www.stjohnsportsmouth.org27 March 2014

African Team Ministries Sale begins this Sunday  


African Team Ministries is a Christian ministry working as an intermediary between African and American churches.  With help from Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Anglican denominations, they provide funding for orphan and refugee relief, mission, and evangelism in East Africa.

 

A display of hand-crafted items made in Africa will be for sale in Chisholm Hall for the next two Sundays.  This Sunday, 3/30, there will be no Adult Forum so everyone will have plenty of time to shop for friends and loved ones!

 

The support from your purchases allows African Team Ministries to provide school fees, tuition, books, and uniforms to students in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.  This support ensures that the children receive an education and an opportunity to learn of and deepen their relationship with Jesus.  Through their partner churches, your purchases will give the gift of hope!

 

Celebrate Spring at this Saturday's Parish Garden Work Day!  

 

Maybe...just maybe our long, cold winter is over?  Come spend the morning in beautiful spring weather and help with cleaning up the church gardens.  We'll work Saturday morning, 3/29 as planned-beginning at 9am.  Bring your leaf and garden rakes and your work gloves.  Several gas-powered trimmers are needed!  Children welcome - make it a family outing! (Rain date Sunday, 3/30)

 

Flower Arranging Workshop 

Are you in the Flower Guild and want to improve your skills? Thinking about joining the Guild but you need to know more before you can help? The Flower Guild will conduct an arranging workshop on Saturday, April 5, 9 am - Noon. We will share what we learned at the National Cathedral workshop, provide some arranging basics, and offer an opportunity to do some individual hands-on arranging to practice for Easter.  The registration deadline has been extended to Tuesday, April 1. Add your name to the signup sheet in Chisholm Hall or contact Linda Buchanan to make sure we have arranging supplies for you!

 

Miscellany

  

Christian Formation through age 15 continues this Sunday.  Adult Forum will resume next Sunday, April 6.

 

Easter Vigil and Easter Day Flowers: St. John's is accepting donations for flowers to decorate our worship space for Eastertide.  These flowers may be given in memory of, or in thanksgiving for, a loved one or a special event.  Forms are available in our worship space.  Please either mail your donation and form to the Parish Office or place both in a sealed envelope in the offering plate.  Please be sure to note "Easter flowers" on the check memo line.  

 

Contemplative Prayer, 4/1 & 4/8: We gather every week to worship God, using words, music, and our bodies; Contemplative Prayer is a way of praying through listening, learning to go beyond words so that we can simply be present with God.  St. John's offers Contemplative Prayer this Lent on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm in the Founders' Chapel.  After an introduction to quiet prayer, we will sit in silence with each other and with God and then share a brief reflection on our prayer experience before finishing around 7:15.  


2014 St. Fiacre Flower Festival, 4/25-27:  The Planning Team will gather this Sunday in the second floor Community Meeting Room.  Calling all bakers!  The "bakery" at our St. Fiacre Flower Festival can use your help.  It is taking a twist this year by not selling entire cakes, pies, and breads but offering for sale individually wrapped single-sized items such as scones, muffins, brownies, cookies, cupcakes - even candy.   If you are interested in donating, please call either Martha Rush (439.9049) or Beth Meighan (871.7244).


The Daniel Plan is underway...but there is still time for you to join!  Getting healthy is a choice.  The next meeting will be Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 6:30pm in the Community Meeting Room.   Join the Daniel Team as they explore the concept of being Daniel Strong through the pursuit of excellence in body, mind, and spirit for God's glory.   We are learning about being stronger in our bodies through exercise, one of five essential areas needed to be truly healthier. Call Dick Devers (630.6884) or Della Stearns (309.7586) for information.  See you there!

 
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In our Prayers this Week

If you would like to add a name to the prayer list, please contact the prayer chain.

 

For the Church

Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Katherine, the Presiding Bishop; Holly, our bishop

Derek, our priest; our parish staff, wardens and vestry

 

For those to be baptized

Catechumens Niki Park & Rashaun Tuttle; Mathew Pope, Ava Park, Clara McCorkill, & Emily Stallings (Great Vigil of Easter, 4/19)

 

For Justice and Peace  

For Barack, our president, Terry, our governor; Ken, our mayor; Mac Baechtold; Erin Elliott-Carrico; Roberto Gonzalez; Nate Kingsbury; 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: Diane Booth; George Booth; Donald Bowles; Steve Buell; Mary Colby; Ted Colby; Bill Edwards; Gina Fremeau; Regina Guerra; Vivian Hillman; Mavia Hudgins; Linda Mathews; Teresa Park; Arlene Peterson; Carol Phipps; Alice Robbins; Barbara Stearns; Jennie Todd; Gary Wiggins; Joy Young

Related to our Parish: Shelly (sister of Stephanie Ryder); Alvaro (friend of Johnny Noles); Abbey (friend of Claudia Tomlin); Cathy (friend of Perkins & McBride families); Rodney (friend of Della & Mark Stearns); Patricia Smith family (friends of Kelly Gillerlain); Tom & Barbara (parents of Dody  Johnson); Dresden (friend of Betty Jo Ross); White family (friends of Alice Taylor Smith); Glenn (brother-in-law of Mick & Linda Kauffman); Horace (friend of Mick & Linda Kauffman); Verlene (sister of Carolyn Colon); Tom (friend of Reese and Dody Johnson); Shawn (son-in-law of Sherry Clem); Tim (cousin of Emily Schultz); Mary (sister of Dody Mason); Nancy (mother of Andy Gray); Walter (cousin of Dody Mason); Sally (mother of Fr. Derek); Tom (brother-in-law of Lindsey Hicks Thornton); Dylan (friend of Miles Harbin); Carolyn & Kevin (sister and brother-in-law of Brenda Wolter); Barbara (mother of Dody Johnson); Andy (father of Ray Symmes); Mary (friend of Alice Taylor-Smith); James (father of Bonnie Scott); Patients of the Naval Hospital & EDMARC hospice for children. 

 

Thanksgivings  

For Joe & Stephanie Ryder and Greg & Casey Hicks who are expecting a child


Departed

Gilbert (uncle of Anne Davis, great uncle of Eric Stallings, and great-great uncle of Jordan & Emily Stallings)

 

Stewardship of God's Resources for the week of 3/23
 
Ministry/Worship Attendance: Sunday 8am (11), 9am (74), 11am (92); Feast of the Annunciation (43); Wednesday 6:30pm (11)
 
Worship Offering: $9,764
Income needed for ministry expense each week: $6,678

This Sunday in Worship
 

The Fourth Sunday in Lent: Ephesians 5:8-14 & John 9:1-41   

 
The Rev'd Dr. J. Derek Harbin, rector

Rick Bishop, kitchen manager
Keith Byers, bookkeeper
Philip Goodrich, sexton
Ellison Gregg, staff photographer & twitter
Clifford King Harbin, associate to the rector
Rebecca Mina, creation atrium coordinator
Sr. Heather Rollins, technology & facebook  
Scott Rollins, organist and choir director
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

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