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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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Please join us outside after the 9:30 service for Tom Morgan's 30th Anniversary Celebration.
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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
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THIS SUNDAY!
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
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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-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.
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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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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!
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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."
- Thank you to all of the wonderful ministries here at St. John's. It is because of you that our annual Ministry Fair was such a great success.
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Sunday Volunteers
- Welcome: Sue Morse
- Lectors: Bob Morse, Gil Compo
- Intercessor: Gil Compo
- Ushers: Eric Klassen, Steve Scheidker, Mark Burnett
- Acolytes: James, Abigail, Clara, Ruth, Will
- Eucharistic Visitors: Anne Greigg
- Healing Prayer Ministers: Laura Ferenc, Kathy Ashworth
- Vergers: Mhari Peschel, Tom Brewster
- Guardian: Tom Brewster
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Readings
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9
Moses said: So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. You must neither add anything to what I command you nor take away anything from it, but keep the commandments of the Lord your God with which I am charging you.
You must observe them diligently, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!” For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is whenever we call to him? And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today?
But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children.
Psalm 15
1 Lord, who may dwell in your tabernacle? *
who may abide upon your holy hill?
2 Whoever leads a blameless life and does what is right, *
who speaks the truth from his heart.
3 There is no guile upon his tongue;
he does no evil to his friend; *
he does not heap contempt upon his neighbor.
4 In his sight the wicked is rejected, *
but he honors those who fear the Lord.
5 He has sworn to do no wrong *
and does not take back his word.
6 He does not give his money in hope of gain, *
nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
7 Whoever does these things *
shall never be overthrown.
James 1:17-27
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. In fulfillment of his own purpose, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God's righteousness. Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.
But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act-they will be blessed in their doing.
If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
When the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.’ You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.”
Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.” For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
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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: Betsy Noyes, 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:
Rev. James McKeown and Travis Sewell Whitsel, Jr. on the anniversary of their death.
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:
Dylan Wall, Jerry Dewlen, Larry Meyer, Carrie Doyle, Wyatt Walker, Derek Anderson/Houtz, Elizabeth Guzzi, Eleanor Chalmers, Daryl Nielsen, Caleigh Stockebrand, Malachi Lewis, Annette Shaver, Carson Wall, Cambria Heuston, Nevaeh Lewis
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:
Chris & Cate Smith, Gene Smith, Heather Smith, James Smith, John & Elizabeth Smith, Lyndel Smith, Shirley Smith, T.K. Sommers, Barbara & Anthony Sorenson, Lawrence & Carol Ann Sourbeer
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