend the concert.)
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Tea Party Food for Chisholm Celebration, 9/15
Hold the Date! On 9/15 we will celebrate James Chisholm, first rector of St. John's, who has been added to the Episcopal Church's calendar of saints for giving his life in service of others during the 1855 Yellow Fever Epidemic. Join members of the wider Portsmouth community at 3pm in Cedar Grove Cemetery as we dedicate a new bronze plaque at his grave and enjoy some light refreshments.
Would you please sign up via email or in the Parish Hall to bring some party finger food? If everyone participates, we'll have enough food for our guests. We're going for 1855-era food; please bring a recipe or a couple of dozen of one of the following choices: Sugar Cookies; Applesauce Cookies (recipe supplied); Lemon Squares; Cucumber Sandwiches; Egg Salad Sandwiches; Pimento Cheese Sandwiches; Chicken Salad Sandwiches. Please bring to church on the morning of 9/15. Questions? Want to sign up via email? Please contact Katherine Gray or Stephanie Ryder.
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Gathering on August 28 at 3 pm to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech, folks from St. John's, Portsmouth "let freedom ring" by pealing the parish's tower bell in concert with churches in our nation's capital and around the country.
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Miscellany
Thank you! The school supplies that were collected and blessed during Sunday's Blessing of the Backpacks were taken to Oasis where they will be given to those in need. Thank you for your generous participation in this effort to serve our community!
Christian Formation Resumes for adults and children on 9/8. A new offering this fall will be the Atrium of the Good Shepherd for those toilet trained children who will be 3,4 or 5 by 12/31. This new Christian Formation process, the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, is based on the child's developmental needs for their religious and spiritual abilities. Using New Testament stories and presenting vocabulary about how we worship, the child is exposed to a new meditative and contemplative way to interact with Jesus, the Good Shepherd. Be looking in your email for your child's individual orientation session invitation!
Safe Church Training at Grace Church in Norfolk on 9/21. The adult abuse prevention module is recommended for all vestry members, church employees and licensed Eucharistic Visitors. Any parishioners, volunteers, clergy and staff who work with children are requested to complete the child abuse prevention module. The adult module will be offered from 8:45am-noon and the child module will be offered from 12:30-2:30pm. Lunch will be offered for those who register for both modules. Click here to register.
Are you inspired by James Chisholm's dedication to serving the community during the 1855 yellow fever epidemic? Do you want to be a part of something that really makes a difference in this community in our own day? St. John's plans to celebrate "A Day to Shine" as part of next year's 2014 Chisholm festivities. We want your ideas! Join in the planning at one of two organizational meetings on Wednesday, September 11th, either at noon or at 5:00pm. Contact Jen Morrison for more information.
Thursday Morning Ladies Bible Study begins 9/12. Sponsored by AWE (Anglican Women Empowered), this Bible Study will begin meeting September 12 and continue the second and fourth Thursday of each month (September 12, 26; October 10,24; November 7,21.) On September 12 we will meet at 10 am at St. John's Church. This fall we will study "Faithful, Abundant, True: Three Lives Going Deeper Still" DVD study series. Kay Arthur, Priscilla Shirer, and Beth Moore will each teach two lessons. Please contact Patti Devers to order the series study guide.
Wednesday evening Ladies Bible Study begins 9/18. Sponsored by AWE, and starting on 9/18, this Bible Study will meet at the church on the first and third Wednesdays at 7 pm. This fall we will study "Sacred Secrets" by Beth Moore. There is a journal to be purchased for the series for $10. Please contact Barrie Harper to order the journal.
No Tunnel detours this weekend! Construction of the Downtown Tunnel is on hold for the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Contribute by PayPal. Our website now offers a PayPal option to receive contributions. Click here or at the bottom of our website homepage.
The Parishioner Corner of our Website has news you can use. Here you can access the latest parish directory, parish handbook, access worship ministry schedules, and read approved minutes of vestry discussions and actions as well parish financial reports. Need or don't remember the password? Click here.
A Choir is Forming for the Diocesan Service of Repentance & Reconciliation at Christ and St. Luke's, Norfolk, on the Feast of All Souls, Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. The choir will be open to all singers who wish to participate. There will be two rehearsals held at Christ and St. Luke's in Norfolk. There will be no audition for the choir, but it comes with the understanding that singers will prepare the music before the rehearsals. If you are interested in being part of this special event, please email Kevin Kwan at Christ and St. Luke's. Please include your name, parish and voice part.
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Parish Calendar
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In our Prayers this Week
If you would like to add a name to the prayer list, please contact the parish office. Prayers for the Church Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Katherine, the Presiding Bishop; Holly, our bishop Derek, our priest; our parish staff, wardens and vestry For Justice and Peace Barack, our president; Bob, our governor; Ken, our mayor; Erin Elliott-Carrico; Roberto Gonzalez; Will Oast, Dariana Torres and Bill Wolter who are serving our country overseas or away from home; for the Coast Guard Personnel on watch and on patrol from Coast Guard Base Portsmouth For those in any Need or Trouble In our Parish: George Booth; Donald Bowles; Mary Colby; Anna Cope; Janice Cuneo; Bill Edwards; Mavia Hudgins; James Letheid; Linda and Russell Mathews; Arlene Peterson; Carol Phipps; Alice Robbins; Martha Rush; Fran and Al Taylor; Jennie Todd; Mills Tomlin; Lauren Weaver; Greg Wellstead; Cory and Patti Williams Related to our Parish: Andy (father of Ray Symmes); Barbara (mother of Dody Johnson); Shawn (son-in-law of Sherry Clem); Shirley (friend of the Symmes family); Bill (brother of Arlene Dragseth); Laura (friend of Doreen Sheler); Matt, Melissa, Ryan & Jacob (cousins of Dody Johnson); Patti (cousin of Diane Booth); Ellen (friend of Brenda Wolter); Denise (sister of Shari Bishop); Hank (father of Sandy Stip); Clay (friend of Andre Williams); Naval Hospital Patients Thanksgivings
For Evelyn & Eric Stallings and Sarah & Jon McCorkill who are expecting a child
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Stewardship of God's Resources for the week of 8/25:
Worship Attendance: 8am (14); 9am (43); 11am (57)
Worship Offering: $6,078
Income needed for ministry expense each week: $5,874
Pledges of active parishioners in arrears as of August 28: ($20,662)
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The Rev'd Dr. J. Derek Harbin, rector
Keith Byers, bookkeeper
Philip Goodrich, sexton
Scott Rollins, organist and choir director
Sr. Heather Rollins, technology
Stephanie Ryder, publications
Welcome to our Sunday Worship Services
Contemplative Eucharist, Rite I at 8:00am
Contemporary Eucharist at 9:00am
Traditional Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00am
Wednesday Healing Eucharist, 6:30pm
Holy Days as Announced
You'll find us at 424 Washington Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704 or by phone at 757-399-4967
Our office hours are 10:00am - 1:00pm M-F. We look forward to seeing you!
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