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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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STEWARDSHIP UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR:
The Ship is Setting Sail! Time to Get on Board!
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To date our parish has raised $688,000 of the $890,000 we need to fund our 2017 budget. This is great but we are not yet done! If you have not yet pledged for 2017, please do so today. If you are new to the parish, please know that we count on everyone pledging so we can responsibly budget for the year ahead.
Your pledge is vitally important to the continued health of this parish. If St John's worship and programs are important to you, then please pledge to support them financially in 2017. Tell us how much you can commit to giving the church in the year ahead. The sail will be raised in church for the last time on January 15th. The amount we have raised by that date will be the figure the vestry will use to determine final budget at their meeting on January 17th. Please help your church raise its sail!
St John's receives no money from the diocese and has no endowment. Every dollar spent comes from generous and faithful people like you. If you have pledged for 2017, thank you again! If you have not yet pledged, my prayer is that the Spirit moves in you and calls forth great generosity and commitment to this wonderful faith community. You can pledge online at our website under the Stewardship tab or call in your pledge to Diane in our office at 303-442-5246, or email it to her at dwells@stjohnsboulder.org.
Blessings,
Grace and peace, Susan+
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At our Annual Meeting on January 29, 2017, the congregation will vote for three new vestry members. We are fortunate to have nine parishioners who are interested in serving on the Vestry for the next three-year term. The candidates for consideration are:
Eli Dudok, Phil Ecklund, Reynold “Ren” Feldman, JoAnne Foster, Wayne Grider, Kathe Lujan, Beth McKnight, Linda Morgan and Allen White.
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PRINCIPAL ORGANIST SEARCH COMMITTEE (POSC) UPDATE |
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The POSC met Dec 4th and chose Rick Collins as chair, and chose Cynthia Sliker to handle communications. Other committee members include Kathy Asta, Matthew Dane, Tom Morgan, Diane Rex, and Wood Rigsby. Tony Lee, Lydia Morrongiello, and David Vogels will provide assistance as organ professionals, and Sue Morse as an HR professional.
The POSC is charged with promoting the position opening, discerning a slate of finalists from the pool of applicants, conducting interviews and scheduling parish visits. The members of the POSC will recommend a slate of finalists, and the Music Director and Rector will make the hiring decision.
Members of the parish are welcome to reach out to talented organists and invite them to apply.
The committee meets next on Jan 18th, 2017. |
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Remember our church with a year-end gift…to help retire the 2016 budget deficit. The deficit is due to a shortfall in the income we anticipated receiving this year, and is not due to expense over-run (in fact, expenses have been very well controlled!)
We began our appeal a week ago with a deficit of $63,000. Thanks to a number of generous donors, our deficit has been reduced to $41,575! Can you help reduce it even further, and help bring it down to zero?
Any gift you can make will help your church end the year with a balanced budget, and your gift is tax deductible. To make a year-end gift, simply write “Year-End Gift” in the memo line of your check and mail it to the office or place it in the offering plate on Sunday.
These year-end gifts, of course, are in addition to your 2016 pledge and not in lieu of it. This is an excellent time to make sure your 2016 pledge is paid in full.
As always, we make this request with grateful hearts for the incredible generosity of our parishioners. Thank you for all you have given to our church, and thank you for being part of this wonderful, vibrant community of faith!
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Coffee Hour
We envision St. John's as a community
where everyone undertakes
"welcome" and "hospitality"
as an intentional holy practice.
Coffee Hour this week is brought to you by:
The Soup Kitchen
And please sign up to help make Coffee Hour Fellowship happen. Sign up sheet available on Sunday morning at the Welcome Table near the Narthex, available on the St. John's database, or contact Jessica Burnett: (jburnett@stjohnsboulder.org)
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St John's Foyer Dinner Groups
- still room!
Though the teams have been set for next year (January - June), there is still room in several of them. If you're interested in once-a-month potluck dinners with St John's parishioners, contact Bill Ashworth (washwort@gmail.com or 720-352-6456)
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BLESSING OF WINE JANUARY 1ST AT BOTH SERVICES
In honor of the Feast Day of John the Evangelist our patron saint, we will bless (unopened) bottle of wine. You are invited to bring your favorite wine on January 1st so it can be blessed. You can then take it home to sanctify the year just passed and bless the year ahead.
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Upcoming Baptism Dates
Our next baptism date will be Sunday, January 8th at the 9:30 a.m. service. If you are interested in baptism for yourself or your child(ren), contact Pam White, 303-442-5246 or pwhite@stjohnsboulder.org.
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SERVICES FOR DIXIE HUTCHINSON
Services for Dixie Hutchinson will be held at 1pm,
Friday January 20th
in the St. John's Chapel.
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 Whittier Pantry Update
THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the many generous elves who donated items to the Pantry to assist low income families of Whittier Elementary School. We are fully stocked and ready for the New Year.
We re-open on Jan. 5th, 2017
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This weeks update from...
Please click the link below for more information:
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Choral Compline is on hiatus until January 8th—St. John’s presents a Choral Compline service in the sanctuary at 9:00pm on the Second and Fourth Sundays. Join us and experience the peace and mystery of this ancient liturgy; when it returns in January.
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JOIN US FOR EVENSONG
Wednesdays at 6pm
Contemplative Evensong meets every Wednesday evening at 6p.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
11:11 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
Friday 4:15 p.m. Common Cathedral, rotunda
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 SATURDAY EVENINGS FOR YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES:
Youth Group (9th-12th grade) meets Saturdays at 5pm with Fr. Ben in the Youth Room, while parents are invited to attend Acoustic Prayers for Evening Service at 5pm in the Chapel and gather for fellowship and study following. No meeting on January 31st
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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."
This week, the staff and leaders of St John's give thanks to God for those listed below, praying with joy that these good people are sharing in the work of the gospel in our parish.
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Sunday Helpers
Lector 7:30: Peter Gilman
9:30: Robert Schwartz
Welcome Bag:
Intercessor: Helen McKeown
Healing Prayer:
Acolytes: Kailey, Ryder, Clara, Drew
Ushers: Tom & Melinda Wirsing, Mark Burnett
Eucharistic Visitors:
Verger: Joanie Heard
Altar Guild: Dot Jackson, Gene Smith, Marilyn Baker, Gillian Brewster, Marti Dever, & Lorine Williams
Readings
NUMBERS 6:22-27
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the Israelites: You shall say to them,
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.
Psalm 8
1 O Lord our Governor, *
how exalted is your Name in all the world!
2 Out of the mouths of infants and children *
your majesty is praised above the heavens.
3 You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, *
to quell the enemy and the avenger.
4 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, *
the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,
5 What is man that you should be mindful of him? *
the son of man that you should seek him out?
6 You have made him but little lower than the angels; *
you adorn him with glory and honor;
7 You give him mastery over the works of your hands; *
you put all things under his feet:
8 All sheep and oxen, *
even the wild beasts of the field,
9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, *
and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.
10 O Lord our Governor, *
how exalted is your Name in all the world!
PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures, the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of his name, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
To all God's beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Prayers
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:
Jeb & Beth Lee (Dudok), Corinne Lythgoe, Mudge & J.C. McNelly (Lee), S. Fraser (Lee), Jesus Gariby (Poston), Jere Freeman (Burnett), Mila & Azlan M. (Herrmann), Stephanie Marie & Samuel Quinn Sidwell (Hager), Cara McMillan, Hunter Filbin & family (Krebs), Joanne Stewart, Fr. Andy Carhartt, Stephen de Bartolomé, Addie Heuston, Tom Halloran, Ted Hildebrandt, Millie Heitman, Mark Odeen, Lynn Post, Don Shields, Lorna Naegele.
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.
We pray for the repose of the souls of :
Elizabeth Shaffer Hudson, Barbara Ann Gorman, Jane E. Hanson, Elizabeth K. Patton, Charles Allen Moya, and Robert D. “Bob” Foster on the anniversaries of their deaths.
THIS WEEK:
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:
Julia Reynolds, Ashley Copenhaver, Elise Wobus, Alecia Copenhaver, Matteo Murphy, Tom Morgan, Kirk Baker, Danielle Crisman, Taylor Cousin, William King, Adam Wager
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:
Nancy Naeve, Ellen Nagy, Tom & Marti Nash, Tome & Georgean Nasky, Deb Nastaj, Brian & Susan Nazarenus, Vonda & Ross Neely, Alan Nelson, Rachel Newell, Virginia Nicodemus.
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