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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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Church Campus Security
With the never-ending stream of tragic and violent events in the world around us, I want to let you know that at St John's we are always looking at ways to maintain the security of our physical campus and assure our emergency response procedures are up-to-date.
Our call is to be good stewards of the lives and buildings entrusted to us, while continuing to welcome and serve anyone who comes here looking for help or spiritual sanctuary. In the weeks and months to come I'll offer you periodic updates on what we're doing. If you have questions or concerns, you are welcome to contact me or Father Ted. Peter Gilman is the vestry representative working with us, along with Tom Brewster.
Those who volunteer at Soup Kitchen will note that we're engaging an officer from Colorado Security Services to join us at this ministry. With the increasing number of families and children who serve at Soup Kitchen it makes sense to add a security officer whose role is to be a welcoming, yet watchful presence.
I am also hoping to launch a modest capital campaign later this spring, for several purposes, one of which would be an updated exterior door locking system. I'll offer more on that as it takes shape.
--Pastor Susan+
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St. John's announces a new giving opportunity! When you shop on Amazon you can now direct a charitable donation to St. Johns. It's easy and costs you nothing! Simply log on to smile.amazon.com (not Amazon) when making a purchase. The direct link is https://smile.amazon.com/ch/84-0515197.
There is a drop down menu for choosing your charity. Using the drop down menu, click on St. John's Episcopal Church, Boulder, CO. If you currently are donating to another charity it is easy to switch to St. John's.
This is a great way to support your church, and to augment your pledge. Thank you for everything you give and every way in which you support St John's--you help our parish do great things in Christ's name!
If you have questions please contact vestry member Kathe Lujan at kathelujan@comcast.net.
Here's some more info from the AmazonSmile website:
What is AmazonSmile?
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.
How does AmazonSmile work?
When first visiting AmazonSmile, customers are prompted to select a charitable organization from almost one million eligible organizations. In order to browse or shop at AmazonSmile, customers must first select a charitable organization. For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the customer's selected charitable organization.
Is there any cost to charitable organizations or to customers?
No. There is no cost to charitable organizations or to AmazonSmile customers. The shopping experience is identical to Amazon.com with the added benefit that the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate to the charitable organizations selected by customers.
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Easter Flower Donations
Just send a check (to the office by March 25th) made out to the Altar Guild with Easter Flowers written in the memo line. If you would like to include a memorial remembrance or thanksgiving, please clearly write out the information you would like and return it with your check. (Or use the donation envelopes in the church provided by the Altar Guild for Easter Flower Donations.)
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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. Contact Jessica Burnett: (jburnett@stjohnsboulder.org)
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If you are interested in baptism for yourself or your child(ren),
Please contact: Caroline Melby 303-442-5246, ext. 107
or cmelby@stjohnsboulder.org
For important information about baptisms at St. John's
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Lenten Services Schedule
Lenten Weekday Holy Eucharist: Begins Thursday, Feb. 15th and continues through Wed. March 28th. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at noon; Wednesdays at 10:00a.m.
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Our Lenten series this year ponders the theodicy question, "How could a good God permit evil?" Jesus himself wondered this when he asked from the cross, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" The Rector's Pen will offer weekly distillations of the book "God of Our Silent Tears" by The Right Reverend Dan Edwards, Bishop of the Diocese of Nevada, along with discussion questions. Join us on Sundays in Lent as we work through this challenging material in small groups. On March 18th, Bishop Edwards will join us as our guest speaker.
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Call For Diocesan Convention Delegates
We are looking for six delegates and three alternates to represent St John's at Diocesan Convention, Oct 25-27 in the Denver area. This is an especially important and historic convention as at it we will elect the next bishop of our diocese. At our Annual Meeting on Jan 28th I called for interested people to serve as delegates, and I'd like to issue the call again, to those of you who couldn't attend the annual meeting. Here are the qualifications for serving as a convention delegate:
* You must be a baptized Christian and confirmed Episcopalian, and a member in good standing of this church. That means you attend worship regularly, and devote a portion of your prayers and financial resources to support the church.
* You must be available to attend several meetings during the late summer and fall, as well as the bishop candidate walkabouts (some time between Oct 10 and 15), and the electing convention (Oct 25-27 as noted above).
The vestry and I will select six delegates and three alternates, and I'd like to put together a delegation that is demographically representative of our parish. If you are interested, please contact me by Feb 28th.
--Pastor Susan+ |
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Pastoral Care Team needs volunteers to supply and deliver meals to St. John's parish members in need of TLC while recovering from health issues which would limit their meal supply. Please contact Cathy Skala @ catherine.skala@yahoo.com if you are interested in volunteering.
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2018 Church Directory coming soon
Please update your address and contact information in the St. John's Database. You can access the database directly if you have set up a username and password. Just go to the St. John's website www.stjohnsboulder.org and click on Church Community Online: Members Login button. You can also call the office at 303-442-5246 and Diane will update the info for you. There are also forms available in the chapel and church that you can fill out and return in the Sunday morning collection plate. Please have all changes made by the end of March so we can get directories printed by the end of April. And, you can always download the Church Community Builder app on your phone and get immediate access to the directory right on your phone! Don't hesitate to contact the office if you have any questions and THANK YOU for your help!
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Opportunities for Involvement
⇒BEAR WITNESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
On Wednesday March 14th at 10am, join students and adults across the nation for a 17-minute school walkout to “protest Congress’ inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods.” To find a participating school close to you, visit:
⇒GO TO DENVER AND TAKE PART IN A NATION-WIDE WITNESS
On Saturday March 24th from 2-5pm, join students and adults nationwide in a “March for Our Lives” (If you want to read more, visit: https://www.marchforourlives.com/). So far, over 50 marches are being organized around the country. One of those is in Denver. I am inviting parishioners who wish to march as a group to meet at St John’s at 11:00am that day. We’ll make our way to the Boulder bus station (and buy a ticket on one of their Flatiron Flyer buses, which depart every 15 minutes) and travel to Denver’s Union Station and then head to the capitol in Denver. Other Episcopal churches in the diocese are planning to participate, and once in Denver we’ll try to meet up and march with other Colorado Episcopalians.
We’ll have plain Tyvek tie-on race bibs and permanent markers available so you can create a message of your choice to wear at the march instead of lugging a sign. We ask for a $1.00 donation for each bib you take.
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WHITTIER PANTRY NEEDS
Dental Floss
Toothpaste
Paper Towels
Thank you for all of your support!!!
-Deacon Jan Dewlen
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Travel Size Toiletries Needed
St. John’s cares for the clients at Soup kitchen each month by providing the best homemade meal in the city. St. John’s and St. Benedict’s Health and Healing Ministry also pass our travel size toiletries if the clients need them.
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 box in the office to collect items.
Items needed are: toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, conditioner, hand lotion, and lip balms.
Thanks so much, Deacon Jan
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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!
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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 Pastoral Care, for all of the wonderful work they do by sharing their ministries with our brothers and sisters who cannot worship with us.
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Thank you to Aubrie Amelang, Jen Pensey, and Terzah Becker for volunteering in the Atria.
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Sunday Helpers:
Vestry Welcome:
Lectors: Helen McKeown, Janice Moore
Intercessor: Mark Monroe
Ushers: Bill & Linda Morgan, Leanne Davis
Acolytes: Will, Ruth, Clara, Abigail
Vergers: Joanie Heard, Tom Brewster
Healing Prayer: Kathy Ashworth, Nancy Iverson
Eucharistic Visitors: Robert Schwartz
Exodus 20:1-17
Then God spoke all these words:
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Psalm 22:22-30
Psalm 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God, *
and the firmament shows his handiwork.
2 One day tells its tale to another, *
and one night imparts knowledge to another.
3 Although they have no words or language, *
and their voices are not heard,
4 Their sound has gone out into all lands, *
and their message to the ends of the world.
5 In the deep has he set a pavilion for the sun; *
it comes forth like a bridegroom out of his chamber;
it rejoices like a champion to run its course.
6 It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens
and runs about to the end of it again; *
nothing is hidden from its burning heat.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect
and revives the soul; *
the testimony of the Lord is sure
and gives wisdom to the innocent.
8 The statutes of the Lord are just
and rejoice the heart; *
the commandment of the Lord is clear
and gives light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is clean
and endures for ever; *
the judgments of the Lord are true
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
more than much fine gold, *
sweeter far than honey,
than honey in the comb.
11 By them also is your servant enlightened, *
and in keeping them there is great reward.
12 Who can tell how often he offends? *
cleanse me from my secret faults.
13 Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins;
let them not get dominion over me; *
then shall I be whole and sound,
and innocent of a great offense.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my
heart be acceptable in your sight, *
O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
John 2:13-22
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. |
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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:
Gil Compo, Joe Ryan (Burnsed), Joan Haddock, Tom Nasky, Linda Morgan, Diana Riepenhoff and Family (Lee), Kathy Ashworth, The Furst Family, Helen Melody Witherill, Shelly R. (Burnsed), Anna Northrop, Stephen de Bartolome, 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:
Thomas Yuille Gorman, Jr., Laura Claire Carsey, George Chamberlain, and Audrey Renee Foster on the anniversaries of their deaths. We pray also for the repose of the soul of Joanne O'Neill, mother of Bishop Rob O'Neill.
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:
Logan Hernandez, Ryan Lembitz, Will Payne, John Black, Bill Ashworth, Dot Jackson, Richard Krebs, Barbara Sorensen, Jan Treadwell, Melinda Wirsing, Solani Kerr-Layton, Theodore Mellish, Abigail des Cognets, Joan Haddock, Melissa Rupert, Helen Melody Witherill, Susan Clarke, Jan Dewlen, Mark Herrmann, Cedar Vranes
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:
Charlie & Kathe Lujn, Amy Underhill Lythgoe, David & Charee Macdonald, E. Victoria Macgill, Constance Macinko, Alexis & Tony Macklin, Lucy & Ole MacMillan, Patrick & Priscilla Madden, Karen Maddock, Mari & Skip Madeira |
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