St. John’s Parish Church
A Light for the Sea Islands since 1734
DECLARING our love for God through Anglican worship
PREPARING our love for God through Anglican worship
SHARING our love for God through Anglican worship
CARING for our community
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First Sunday in Lent Mar 6
In Person:
8 a.m. Traditional Quiet Service in the Church
9 a.m. Contemporary Service in Walton Hall
9 a.m. Children's Sunday School
9 a.m. Livestream on Facebook
10:30 a.m. Traditional Service in the Church
Nursery is available at St. John's
11:00 a.m. Adult Sunday School
Readings
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Psalm 91:9-16
Romans 10:4-13
Luke 4:1-13
Sermon Fr. Jeremy+
Live Services on Facebook
Wednesday In Person Service 8 a.m.
Eucharist Service in the Church and on-line
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Contact
Church Office (843-559-9560)
Fr. Greg Snyder, Sr. Rector (843-367-3342, frgreg@stjohnsparish.net)
Fr. Jeremy Shelton. Assoc. Rector (843-364-9381, frjeremy@stjohnsparish.net)
Rob Schluter, Family Pastor (843-908-1853, rob@stjohnsparish.net)
Sally Dixon, Admin. (843-709-4894, sdixon@stjohnsparish.net)
E-News and updates for website ( media@stjohnsparish.net)
Vestry Members 2022: Ben Dixon (Sr. Warden), Ann Edenfield, Barbara Johnson, Jon Grandin, Jeff Lamberson, Debbie Hawkins, Don Machiorlete, Becky Nisoff, Lindy Reynolds, Jane Vaughan, Jay Withington (Jr. Warden), Todd Young
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Announcements Feb 27, 2022
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Upcoming Events
March
Sat. Mar.5. 5 p.m. Global Missions' Oyster Roast
Tue. Mar 8. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Red Cross Blood drive at St. John's Parish. Contact Jane Vaughen
Sat. Mar 12. 10 a.m. Ordination and Consecration of The Very Rev. Charles F. Edgar III to Bishop at The Cathedral Church of St. Luke & St. Paul Charlston. RSVP at www.adosc.org.
Thu. Mar 24. 6 p.m. Annual Lowcountry Pregnancy Center Fundraising Banquet. April
Sun. Apr. 10. Palm Sunday.
Mon. Apr. 11. St. Alban's Chapel Citadel Dinner. Contact Ben Dixon
Thu. Apr. 14 Maundy Thursday.
Fri. Apr.15 Good Friday.
Sun. Apr. 17. Easter Sunday.
May
Sun. May 1. Confirmation and visit by Bishop-elect Chip Edgar
Mon. May 9. Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Annual Golf Tournament Country Club of Charleston. Registration starts March 21. Contact Hannah Wallace 843-559-4109 x109 hannah.wallace@olmoutreach.org
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Church Group Meetings
Monthly Groups
1st and 3rd Wednesday. 9:30 a.m. Island Quilters. Contact Susie Jenkins.
2nd Thursday-Saturday. Blessing Baskets
2nd Saturday 9 a.m. St. John's Christian Fellowship breakfast - Men and Women.
2nd Saturday 9:30 a.m. Daughters of the Holy Cross. Contact Sally Dixon
3rd Tuesday. 6:30 p.m. Global Missions. Contact Bill Anderson
3rd Saturday 10 a.m. Word Weavers. Contact Bonnie Anderson
Weekly Groups
Join a Small Study Group In-Person and Online
Mondays 9 a.m. Girl's Morning Out Bible study group in Youth Room. Contact Lynn Gervais
Mondays 10 a.m. - 1:45 pm Respite Care in Walton Hall
Tuesdays 10 a.m. Truth Seekers Bible Study in Peach Room. Contact Emily Leland
Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. AA in Walton Hall
Tuesdays 7 p.m. Al-Anon in the Peach Room Walton Hall
Wednesdays 7 a.m. Men's Bible Study
Wednesdays 10 a.m. The Journey group at 1510 Stanwick Dr. Johns Island. Contact Pete Tanner
Wednesdays 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Lunch at Stono Market. Contact Susie Jenkins.
Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. Coeducational Bible basics with shared meal. Contact Walt Miller
Thursdays 7 a.m. Men’s group breakfast and Bible study in Walton Hall with Fr. Greg+
Thursdays 10 a.m. - 1:45 pm Respite Care in Walton Hall
Thursdays 10 a.m. Bible Babes led by Fr. Jeremy+
Thursdays 2 p.m. Women’s Bible group in the Peach Room Walton Hall, led by Susie Jenkins
Fridays 6:30 p.m. AA in Walton Hall
Sundays 9 a.m. Children's Sunday School
Sundays 11 a.m. Adult Sunday School online.
Sundays 3-4 p.m. Kids Club for grades 3rd - 5th
Sundays 4-5 p.m. Middle School Youth Group for grades 6th - 8th
Sundays 5-6 p.m. High School Youth Group for grades 9th - 12th
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Thank you to Boyd Baker and all his crew for the wonderful pancakes and trivia congratulations goes to the 'Wadmalites".
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St. John’s Global Missions
Saturday, March 5th 5 – 7 pm
Live music by Pluff Mud String Band, Bonfire, Chili, Hot Dogs, Desserts and Richard Baldwin’s Oysters
Your generous donations go to Uganda Clergy Children’s Scholarships (Every year St. John’s provides 75 scholarships of $150 each).
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St. John's Parish Walton Hall Blood Drive
Tuesday March 8th 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
We are looking for more blood donors for the St. John's Parish Blood Drive. Click on the image to sign up to donate blood or contact Jane Vaughan for more information 803-760-6197 or Jane.Vaughan247@gmail.com
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Western Kentucky Fundraiser
Well done Josephine helping people in Western Kentucky at the Sea Island Farmers Market last Saturday. You can still contribute to the relief effort by making a donation through St. John's Parish Church and write Anglican Relief Fund or ARDF on your gift or go to the Anglican Relief Donation Page https://ardf.org/joseph-fund.
Click here to read about Fr. Jeremy's trip to Western Kentucky.
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Uganda Clergy Children’s Scholarships
St. John’s parishioners provide 75 clergy children in the Anglican Diocese of Northern Uganda (grades 3 - 12) with education scholarships. Each $150/year scholarship is nearly equivalent to a priest’s annual salary. For the same dollar value in the U.S., you can do 10 times more in this landlocked country of East Africa.
Thanks to your generosity, clergy children’s scholarships have grown from 30 when the program began. Bishop Lawrence commented that we “punch above our weight” in mission and outreach!
Please prayerfully consider donating a scholarship or partial scholarship. In the memo line of your donation check or online, write: Uganda Scholarships. The clergy children and their families will be blessed. And you will be blessed as well.
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Disaster Relief Teams Needed in Louisiana
Over the past year, (SHDR) Servant’s Heart Disaster Relief has been partnering with (ARDF) Anglican Relief and Development Fund to support their response following hurricane Ida in Louisiana and the tornado in Kentucky.
We are asking for volunteers to go to Louisiana in March and April to help elderly families repair their homes. I will be leading the March 19-26 with St Johns Parish, come join me!
Stephen Haynsworth
Ida hit the gulf in late August devastating the coast. We delivered a trailer of supplies to Trinity LaFayette and have stayed in contact with ARDF and the churches of the West Gulf Coast Diocese. They can support work teams to help replace sheetrock, siding, and other home repairs. We are looking for volunteers from the ADoSC to fly to New Orleans for a week to work on damaged homes. The West Gulf Coast Diocese will support us with housing, food, tools, and building materials. We would leave on a Saturday and come back the next Saturday. We are looking for teams of 6-12 people, team leaders with construction experience, age 18+, caring and willing to work and learn. (We can support youth groups ages 14+ with approved youth leaders). We will look to put teams together for March 5-12, March 19-26, April 9-16, and April 23-30. The cost is $500, and individuals can pay, get support from friends, their local church and request funding thru SHDR/ARDF. The covid requirements to flying are proof of being fully vaccinated. We will check temperatures each morning.
Those interested should respond to ARDF at https://ardf.org/volunteer. If you can bring a team and want another time, even this summer, email kelli@ardf.org and haynsworthsa@gmail.com .
https://adosc.org/teams-needed-to-provide-disaster-relief-in-kentucky/. (I know it says Kentucky but we are starting in Louisiana!
To volunteer click below or copy and paste
https://ardf.org/volunteer
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Dinner for St Alban's Chapel at The Citadel
Monday, April 11, 2022
St. John's will provide dinner for St Alban's Chapel prior to the Monday night worship service at The Citadel. More information to follow, but if you would like to be involved with preparing or serving food, please contact Ben Dixon for more information.
About St Alban's
 The St. Alban's Anglican Chapel has offered chaplaincy and worship in the Anglican tradition to the Corps of Cadets since 1941. St Alban's is both the longest running and continually operating chaplaincy program and Christian ministry on The Citadel campus. Their Ministry of Presence offers an open door to any and everyone in need without condition. They minister to students, staff, alumni, and veterans on The Citadel campus, as well as students from the College of Charleston and Charleston Southern University. Their Radical Hospitality is committed to providing dinner, free of charge, at all gatherings, and maintain a lounge on campus, stocked with coffee, food and water. The lounge is open each day for study, sleep, fellowship, and Bible study.
St. Alban's is 100% dependent on the generosity of friends and donors, and St. John's is honored to join with other parishes in the Diocese in support of St. Alban's and its valuable ministry to the college students in the Charleston area.
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Annual Low Country Pregnancy Center Banquet
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New Wineskins Sep. 22-25
Conference scholarships are available. Register here
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"Held every three years, the New Wineskins Conference is an intergenerational gathering of missional Christians, seeking to join God in His work to reach every tribe, tongue and nation"
— Jenny Noyes, Executive Director
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St. John's requires a Nursery Worker
Would you like to work in our Nursery, or do you know of someone who might be perfect to help care for our youngest church members? This position is paid and requires you to work from 9-12 noon on Sunday mornings. Please contact Sally Dixon at 843-559-9560 if you have any questions.
Tornado devastation
Anglican Relief and Development Fund® (ARDF)
Deadly tornadoes killed an estimated 100 people and destroyed a thousand properties, leaving tens of thousands without power. Western Kentucky was especially hard hit. ARDF has trusted partners willing and able to respond to the crisis. You can support them by donating to their Joseph Fund. This fund exists to get funds out quickly to churches and affiliated nonprofits to support the efforts of volunteers responding to the crisis.
If you would like to support this cause, you can either donate through St. John's Parish Church and write Anglican Relief Fund or ARDF on your gift or go to the Anglican Relief Donation Page https://ardf.org/joseph-fund
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Altar Flowers
Flowers were given to the glory of God
The 2022 signup book is available in the narthex of the church. Sign up early for the Sunday of your choice.
St. John’s Altar Flower Ministry designs new flower creations each week for Sunday services. Flowers are selected individually and prepared on Friday. The cost to dedicate flowers is $70 for two vases or $40 for one. Contact Sally Dixon ( sdixon@stjohnsparish.net, 843-709-4894) to sign up for the Sunday of your choice. |
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At St. John’s
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A Prayer for Western Kentucky
Almighty God, giver of life and restorer of all things; provide the light of your Son Jesus Christ to shine in the midst of darkness for the people of western Kentucky. Abide with them through clean up, restoration, and rebuilding. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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Collect
March 6
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations, and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
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For Persecuted Churches
photo courtesy of christianindex.org
We pray for persecuted churches around the world. For the month of March, we pray for the nation of Ukraine. Heavenly Father, we pray for Christians to persevere through war; we ask you for peace, the presence of Almighty God, to be with all people in Ukraine. May your Spirit preside over your people. Through your only Son our Savior Jesus Christ.
Lord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer.
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Anglican Diocesan SC Cycle of Prayer
St. Michael's, Charleston
The Rev. Al Zadig
The Rev. Randy Shirley
The Rev. Richard Grimball
The Rev. Ted McNabb
The Rev. Greg Smith
The Rev. Taylor Daniels
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Anglican Cycle of Prayer
Diocese of the Rocky Mountains
Bishop Kenneth Ross and his wife, Sallie
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Connect with St. John’s Online
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Watch Services Online
There are several ways to watch the online worship services.
- If you are comfortable with using Facebook, visit our Facebook page.
- Watch through our website.
- If you prefer to be notified when the day’s service is online and or want to watch other services of the week, our mobile app is a great option. Make sure you sign up for notifications under the settings option of the app. Each time we go live, we send out a mobile app notification. You may click through the links to watch on Facebook (you may also leave comments and prayers) or watch on our website.
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