www.stjohnsportsmouth.org2 June 2016
Come to the Women's Luncheon on June 12



The Women's Group of St. John's Church (AWE) would like to invite all women of the parish to attend our annual meeting on Sunday, June 12 at 12:15pm in Chisholm Hall.  We need your input as we plan a fall event, March retreat, and the St. Fiacre Flower Festival for 2017.  In addition, we will determine our missionary giving for the upcoming year.


Please bring a salad to share.  Dessert and Iced Tea will be provided.  Sign up on the Shine Mission Bulletin Board in the Parish House 1st floor hallway.  Don't miss this wonderful celebration of God's blessings!


Photo taken May 2016 by Clyde Nordan of Olde Towne Photos
 
Give our visiting priests in June a robust St. John's welcome!

Fr. Derek & Clifford King Harbin will be away from St. John's from June 3-23 to explore the Cradle of Christianity with the Biblical Archaeological Society.  During this "mini-sabbatical," led by a university professor who is an expert in this era, they will travel the coastline around the Aegean Sea in Greece and Turkey to visit the sites of churches founded by the Apostle Paul as well as the churches mentioned by our patron saint in Revelation.  Highlights will include visits to Hagia Sophia (Byzantine Christianity's masterpiece that was the world's largest cathedral for over 1000 years) and the Island of Patmos where John received his vision that would become the book of Revelation.
 
During this incredible opportunity for these parish leaders, members of St. John's will have the opportunity to experience the gifts of two exceptional priests.  

On Sunday, June 5, we will once again welcome Fr. Richard Ullman at all three Eucharists.  Fr. Richard graduated from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and shared during his last visit to St. John's a compelling account of fellow seminary classmate, Jonathan Myrick Daniels, who died protecting a young black girl during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.  For Sunday, June 12 & 19, as well as our Wednesday Healing Eucharists, St. John's welcomes Fr. John Baldwin.  Fr. John is the dynamic, retired rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in (Kempsville) Virginia Beach who is looking forward to his time with the people of St. John's!
 
As you keep the Harbins in your prayers for their journey, don't miss joining these exceptional priests and your sisters and brothers at St. John's as worship continues uninterrupted on Sundays and Wednesdays during the month of June.  Let's give them a robust St. John's welcome!

Pastoral emergencies while the Rector is away

If you experience a pastoral emergency during June 3-23, please contact Senior Warden Dick Devers (757.630.6884) or Junior Warden Nancy Johnson (757.646.2647).  They will be able to connect you with the appropriate pastoral resources.

Banns of Marriage

I publish the Banns of Marriage between Katherine Emily Sarandria and Tyler Charles Redes of Norfolk, Virginia.  If any of you know just cause why they may not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, you are bidden to declare it.    
 
The marriage ceremony between Katie and Tyler is planned for Friday, June 24, at 4:30pm in St. John's historic worship space.  Your prayers and presence are requested.

J. Derek Harbin, rector
Miscellany
 
The ticket deadline for St. John's members has passed for Pig Pickin'.  Community members may purchase available tickets at the door on a first come, first served basis.
 
Congratulations to Fr. Bob Gilman who has accepted a call to be the part-time Priest-in-Charge of Glebe Episcopal Church on Nansemond Parkway in Suffolk.  Bob has faithfully served as an Assisting Priest at St. John's for the last year and will continue his regular visits with our shut-ins at least through June.   
 
St. John's eNews will publish on a twice a month schedule during the summer months. Upcoming summer publication dates will be 6/30, 7/14, 7/28, 8/11, and 8/25, with weekly publication resuming on 9/1.  Content deadline is Wednesday at noon.
 
Register for Kidz Kamp Vacation Bible School (July 18-21).  Though Christian Formation for adults and childrenis now on summer break, the next formation opportunity for adults and children will be during our annual Kidz Kamp Vacation Bible School (July 18-21).  Fr. Derek (of St. John's) and Fr. Charles (of Trinity) will lead the adult track.  Register using this link today!

Want to volunteer for Kidz Kamp?  Your online Safe Church (abuse prevention) Training must be up to date and your certificate of completion filed in the Parish Office.  To complete this online training, send an email to Susan Allen, Safeguarding Online Administrator, with "Safeguarding Online Registration for St. John's Church, Portsmouth" as the subject.  Include your full name and that you will be volunteering with children for our Kidz Kamp Vacation Bible School.  You will receive a reply email with your user login and password so that you can complete the online training and print the certificate of complete to bring to the parish office.

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.
 
In our Prayers this Week

For the Church
Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, the Presiding Bishop; Holly, our Bishop; Derek, our rector; Heidi, Russ, & Amanda, our missionaries; and our parish staff, wardens and vestry
 
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 Kevin Carrigan; Erin Elliott, Greg Hicks; 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: Sharon Buell; 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  
 
For those looking for employment: Cole Barclay; Andrew Pfeiffer 
 
 
Related to our Parish: Katelyn & Brandon (friends of the Austin family); Mary (sister of Dody Mason); Jonathan (son of Fr. Brian & Mary Hobden); Wendy (friend of the Schultz family); Marion (sister-in-law of AK & Emily Schultz); 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
Mark & Amy Gilligan and Joshua & Stephanie Brown who are each expecting a child
 
Stewardship of God's Resources 
Week of May 29

Ministry/Worship Attendance: Sunday 8am (11), 9am (64), 11am (88)
Wednesday 6:30pm (8)
 

Worship Offering:  $5,393
 
Income needed for ministry expenses each week: $6,778
 
Upcoming Sundays in Worship
 
Third Sunday after Pentecost, 6/05: Galatians 1:11-24 & Luke 7:11-17
 
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
 
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 6/12: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10,13-15 & Luke 7:36-8:3
 
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. 
Amen.
 
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 6/19: 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a & Luke 8:26-39
 
The flowers at the Altar and Founders' Chapel are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Al Taylor by Bill and Pam Oast.
 
O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.
 
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 6/26: 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 & Luke 9:51-62
 
The flowers at the Altar and Founders' Chapel are given to the glory of God in thanksgiving for the marriage of Katie Sarandria and Tyler Redes.
 
Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and 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

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