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Building on our successful partnership with Cornerstone Kids, it's time once again to help make their Christmas a very special occasion. We will have the names and ages of the 40 children, along with a Wish List, ready to hand out between services in the courtyard this Sunday, November 16. You can sign up to help them out in other ways, too. The gifts will be presented to the children at St. James House of Prayer in mid-December at a festive party before their holiday break.

 

Additionally, St. John's will be collecting unwrapped new toys for Metropolitan Ministries, and diapers for Alpha House. Information will also be available this year with new ways in which individuals and/or groups might help Alpha House with their own Christmas  program. This way, everyone who wants to help others during the holiday season will have an opportunity to do so. Look for all the details this Sunday.

Based on the Living Compass work by Scott Stoner, the Living Well Through Advent app provides daily encouragement for the season of waiting by incorporating "heart, soul, mind, and strength" into a daily spiritual practice for all ages.

6:00 p.m.  Blessing, covered dish dinner begins (note early start time)

6:35 p.m.   Movie begins

8:37 p.m.  Movie ends 

Upcoming Events

Enjoy a lovely evening of light food and drinks at the home of Margit

Williams, 4210 W. Watrous Avenue, 

from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, November 14. More than 50 silent auction items will be available for your bidding pleasure- from beautiful art to handmade quilts to many local restaurant gift certificates. A wonderful way to relax with members of the St. John community while supporting the choir as it seeks to buy additional music for your listening pleasure. Please note that only cash or checks will be accepted for auction purchases, no credit cards.

 

Questions? Please contact Margit Williams at 431.4057 or at margitwilliams@mac.com. 

Tour beautiful historic homes that are nearly 100 years old as you walk along South Orleans Avenue between Swann Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard. The tour begins at the intersection of Morrison Avenue and South Orleans Avenue.

  

Save the date for VBS 2015! Our Vacation Bible School will take place from June 22 through 26, 2015, with a theme of "Everest!"

Each month, we make sandwiches and bag lunches for the needy patrons of Faith Cafe to take with them after they eat a hot meal at the Café. We invite all parishioners to help in the Parish Hall after the 9:15 a.m. service this Sunday, November 16! Thanks to the Nelson family for being our hosts this weekend!

 

We are in need of host families for 2015. Hosting means purchasing supplies (costs are reimbursed by St. John's), helping facilitate the assembly line, and delivering sandwiches to Faith Cafe. Please contact Amanda Sansone if you can help at amanda.arnold.sansone@gmail.com.

The Candle in the Sanctuary Light is available for December 28. If you would like to take this opportunity to support St. John's and honor a loved one, please call 259.1570 or email parish@stjohnstampa.org.

This Week at St. John's

Contact Margit Williams for more information.

The Contemporary Women's Bible Study (CWBS) group is continuing a new study of the Synoptic Gospels.  All women of St John's and their friends are invited to attend.  The group meets each Tuesday morning from 6:45 to 8:00 a.m. in the Peterson Room on the Middle Division Campus at Platt Street and Plant Avenue.  Coffee and a light breakfast are served. Join us for lively discussion as we discover the meaning of scripture in our lives. Please contact Kathleen Moore at 221.6253 or kathleenmarymoore@gmail.com for more information. 

Wednesday Nights at St. John's (Parish Hall)

More Coming Events

"I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith. By this-worldliness I mean living unreservedly in life's duties, problems, successes and failures. In so doing we throw ourselves completely into the arms of God, taking seriously, not our own sufferings, but those of God in the world. That, I think, is faith."  -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

The Men's Interactive Bible Study and Lunch group will continue their fall series on alternate Thursdays at 11:45 a.m. in the Peterson Room. Lunch is sandwiches at $5 per person. RSVP to dlrncrtpa@verizon.net if you would like to partake.