June 3, 2015 Issue 
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From the Parish Register


 

Birthdays:

 

June 4,   Suzanne Arthur, Bonnie Edgar, Avery Pento, Kristopher Pento, Paisley Smith, Daniel Stillie, Bryce Whittlesey

 

June 5,   Victoria Angiulli, Zachary Bragdon, Virginia Eversole, Patricia Martin, John McAdams, Edward Prange, Laura Silva

 

June 6,   Erin Bess


 

June 7,  William Farmen, Sean McClelland, Carole Page, Elizabeth Whiteley


 

June 8,  Deborah Foley, Reese Poe, James Robbins, Georgia Roberts


 

June 9,  Lesley Hanlon, Charles Norton 


 

June 10, Bill Hardy, Maria Polins, Robert Thomson, Enrique Woodroffe


 


 

 
Sunday's Scripture Snippet  


Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me!"

 

Isaiah 6 






 

Parish News
Soiree Summer Get Together

The next Soiree will be held this Friday, June 5, at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Carol & Henry Woodroffe, 2109 N. Dundee Street, 33629. Please bring your favorite beverage and an appetizer to share. RSVP to Mary Hulse at mmhulse@tampabay.rr.com or Pat Wilson at patwilson68@tampabay.rr.com. 
 

Congratulations, McKenzie Family!

Congratulations to our own Parish Administrator, Rebecca McKenzie, on her son Cameron's accomplishment of being named Valedictorian of the 2015 graduating class from Plant High! We are so proud, and know Cameron's family is too!

Music News: Anglican Music Conference

The Association of Anglican Musicians, an organization of musicians and clergy serving in the worshiping communities of the Episcopal Church and the larger Anglican tradition, will hold their Annual Conference in Tampa from June 15th through 19th. Founded in the early 1970s as the successor to the American Cathedral Organists and Choirmasters Association, AAM's membership today embraces musicians, clergy, and supporters of music in Anglican liturgical life.

 

Members work and worship in cathedrals, parishes and missions large and small, theological seminaries, and church-related schools. They are organists, pianists, bishops, guitarists, presbyters and deacons, directors and trainers of choirs, teachers of music, and friends of Anglicanism's musical tradition and practice of sung prayer.

 

As part of the conference program, AAM members will attend a service of Choral Evensong at St. John's on Wednesday, June 17th at 5:30 p.m. This service will be sung by the Choir of St. John's, conducted by Simon Morley and accompanied by Benjamin Sheen, Assistant Organist of St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, New York City. The service will feature the premiere of an anthem commissioned by St. John's for the occasion and composed by David Briggs to the text 'When in our music God is glorified.' Members of our own congregation are warmly invited to attend.

 

Simon Morley


 

Mision Santa Cruz, Ingenio Santa Fe
The 2015 Tampa Deanery Project

The Tampa Deanery project for 2015 is to complete the second floor of

The New Santa Cruz Vocational School

the new church for Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) Episcopal Church in the sugar mill (Ingenio) town of Santa Fe on the edge of the city of San Pedro de Macorís (pop ~ 250,000). For the past three years the Tampa Deanery has worked in Santa Fe building the new 2-story reinforced concrete church building. This year's teams will also work at the elementary school doing much needed repairs, and at the new Vocational school being built on the site of the original elementary school. For a flyer with all the information about this year's project, click here.

 

For more information on how you can support the St. John's effort in Santa Fe, please contact the parish offices by email or call 259.1570.

Men's Thursday Bible Study and Lunch Continues Weekly for Summer 2015

The Men's Thursday Bible Study and Lunch group has decided to continue to meet weekly during the summer of 2015. On June 4, the readings the group will study are those from the Revised Common Lectionary for Sunday, June 7. The group will continue with this pattern, reading and studying the lessons for the Sunday to follow so as to better understand and absorb those readings and the sermon on Sunday. 

 

Extra parking is available in the School's parking area across Plant Street under the Crosstown expressway if the regular lot is full. Please do not park in the Four Green Fields parking lots. Lunch is sandwiches at $5 per person. RSVP to dlrncrtpa@verizon.net if you would like to partake.

Upcoming Events
VBS Counselor Training

The last two VBS counselor training sessions are June 7 and June 14 in the Parish Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided.


Our Vacation Bible School will take place from June 22 through 26, 2015, with a theme of Camp Discovery: Jesus at Work through Us. VBS is 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with after care available from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. Click here to download the registration form, or contact Leland Baldwin with questions.

Donations needed for VBS are below. Please bring to the parish offices or to Sunday School.

  • Milk jugs
  • Paper towel rolls
  • Toilet paper rolls
  • Athletic (white) socks
  • Two tents
  • Camping equipment which can act as props for our theme of Camp Discovery
Your Action Needed
Faith Cafe Needs Drivers

If you have an SUV, station wagon, or truck, a compassionate heart, and a few minutes to spare on a Friday morning, we need your help once or twice a month, or less often, as you are able. On the third and fourth Fridays of each month, St. John's staffs Faith Cafe and picks up 3 - 4 thermal containers of hot food from Metropolitan Ministries at 2002 North Florida Ave. The sealed containers are transported to Faith Cafe, 1340 Clearview Ave, near the intersection of Himes Ave. and Interstate 275. The food needs to be picked up at 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. (No lifting is required. Metropolitan Ministries employees load the containers into your vehicle and Faith Cafe volunteers will unload them.)


If a driver would like to stay and help serve our guests, he or she would be welcome to do so. Alternatively, returning to transport the washed containers to Met. Min. at about 12:45 p.m. is a help, but not necessary. Other volunteers,who drive cars with trunks, can also return empty containers.

Please consider committing approximately 45 min, on a third or fourth Friday to enable our St. John's team to serve the homeless and hungry. To volunteer or ask questions, contact Sally Wiley at 244.4497 or swileytampa@aol.com.
This Week at St. John's
Thursday, June 4
10:00 a.m.
The Holy Eucharist (Rite I) and Healing (Chapel)
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Men's Interactive Bible Study and Lunch (Peterson Room)

The Men's Thursday Bible Study and Lunch group has decided to continue to meet weekly during the summer of 2015. On June 4, the readings the group will study are those from the Revised Common Lectionary for Sunday, June 7. The group will continue with this pattern, reading and studying the lessons for the Sunday to follow so as to better understand and absorb those readings and the sermon on Sunday.

 

Extra parking is available in the School's parking area across Plant St. under the Cross-town expressway if the regular lot is full. Please do not park in the Four Green Fields parking lots. Lunch is sandwiches at $5 per person. RSVP to dlrncrtpa@verizon.net if you would like to partake.

12:15 p.m.

Noonday Prayer (Chapel)

Friday, June 5
12:15 p.m.

Noonday Prayer (Chapel)

7:00 p.m.
The Soiree (The Home of Carol and Henry Woodroffe)

Please bring your favorite beverage and an appetizer to share. RSVP to Mary Hulse at mmhulse@tampabay.rr.com or Pat Wilson at patwilson68@tampabay.rr.com. 

Saturday, June 6
Parish Canoe Trip: June 6
We will be gathering at Canoe Escape for a half day of fun on Tampa's beautiful Hillsborough River. Canoe Escape is located at John B. Sargeant Park, 12702 US 301, Thonotosassa FL 33592. We'll meet at Sargeant Park at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday for our 4 1/2 mile trip, finishing our adventure at Morris Bridge Park about noon. Contact Kevin Kellar with questions.
Sunday, June 7
8:00 a.m.
The Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
9:15 a.m.
The Holy Eucharist (Rite II) (Church)

Sunday School for Children (Parish Hall)
Please note, Sunday School will continue throughout the summer.
Following the 9:15 a.m. service
Coffee Hour Fellowship (Parish Hall)
11:15 a.m.
The Holy Eucharist (Rite I) (Church)

Monday, June 8
8:15 a.m. 
Mom's Sanctuary (Discovery House)

Join us each Monday at 8:15 a.m. in Discovery House (918 South Orleans Avenue), for our weekly Mom's Sanctuary group meeting. If you have any questions, please email Leland Baldwin at lbaldwin@stjohnstampa.org.

12:15 p.m.

Noonday Prayer (Chapel)

Tuesday, June 9
6:45 a.m.
Contemporary Women's Bible Study (Peterson Room)

CWBS continues a study of the Gospel of John, using the study guide John by Mark A. Matson from the Interpretation Bible Studies series. The group meets on Tuesdays from 6:45 to 8:00 a.m. in the Peterson Room at the Middle Division campus. After conversation and a light breakfast (fruit & some type of bread) that members take turns bringing, the study starts at 7:00 a.m. and ends shortly before 8:00 a.m.; a few people may leave early if they have to go to work. All women of St John's and their friends are welcome; the group includes several valued members from other branches of Christ's church.  We would love to have you join us.  

 

For more information, please contact Kathleen Moore at 221.6253 or kathleenmarymoore@gmail.com. 

12:15 p.m.
Noonday Prayer (Chapel)
Wednesday, June 10
12:15 p.m.
The Holy Eucharist (Rite II) (Chapel)
6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Nights at St. John's (Parish Hall)

The last book of the Bible is one of the most difficult to understand because it abounds in unfamiliar and extravagant symbolism, which at best appears unusual to the modern reader. Symbolic language, however, is one of the chief characteristics of apocalyptic literature, of which this book is an outstanding example. Such literature enjoyed wide popularity in both Jewish and Christian circles from ca. 200 B.C. to A.D. 200. "This book contains an account of visions in symbolic and allegorical language borrowed extensively from the Old Testament, especially Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel. Whether or not these visions were real experiences of the author or simply literary conventions employed by him is an open question." - US Conference of Catholic Bishops

 

The Wednesday Nights group will continue to study Revelation by viewing an eight session DVD study, Revelation According to John. The Wednesday Nights at St. John's group invites all parishioners and friends to join them each week in the Parish Hall. Bring  a dish to share and an open heart and mind for discussion. Contact Paul and Winkie Game at pgamefla@aol.com for more details.