www.stjohnsportsmouth.org
25 August 2016
School Supplies Collection ends this Sunday

 
Help St. John's Church Shine in the community with the light of Jesus by being part of our school supply collection.  We have been asked especially for pocket folders, dry erase markers, pencils, scissors, and crayons, though any supplies you bring will be most appreciated!
 
These school supplies will once again go to the teachers and students of Bethel Manor Elementary School at Langley Air Force Base, a Title I, 100% military school.  Its principal, David Reitz, lives on London Street in Bon Square directly across from St. John's buildings.  Bethel Manor Elementary is a wonderful community serving the children of our enlisted men and women who do not have a lot of money to purchase many of the school items needed for school.  This is a wonderful opportunity to not only help our kids but our military, too.
 
Our donations last year made a huge difference and the school looks forward to our support once again this year.  In the words of Principal Reitz, "St. John's ROCKS!!!!"
 
Please bring your items and place them on the pews in the back of our worship space on Sunday. We will bless them in worship and then send them on to the children of Bethel Manor.  Thanks in advance for your generosity!
Come this Sunday for some Divine Inspiration

St. John's annual Blessing of the Backpacks will be this Sunday, August 28 @ the 9 and 11am worship services.  All students and teachers are invited to begin the school year with some divine inspiration!  Bring your neighbors and teacher co-workers!
Get your Omelets & French Toast this Sunday

An Omelet Breakfastwill be hosted by the St. John's Men's Group (Calling All Men) this Sunday, 8/28, from 8:30am-12:30pm.  The menu includes: Blueberry stuffed French Toast, made to order Omelets, Sausage, Fresh fruits, Juice, and Coffee.  Cost is $4 for the French Toast and $5 for made-to-order Omelets.  All proceeds go to the mission of St. John's Church.  Please bring a friend and enjoy some great food before or after worship! 
Join the city-wide Episcopal Cruise on the Carrie B!

An adults-only (21+) cruise on the Carrie B will be held on Friday, 9/16 from 6-9pm.  Join Episcopalians from St. John's and other Portsmouth parishes for a lovely evening cruise on the Elizabeth River.  Purchase your $20 adult tickets (cash bar additional) online today.  Join in the fun and get to know our sisters and brothers from neighboring parishes!
Miscellany
 
Portsmouth's 46th Annual Seawall Art Show will be held at the High Street Landing this weekend.  See their website for more details.
 
Come visit the second floor of the Parish House on 9/11 as we rededicate the newly renovated Community Meeting Room and hold open houses for the Good Shepherd Atrium (ages 3-6), True Vine Atrium (ages 6-9), and Covenant/Light Atria (ages 9-15) from 10-11am.

The Bethlehem Christian Society will be selling handcrafted olive wood gifts from the Holy Land in Chisholm Hall on Sunday, 9/11, from 7am-1pm.

The Feast of the Holy Cross will be celebrated on Wednesday, 9/14, at 6:30pm.  This is an especially appropriate day to bring any crosses you would like to be blessed.

Fall Christian Formation for all ages begins on 9/18.  We will observe the Feast of James Chisholm in worship on that day.

New Women's Bible Study begins 9/21.  Do you ever wonder what heaven will be like?  Join the AWE (Anglican Women Empowered) Women's Bible Study group as we explore the book of Revelation, our beloved patron St. John's eyewitness account of God's plan for our future.  "The Vision of his Glory" DVD Study, taught by Anne Graham Lotz, will begin on Wednesday, 9/21 @ 10am at St. John's Church and will meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month through December.  In order to insure that you have a study guide (cost of $10 due on 9/21), please contact Patti Devers.  We are looking forward to you being part of this informative and uplifting new study!

Want to give the gift of flowers at the altar and chapel on an upcoming Sunday?   Sign up on the "Feast" Mission Bulletin Board in the first floor Parish House hallway.
 
Want to serve as an Acolyte, Reader, Lay Eucharistic Minister/Visitor, or on the Altar Guild
Sacristan team?  Every person at St. John's has a ministry -- no matter how old, no matter how young.  All baptized persons at St. John's are invited and welcomed to explore ministry as an acolyte, reader, and altar guild sacristan team member.  All confirmed persons at St. John's are invited and welcomed to explore ministry as a lay eucharistic minister in worship or to the homebound.  Training for each of these ministries will begin in the next two months.  Contact Fr. Derek if you would like to be included in this upcoming training!
 
St. John's eNews will resume weekly publication on 9/1.  Content deadline is Wednesday at noon.
 
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).  There is a metal board on which to store your name badge if you desire 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 July 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.
 
Access our Parish Calendar with this link.
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 and Justice in the Middle East and in Turkey; that gospel love may conquer the growing worldwide fear, prejudice, and violence against those who are different; for Barack, our president; Terry, our governor; Ken, our mayor; for the city of Portsmouth; for wisdom as citizens of this nation prepare to vote in November;  for Clint Carlson; Kevin Carrigan; Erin Elliott, Greg Hicks; Carolyn Higgins, Charles Jackson; George Lang, Dakota Neel; Will Oast; Christopher O'Meara; Thomas Smetanka; Jessi Staley, Dariana Torres, Shaun Tuttle and Rasheem 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: Lorraine Barclay; Annie Bremer; Sharon Buell; Mary Colby; Virginia Cooke; Carla Davis; Bill Edwards; Al Gregg; Mitchell Harbin; Mavia Hudgins; Dody Mason; Martha Ann Oast; Carol Phipps; Barbara Stearns; Sue Taylor; Peggy Tuthill; Bobby Wilkerson; Sonny Wilkinson; Joy Young  
 
Related to our Parish: Jim (family member of Amy Rose); Shanah & Eric (relatives of JoAnna Rigdon); Fallon Graham's parents who lost their house in a fire; Peter (brother of Franklin Marzullo); Katie (friend of Hannah Austin); Kenny (friend of Sherry Clem); Susan (community friend from Ogg Stone Works); Marylee & Amy (friends of Gina Fremeau); Victoria (granddaughter of Sherry Clem); Bill (brother of Arlene Dragseth); Wilbur (friend of Donna Vick); Helenor (mother of Pete Ross, grandmother of Megan Timm, and great-grandmother of Cailey & Maddison Timm); Karen (cousin of Cassie McBride); Mary (sister of Dody Mason); the Hobden family (as they grieve the death of Jonathan);  Verlene (sister of Carolyn Colon); Patients at the Naval Hospital & EDMARC hospice for children
 
Thanksgivings
For the beginning of a new school year and the opportunities that come with a good education

Departed
For those killed by tornadoes in Indiana and the earthquake in Italy
 
Stewardship of God's Resources 
for the week of 8/14

Ministry/Worship Attendance:  Sunday 8am (12), 9am (76), 11am (85); Wednesday 6:30pm (7)
Worship Offering:  $4,391

for the week of 8/21

Ministry/Worship Attendance:  Sunday 8am (10), 9am (44), 11am (81); Wednesday 6:30pm (10)
Worship Offering:  $6,773
 
Income needed for ministry expenses each week: $6,778
Upcoming Sundays in Worship

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (8/28): Proverbs 25:6-7 & Luke 14:1,7-14
 
Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true spirituality; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. 
Amen.

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (9/04): Deuteronomy 30:15-20 & Luke 14:25-33
 
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Herman Hollerith, IV, bishop
J. Derek Harbin, rector

Keith Byers, bookkeeper
Taraleigh Casteen, bandleader
Courtney Devers, staff chef
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 8am
Contemporary Eucharist (Rite II) at 9am
Classic Eucharist (Rite II) at 11am

Wednesday Healing Eucharist (Rite II) at 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 10am - 1pm, Monday - Friday.  We look forward to seeing you!