Join us this Sunday, April 13th 

for Part Three of a Three-part Series 

on Initiation into the 

This year at St. John's we will have a three-part adult formation series on initiation into the Body of Christ through Baptism.  We will also talk about the Eucharist as the on-going way God strengthens the once-and-for-all bonds established in baptism.  We will also spend one Sunday exploring Confirmation:  a rite that was originally part of baptism but for many cultural reasons was split off into a separate thing.  The Church is still trying to figure out what it is and what to do with it!

A new Women's Bible Study group will meet Fridays at 9:15 am in the Parish House meeting room, alternating with the first Wednesday of the month at 8:15 am in the upstairs meeting room. We are studying Bible Stories based on the E-100 (Essential One-Hundred Bible Reading Plan) curriculum.  Books can be ordered at $10.  Please join us: Friday, April 11th  and Friday, April 25th.  Please note there will be no Bible Study on Good Friday, April 18th.

Help a struggling family this Easter, by providing an uncooked meal.  It's easy!  Just buy the makings for a meal, and deliver to your Adopt-a-Family. The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board. For more information, contact Please call Sue Kennedy ASAP at 908-234-0267 with any questions. If there is a particular family that you have been supporting, please let Sue know so that she can inform the Food Bank.

The Three Holy Days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Great Vigil of Easter, are the center of our Christian year and our common life.  In these days we fully enter into the Mystery of the Passion, Death, and Glorious Rising of the Lord Jesus, who we know to be among us.  The liturgy is so rich that it takes three days to unfold.  The Rector, Wardens, Vestry, Staff, and People of St. John on the Mountain invite you to be with us as we celebrate the Paschal Triduum.  Please consider honoring us with your presence and sharing with us in the Divine life of the Lord Jesus who has made us his Sacred Body in the world.

The Sunday of the Passion:

PALM SUNDAY

April 13

•    8 am     Holy Eucharist in the chapel
•    10 am   Blessing of the Palms with Procession, Holy Eucharist                       with choir and childcare

MAUNDY THURSDAY

April 17

•  7pm        Holy Eucharist, with Foot Washing, in the church

GOOD FRIDAY

April 18

•  7 pm        Good Friday in Parish Hall

HOLY SATURDAY & EASTER EVE

April 19

•  7 pm        The Great Vigil of Easter, with childcare -  Festal                                    Reception  Immediately Following

The Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ:

EASTER DAY

April 20

•   8 am       Holy Eucharist with hymns in the chapel
•   10 am     Festal Holy Eucharist with choir in the church,                                        Children's Message and childcare

•  11:15 am   Easter Egg Hunt, Outside

We will have our annual Easter Egg Hunt, for children of all ages, on Easter Sunday morning, April 20th, just after the 10 am service.  Weather permitting; we will hold the hunt outside.

 We are excited to announce that we have begun the process of creating a new parish photo directory and need your help.  Please take the time to send us your updated contact information and a recent picture of your family.  The new directory will help us to connect names with faces.  The photo directory will be produced in-house allowing us to update it monthly.  

Please participate!  Kindly email office@sjotm.org with: your name, and those of your family members, your physical address, home and cell phone #s, an email, and a recent digital picture of your family.

Thanks for helping us achieve this within the next 2 months.

The Outreach Committee urges you to help hungry children this Lent and Easter season by participating in the Backpack Program.  This program, that operates in conjunction with the Food Bank of Somerset County, fills backpacks to be taken home by students who depend on school meal programs during the week and do not have enough to eat on the weekends. Think of the hungry kids each time you go to the supermarket and for just a couple of dollars you can purchase something from the list below.  Please place your donations into the large, clearly labeled container in the hallway.  The contributions will be collected each week and taken to the food bank where volunteers sort them into the backpacks. They are then distributed to schools, where on Fridays, school nurses give them to the students.  Please help by providing any of the following items:

Volunteer for the Somerset County Food Bank.  Join us each Saturday in April from 9:30 am to noon at the United Reformed Church at 100 West Main Street in Somerville.  Work entails interviewing clients, and bagging and distributing groceries.  This is a great opportunity for students to earn their community service hours. For more information, please contact Sally Hespe.

We will be preparing an anthem to sing on Sunday, May 4th.  As it was at Christmas, the SJIC is open to everyone; children, adults, parents, aunts, uncles, friends and significant others!  Those of you who are not already in the choir may simply come forward to join the choir during the exchange of the Peace (no vestments needed) and then return to your seats in the congregation following the anthem.  Rehearsals will be about 20 minutes following the services on April 13th and April 27th.  Music will be available at those rehearsals or can be emailed to you directly.  We hope you will join us.

Save the date for the  the St. John's Nursery School & St. John on the Mountain Annual Spring Fundraiser on Saturday, May 17th at 6:30 pm in the Parish Hall.  Formal Invitation and Details to Follow.   If you would like to volunteer to be part of the event committee, please contact  Blake Putnam blakeputnam@gmail.com.

St. John's Nursery School and the Church of St. John on the Mountain will host a joint fundraiser on Saturday, May 17th at 6:30 pm. 

Every dollar raised at this event will go to the St. John's Scholarship Fund.  This fun-filled evening will include a silent auction for which we are seeking donations.  In addition to the silent auction, there will be a basket raffle.  Please consider donating items or money to any of the themed baskets below:

VBS Summer Camp June 23rd - 27th   

Children ages 3 through rising 4th graders are welcome to join us from 9:30 am - 12:00 noon.  Kids will learn, create, and have fun.  Join us for sports, games, music, snacks, Bible stories, and cool crafts!  The cost is $60 per child (with a $150 cap per family).  Click here for registration forms.  Space is limited.  For more information contact Lynn Mitchell.

Do any of these belong to you?  Please check-out our continually expanding Lost and Found in the hallway.