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Led by the Holy Spirit,
St. John's mission is to inspire people to grow into the heart and mind of Christ by engaging together in worshiping, serving, and spiritual formation.
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Join us this Sunday as we launch our fall adult formation series "The Great Spiritual Migration", based on the book by Brian McLaren. This will be session 1 of 5 in which we will discuss material that was published in the August 7th issue of The Rector's Pen and which is also available on our website. |
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Join us, after the 9:30 service, in the Parish Hall for Coffee Hour.
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 One Church, One Communication!
Information that was found in our communication called "The Family Ministry Newsletter" will no longer be a separate email on Thursdays. We know how many emails everyone receives on a daily basis. In order to cut down on the amount of St. John's emails, from now on,
look for ALL youth programming announcements and details right here in the Weekly e-AGLE!
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 Please Donate!
Care Package Items for St. John's College students
The Youth Group will be compiling care packages on September 30th at 11 am in the St. Francis room for St. John's kids who are away at college.
*If you have a college student away at school that would like to receive a care package, please send us an email with their name and address cmelby@stjohnsboulder.org
Please donate any of the following:
Individual snacks- gummies, granola bars, protein bars, chocolate. Packaged drinks- hot chocolate, tea, water flavor-enhancer. Other items include- Ramen, Cup o' Soup, mac and cheese, individual boxes of cereal, pens, pencils, highlighters, note cards, stamps, holiday decorations, window clings ...
Donation boxes will be located in the office or at the Welcome table on Sunday morning
(don't have time to shop? we happily accept monetary donations and we will do the shopping for you! )
A pizza lunch will be provided!
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Sunday School meets every Sunday at 9:30 am in the education wing next to the Parish Hall
except for the Second Sunday of the month when we have our Family service.
We use one form for all children, nursery through high school, and you may complete one form for your whole family
Download the form here
Please fill out the form and email it to cmelby@stjohnsboulder.org. Please drop off a check to the office
Our new, lectionary-based curriculum is called Weaving God’s Promises
WGP1- Ages 3-6
WGP2- Grades 1-3
WGP3- Grades 4th & 5th
Eagles Nest – 6th grade- 12th grade
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BIG Announcement!!
'Choristers', our Youth Choir led by Tom Morgan, will now practice on Sunday mornings at 11 am.
By moving practice from Wednesday nights to Sunday mornings, we hope that more children will participate. Our Chorister program has been active for 25 years. The children sing and play instruments at our Family-friendly Second Sunday service each month. Choristers will begin September 16th at 11 am.
No Registration Needed!!!
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Blessing of Animals to include
Pet Food Donations
This year the October 14th Blessing of Animals will include an invitation to bring unopened cans or bags of cat or dog food to church. Each pet food donor will receive a heart themed bandana for their pet, and the food collected will be shared with the Longmont and Boulder Humane Societies. This is a great way to honor your pet, who freely gives you their love. Spread that love and help support a pet looking for a human to love forever. We’ll also bless veterinarians at this service. Please help us spread the word by telling your favorite veterinarian!
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St John's
Foyer Dinner
Fall Sign Ups for 2018-2019
Now’s the time to sign-up for your spot in the St. John's Foyer Dinners; groups will be forming at the end of October and kicking off their joint dinners this winter. What’s Foyer Dinner? Six to nine St John's folks (couples and singles) who get together monthly at each other’s homes for potluck dinners and good company. A great opportunity to meet new friends in Christ’s family at St John's and get to know old friends better. Sign up by calling or emailing Bill Ashworth (720-352-6456; washwort@gmail.com) by the end of October... Buon appetito!
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Items needed are:
toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, conditioner, hand lotion, lip balms, and small deodorants for men and women.
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Are you traveling much this summer?
Travel size toiletries are needed for homeless clients.
St. John’s Soup kitchen provides the best homemade meal in the city. St. John’s and St. Benedict’s Health and Healing Ministry pass out travel size toiletries if the clients need them. Last Soup Kitchen Sunday, Deacon Jan gave away 72 items.
You may donate your small toiletries to St. John’s and SBHHM and we will see that the clients receive them at Soup Kitchen. There will be a bag in the office to collect items.
Thanks so much, Deacon Jan
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St. John’s Whittier Pantry
Thank you to parishioners of St. John's for your help in stocking the Whittier Pantry!!! We opened on September 6th and had 7 families come. We will host up to 30 families this school year. We appreciate your donations of items or of checks (with Whittier Pantry in the memo).
Current needs: Men and Women's deodorant, dental floss, kid's shampoo.
Sincerely, Deacon Jan and volunteers.
P.S. WHITTIER PANTRY IS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD VOLUNTEERS! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE CONTACT DEACON JAN! Shifts are Thursdays from 2:45pm-4:30pm
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ACTION FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE
At our Baptism we are asked “ Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?” and we answer, “I will with God’s help” (BCP p. 305)
As Christians, we know there are actions that all of us can take in the name of justice, and that one person…multiplied by many… can make a difference. We don’t have to look any further than the vow we all took (or loving Godparents took for us) at the time of our Baptism. In it, we hear a clear call to action… or at least to strive, “for justice and peace…and respect the dignity of every human being” And, in this spirit, our Social Action Ministry would like to offer some ideas. These will be a regular weekly feature in The E- Eagle and will be devoted to calls to action for justice.
The focus of this new feature will change periodically, as we address the social and environmental challenges of our time. The ideas will be researched and provided by the Social Action Ministry as we all set our hearts and souls on making the world a better place.
Blessings,
Kathy Shields, Chair, Social Action Ministry
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Developing Our Faith Community’s Voice in Social Action
If you want to step up your participation in promoting human dignity and social justice in Boulder County, I invite you to prayerfully consider attending an interfaith gathering on social action. The event is being hosted by the Boulder faith leaders caucus of Together Colorado. Rooted in our collective sacred traditions, the congregations that comprise Together Colorado work together “to move from fear to liberation, from violence to life, and from isolation to beloved community.” For some years, St. John’s laity and clergy have participated in various Together Colorado’s programs. Now is an opportunity for you to find out whether you may be called to this ministry as well.
At its June meeting, the Boulder contingent of Together Colorado decided to further build our capacity by increasing the participation of our respective congregations. The goal of the upcoming event is to bring together representatives from our diverse churches, synagogues and temples to be introduced to Together Colorado’s goals, to gain knowledge and experience in its organizing process, and to imagine how lay leaders and faith leaders can build a united, powerful, faith voice for human dignity and justice across Boulder County. The time, date and location are as follows:
Thursday, September 27, 2018
6-9 pm
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
715 Cabrini Dr.
Lafayette
If you are thinking of attending or have questions, please contact Eben Carsey at ecarsey@comcast.net.
May we continue to grow in our care and compassion for those in need of Christ’s love.
Fr. Ted
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A CALL TO ACTION
Parishioner Bill Woodward, of the CU Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, gave this tremendous TEDx talk recently. You may find it of interest if you are concerned about preventing school shootings and teen suicides. It's often said that the problem is "too big" to tackle, but Bill shows that we can indeed tackle it, and offers proven strategies for doing just that. Please share this with your friends and colleagues.
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JOIN US FOR EVENSONG
Wednesdays at 6 pm
Contemplative Evensong meets every Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. from September through May. Participants are welcome to join the cantor in the beautiful, meditative chant. Includes short periods of silent prayer. Please contact the office at 303-442-5246 for more information.
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Weekly Services
Saturday 5:00p.m. Holy Eucharist, chapel
Sunday 7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, chapel
9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, church
10:50 a.m. Children's Eucharist, chapel (when Sunday school meets)
Tuesday 8 a.m. Morning Prayer, chapel
Wednesday 8 a.m. Morning Prayer, chapel
10 a.m. Holy Eucharist, chapel
6 p.m. Evensong, chapel
Thursday 8 a.m. Morning Prayer, chapel
Noon Holy Eucharist and Service of Reconciliation, chapel
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Thank you!
Paul often affirmed members of the churches he shepherded by telling them he was thanking God for them. In Philippians 1:3-5 Paul writes, "I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now."
- Thank you to Jenn Pensy for volunteering with children's ministries.
- Thank you to Dorothy Bass and Jenny Burnsed for another great coffee hour.
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Sunday Volunteers
- Welcome Table: Kathy Ashworth, Diane Wells
- Vestry Welcome: Sue Morse
- Lectors: Alan Nelson, Charlie Lujan
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Intercessor: Charlie Lujan
- Ushers: Evan & Charlotte Landvik, Eric Klassen
- Acolytes: Chocie, Grace, Harry, Jane
- Eucharistic Visitors:
- Healing Prayer Ministers: Charles de Bartolome, Kathleen Ferguson
- Vergers: Tom Brewster
- Guardian: Tom Brewster
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Readings
Jeremiah 11:18-20
It was the Lord who made it known to me, and I knew;
then you showed me their evil deeds.
But I was like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
And I did not know it was against me
that they devised schemes, saying,
"Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
let us cut him off from the land of the living,
so that his name will no longer be remembered!"
But you, O Lord of hosts, who judge righteously,
who try the heart and the mind,
let me see your retribution upon them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
Psalm 116:1-8
1 I love the Lord because he has heard the voice of my supplication, *
because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.
2 The cords of death entangled me;
the grip of the grave took hold of me; *
I came to grief and sorrow.
3 Then I called upon the Name of the Lord: *
"O Lord, I pray you, save my life."
4 Gracious is the Lord and righteous; *
our God is full of compassion.
5 The Lord watches over the innocent; *
I was brought very low, and he helped me.
6 Turn again to your rest, O my soul, *
for the Lord has treated you well.
7 For you have rescued my life from death, *
my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
8 I will walk in the presence of the Lord *
in the land of the living.
James 3:1-12
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no one can tame the tongue-- a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it, we bless the Lord and Father, and with it, we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
Mark 8:27-38
Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.
Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
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Prayers of Intercession
Please use this list today and throughout the week, praying with special intention for:
All who are suffering in the wake of violence or natural disasters, all who are serving in the military, all who are distressed in mind, body, or spirit, and members of our parish family including:
Short-term: Lynelle Stewart, Dr. Kyra Toledo (Clarke), Donna Jackson (Burnsed), Charlie Skala, Bob Schaffner, Jackson Furst, Rose Ayars, Trudy Morron
Long-term: The Prellberg Family (Stewart), Deacon Lorine Williams, Janet Brennan, JoAnn Brown, Addie Heuston, Millie Heitman, Mark Odeen, Don Shields
Please notify Heather in the church office
(303-442-5246 or hdudok@stjohnsboulder.org)
if there are people who should be added to
or removed from our prayer list.
THIS WEEK:
We pray for the repose of the souls of:
Carolyn Lee Jones, Marsha Huey Moritz, Dale Douglas Wells, Arline Brizendine Ewald, Martha Goss Whitsel, and Louis Curtis Heuston on the anniversary of their deaths.
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:
Judith DeCew, Emma Detrick/Barnes, Marianne Dodson/Lee, Royse Marcoullier, Caley Morgan, Suzanne Angevine, Bea French, Matthew Walsh, Sean Hudson, Father Andy Carhartt, Thomas Gebhardt, Caroline McClurg, Thadd Paul, Genevieve Robinson, Kathy Shields, Bruce Swinehart, Elizabeth Walsh, Susan Zimmerman, Ginny Strange
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:
Mary & Neal Sullivan, Bruce Swinehart, Paul & Gini Sykes, Arthur Tarr, Ellen Tate, Eileen & Gene Taylor, John & Carson Taylor, Melinda & Jim Taylor, Darcia Thomas, Wayne & Gerry Thomas
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