www.stjohnsportsmouth.org14 April 2016
Last call for Saturday's Spring Cooking Class

St. John's Parish Chef, Courtney Devers, is offering a Spring Cooking Class for any interested men or women in Hampton Roads.  Dishes in this class will be prepared stove top in sauté pans and accompanied by classic sauces.  Come eat your creation paired with seasonal wines. 
 
What a menu!  Warm Goat Cheese Salad (mixed greens, pecan encrusted goat cheese medallions, grape tomatoes, red onions, honey dijon vinaigrette), Chicken in Champagne Sauce (pan seared chicken breasts, Crimini mushrooms, Champagne cream sauce), Spring Onion Risotto (Arborio rice, green onions, shallots, chives, Parmesan), Asparagus with Hollandaise (eggs, clarified butter, lemon), & Bananas Foster (rum, butter, brown sugar served over vanilla ice cream).
 
This Saturday, April 16 from 5-8pm.  Class size is limited.  Cost is $40; reserve online here by noon today! 

May Diocesan Youth Weekend

Are you a teen in grades 6-12?  St John's next youth event, We Are All God's Children, is a May 20-22 weekend retreat at our diocesan camp, Chanco on the James, sponsored by the Episcopal Youth Community (EYC) Board of our Diocese.  Check-in is 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday and departure is 11 a.m. on Sunday.  Throughout the weekend, teens will participate in large group program blocks, where they will hear talks by EYC Board members, and small groups, where they will have opportunities for discussion and lots of fun activities. The weekend also features the full cycle of daily prayer and worship with fantastic music.  Want more information?  Contact Clare Harbin.  Click here to register online.

Upcoming Eastertide Events
 
Easter is a fifty-day feast with many opportunities.  Join in the festivities beyond Sunday morning and Wednesday evenings as we continue to celebrate Christ's victory over death!  Don't miss the remarkable images of this year's Easter Vigil on our facebook page using this link.
 
St. Fiacre Garden Party & Silent Auction - April 29:  Join your community neighbors as we celebrate Spring's return at this not-to-be-missed evening of savory cuisine, spirits, and silent auction fun!  Auction items include OBX beach house weekend, sailboat dinner cruises, catered dinners, small furniture, paintings, decorator items, plus much more!  Purchase tickets here for $30.  Sponsored by St. John's Women's Group (AWE);
profits benefit the mission of St. John's Church.  

The Silent Auction is seeking your help!  If you are willing to donate an item or event for the Garden Party Silent Auction, please sign up on the "Feast" Mission Bulletin Board in the Parish House first floor hallway or contact Margaret Perkins.
 
St. Fiacre Flower Festival - April 30 & May 1.  Fill your garden with flowering baskets, herbs, annuals, and perennials.  Shop vendors for gifts and garden ornaments.  Enjoy pastries, omelets, sandwiches, and soft drinks.  Sponsored by St. John's Women's Group (AWE) with assistance from the Calling all Men group; profits benefit the mission of St. John's Church. 
 
Volunteers are needed to assist with the Plant Sale on Saturday and Sunday!  Two hour commitments are all that we need.  Please sign up on the "Dwell" Mission Bulletin Board in the Parish House first floor hallway or contact Linda Buchanan.
 
Ascension Day & Death by Chocolate - May 5: Ascension Day is Jesus' triumphal entry, not into Jerusalem to die, but into the Heavenly Jerusalem as King: palms are waved in exaltation, the vault of heaven resounds, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive honor and glory and blessing" (Revelation 5:12).  Ascension Day Worship will be Thursday, May 5 at 6:30pm followed by our now famous  "Death by Chocolate" reception.  Sign up to bring a chocolate dessert on the "Feast" Mission Bulletin Board in the Parish House first floor hallway.  Who can you invite?
 
Steeple to Steeple Tour of Religious Buildings in Portsmouth - May 7:  The Steeple to Steeple event is a walking tour of the seven historic churches and one synagogue in Olde Towne Portsmouth.  It will be held on Saturday, May 7 (Mother's Day weekend) from 9am to 2:30pm.  The tour is led by costumed guides and each place of worship has a docent to point out its specific treasures.  Proceeds from the tour will benefit the HER Center, the domestic violence shelter in Portsmouth.  Join us for history, stunning stained glass, architecture and sculpture.  Lunch is included in the price.  Tickets are $21 per person and may be purchased here.  This tour is limited to 100 participants; please purchase your tickets early so you're not disappointed. 
 
Feast of Pentecost - May 15: Our Easter feast concludes with a festive celebration of God's Holy Spirit at all three Sunday Eucharists with a baptism at the 11am Classic Eucharist.
Virginia Arts Festival at St. John's
 
Once again the Virginia Arts Festival has selected historic St. John's Church in Olde Towne as the location for its Portsmouth concerts!  Tickets may be purchased via the links on each date below.
 
Miami String Quartet will offer two concerts at St. John's: May 17 at 7:30pm (Tickets $35, $20) and a Coffee Concert on May 19 at 10:30am (Tickets $20).
 
New York Polyphony will be in concert at St. John's on May 26 at 7:30pm (Tickets $35, $20).
 
Seating is limited and ticket sales will end when the concert is full.  Don't miss out on these great events!

Miscellany
 
Christian Formation for adults and children resumes this week.
 
Yard Sale on May 21 from 8am to 3pm  The parish men's group, Calling all Men, is sponsoring this event.  Spaces will be available for $20 and the men will be selling hot dogs and hamburgers.  All items must be removed by 4pm.  For more information, contact Jeff Fremeau.
 
Want a St. John's name badge?  Are you ready to look outward and be welcoming, greeting those you do not know before you greet your friends and offering hospitality to those you meet?  If your answer is "yes," then complete a name badge request form found in Chisholm Hall.  These badges have a magnetic back (which should be kept away from medical devices and credit/debit cards).  Thanks to Charlie Burlingame, Lee Moore, and Taylor Pules, we now have a metal board on which to store your name badge if you desire.  Look for it in the first floor hallway of the Parish House.
 
The Parishioner Corner of our Website has news you can use.  Here you can access the April 2016 Parish Directory, parish handbook, worship ministry schedules, and read approved minutes of vestry discussions and actions as well as parish financial reports.  Need or don't remember the password?  Contact the parish office.
 
Content deadline for St. John's eNews is Wednesday at noon before publication.

In our Prayers this Week

For the Church
Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, the Presiding Bishop; Francis, the Bishop of Rome; Bartholomew, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople; Holly, our Bishop; Derek, our rector; Heidi, Russ, & Amanda, our missionaries; and our parish staff, wardens and vestry

For those Baptized at Easter Vigil
Stephanie Brown, Charles Burlingame, Chris Emery, & Addie Brown
 
For Justice and Peace    
Peace in the Middle East; for an end to mass violence and racial divides in this nation; for Barack, our president; Terry, our governor; Ken, our mayor; for the city of Portsmouth; for Clint Carlson, Kevin Carrigan; Erin Elliott, Carolyn Higgins, George Lang, Dakota Neel; Christopher O'Meara; Thomas Smetanka; Jessi Staley, Dariana Torres, and Shaun Tuttle 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: Mary Colby; Virginia Cooke; Bill Edwards; Suzanne Erickson; Ron Fritz; Mavia Hudgins; Franklin Marzullo; Dody Mason;  Arlene Peterson; Carol Phipps; Martha Rush; Barbara Stearns; Peggy Tuthill; Bobby Wilkerson; Sonny Wilkinson; Joy Young  

Related to our Parish: Jonelle & Robert (grandmother & father of Laura Jackson); John (friend of Sherry Clem); Deacon Wiggins (friend of Larry & Lena Simmons); John (brother of Lauren Weaver); Cameron (friend of Miles Harbin); Verlene (sister of Carolyn Colon); Patients at the Naval Hospital & EDMARC hospice for children

Thanksgivings
The marriage of Jesse & Sarah Bollmann Ahrens whose wedding will be at St. John's on Friday
 
Departed
Rabbi Arthur Steinberg; Annabelle (daughter of Christopher Stearns and granddaughter of Mark & Della Stearns); Harry (father of Erin Elliott)
Stewardship of God's Resources 
Week of April 10 

Ministry/Worship Attendance: Sunday 8am (17), 9am (70), 11am (104)
Wednesday 6:30pm (13)

Worship Offering:  $6,150
 
Income needed for ministry expenses each week: $6,778

This Sunday in Worship
 
Fourth Sunday of Easter, 4/17: Revelation 7:9-17 & John 10:22-30

Herman Hollerith, IV, bishop 

J. Derek Harbin, rector

Keith Byers, bookkeeper

Taraleigh Casteen, bandleader

Courtney Devers, staff chef

Bob Gilman, assisting priest

Philip Goodrich, sexton

Clifford King Harbin, associate to the rector

Christopher Rusk, organist/choirmaster

Claudia Tomlin, organist emerita

Justin Young, publications

 

Welcome to our Sunday Worship Services

 Contemplative Eucharist, Rite I at 8:00am
 Contemporary Eucharist at 9:00am
 Classic Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00am

Wednesday Healing Eucharist, 6:30pm

Holy Days as Announced

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