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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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THIS WEEK’S PRAYER FOR STEWARDSHIP
Lord, during our fall pledge campaign when we seek to fill the net so that we might be fed and feed others, please help us to pray:
God, the world is hungry for you. You draw into your church those who are ready to be fed, and yet for many walking through our doors is entrée into a world unknown. Give us the eyes to spot those who come seeking, the hearts to help assuage their discomfort, the smile to reassure them that you are, you are good, and that through the Holy Spirit you are present. Help us to receive them with kindness and joy, so that if they are meant to journey with us for a time, their feet find a sure place in our community of faith. Help us to live awake and aware, from a place of quiet confidence and not fear. With gratitude we pray. Amen.
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Welcoming Tom Stumb as our Church Caretaker
You may have noticed a new sparkle to our campus and a new--but somewhat familiar--smiling face wielding a mop or navigating a ladder. Meet Tom Stumb, our new Church Caretaker. Tom comes to St John's from Home Depot and he is delighted to be working in a smaller setting where his work contributes directly to the joy and peace of a community. Tom and his wife Martha and their adult children Morgan, Claire, and Lilly have been long time members of our 7:30am congregation. Despite many years in Colorado, Tom's delightful Tennessee twang remains, so you'll know him when you meet him! Please introduce yourself, especially if you are a ministry leader or "regular" on our campus during the week, and please welcome him to St John's. We are so happy that Tom is a part of our parish team. He's been a joy to work with!
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This month St. John's received...
$361.25
from folks in our grocery card ministry—
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
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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:
And please sign up to help make Coffee Hour Fellowship happen. Contact Jessica Burnett: (jburnett@stjohnsboulder.org)
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ENTERTAINING ANGELS WELCOME MINISTRY
St John's is blessed to draw visitors and potential members every Sunday of the year, and we have a good reputation as a friendly church. It is time to build on that and develop an intentional ministry of welcome to visitors and potential members.
If you have ideas or interest in participating, please join Diane Wells and Pastor Susan this Sunday Nov 19th at 11:30am in the library for a gathering to help shape this new ministry.
The letter to the Hebrews (13:1) reminds believers to "let mutual love continue [and not to] neglect to show hospitality to strangers for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it." Welcome and hospitality are intrinsic to the nature of God and all followers of Christ are called to greet with open hearts those we don't know.
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The Whittier "Giving Tree"
November 19th to December 18th
Instead of our annual Book drive, we will be collecting items for the children of the Whittier Pantry. There are 2-4 kids in each family for a total of 50 children. The needs will be presented on a tree in the Rotunda.
Examples of needs are: Children's pajamas, shoes, winter coats
We are asking for new items only.
Please bring the item(s) back to church unwrapped with your tag.
Contact Caroline Melby Director of Family Faith Formation at cmelby@stjohnsboulder.org
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Inter-generational Advent Wreath Making Sunday, November 26th We'll celebrate the beginning of Advent by gathering in the parish hall at 11:15 a.m. to make Advent wreaths with real greens. We'll sing Christmas carols and enjoy hot chocolate while we work. The cost for the workshop is $15 if you need a metal wreath form or $10 if you're reusing one. (Scholarships are available.)
**No Sunday school or Youth Group Sunday Nov 26th***
We have enough supplies for about 50 wreaths, and they'll be available on the 26th on a first-come, first-served basis. If you'd like to guarantee a wreath for your family, send a check (made out to St. John's with "Advent Wreath" on the memo line) to the address below by Tuesday, November 21st:
Caroline Melby, Director of Faith Formation
St. John's Episcopal Church
1419 Pine Street, Boulder, CO 80302
You may also hand Caroline a check personally on Sunday morning or at the office, but please do NOT put your Advent wreath check in the collection plate!
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Get Ready for the St. John's Christmas Pageant!
Our annual Christmas pageant is Sunday, December 10th, at the 9:30 a.m. service.
The pageant is one of St. John's most beloved traditions, and it's something your children will remember forever.
Rehearsal and costume distribution is the Sunday before, December 3rd, at 11:30am in the church. Children who want major parts (Mary, Joseph, Gabriel, the star, and the three kings) must attend rehearsal. Parts will be assigned by age, with older children choosing first by 11:45am. If your child wants a major part, please be at rehearsal by that time.Other children will be angels and shepherds.
We will meet in the Nave at 11:30 to try on costumes, assign parts, and do a quick pageant run-through to help everyone know what to expect. Afterward, we invite the youth to join us for a lunch of hot dogs and s'mores. We will finish no later than 1:00pm. Please plan to collect your children from the basement Youth Room (you can park in the parking garage and come in through the door up the ramp).
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St John's offers special series: Thursday Afternoon Yoga!
In the gospel of Matthew (6:34) Jesus counsels his friends not to worry about tomorrow, inferring that we are to dwell not in the future nor the past but in the present. Yoga is a great way to practice learning to live in the present, and so we are pleased to offer a special 7-session introductory yoga series at St John's. As we approach the extra-busy holiday season this class is also a terrific way to re-center and re-energize yourself!
Here's what you need to know:
When: Thursdays at 5:00-6:00pm (come to the rotunda door and we'll post the room assignment there)
Dates: Nov 30; Dec 7-14-21-28
Who: This is a drop-in introductory level class, with more challenging pose options offered for levels I and II
Instructor: Sirena Dudgeon, 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher
Cost: $5.00 cash per person per class, payable to the instructor at the beginning of each class
If you come: Wear comfortable clothes that allow movement, and plan to be barefoot. You must bring your own yoga mat. Other props used will be provided.
As a drop-in class you need not attend all dates, however know that each class will to some degree build on the previous one. Also, class size will be limited by the room size so arriving ahead of class start time assures you'll have a spot! Questions? Contact Pastor Susan.
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New Opportunities for Men’s Ministry
For well over a year, a group of nine men (all from St. John’s initially) have been gathering together on first and third Tuesdays for breakfast and fellowship. Over time, our fellowship has allowed us to get to know each other, share what’s going on in our personal lives, talk about our spiritual challenges, talk about broader issues in our community and nation, and provide personal support for one another. The experience has been so gratifying and rewarding for everyone that Fr. Ted is starting a second men’s group which will meet at a time and place of mutual convenience.
Men with a possible interest in joining the new group and who want learn more about the opportunity are encouraged to contact Fr. Ted directly for more information. Call the office (303-442-5246) or email Fr. Ted at thoward@stjohnsboulder.org.
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 COOKIE BAKERS NEEDED
Pastoral care elves need cookie bakers and sweet treat makers for annual Christmas cookie bag deliveries to parish members unable to worship with us during our Christmas season. Deliver your baking's to the to parish hall at
9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9.
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WHITTIER PANTRY UPDATE
A note from Alexis Batko, Family Outreach Coordinator at Whittier Elementary School:
The Whittier's families really appreciate your support. You give them more than supplies "you are giving them Hope"! The families have told me: "the people from St. John's are wonderful!
Thank you for your support!!!
-Deacon Jan Dewlen
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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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Saturday Night Bluegrass Worship Service Our Saturday evening worship service begins each week at 5:00pm in the Chapel. Please join us for a contemplative Eucharistic service featuring Americana music with a bluegrass trio. Following the service, enjoy a brief concert and sing-along. This service lasts approximately 40 minutes. All are welcome!
Please note that Saturday evening worship will not occur on the following dates: November 25 (Thanksgiving weekend), December 23 (Christmas weekend), December 30 (New Year's weekend).
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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
Friday 4:15 p.m. Common Cathedral, rotunda
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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 Beth Kimberly, Heather Mellish, Paul Paiva, and Caroline Melby for serving on our Youth-Parent Advisory Committee
- Thank you to d'Lyane Kerr-Layton for lighing kids and parents hearts "on fire" for the 3rd grade Bible Program. You ROCK d'Layne
- Thank you to Jane, our second Sunday youth lector
- Thank you to the Choristers for another wonderful 2nd Sunday music program!
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Sunday Helpers:
Vestry Welcome: Eli Dudok
Lectors: Steve Tilson, Anne Skamarock
Intercessor: Valerie Hess
Ushers: Bill & Linda Morgan, Steve Scheidker
Acolytes: Ryder, Henry, Marianne
Vergers: Joanie Heard, Tom Brewster
Healing Prayer: Cathy Skala, Kathy Ashworth
Eucharistic Visitors: Eli Dudok
Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18
Be silent before the Lord God!
For the day of the Lord is at hand;
the Lord has prepared a sacrifice,
he has consecrated his guests.
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the people
who rest complacently on their dregs,
those who say in their hearts,
“The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do harm.”
Their wealth shall be plundered,
and their houses laid waste.
Though they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
though they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.
The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter,
the warrior cries aloud there.
That day will be a day of wrath,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.
I will bring such distress upon people
that they shall walk like the blind;
because they have sinned against the Lord,
their blood shall be poured out like dust,
and their flesh like dung.
Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord's wrath;
in the fire of his passion
the whole earth shall be consumed;
for a full, a terrible end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Psalm 90:1-12
1 Lord, you have been our refuge *
from one generation to another.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
or the land and the earth were born, *
from age to age you are God.
3 You turn us back to the dust and say, *
"Go back, O child of earth."
4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past *
and like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep us away like a dream; *
we fade away suddenly like the grass.
6 In the morning it is green and flourishes; *
in the evening it is dried up and withered.
7 For we consume away in your displeasure; *
we are afraid because of your wrathful indignation.
8 Our iniquities you have set before you, *
and our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
9 [When you are angry, all our days are gone; *
we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The span of our life is seventy years,
perhaps in strength even eighty; *
yet the sum of them is but labor and sorrow,
for they pass away quickly and we are gone.
11 Who regards the power of your wrath? *
who rightly fears your indignation?]
12 So teach us to number our days *
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. Matthew 25:14-30
Jesus said, “It is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. The one who had received the five talents went off at once and traded with them, and made five more talents. In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents. But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. Then the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’ And the one with the two talents also came forward, saying, ‘Master, you handed over to me two talents; see, I have made two more talents.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’ Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”
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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:
Anna Northrop, Stephen de Bartolome and Jessica Penna, Debbie Dahlen-Deleeuw & Lucy (Bannert), Fr. Andy Carhartt, Mimi Roach, Donna Jackson (Burnsed), Hannah Swank (Skala), Michael Chunn, Stu Naegele, Molly Lee, 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:
George Moomaw Dean, Veronica Aherne Reasoner, Billie Weymouth Dean, Hubert Bates Billington, Virginia “Ginny” Carhartt, Lois Joan Elmore, Robert Bruce McFarland, and Annamarie Merrill on the anniversaries of their death. We pray also for the repose of the soul of John Joseph Witherill, brother of parishioner Helen Melody Witherill.
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:
Brent Sitton, Miles Weakley, Denjamin White-Patarino, Deb Nastaj, Michael Jones, Addi Burnsed, Jitka Smetana, James Robinson, Sallye Howard, Addison Rutherford, Dan Becker, Colleen Askew
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:
Nancy Hamilton, Kristin & Blade Hanak, Angela Hansen, Jessica & Eric Harbeson, John & Erin Harding, Molly Hardman, Ryan Hardman, Mary Hardy, John & Cythia Harmon, Erica & Patrick Harrington, Sarah & Bob Hartzell
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