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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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The St. John's office will be closed December 24th through January 6th, reopening January 7th. |
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St. John's Altar Guild invites all interested persons to our annual Christmas Party. The party starts at 9:00 am on Saturday, December 22nd, in the library. We will provide snacks, good cheer, and information about this important ministry. After the party, we decorate the church!!
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St. John's Christmas Caroling
Attention! Mark your calendars for our Parish-wide
Christmas Caroling event on Saturday, December 22nd at 4 pm.
We will meet in the Parish Hall at St. John's to enjoy cocoa and cookies.
Please bring flashlights and warm clothes and your Christmas Cheer. We will be caroling the local Whittier neighborhood this year.
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Saturday, December 22Christmas Caroling- Food, Hot Chocolate and Fellowship in the Parish Hall at 4 pm followed by neighborhood Caroling
Christmas Eve:
We have four services on Christmas Eve. The 2:30 p.m. service is a one-hour service for families with very small children featuring bells, a short retelling of the Christmas story (acted out by members of our vestry).
At the 4:30 p.m. service, there is a children's homily along with music provided by an ensemble of talented young musicians.
The 7:30 p.m. service takes on a quieter, more contemplative feel.
Finally, our principle Christmas Eve service at 10:30 p.m. features the full choir and brass instruments. There is Holy Communion at all services, and all services are held in the church.
We do not offer nursery care on Christmas Eve, but children are welcome at ALL services.
All Youth Programming will Resume on
January, 6th 2019
Have a safe and wonderful holiday!
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Installation of new DOK chaplain
The Daughters of the King are pleased to announce the installation of their new chaplain, The Rev. Amy Lythgoe, at the 930am service on December 30th. The thirty members of St John's chapter of the DOK maintain a daily ministry of intercessory prayer, service, and evangelism.
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In honor of our patron saint, John the Evangelist, (whose feast day is December 27th) the clergy will bless unopened bottles of wine (or your favorite celebratory beverage) that you bring to church (either service) on Sunday, December 30th. You are then invited to enjoy your blessed beverage on January 1st, to consecrate the year to come!
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COMMITTAL SERVICE
A Committal Service will be held on Wednesday, January 9th at 3:30 pm at the Columbarium to inurn former parishioner Jean Taylor's ashes. Jean died in December 2015, and her family has asked us to hold a service. If you knew Jean when she was an active member at St John's you are encouraged to attend. The service will be filmed so it can be shared with her daughters who live out of state.
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CATHOLIC CONNECTIONS DISCUSSION GROUP
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, January 13th
Are you a former (or current) member of the Roman Catholic Church who is attending St John's? You may be surprised to know that a number of former Catholics worship at our church. If you'd like to learn about the similarities and differences between our two denominations, and if you'd like to talk with other former/current Catholics at St John's about this new and unfolding season in your spiritual life, please join clergy and Cate Colburn-Smith (a former Roman Catholic!) on Sunday January 13th at 11:20am for the first of a four-session series. To get on the mailing list for this series or if you have questions, please contact Cate at colburnsmith@gmail.com
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If you have last minute shopping, please remember if you use Amazon you can choose St. John's to be your charitable beneficiary for any approved purchase. Note that sometimes Amazon does not remind you, and you need to change from amazon.com to smile.amazon.com. It is easy to set up St. John's as your designated charity; email kathelujan@comcast.net if you have questions. |
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GROCERY CARD MINISTRY
Hello St. John’s! Get creative with groceries!! Are you drawn to pistachios? Do carrots bring out your green eyes, or are you more of an eggplant person? Do you find inspiration in split pea soup? The possibilities are as endless as the varieties of plastic bags… Take a selfie in a grocery store and send it in for use in the w-Eagle’s announcement of grocery card ministry donations.
Take a selfie in a grocery store and send it to Heather Dudok (hdudok@stjohnsboulder.org) for use in the w-Eagle’s announcement of grocery card ministry donations—and have a good time!!
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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: Kleenex and toilet paper.
Sincerely, Deacon Jan and volunteers.
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Whittier Elementary Children need Coats.
The Whittier Pantry is collecting gently used clean children's coats. Any size that would fit an elementary or middle school child will be repurposed and loved by another child. As you are cleaning out your closets preparing for winter, keep this in mind. Coats may be dropped off at the Whittier pantry. Thank you so much.
Deacon Jan
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Retreats at Cathedral Ridge |
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BALANCE & BEAUTY WOMEN & GIRLS RETREAT
January 4-6, 2019
Invite your mother, friend, daughter, or granddaughter to a weekend of inter-generational fellowship, faith-deepening, and fun before school recommences. There will be large and small group presentations, crafts, worship, healthful meals, and time for self-care and pampering. This retreat makes a wonderful Christmas gift. For girls Grade 6 and above, and women of all ages. Cost: $175/$100 (adults/youth)
Retreat leaders: The Rev. Amy Underhill Lythgoe, Assisting Priest for Family Ministry, St. John’s-Boulder and Elizabeth Cervasio, Director of Children & Youth Ministry, Office of the Bishop
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 FATHER & SON RETREAT
January 18-20, 2019
Come enjoy a weekend with your father or father figure, or bring your son or young person you’re mentoring. This is for men looking for activity, play, and rest in the beautiful mountains of Cathedral Ridge. We will have activities indoors and out, games, music, presentations, worship, and table fellowship. For fathers and sons of all ages. Recommended for boys Grade 1 and above. Cost: $175/$100/$60 (adults/youth/children)
Retreat leaders: The Rev. Nicholas Myers, Rector of St. Timothy’s, Centennial, and Grae Dickson, Executive Director of Cathedral Ridge
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Dear Friends in Christ,
As we contemplate the prayers of Advent: Love, Hope, Joy, and Peace, our hearts and minds are drawn to what we, as part of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, can do to join forces with our National Church on the important issues of justice and truth. With that in mind, we are drawn to focus on issues: Climate Care and Refugees ~ Immigration. At the General Convention in Austin, there were resolutions considered and passed addressing both. To that end, we share two articles of information which immediately follow.
We feel such gratitude in the knowledge that we belong to such a church that cares about human rights and the stewardship of the earth, “our island home.”
The Social Action Ministry
Advent 2018
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Episcopal Relief & Development supports migrants in Mexico
Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting the work of the Anglican Church in Mexico to provide shelter, food, water, and other basic needs to migrants from Central America seeking asylum in the United States. As part of a joint-proposal sent to and funded by a collective of Anglican Alliance agencies, the efforts help meet immediate and long-term needs, beginning with a ministry through San Esteban Anglican Church in Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, across the border from Donna, Texas.
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A Simple Action You Can Take to Help End Gun Violence In Colorado:
Join St. John’s Rapid Response Network
With a new State House of Representatives and a new State Senate preparing to convene for the 2019 session in early January, we are developing a list of congregants interested in joining our Congregation’s Rapid Response Network. This network would be activated each time a bill is introduced that relates to guns. The ask will be brief and simple. Talking points will be provided and you will be asked to contact your legislator(s) or members of the committee hearing the bill.
Last year, CFCU was able to have members testify at each legislative hearing that dealt with gun bills. Many more CFCU members contacted their legislators and we were successful in preventing any of our good gun bills passed in 2013 from being repealed.
We hope you will consider joining our network and being part of our witness on this important public health issue. We suspect we will need the help of every single one of you in the coming year.
Contact Kathy Ashworth at kathleen687@comcast.net if you are interested in joining.
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EVENSONG WILL RESUME
JANUARY 9th 2019
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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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Our Saturday evening Chapel bluegrass worship service is canceled on the following dates due to holiday event conflicts:
December 22 (weekend before Christmas)
December 29 (weekend before New Years)
Please contact Mother Amy (alythgoe@stjohnsboulder.org or 303-442-5246) with questions. Thank you.
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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."
- Tom and Melinda Wirsing deserve major thanks for hosting the annual holiday party for those who participate in Foyer Dinner Groups.
- Bill Ashworth deserves big thanks for his annual task of collecting names and putting the Foyer Groups together.
- Thank you to Joanie Heard and Kathe Lujan for making bag dinners for the Youth Group for our field trip to the Denver Cathedral on Sunday evening, 12/16.
- Thank you to Peggy Lemone, Dorothy Whitehouse, Lorine Williams, Anne Greigg, Marilyn Baker & Jo Ann Brown for helping fold 1600+ Christmas Eve Bulletins!! Papercuts and all...
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READINGS
Micah 5:2-5a
You, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah,
who are one of the little clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to rule in Israel,
whose origin is from of old,
from ancient days.
Therefore he shall give them up until the time
when she who is in labor has brought forth;
then the rest of his kindred shall return
to the people of Israel.
And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth;
and he shall be the one of peace.
Canticle 15
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed: *
the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him *
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm, *
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things, *
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
The promise he made to our fathers, *
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Hebrews 10:5-10
When Christ came into the world, he said,
"Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body you have prepared for me;
in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
Then I said, 'See, God, I have come to do your will, O God'
(in the scroll of the book it is written of me)."
When he said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law), then he added, "See, I have come to do your will." He abolishes the first in order to establish the second. And it is by God's will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Luke 1:39-45(46-55)
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord."
[And Mary said,
"My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever."]
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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: Pamela Clare, Sallye Howard, The Rev. Kimberly (Kym) Lucas, Christopher Turner (Skala), Robert Schwartz, Alan Wells (Lee), Ginny Pine.
Long-term: Charlie Skala, The Prellberg Family (Stewart), Deacon Lorine Williams, Janet Brennan, JoAnn Brown, Addie Heuston, Millie Heitman, 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:
Winifred J. Bailin, Timothy Albert Eaton, and Carol Jean Worlock, on the anniversary of their deaths. We pray also for the repose of the soul of Vince Iverson.
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:
Jules Albert Carson Vranes, George Clements, Lydia Morrongiello, Ciaran Shaffer, Lily Sykes, Townes Clements, Amber Olson, William Raduziner/ Verilli, Sandy Butterfield, Helen Stanley, Jules Carson Vranes, Helen Ragan, Mary Smith, Lilly Stumb, Tony Lee, Molly Lee-Dodson.
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:
Kathy Asta, Gregory & Kristin Atkinson, Art & Robyn Atkison/Trent, Susan Avery, Charles & Rose Ayars, Elizabeth Babish, Karrie Bach, Gretchen & Kirk Bachmann, James Bailey, Kathryn Baker.
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