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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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CHORAL COMPLINE THIS SUNDAY, September 9, 9:00 pm
Performed by the Women of the Compline Choir, with special guest Beth Rosbach, cello!
The mystery of the divine feminine speaks from within her creation. This week’s music includes music by women composers, including Hildegard of Bingen and Joan Szymko. Szymko's beautiful setting of the prayer Nada de Turbe will be the featured work. The text was found in the breviary of the 16th-century Christian mystic and saint, Teresa de Ávila, written in her own hand. Her words have consoled countless numbers of people across the centuries:
“Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you,
All things pass away: God never changes.”
Join us Sunday evening to experience the peace and mystery of this ancient liturgy!
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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!
Starting this week, 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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We do ask that you fill out a new registration form every program year so that our records are as accurate as possible. We use one form for all children, nursery through high school, and you may complete one form for your whole family.
The first day of Sunday school will be September 16th.
W 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
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Middle and High School Families
Please join Mother Amy in the Youth Room Sunday, 9/16, at 11:15 am for lunch and a conversation about this year's plans for our Eagle’s Nest (9:30-10:45) and Youth Group (11:00-12:30) Sunday programming. Our meeting will last no more than 90 minutes. Please RSVP by Wednesday, 9/12, if you plan to attend so we have an accurate lunch count and know any dietary requirements (303-442-5246 x106 or alythgoe@stjohnsboulder.org). You can also contact Mother Amy via the Remind app—contact her if you want to sign up for the text/app/email notification system we use for all our teen programming. Visitors and friends welcome!
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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.
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Plan to join us this fall after the 930am Sunday service for our first adult formation series as we discuss Brian McLaren’s terrific book “The Great Spiritual Migration” and the implications it has for our individual and communal lives of faith, and for the future of Christianity. This is a five-session series, in the same read-ahead-and-discuss format we used last fall and winter. Material from McLaren’s book is offered in advance in "The Rector’s Pen" section on our Publications page, giving you plenty of time to read ahead and ponder the discussion questions that are posed. |
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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
It is time to restock the Pantry for this fall!
We re-opened 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.
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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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Are you looking for a way to inform your older children and teens about refugees? Here are two books that might help. Although they are fictional, they are based on much historical and current information. They are not about the issues of refugees as much as they are about the people who are refugees. Besides being educational, I think that your teens will find them very interesting and exciting reading.
- Eben Carsey
Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope. Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s lives collide and a friendship begins to grow. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny.
Refugee by Alan Gratz
JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe. All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end.
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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."
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Thank you to Jen Pensy, Carol Callicotte-Belmon, Paul Logan, and Heather Mellish, for staffing the Children's Ministries table at Ministry Fair.
- Thank you to the Pastoral Care Ministry for their ministry and for all of the flower deliveries.
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A Big Thank You from the Tom Morgan Anniversary Committee. Together we raised $8,590 for the Tom Morgan Anniversary fund! Money not used in the production of a St.John’s Choir CD will be used by Tom to enhance his ministry. Some of you have asked if you can still contribute to the fund. The answer is yes. The fund will be open for 3 years. If there is still money in the fund at that time, the money will be turned over to the regular music program budget. Thank you for your support of this very special part of St. John’s.
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Sunday Volunteers
- Welcome:
- Lectors: Steve Tilson, Josie
- Intercessor: Josie
- Ushers: Bill & Linda Morgan
- Acolytes: Henry, Sebastion, Arisa, Addi
- Eucharistic Visitors: Anne Greigg, Jerry Hauser
- Healing Prayer Ministers:
- Vergers: Katherine Davis
- Guardian: Tom Brewster
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Readings
Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favour is better than silver or gold.
The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of anger will fail.
Those who are generous are blessed,
for they share their bread with the poor.
Do not rob the poor because they are poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate;
for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.
Psalm 125
1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, *
which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever.
2 The hills stand about Jerusalem; *
so does the Lord stand round about his people,
from this time forth for evermore.
3 The scepter of the wicked shall not hold sway over the land allotted to the just, *
so that the just shall not put their hands to evil.
4 Show your goodness, O Lord, to those who are good *
and to those who are true of heart.
5 As for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will lead them away with the evildoers; *
but peace be upon Israel.
James 2:1-10, 14-17
My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Have a seat here, please,” while to the one who is poor you say, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at my feet,” have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you?
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
Mark 7:24-37
Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” But she answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then he said to her, “For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your daughter.” So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, “He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”
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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: Bob Schaffner, Jackson Furst, Rose Ayars, Carol Burkett (Lythgoe), Trudy Morron, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Prellberg Family (Stewart), Dorothy Mahon (Ralls)
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:
Barbara Ann Hardesty, Trigg Noyes, and Michael Rowe on the anniversary of their deaths. We pray also for the repose of the soul of Jean Theobald, mother of parishioner, Suzanne Angevine; we also pray for the repose of the soul of Betsy Noyes.
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:
Jesse Huang, Jenny Burnsed, Ellen Tate, Steve Clarke, Dominic Spacone, Brad Huseman, Sophia Kimberly, Dora Bannert, James Compo, Susan Littmann, Judy Reid
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:
Michael & Anne Spacone, Bradford & Ellen Spangler, Kathleen Spear, Pastor Susan Springer, Samantha Squires, Robert & Sara Staats, Caryl Stalick, Helen Stanley, Barbara Stark, Garrett & Elizabeth Steed
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