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During the month of August, we will be collecting supplies for the Teachers’ Supply Closet, a non-profit organization that provides free school supplies to teachers in the tri-county area who work at schools where 73% of the students are on free or reduced meal program. Please help us support this organization by bringing any of the following items and placing them in the little red wagon in the narthex:
Composition notebooks, glue sticks, crayons, end cap erasers, #2 pencils, scissors (small, blunt tip), and a ream of copy paper (critical need for teachers.)
 
  For any questions contact Mary Lou Waitschies at waycheese@att.net or (843)224-3854.


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Altar Flower Dates Available for August
We currently have August 22nd, and 29th open if you are interested in providing the flowers for the altar.  Please contact Diane McDanel at (843)532-3161 or ddmcdanel@aol.com.  Thanks for your help!



We are calling all singers! You are invited to join the choirs of Holy Spirit Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, St. John's Lutheran Church, and St. Johannes Evangelical Lutheran Church, as well as many local musicians to form the Lowcountry Lutheran Choir!  We will present “Prepare the way of the Lord!” A Hymn Festival of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love on Sunday, November 7th!  Singers do not have to be Lutheran to join us for this wonderful evening of music, all they need is a willingness to make a joyful noise to the Lord!  For more information or to sign up, email Justin Wham at holyspiritelcmusic@gmail.com or Sean Holleran at Music@stjohanneschurch.org .

 
 



Mary, Mother of

Our Lord


Kyrie eleison, on our world and on our way. Kyrie eleison, every day!

 

August 15, 2021


10:00 AM Service

Prayer of the Day:

    Almighty God, in choosing the virgin Mary to be the mother of your Son, you made known your gracious regard for the poor, the lowly, and the despised. Grant us grace to receive your word in humility, and so to be made one with your Son, Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy                                           Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen.                                                                                                      

                                          Lessons  

    Wisdom prepares a feast, sets her table, and invites all to come and eat her bread and drink her wine. The first chapter of John’s gospel owes much to the biblical tradition that imagined Wisdom as existing before anything was created and having a role in the work of creation. Christ, the wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24), today invites us to eat his flesh and drink his blood. John’s gospel includes no account of the institution of the Lord’s supper, but here we can't help hearing Jesus’ words as an invitation to the meal of bread and wine we share.

      First Reading: Isaiah 61:7-11

Wisdom is portrayed as a woman who invites people to partake of her banquet. Just as ordinary food is necessary for physical life, Wisdom’s food—insight and understanding—is necessary for fullness of life with God. Partaking of Wisdom’s banquet is the way to life

7Because the shame of God’s people was double, and dishonor was proclaimed as their lot, therefore they shall possess a double portion; everlasting joy shall be theirs. 8For I the Lord love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the Lord has blessed. 10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.   L: The word of the Lord.  C: Thanks be to God.
 
Psalm 34:1-9
  Those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good. (Ps. 34:10)

1I will bless the Lord at all times;
  the praise of God shall ever be in my mouth.
2I will glory in the Lord;
  let the lowly hear and rejoice.
3Proclaim with me the greatness of the Lord;
  let us exalt God’s name together.
4I sought the Lord, who answered me
  and delivered me from all my terrors. 
5Look upon the Lord and be radiant,
  and let not your faces be ashamed.
6I called in my affliction, and the Lord heard me
  and saved me from all my troubles.
7The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear the Lord
  and delivers them.
8Taste and see that the Lord is good;
  happy are they who take refuge in God! 
9Fear the Lord, you saints of the Lord,
  for those who fear the Lord lack nothing. 


Second Reading: Galatians 4:4-7

True wisdom integrates our new reality in Christ with our Christian fellowship and daily conduct. Because we are filled with the Spirit, Christians regularly rejoice together, give thanks to God for one another, and care for one another. In this way we revere our Lord Jesus Christ. 

4When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. 6And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.
  The word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.
                                                                                                   

 The Gospel Reading: Luke 1:46-55                                                                              In John’s gospel, the feeding of the five thousand leads to extended teaching in which Jesus identifies himself as the true “bread of life.” Finally, in these verses, he makes a connection that would not be understood until after his death, in light of the church’s celebration of holy communion.
  35Jesus said to [the crowd,] “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 41Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. 44No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. 45It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”     Gospel of the Lord.  Praise to you, O Christ.

Pray for those people who are hurting and going through some unimaginable circumstances. Pray for those who want their lives to be better and to be free from those things that may be holding them back.  Even though you may not know them, God knows their situation!

 

Death in Family: Pray for  the family and friends of Linda Mizell (Joan Walker's sister).

Sick and/or Recovering:  George Kornahrens, Diane Hogue, Dwight Jenkinson, Betty Ann Heinsohn, Julie Riel, Bob Oswald, Betty Addison, Victor Thompson, Sharon Masso, Monte Mims, Tammy Tanner, Marcy Floyd, Connie Morgan, Anne  Foster, Marie Mood, Barbara Lyerly, Mary Sweat, Elmore Marlow, Bill Cornwell, Marilyn Stehmeier, Mary Ann and Dick Murley, Meg Reavey, and Bryan Steele. 

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St. Johannes will continue to hold in-person services.

The online video for Holy Trinity Sunday is below as well as the music for Setting 6 of the liturgy. This is the last service video as Chuck is taking off June, July, and August while we evaluate our online plans for the future. The E-blast will continue weekly! We are holding in-person services and hope that you will join us every Sunday!

 

 

Make donation online to St. Johannes Church

Join us on Sunday, June 6th to celebrate Pastor's Rich's 50th Anniversary of his Ordination.  A special toast will be held in The Parsonage Garden. 

CHANGES IN PROTOCOLS FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP

Beginning Sunday, we have some relaxing of the protocols for worship upon the recommendations of the Worship and Re-Opening Committees. They are as follows:

  • Open all pews for use and encourage distancing

  • Continue the offering plates at the entrance to the sanctuary

  • Continue wearing masks

  • Join in the singing of the hymns and liturgy

  • Discontinue temperature checks on entering church

  • Discontinue gloves for the ushers

  • Discontinue the card sign-in

  • Discontinue the wipes in the pews

  • Communion distribution will continue with the pastor distributing the wafers with mask and glove. The assisting minister will only be masked with the distribution of the wine.

  • Continue to open the doors for ventilation and close the center aisle doors during the service to reduce street noise

  • Continue dismissal starting at the rear of the church

  • Encourage people who wish to visit each other to gather on the portico

  • Pastor will greet people at the door following the service

The committees will evaluate every 2 weeks for any needed changes. In about a month they will look at benchmarks for resuming use of Gatch Hall for socialization and Education rooms for Christian Education.
Please let Pastor or Amy know of any concerns you have with these decisions, so that we can discuss the steps to move ahead.
 

Special thanks to Lynn and Cynthia for being the 2 delegates to the 2021 SC Synod Assembly on June 26th! We look forward to receiving their report on how churches are recovering from the pandemic! Please pray for them while they participate.

 

All Creation Sings is a new, comprehensive song and prayer collection for every worshiping community. Supplementing Evangelical Lutheran Worship, this resource contains expansive hymns and liturgies that invite us to join our voices with God's whole creation

All Creation Sings

a liturgy and song supplement in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship resource family.

All Creation Sings includes:

  • Two liturgies of Holy Communion with new musical settings

  • A Service of Word and Prayer designed especially for contemplative worship

  • More than seventy-five new prayers and liturgical forms for diverse occasions and circumstances

  • Approximately 200 hymns and songs, many of them newly created over the last fifteen years, supporting the church year and a wide range of topics

Hand in hand with Evangelical Lutheran Worship, this supplement invites us to expand our prayer and song, joining our voices with the praise, and sighs, of the whole creation God so marvelously made.


Links will be provided each week to the liturgies and new hymns.

Hymn: Filled With Hope and Gratitude. Click on this box to play an excerpt from the hymn presented by Paul Damico-Carper.

Holy Trinity

Sunday


Kyrie eleison, on our world and on our way. Kyrie eleison, every day!

 

May 30, 2021

ELW Setting 6 of the Liturgy

The video shows Sean teaching the congregation the new liturgy we will be using for the first part of the Sundays After Pentecost.  The new liturgy is rhythmic, light, and fun to sing! Check out the video link below to become familiar with the music!

Sean teaches Setting 6 of the Liturgy. 

Even though COVID-19 put a damper on events at The Parsonage this past year, 2021 is showing a return to destination weddings and events!  Take a moment and visit our website and Instagram account for more information!
Meet The Parsonage Manager, Barbara Pace.  She is very knowledgeable and professional in managing all events.  She is ready and available to help you make your special event a memorable one.  Contact her through the website. 
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All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #24142.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, Copyright © 1989,
Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Revised Common Lectionary, Copyright © 1992 Consultation on Common Texts, admin Augsburg Fortress.
Used by permission.
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Assistant editor: Amy Bifano
Webmaster: Bob Mays
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Each month we will collect a designated item or group of items to meet the needs of the clients of TFM. We will be continuing our donation drive for canned vegetables and meats for the clients of Tricounty    Family Ministries.  Donations made be made by bringing canned goods to church on Sunday mornings OR by making a monetary donation.  $18 will cover the cost of a case of canned vegetables, and we’ll do the shopping for you!!! (Checks should be made to “St.Johannes” and marked for “TFM - canned vegetables.”  For  questions contact Mary Lou Waitschies at waycheese@att.net or (843)224-3854.
 



8th Sunday

After Pentecost


Kyrie eleison, on our world and on our way. Kyrie eleison, every day!

 

July 18, 2021


10:00 AM Service

Prayer of the Day:

O God, powerful and compassionate, you shepherd your people, faithfully feeding and protecting us.  Heal each of us, and make us a whole people, that we may embody the justice and peace of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.   Amen. 
                             

                                      Lessons                                           

     This is a day for the sheep to be fed, that warring factions to come to peace, the aliens to become citizens, the building that is the church to stand upon Christ.


 First Reading:  Jeremiah 23:1-6                                                                                The choice of Jeremiah 23 today exemplifies the historic use that the church has made of the Old Testament: to understand the New Testament.  Verse 3 describes God as the worthy shepherd, and Mark 6:34 assumes the hearer knows this metaphor when it hints that Jesus is that shepherd.  Like Jeremiah, Christ was also rejected by his hearers. 

                                     
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord.  The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.”    The word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.

Psalm 23 
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;  he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths  for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff—they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long.                                                                                 
Second Reading: Ephesians 2:11-22 
   Today with the author of Ephesians, we can say that there is no more dividing wall between different flocks.  Christ the Shepherd is our peace, the single cornerstone on which the church builds.                                                                                     11 So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. 15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. 17 So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; 18 for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21 In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.   The word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.
                                                                                                   
 The Gospel Reading: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56                                                                We can understand ourselves as like sheep; we are God's creatures, the divine flock, nurtured to serve the community with food and clothing, always needing the care of a shepherd.  Jesus and his disciples rarely rest, since there is a perpetual need for them to teach and heal.  We are the sheep requiring God's care, we are those touch the fringe of his cloak for healing.                                                               30 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. 33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. 34 As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. 53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. 54 When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, 55 and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.  Gospel of the Lord.  Praise to you, O Christ.

Pray for those people who are hurting and going through some unimaginable circumstances. Pray for those who want their lives to be better and to be free from those things that may be holding them back.  Even though you may not know them, God knows their situation!

 

Death in Family: Pray for the Long Family on the loss of their son Charles III.

Sick and/or Recovering:  George Kornahrens, Diane Hogue, Dwight Jenkinson, Betty Ann Heinsohn, Julie Riel, Bob Oswald, Betty Addison, Victor Thompson, Sharon Masso, Monte Mims, Tammy     Tanner, Marcy Floyd, Connie Morgan, Charles Long III, Anne  Foster, Marie Mood, Barbara Lyerly, Mary Sweat, Elmore Marlow, Bill Cornwell, Marilyn Stehmeier,  and Bryan Steele. Also requesting prayers are January Little and Rock!

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St. Johannes will continue to hold in-person services.

The online video for Holy Trinity Sunday is below as well as the music for Setting 6 of the liturgy. This is the last service video as Chuck is taking off June, July, and August while we evaluate our online plans for the future. The E-blast will continue weekly! We are holding in-person services and hope that you will join us every Sunday!

 

 

Make donation online to St. Johannes Church

Join us on Sunday, June 6th to celebrate Pastor's Rich's 50th Anniversary of his Ordination.  A special toast will be held in The Parsonage Garden. 

CHANGES IN PROTOCOLS FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP

Beginning Sunday, we have some relaxing of the protocols for worship upon the recommendations of the Worship and Re-Opening Committees. They are as follows:

  • Open all pews for use and encourage distancing

  • Continue the offering plates at the entrance to the sanctuary

  • Continue wearing masks

  • Join in the singing of the hymns and liturgy

  • Discontinue temperature checks on entering church

  • Discontinue gloves for the ushers

  • Discontinue the card sign-in

  • Discontinue the wipes in the pews

  • Communion distribution will continue with the pastor distributing the wafers with mask and glove. The assisting minister will only be masked with the distribution of the wine.

  • Continue to open the doors for ventilation and close the center aisle doors during the service to reduce street noise

  • Continue dismissal starting at the rear of the church

  • Encourage people who wish to visit each other to gather on the portico

  • Pastor will greet people at the door following the service

The committees will evaluate every 2 weeks for any needed changes. In about a month they will look at benchmarks for resuming use of Gatch Hall for socialization and Education rooms for Christian Education.
Please let Pastor or Amy know of any concerns you have with these decisions, so that we can discuss the steps to move ahead.
 

Special thanks to Lynn and Cynthia for being the 2 delegates to the 2021 SC Synod Assembly on June 26th! We look forward to receiving their report on how churches are recovering from the pandemic! Please pray for them while they participate.

 

All Creation Sings is a new, comprehensive song and prayer collection for every worshiping community. Supplementing Evangelical Lutheran Worship, this resource contains expansive hymns and liturgies that invite us to join our voices with God's whole creation

All Creation Sings

a liturgy and song supplement in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship resource family.

All Creation Sings includes:

  • Two liturgies of Holy Communion with new musical settings

  • A Service of Word and Prayer designed especially for contemplative worship

  • More than seventy-five new prayers and liturgical forms for diverse occasions and circumstances

  • Approximately 200 hymns and songs, many of them newly created over the last fifteen years, supporting the church year and a wide range of topics

Hand in hand with Evangelical Lutheran Worship, this supplement invites us to expand our prayer and song, joining our voices with the praise, and sighs, of the whole creation God so marvelously made.


Links will be provided each week to the liturgies and new hymns.

Hymn: Filled With Hope and Gratitude. Click on this box to play an excerpt from the hymn presented by Paul Damico-Carper.

Holy Trinity

Sunday


Kyrie eleison, on our world and on our way. Kyrie eleison, every day!

 

May 30, 2021

ELW Setting 6 of the Liturgy

The video shows Sean teaching the congregation the new liturgy we will be using for the first part of the Sundays After Pentecost.  The new liturgy is rhythmic, light, and fun to sing! Check out the video link below to become familiar with the music!

Sean teaches Setting 6 of the Liturgy. 

Even though COVID-19 put a damper on events at The Parsonage this past year, 2021 is showing a return to destination weddings and events!  Take a moment and visit our website and Instagram account for more information!
Meet The Parsonage Manager, Barbara Pace.  She is very knowledgeable and professional in managing all events.  She is ready and available to help you make your special event a memorable one.  Contact her through the website. 
Website Website
Instagram Instagram
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Used by permission.
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Webmaster: Bob Mays
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