July 8, 2015 Issue 

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From the Parish Register


 


 

Birthdays:

 

July 9,  Jack Bricklemyer, David Cox, Robert Fields


 

July 10, Kimberly Cressell, Kenneth Hyatt, III, Logan Tellekamp, Robert Wilson


 

July 11, Dennis Craig

 

 

July 12,  Jamie McKay, Robert Sulzer, III, Grant White


 

July 13,  Phyllis Russell, Frederick Stanford


 

July 14,  Robert Barnes, Jr., Kimberly French, Rebecca Graff, Sophia Gray, Elizabeth Hancock, George Merritt, Emory Peterson, Agnes Scott, Jacob Slack, Austin Taylor, Tyler Whittlesey


 

July 15,  Charles Harden, III, David Hasselbach, Kathryn Heisel, Janet Karpan, Brant Peterson, Tamsen Williams, Claudia Young

 

 

 
Sunday's Scripture Snippet  


He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." 
 

2 Corinthians 12


Parish News
Missioners Go To Work
Our prayers go with our youth and adult missioners who will be in Nicaragua from July 11 through 18. The group will be living and serving at an orphanage called El Ayudante, working on construction in the morning and offering Vacation Bible School in the afternoon to 28 kids. 

Leland Baldwin
Baldwin Barnes
Fletcher Barnes
Caroline Brown
Jake Connery
Meg Courtney
Pat Courtney
Miranda Harrison-Quillin
Bella Kirkpatrick
Elle Lehman
Marianne Lennartz
Michael Lennartz
Carter Lindquist
Stuart Lindquist
Chad Merritt
Dawn Merritt
Parker Webb
Congratulations to Baker Family
Fr. Robert Baker, our Associate Rector and Chaplain to the School, and his wife Evelyn, along with their 4 children ages 1 to 6, are proud to announce that after a year commuting from Apollo Beach, they have purchased a home here in Tampa closer to St. John's. We congratulate them on this milestone! If you have a meal or other housewarming treat you would like to contribute to the Bakers to celebrate and be a part of this move, please call Fr. Baker at the parish offices at 259.1570 or email him. Fr. Baker loves gardening, even lawn mowing and has had large vegetable gardens and a rose garden in the past. Anyone with a green thumb might reach out to help the Bakers fill their large backyard with plants or with fun things for the kids. And prayers for their move and for happiness in their new home are also welcome and appreciated!
This Week at St. John's
Thursday, July 9
10:00 a.m.
The Holy Eucharist (Rite I) and Healing (Chapel)
11:45 a.m. to 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. The readings the group will study are those from the Revised Common Lectionary for the coming Sunday. 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, July 10
12:15 p.m.

Noonday Prayer (Chapel)

Sunday, July 12
8:00 a.m.
The Holy Eucharist (Rite I) (Church)
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, July 13
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. Come have a cup of coffee, meet new friends, and reconnect with old friends. No homework, just bring an open mind and heart. If you have any questions, please email Leland Baldwin at lbaldwin@stjohnstampa.org.

12:15 p.m.

Noonday Prayer (Chapel)

Tuesday, July 14
6:45 a.m.
Contemporary Women's Bible Study (Peterson Room)

CWBS continues a study of selected passages from 1 & 2 Samuel.  This course will run through August 25.  The course is designed in such a way that if people cannot attend all the sessions, they will still find each session interesting and not dependent upon what came the week before.

 

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

The group will continue its study of Psalms. For millennia, believers have turned to the Psalms to express praise, sorrow, gratitude, and hope. But readers have questioned: who wrote these poems and hymns and why? And how can reading and studying the Psalms help me express my own feelings to God?


This four session DVD series helps answer these questions and many more. The four sessions are (1) Psalms of Praise, (2) Psalms of Lament, (3) Psalms of Thanksgiving, and (4) Royal Psalms. Each session will guide the group through the Scriptures, cultivating a dynamic group discussion and helping them grow in a deeper relationship with God and others.
 

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.