Upcoming Events

Rector's Forum - Being Christian, Being Episcopalian- begins January 18th

Potluck Supper and Rector's Forum begins on Wednesday, January 18, 2012! We will begin the New Year with a teaching series entitled: Being Christian, Being Episcopalian.

This first teaching series will be for five weeks taking us up to Ash Wednesday. The schedule for Wednesdays at St. John's is as follows:

• 5:30 Holy Eucharist and Healing Service in St. Mary's Chapel
• 6:00 Potluck Supper in Hosea Hall
• 6:45 Teaching by Father Philip
• 7:45 Closing Prayer

*Nursery Care is provided

Those youth and adults wishing to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation or to be Received as Episcopalians should plan to attend. This will meet part of the requirement for both Confirmation and Reception. The teaching series is however a wonderful delving into the faith for all!

God's blessings, Fr. Philip+

Shrove Tuesday - February 21st

 

St. John's Vestry invites you to a Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, February 21, 2012, from 5 -7 p.m. All you can eat pancakes and sausage for $5 adults and $3 for children; $10 for families. Children 2 and under eat free. Mark your calendars, we hope to see you all there!

 

 

 

Ash Wednesday Services - February 22

Ash Wednesday, February 22, marks the beginning of Lent, the holiest season of the Church year.  The liturgy from our Book of Common Prayer for this day is highlighted by the priest’s words: I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. It is the day we kneel for the imposition of ashes and the powerful words, Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

Please join us in marking this holy beginning with the Imposition of Ashes and Holy Eucharist at 12 PM or 7 PM.  

Lutes & Lyres

Due to class conflicts, Lutes and Lyres will move from the first and third Wednesday of the month to the first and third THURSDAY of the month, 7 PM in the chapel. Set your calendars for Feb. 2 &16, Mar. 1 & 15, Apr. 19. See you then.

Thanks, Ron and Ben

Reading Camp - June 11-15

In just five short months the weather will be warming, the grass will be growing and a group of fourth and fifth graders will be looking for your smiling face, warm welcome, kind attention and gentle encouragement to help them READ!!  We'll be returning to nature with 'Book, Bugs & Butterflies' as our theme.

Woodford County READING CLUB Summer Camp will be June 11 - 15 at St. John's Church and WE NEED YOU to make it a success.  Join us!!  Check your calendars and let us know how you might be interested in helping.  We can use those who want to decorate the space used for camp, to teach, to chaperone, to prepare food, or to work behind the scenes taking care of the paperwork that is necessary for a smooth camp.  The daily camp hours are 8 - 5 and you need not stay all day nor every day.  Those aged 16 and up are welcome! 

Call if you have questions.

Thanks as always for your wonderful support.

Julie (806-7626) & Katherine (285-9336)

    

Camps at the Cathedral Domain

Summer Camp Schedule 2012

For more information on The Domain, check out their website.

“There are times in our lives we never forget.
There are places that stay with us forever.”
The Cathedral Domain is a time and place like that.

 

Reading Club Has Begun!

 

Reading Club starts on Sept. 28, 2011!!  We think that we have talked to just about all of you but if we haven't it's probably because we know that you cannot help us right now.  If we haven't talked to you and you CAN help, PLEASE JOIN US.  We're going to gather at 2:00 on Wednesday afternoon to introduce the programs that we use at Reading Club to those who haven't done them before.  If you are new to Reading Club - or want a refresher, or want to learn about both programs - you are especially invited.

Mark your calendar and please let us know which dates will not work for you.

• February 8
• February 22
• March 14
• March 28
• April 11
• April 25
• May 9 (Graduation)

Effortlessly Giving with Kroger Cards

Effortless Giving

How can you give money to St. John’s without even trying?  Use a St. John’s Kroger Gift Card.  It’s really quite simple:

1.  Purchase a $10 St. John’s Kroger Gift card from Gayle Box any Sunday.
2.  Visit any Kroger’s to add any amount up to $500 to your gift card.
3.  Pay for groceries, gas or liquor at any Kroger’s by using your gift card – one swipe and your bill is paid. Your receipt lists your card balance.
4. When your card balance gets low, simply tell the cashier you want to add money to your card.

Every time you put money on your gift card, Kroger puts 4% of the amount added in an account for St. John’s.  What an easy way to benefit our parish!

 If you have a card but haven’t used it recently, you may need to purchase a new one.  After an extended period of non-use, Kroger cancels the card.

If you shop at Kroger’s, please take advantage of this opportunity to support St. John’s.

Happy Shopping!

Gayle Box

 

EfM Class Reconvened in September

Education for Ministry, the four-year theological study program of the School of Theology at Sewanee covering the Bible, church history, and theology, will reconvene in early September at St. John’s.  The course provides a comprehensive, experiential education in the foundations of Christian mission and faith for laity.  Tuition is $350 annually.  Participants do not have to be members of the Episcopal Church.  Because course materials must be ordered in advance, the deadline for enrollment is Monday, August 15.  For more information call Ned Meekins at 873-3991 or email meeki@windstream.net – or talk to any current or former participants of the course.

 

Flower Ministry begins

During our Holy Conversations I promised to establish a Flower Ministry. It is underway with the cooperation of Cindy Kinkead, and the Eucharistic Ministers.  The idea is to share some of the flowers that have been blessed for use in the altar vases with our members who are receiving Holy Communion at their place of residence.  We are using bud vases and other small vases for the flowers.  That is where you can help.  Please donate your excess bud and small vases for this ministry.  I will place a basket or box on the stage labeled for the vases.  Also, Cindy has contacted other members who are also willing to arrange the flowers.  If you are one of those individuals who has agreed to take a turn at this task, please leave me enough flowers for two small vases.  I will plan on preparing them on Saturday afternoons unless you notify me of the need for a different time.  My phone number is 859-873-5728.

-Sara Hellard

 

 

A Note from the Pastoral Care Ministry   

According to Dr. Scott Peck in his book, The Different Drum, community may be described as "a group of individuals who have learned how to communicate honestly with each other, whose relationships go deeper than their masks of composure, and who have developed some significant commitment to 'rejoice together, mourn together,' and to 'delight in each other, make each others' conditions [their] own.”  This is also our desire as your Pastoral Care Ministers at St. John’s.  As we continue to work at our ministry of care we are always reminded of the responsibility we have to mature and grow in Christ’s love.  

Therefore, in our time of supervision, we work on communication skills, honest dialogue, transparency, and love for one another.  To love and serve is our call to you, the people of St. John’s.  As a minister and caregiver we clearly understand that we won’t have it all right, our tasks will be lived out from only the best we can give.  But we also know that we are on the most fruitful road which man knows…….  It is the way of Christ.  

Love in Christ,

Sarah Sandknop, 433-9337

“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ”  Galatians 6:2 

 

 

Welcome, Holly Coffey!

We welcome Holly Coffey to our staff as the new Assistant Musician. Holly comes to us from First Presbyterian Church in Versailles and Troy Presbyterian Church, where she spent several years working with adults and children together in music ministry. She was also a piano student of the late Nathaniel Patch at the University of Kentucky. Holly brings
a broad background to St. John's and many creative ideas as we seek to extend the scope of our music program. Her primary responsibility will be to lead the 11:15 choir and play the piano for that service. Holly's first service will be the first outdoor service of the summer on June 5.