12 May 2016

Buy your tickets today for the June 4 Pig Pickin'

Join us on Saturday, June 4th to kick off the start of summer with a southern pig pickin' for the neighborhood. The festivities begin at 5pm and goes until sunset in the St. John's parking lot. Andy Perkins will once again lead the team preparing the pig. Come out and partake in pulled pork sandwiches with all the fixin's (hotdogs for those who don't eat barbeque). Beer and lemonade will also be served. Live music will be provided by the H.M. Johnson Band. Bring a lawn chair in which to sit when you are not moving to the music!

Adult tickets are $15; children (3-12) tickets are $5; and children under 3 tickets are free. The online registration and payment deadline for participants at St. John's is Wednesday, June 1. Purchase tickets here.

The event is designed to be a community neighborhood event, open to all "in our neighborhood." Who can you invite?

Eastertide ends with this Sunday's celebration of Pentecost

Our fifty-day 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. If you are not sure what Pentecost is about, use this Lego video to get up to speed!

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!

Spring cleaning Yard Sale, 5/21

Need to clear out some clutter at home? St. John's men's group, Calling all Men, has a yard sale solution for you! Limited spaces will be available for $20 and the men will be selling hot dogs, hamburgers, and refreshments to help draw customers. This event will run from 8am to 3pm on Saturday, May 21. To reserve your space or for more information, contact Jeff Fremeau.

Miscellany

Christian Formation for adults and children continues this Sunday.

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.

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 May 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 and to be Baptized

Stephanie Brown, Charles Burlingame, Chris Emery, & Addie Brown, baptized at the Easter Vigil, and for Stirling Krogh who will be baptized on Sunday's Feast of Pentecost

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, Charles Jackson; 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; Jack Goodwin; Al Gregg; Mavia Hudgins; Franklin Marzullo; Linda Mathews; Dody Mason; Arlene Peterson; Carol Phipps; Barbara Stearns; Peggy Tuthill; Bobby Wilkerson; Sonny Wilkinson; Joy Young

Related to our Parish: Ken & Cynthia (friends of Cassie McBride); Ruth (Carla Davis' aunt); Tim (cousin of Andrea Graham); Betty (grandmother of Matt Graham); Jay & Amber (Lena Simmon's nephew); Jennifer & Kelsey (daughters of Darryl & Allison Foytik); Timothy (friend of Heather Gonzalez); John (friend of Sherry Clem); Deacon Wiggins (friend of Larry & Lena Simmons); Verlene (sister of Carolyn Colon); Patients at the Naval Hospital & EDMARC hospice for children

Thanksgivings

For Mark & Amy Gilligan and Joshua & Stephanie Brown who are each expecting a child

Holy Death

Ruby (mother of "Colonel Crawford" - Ricky Price)

Departed

Jason (infant child; friend of Lena & Larry Simmons)

Stewardship of God's Resources

Week of May 8

Ministry/Worship Attendance: Sunday 8am (15), 9am (80), 11am (91)

Wednesday 6:30pm (11)

Worship Offering: $4,128

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

This Sunday in Worship

The Feast of Pentecost, 5/15: Acts 2:1-11 & John 7:37-39a

The flowers at the Altar, Founders' Chapel, and Paschal Candle are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Caroline Hatton Jones MacKenzie by Sophie Belouet and Clara Smiley.

Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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

You'll find us at 424 Washington Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704 or by phone at 757.399.4967

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