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Film Screening - Arrival
Sunday, March 19 at 3 p.m. the 2016 film Arrival will be shown and discussed as part of our movie program. Arrival, which won an Oscar for sound editing and was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, has been called a "thinking person's sci-fi pic." More than special effects and the threat of an alien invasion, it is a dialogue about understanding each others' languages and concepts of time. It stars Amy Adams as a language professor sent into the presence of aliens to save the world.
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This Week @ St. John's
Children's Choir will not meet
(Due to Patrick's recovery the children will not be preparing a children's anthem for Easter.)
5:15 p.m. - Worship
5:30 p.m. - Children's Bible Adventures
Sunday, March 19
8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist Rite I
8:15 a.m. - Parish Family Breakfast
10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist Rite II
3:00 p.m. - Film Screening - Arrival
Sunday Opportunities for Children
Quiet Bags: Thank you for remembering to return the bag with clipboard and the crayons at the end of the service.
Nursery: 9 a.m. - noon ages 0 - 2
9:15am Bunch: Preschool - 3rd grade
Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.: 4th - 5th Grade
Children’s Chapel 10:15 a.m.: Preschool - 3rd grade
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Wednesday Evening Meal
Menu for Wednesday, March 15:
Catered by Ginny Evans
Homemade Lasagna
Tossed Salad
Garlic bread
Dessert
Cost: $6.00 per plate
Reserving a meal is strongly suggested. The cost for each meal will depend on the menu being served.
Forms are available outside the Chapel and across from the elevator. You can also reserve your meal online here.
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Operation Inasmuch Blitz Day
Saturday, March 25. This year, volunteers will work with Habitat for Humanity on houses that were damaged and/or flooded during Hurricane Matthew. Churches are not being assigned specific addresses as in past years, so workers are encouraged to show up singly or in groups to help in many ways. Work starts early, around 7:30! Report to Habitat Village off Old Wilmington Road to participate: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 400 Cool Spring Street, Fayetteville 28301.
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Luke 14 Banquet - Table Sponsors Needed
Would you and your church friends like to sponsor a table at the Luke 14 Banquet, Saturday, March 25? Altar Guild committees, Sunday School classes, ECW, Daughters of the King, choir members, Cursillo reunion groups... Get some volunteers together to decorate a table for this special event for developmentally disabled adults! The cost is $25 per table, which helps defray the cost of the meal. Each team needs to provide a host to sit at the table with our guests during the meal and two servers to go back and forth between the kitchen and Smithson Hall, where the banquet will be held. In addition, each team will decorate the table with a spring theme and fix up little goody bags for the guests to take home. Please contact Sybil Sasaki at sybilsasaki@hotmail.com or Mary Farr of Haymount United Methodist Church at marf@nc.rr.com as soon as possible. This is a great opportunity to serve a part of our community that is often neglected, as well as a chance to work on a worthy project together and build team spirit!
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Luke 14 Banquet
Luke 14 Banquet, also held on Blitz Day, March 25. St. John’s is providing the venue for this annual special dinner for developmentally disabled adults. We will need volunteers to help decorate Smithson Hall and the side entrance with a spring theme. The invitation to the banquet reads, “O I Am in the Garden with Jesus,” so we will focus on spring flowers, bright colors, balloons, plants… Please share your ideas! We also need volunteers to assist Don Stewart with directing traffic with our limited parking situation. Contact Sybil Sasaki at sybilsasaki@hotmail.com to volunteer!
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New acolytes wanted!
We are looking for young people who wish to be a part of the worship service. As acolytes, youth learn to cultivate leadership and responsibility. We encourage everyone in 4th through 12th grade to participate, and training will be provided. Please speak with your child about this very important ministry.
For information, please contact Grant Steffan at a-and-g-steffan@att.net or Heath and Heather Privette at 913-702-6996 or email hwprivette@hotmail.com. You may also call the church office at 483-7405 for information.
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Adult Christian Formation
Monday Meditations
Fred Klinck, vestry member, recommends a weekly meditation from blog Renewalworks.org. Click here to read the blog post for Monday, March 13th. RenewalWorks is brought to you by Forward Movement, a ministry of The Episcopal Church that seeks to inspire disciples and empower evangelists.
Reading the daily offices is one of the ways we can practice a rule of life. There is also an app that will give us daily offices complete with scripture readings and hymns. Google "mission St Clare" and scroll down for the app. Click get and install and you have it right on your phone.
Lenten Study - "A Walk to the Cross"
Sundays, during Lent in Hauser Hall during the Sunday school hour Chaplain Brisson will offer a series entitled “A Walk to the Cross” that will look at people who walked alongside of Jesus to the cross beginning with John Chapter 11. The study will end with a Passover meal at Sherefe with limited seating and early payment. Sherefe is located at 114 Gillespie St. The study will go through Palm Sunday with dinner on Maundy Thursday.
Daughters of the King - Study
Mondays during Lent from 9-10:30 a.m. The Lydia Chapter of the Daughters of the King will hold a study in preparation for taking the vows of the order. The study will continue each Monday through Lent. Please contact Judy Klinck, jbklinck@aol.com, to register, or to indicate interest in an evening study.
Lenten Study - Nehemiah
Mondays during Lent at 10:30 a.m. Episcopal Church Women (ECW) invite you to join us for Lenten Study on Monday mornings during Lent. Fr. Jim Brisson will be our leader again this year. We will meet for five Mondays in Lent (excluding Holy Week). We will have an in-depth study of Nehemiah for all Mondays. We will celebrate Holy Eucharist immediately following the study. You are also invited for soup and sandwiches following the service. The study, the service, and the lunch will take place in Hauser Hall.
Pilgrim Course
Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. in the Vestry Room. Pilgrim: A Course for the Christian Journey, is a course to help people become disciples of Jesus. They are currently studying the Baptismal Covenant. Click here for additional information.
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EYC (Episcopal Youth in the Church)
Youth Confirmation Class
Sundays at 9:15 a.m. in Fr. Alves’ office. Confirmation/Inquirers Classes are open to all EYC.
Acolyte Festival
8th Annual Acolyte Festival March 24th-25th at Nags Head NC. If interested, contact Lenora Chandler at 910-482-0253 or lchandler@nc.rr.com.
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Stewardship
A status board displaying our progress toward this year's Stewardship goals is located in Hauser Hall. Pledge cards and additional copies of the narrative budget are available on the display table. Pledge cards can be mailed to the church office, placed in the alms basin at worship services, or dropped in the box located adjacent to the display. Please contact a member of the Vestry if you have any questions or comments.
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Are You Interested in Becoming an Usher?
We are currently in need of ushers. Ushers at St. John’s participate in a very rewarding ministry at the church. In addition to serving at the 10:30 Sunday morning services, ushers are also needed at funerals and other scheduled church services. Ushers are scheduled on a monthly basis and serve approximately once every 4-6 weeks. Training will be provided. If you are interested in becoming an usher, contact Judy Brown at jtbrown@nc.rr.com.
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Care for the Deployed
Care for the Deployed has care packages ready and available to ship. Our mission is to thank and support our deployed soldiers. If your loved one is deployed and you would like CFD to send him or her a care package, please contact Judith Borger via email: judeviola@live.com.
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