August 24, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Coffee Hour  

Please join us after the 9:30 service for liquid refreshment!!


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It is time to register your children for Sunday School here at church!

The first day of Sunday school will be September 16th.

We need a new form for each child each school year.  Children Nursery aged through High School need to be registered Please fill out the form and email it to cmelby@stjohnsboulder.org. Please drop off a check to the office
Download the form here

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

 
 
 
 
 
CHORISTERS!

Our children's choir, The Choristers, led by St. John's music director Tom Morgan, will resume rehearsals on Wednesday, August 29th, from 5-6pm in the choir room and the sanctuary; all children in kindergarten through 6th grade are invited to participate. The Choristers sing in church on Family Sundays (the second Sunday of the month, October through May), as well as at family services on Christmas and Easter. For more information, contact Tom Morgan, 303-494-4018 or tom@mrgn.us.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018 MINISTRY FAIR
THIS SUNDAY!

 Sunday, August 26th we will be honoring all of St. John’s wonderful ministries and inviting everyone to get involved!! If you are a ministry leader now is the time to get to work on a banner for the procession. There are some retired banners that can be re-purposed. Just contact Diane Wells at dwells@stjohnsboulder.org or 303-442-5246 if you are interested in making a banner for your ministry.
 
 
 
 
 

On September 2

Celebrate Tom Morgan’s

30th Anniversary
as our Music Director!


30 years is amazing, and we are blessed!  In those 30 years, Tom has led the entire music program, including the choir, the Choristers, other musicians, and congregational singing. He founded and leads the St. John’s Compline Choir, and participates in creating almost every worship service, making sure that the music complements the lectionary and the church calendar.  He plays a wider variety of instruments than we can list here, and he is also the go-to person when our sound system misbehaves.  Perhaps most important, in 30 years he has never lost his enthusiasm and love for music and our congregation.  He is an inspiration.


As if that weren’t enough, many people in the greater Metro area and beyond know about St. John’s because Tom is here.  He is the artistic director and conductor of the Ars Nova Singers, one of the premier choral ensembles in the region.  His musical compositions have been performed around the world, and among other accolades, garnered an award from BMI.  Recently (2016), as a result of his work with Ars Nova and the Compline Choir, Tom received the Dairy Arts Center Honors Lifetime Achievement in the Arts award.  This pays tribute to outstanding individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the arts in our community. 


As we said, we are blessed!

When Tom was asked how he would like to celebrate, in a Tom-like fashion he chose something that benefits us all. He would like to produce a St. John’s Choir CD.


Here’s how you can join in the celebration and say THANKS:


~ Send a check made out to St. John’s with Tom Morgan Anniversary Fund in the memo line.  This will fund the CD, which is estimated to cost $4,000-$6,000.  Please get your contribution in by August 30 so we can present our gift to Tom on September 2. (Donations of $50 or more receive a complimentary CD)

~ SAVE THE DATE!  Sunday, September 2nd will be a Day of Celebration for Tom. Pastor Susan has invited him to preach and he has accepted! Coffee hour will be a chance for us all to personally say Thank You. We will let him know how much money we have raised.

~ Share your pictures and stories to be included in the September 2nd festivities. Contact Kathe Lujan at kathelujan@comcast.net


A CD. A Celebration – what great ways to honor Tom’s 30 years at St. John’s and say “Thank You”.


We are looking forward to hearing from you.


Yours in Christ,

The Tom Morgan Anniversary Team

John Black, Steve Clarke, Paul Logan, Kathe Lujan, Melinda Mattingly, Caroline Melby, Janice Moore, Sue Morse


 
 
 
 
 
CALLING ALL FORMER AND CURRENT ST. JOHN’S CHORISTERS!

If you or a family member or friend has been a Chorister under Tom Morgan’s tutelage,we’d love to hear from that Chorister!  We ask Choristers, past and present, to send photos and/or a note (hard copy preferred) about your Chorister experience to Kathe Lujan (kathelujan@comcast.net or Kathe Lujan; 1999 Clipper Drive; Lafayette CO  80026) by August 26 so it can be included in our celebration of Tom’s thirty years at St. John’s—THANKS!!!

The Tom Morgan Anniversary Committee
John Black, Steve Clarke, Paul Logan, Kathe Lujan, Melinda Mattingly, Caroline Melby, Janice Moore, Sue Morse
 
 
 
 
ONGOING
 
 
 
 


And all they did was buy groceries and gasoline!
You can help—it's easy.
Or contact Janice Moore, Jim Podolak,
or Caryl Stalick for more information
 
 
 
 
 

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.



Items needed are toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, conditioner, hand lotion, lip balms, and small deodorants for men and women.


Thanks so much, Deacon Jan

 
 
 
 
 
St. John’s Whittier Pantry

It is time to restock the Pantry for this fall!
We re-open September 6, 2018. Bring your donations to the
Whittier Pantry and put them in the bin outside the room.
The Pantry serves about 25 families, (average size 5
members), once a month. Below is an average of what we
dispense per month. We appreciate all donations! If you
write a check, put “Whittier Pantry” in the memo.



Toothpaste, adult, and children 50 tubes
 Toothbrushes 50
 Shampoo, adult and baby 30 bottles, 12 baby
 Hair Conditioner 25 bottles
 Bar Soap (no Irish Spring) 50 bars
Body Lotion 30 bottles
Toilet paper 140 rolls
 Kleenex 30 boxes
 Deodorant, male and female 50 tubes
Feminine pads (Always Thin preferred) 250-300 Pads
 Diapers, Sizes 4 & 5 for children still at home 120-140 Diapers

Sincerely,
Rev. Jan Dewlen, Coordinator of Whittier Pantry at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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
 
 
 
 
 
On Sunday, August 12th,  St. John's hosted a live Webinar with Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM).  Allison Duvall <aduvall@episcopalchurch.org> and Kendall Martin <kmartin@episcopalchurch.org> discussed the plight of refugees, what's happening at our Southern Border, and how we can advocate for Immigrants and Refugees.  Their presentation can be found here:  EMM for St. John's Boulder.pdf  This presentation has a wealth of information on where refugees are coming from, where they are going, and how we can advocate for them.

The Episcopal Church also maintains an Advocacy web page, https://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/.  Right now there are several petitions on this page to define Asylum Seekers and Support the Refugee Admissions Program, as well as several other actions.  To take action, please follow the advocacy link, and then scroll through their "TAKE ACTION" boxes at the top of the page.

Thank you all for you support of refugees and immigrants!
 
 
 
 
 

Gun Violence Prevention Art Exhibition, Panel Discussion and movie Newtown at the Dairy on August 24   

Please come!!

Dairy Arts Center
2590 Walnut Street, Boulder
Friday, August 24, 2018

Art Exhibition:  What’s Wrong with Our Country is a solo exhibition from Deborah Nehmad in the Dairy Arts Center.  The two major works by Nehmad confront one of the most vexing issues facing America today – gun violence.  Nehmad is based in Hawaii and describes her practice as a way to visualize and raise awareness of the enormous human cost of violence, war, and injustice in our country.  “My focus on gun violence in America began in 2010. By the end of 2012, I was ready to move on to other issues when the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school happened,”  Nehmand said.  With What’s Wrong with This Country, she embroidered 60 individual needlepoints, each of which contains a unique QR code telling the story of a child aged 10 or under who killed themselves or another child with a gun in the year following the Sandy Hook massacre.  Her piece Old Glory?  functions as a catalogue of tragedy, with the stitching of the number of average yearly deaths from gun violence in American as the stripes of an American flag.   

Panel Discussion:  6:00 – 7:00 p. m.
Moderator:  Jillian Waters – an alumna of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida
Panelists:  Tom Mauser - father of Daniel Mauser, who was slain at Columbine High School
Andrew Romanoff  - CEO of Mental Health Colorado, former Colorado Speaker
David Kaufman – Boulder police public service officer
Mary Blegen – spokesperson for  Ceasefire on Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Movie:  Newtown  7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Through raw and heartbreaking interviews with parents, siblings, teachers, doctors, and first responders, Newtown documents a traumatized community still reeling from the senseless killing at Sandy Hook Elementary, fractured by grief but driven toward a sense of purpose. Newtown bears witness to their profound grief and allows it to reverberate within our collective conscience, exploring what happens to a community after it becomes the epicenter of a national discussion, and what it must cope with after the cameras leave.


For more information: CLICK HERE

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Cathy Skala, Kathi Grider, and Jim Podolak for their dedicated work on handling, treating, and hopefully eradicating the Japanese Beetle issue!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sunday Volunteers
  • Welcome:   Steve Christopher
  • Lectors:   Peter Gilman, Rick Collins
  • Intercessor: Robert Schwartz
  • Ushers: Evan & Charlotte Landvik, Herby Martin
  • Acolytes: Chocie, Grace, Jane
  • Eucharistic Visitors:Jerry Hauser, Anne Greigg
  • Healing Prayer Ministers: Diane Rex, Nancy Iverson
  • Vergers: Tom Brewster
 
 
 
 
 
Readings
Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:
“Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”



Psalm 34:15-22

15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, *
and his ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, *
to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry and the Lord hears them *
and delivers them from all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted *
and will save those whose spirits are crushed.
19 Many are the troubles of the righteous, *
but the Lord will deliver him out of them all.
20 He will keep safe all his bones; *
not one of them shall be broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked, *
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
22 The Lord ransoms the life of his servants, *
and none will be punished who trust in him.

Ephesians 6:10-20
Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand, therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints. Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.


John 6:56-69
Jesus said, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.” He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you, there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, “For this reason, I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.”
Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

 
 
 
 
 

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:  Rose Ayars, Carol Burkett (Lythgoe), Trudy Morron, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Prellberg Family (Stewart), Dorothy Mahon (Ralls), Gretchen Sliker, Pam Millener (Maddock), Ryan Geisler (Tracy), Donna Jackson (Burnsed)     
Long-term: 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 soul of:

Marjorie Yvonne (Ward) Glendinning and John Demaree Willyard on the anniversary of their death. We pray also for the repose of the souls of Geoffrey Aggeler, father of Jill Zender; Myrtle Mott, mother of Betsy Shears; and Rick Lyon, family member of Dora Bannert.


We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:

Barbara Kase, Eileen Taylor, Megan White, Jean Hauser, Zoe McFarland, David Raduziner/Verilli, Tommy Miller, Andy Weisz, Deacon Lorine Williams, Kristen Miesel, Maddie Moore


We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:

Charlie & Cathy Skala, Bill & Anne Skamarock, Scott & Heidi Slessman, Todd & Gretchen Sliker, Greta Sloan, Kathleen Slocum, Justin & Susan Small, Jitka Smetana, Monica & Gregory Smetana-Hertrich, Charles Smith


 
 
 
 
 
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