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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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We are pleased to report that as of noon on Thursday, October 25th, 133 households have pledged for a total of $465,193! We are well on our way to our parish goal of $900,000. About 95% of pledgers have sustained or increased their pledge over last year. We are so grateful for this magnificent generosity!
Thank you to each one of you for your heart's investment in this wonderful faith community.
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SANCTUARY ROOF REPAIR UNDERWAY
You may have noticed brown stains spreading on the plaster wall high above the lectern in the church sanctuary. The area has been discolored for some years but we were alerted to the presence of a more serious leak (and a much larger stain) when earlier this year one of our lectors reported water dripping on the seat behind the lectern one Sunday morning. Consultation with a roofing specialist and an investigation revealed problems with the flashing around the old chimney. The pitch of the roof is steep enough and the tile construction unique enough so that a specialized roofing contractor needed to handle the repairs. St John's engaged B & M Roofing INC to do the work. This week the contractor blocked off the parking spots west of the sanctuary, brought in a bucket lift to carry the crew up to the roof, and has started necessary repairs.
These photos (courtesy of Parish Caretaker Tom Stumb, who climbed the tower) are taken looking north. The crew is anchored and roped in for safety, and the orange lift can be seen to the left. This project was made possible by the generous donors to St John's Capital Campaign. Thank you to everyone who participated in that campaign!
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Join us this Sunday for our final session of our fall adult formation series "The Great Spiritual Migration", based on the book by Brian McLaren. In this 5th and final session we will discuss material that was published in the September 18th issue of The Rector's Pen and which is also available on our website. |
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Candied out after Halloween???
We will be collecting any extra Halloween candy to ship to:
'Soldier's Angels- Trick or Treat for Troops'
Please bag up your candy and drop it off at the church office over the next few weeks. We will send it to troops and veterans around the country.
Have a fun and safe Halloween on Wednesday.
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You are invited to a skill-building workshop:
In these deeply divided times, Connecting Communities, a program of The Institute For Sustainable Peace, is building a coalition of courageous Americans of divergent views saying no to fear and yes to understanding each other’s points of view.
To that end, Connecting Communities is working with a growing group of community organizations to offer a series of skill-building experiential learning workshops for community-minded people from the Denver/Boulder region. The focus will be on building skills enabling participants to engage in effective and meaningful dialogue to develop and deepen understanding across our differences.
Date/Time: Nov. 10, 2018 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: First Congregational Church
1128 Pine St., Boulder, CO 80302
Cost per person: Earlybird $20 online registration by Nov. 6, $30 at the door
Cost includes lunch & refreshments
CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION
What you can expect: Our experiential learning workshop will begin with an experience in dialogue focused on what makes these conversations so difficult and what we can do about that. Via teach-ins and group exercises we will cover essential practices that make constructive conversations possible among people with divergent views and backgrounds: Suspending, Reflection, Listening, Empathy, Respecting, and Voicing.
About the facilitator: Randall Butler, J.D., CEO of The Institute for Sustainable Peace has over twenty years experience in mediating disputes and training leaders in America and Internationally in dialogue and conflict transformation. For more information about the work of The Institute for Sustainable Peace see www.sustainablepeace.org.
If Not Now, When?
We face unprecedented division across culture and politics. If we fail to act, we risk irreparable damage to our common life together and the future of our democracy. Fortunately, there are clear, simple approaches that can help us overcome our differences and build a better future. And it starts with better conversations. We invite you to join us.
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St. John’s Reading Partnership
St. John's Reading Partnership with Whittier Elementary School Would you like to share a picture book with a first, second, or third grade child at Whittier Elementary School once a week for 7 weeks? The Read to Me Program will be held on Monday afternoons from 2:45 – 3:45 P.M. from January 28 to March 11 and from April 1 to May 13, 2019. You can volunteer for one or both sessions. Substitute coverage can be arranged when needed. Plan to attend an information session on Monday, November 8, at 1:30 P.M. at the St. John’s Library. To attend the information session, please RSVP to Heather Dudok at hdudok@stjohnsboulder.org.
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Hello St. John’s! Get creative with groceries!! Are you drawn to pistachios? Do carrots bring out your green eyes, or are you more of an eggplant person? Do you find inspiration in split pea soup? The possibilities are as endless as the varieties of plastic bags… Take a selfie in a grocery store and send it in for use in the w-Eagle’s announcement of grocery card ministry donations.
Take a selfie in a grocery store and send it to Heather Dudok (hdudok@stjohnsboulder.org) for use in the eEagle’s announcement of grocery card ministry donations—and have a good time!!
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St John's
Foyer Dinner
Fall Sign Ups for 2018-2019
Now’s the time to sign-up for your spot in the St. John's Foyer Dinners; groups will be forming at the end of October and kicking off their joint dinners this winter. What’s Foyer Dinner? Six to nine St John's folks (couples and singles) who get together monthly at each other’s homes for potluck dinners and good company. A great opportunity to meet new friends in Christ’s family at St John's and get to know old friends better. Sign up by calling or emailing Bill Ashworth (720-352-6456; washwort@gmail.com) by the end of October... Buon appetito!
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This is the supply cart that I organized for St Benedict's with all the toiletry donations (keep them coming). On Soup Kitchen Sunday, clients eagerly helped themselves and I counted each item for St. Benedict's Health and Healing Ministry. I gave out 126 toiletry items, 12 hats. and two dozen pair of socks.It was the largest in-kind value distribution since 2014!!!
The cold weather is upon us! Keeping feet dry is a constant issue for those experiencing homelessness. We are in need of socks, any kind, to keep feet from freezing when wet. Clients are also asking for dark colored warm knit hats, and chap-stick.
Items may be brought to St. John's and put in the box for Whittier Pantry donations. I will know what they are for. I store the donation cart in the Pantry and restock it weekly.
In Gratitude, Deacon Jan Dewlen
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Are you energetic and resourceful? Do you have organizational skills? St. Benedict's Health and Healing Ministry needs a person to organize the Silent Auction for the Annual Benefit to be held on March 2, 2019. Please contact Deacon Jan Dewlen @ 303-775-6769.
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St. John’s Whittier Pantry
Thank you to parishioners of St. John's for your help in stocking the Whittier Pantry!!! We opened on September 6th and had 7 families come. We will host up to 30 families this school year. We appreciate your donations of items or of checks (with Whittier Pantry in the memo).
Current needs: toothpaste & dental floss.
Sincerely, Deacon Jan and volunteers.
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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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Presiding Bishop, church respond to further cuts to the US refugee resettlement program By Lynette Wilson
Posted Sep 18, 2018
Episcopal News Service
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The United States was a worldwide leader in refugee resettlement just two years ago when more than 80,000 refugees were welcomed into the country with help from the nine agencies with federal contracts to do that work, including Episcopal Migration Ministries. That number has dwindled under the Trump administration, which announced Sept. 17th it would reduce resettlement further, to just 30,000 a year.
The Episcopal Church has a long history of standing with refugees, people who are fleeing violence, war, and political and religious persecution, and on Sept. 18 the church expressed its disappointment at the reduced cap on the number of refugees.
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“Don’t Breathe”
(But Please Do Vote)
This article has been excerpted from an essay by Nicole Wetsman whose work recently appeared in the Health section of Newsweek Magazine.[1] Not intended to scare the joy of living out of you, but I believe that, as loving and seeking people, all of us would want to be mindful of this revealing information about our rapidly changing climate: that the threats of unmitigated climate change are more imminent to our children’s health and ours than many of us may have considered. [39]
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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."
- Thank you to Lorine Williams, Dorothy Whitehouse, Anne Greigg, and Peggy Lemone for their fast and efficient work while volunteering with the St. John's office.
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Sunday Volunteers
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Welcome Table: Kathy & Stephen Fox
- Vestry Welcome: Eli Dudok
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Lectors: Steve Tilson, RIck Collins
- Intercessor: Gil Compo
- Ushers: Wood Rigsby, Stephen Fox, Leanne Davis
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Acolytes: Chocie, Grace, harry
- Eucharistic Visitors: Eli Dudok
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Healing Prayer Ministers: Kathleen Ferguson, Laura Ferenc, Charles de Bartolome,
- Vergers:
- Guardian:
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Job 42:1-6, 10-17
Job answered the Lord:
“I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
‘Hear, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you declare to me.’
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”
And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends; and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring. The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. In all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers. After this Job lived for one hundred and forty years, and saw his children, and his children’s children, four generations. And Job died, old and full of days.
Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22)
1 I will bless the Lord at all times; *
his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
2 I will glory in the Lord; *
let the humble hear and rejoice.
3 Proclaim with me the greatness of the Lord; *
let us exalt his Name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me *
and delivered me out of all my terror.
5 Look upon him and be radiant, *
and let not your faces be ashamed.
6 I called in my affliction and the Lord heard me *
and saved me from all my troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encompasses those who fear him, *
and he will deliver them.
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; *
happy are they who trust in him!
Hebrews 7:23-28
The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; but Jesus holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests those who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
Mark 10:46-52
Jesus and his disciples came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
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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:
We pray for all survivors of sexual abuse and assault.
Short-term: Esther Oliphant (Dudok), Ellen Tate, Eliza Fernie, Roger Ewing (Schwartz), Ann Pierce (Newell), Bill Ruggles, The Gillis Family (Kimberly), Brenda Kroge, Dr. Kyra Toledo (Clarke), Donna Jackson (Burnsed), Charlie Skala, Jackson Furst, Rose Ayars, Trudy Morron
Long-term: The Prellberg Family (Stewart), 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 souls of:
Constance Fernie, Richard Minor Lentfer, Beatriz Briceno, John Charles Burr, and Margaret M. Christopher on the anniversary of their deaths.
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays:
Gillian Brewster, Jane Huseman, Karl Maier, Jim Podolak, Ron Pickarski, Charlotte Melby, Windsor Melby, Andrew Morley, Beverly Vellandi, Bill Weakley
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ:
Lisa & Barrett Weisz, Edith Wells, Tony & Terry Wells, Elizabeth & Peter Welsch, Paula Wenger, Christine Werking, George & Audrey Werner
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