Dear friends,
Can you believe that it is already June!? Our program year is coming to a close and the dog days of summer lie ahead. Please be sure that you noted a week from this Sunday, June 11, we will have one worship service at 10:00 a.m. followed by our annual Parish Picnic. Then, BEGINNING JUNE 18, we will move to our Summer Schedule of ONE service at 9:00 a.m. This will run through Labor Day Weekend.
June is also Pride month, and it fills my heart with joy that St. John's is a community where we celebrate the diversity of God's creation and where all people are not only welcome, but loved. The message that God loves you, no matter what, is critical for the LGBTQ+ community, particularly our youth. For so many of these siblings of ours all they have ever heard from the Church is that they are not welcome, wanted or loved, or even worse, that God hates them. I don't think that it is a coincidence that this segment of our community has the highest addiction and suicide rates than any other. Please join me this month as we celebrate with Pride, the diversity of God's world, and if you know someone who desperately needs to hear the Good News that God loves them, invite them to join you at Church.
Grace and peace,
Fr. Jeremy
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Sunday Worship Schedule
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Mass, Rite I (Spoken)
9:00 a.m. Sunday School & Adult Forum
9:00 a.m. Contemplative Prayer (Guild Room)
10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Mass, Rite II (Sung)
All Sunday services are in-person and the 10:15 Mass will be live-streamed. Follow us on Facebook to receive notifications when our services are being streamed, or visit the homepage of our website to watch the service there.
*Summer Session Notes:
Next Sunday, June 11th, there will be ONE Mass at 10:00 a.m. Followed by the Picnic.
And beginning Jun 18th, we will begin our Summer Worship Schedule with ONE Mass at 9:00 a.m. This will continue through the Labor Day Weekend.
Last session for Sunday School is this Sunday, June 4th
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St. Stephen's Fund
Please make a donation to help St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Douglas, Arizona rebuild. Their building was a total loss after an arsonist set fire on Monday, May 22. The Church is believed to have been targeted because of its work with refugees crossing the southern border. Please keep this community in your prayers.
To make a donation, please click here and select "St. Stephen's Fund" in the "Fund" dropdown menu, OR place a check in the offering plate on Sunday and write "St. Stephen's Fund" in the memo line.
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Sunday, June 11, 2023
Invite a friend and join us for fun & fellowship at our annual Parish Picnic. Please bring a side dish or desert to share. The Vestry will provide hamburgers and hotdogs.
We still looking for volunteers to help set-up before Mass - manage the grill - and to clean up afterwards. Please contact Fr. Jeremy or the Parish Office to volunteer.
If you have any entertainment or game ideas, please let us know.
PLEASE NOTE:
There will be ONE Mass at 10:00 a.m. with the picnic immediately following on the front lawn.
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Please Note:
Our Summer Schedule Service
goes into effect
Sunday, June 18th - Sunday, September 3
Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m.
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Coming Up
Sunday, June 4
8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:00 a.m. Christian Formation
9:00 a.m. Contemplative Prayer (Guild Room)
10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Tuesday, June 6
9:30 a.m. Intercessory Morning Prayer (Church)
Wednesday, June 7
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist w/ Healing (Church)
7:00 p.m. A.A. (Undercroft)
Thursday, June 8
5:00 p.m. Zoom Bible Study
Friday, June 9
6:00 p.m. A.A. (Undercroft)
Sunday, June 11
9:00 a.m. Contemplative Prayer (Guild Room)
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
11:15 a.m. Church Picnic
Sunday 10:15 a.m. Masses are livestreamed on Facebook Live or on our website.
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Camp Chicago
Registration is open for children age 7 through 12th grade.
For more information contact Fr. Jeremy or Deacon Mike.
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The Lessons for the First Sunday after Pentecost:
Trinity Sunday
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The Collect for First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
4-Joan & Robert Stevens
5-Mary & RJ VanSwol
5-Jean Scott
6-Stuart Creason
7-Ethan Eisenberg
7-Rev. Rachael Gregory
9-Rob Carrier
9-Zoe Huntoon
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Serving This Week
Altar Guild: Debbi Huggett, Sue Buckman, Ginny McCollum
8:00 a.m. Mass
LEM: MJ Bond
Lector: Bob Burgwald
Usher: Rob Carrier
10:15 a.m. Mass
Acolyte: Gale Michael
LEM: Steven Russell
Lector: Breanna Heiberger
Usher/Greeter: Bryan Burke
Live Streaming: Marty Nutley |
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Coffee Hour: Tonya Eisenberg & Sachi Nakamura |
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We are always looking for more helping hands to keep this outreach program up and running.
Volunteers meet just once a month, on the last Sunday of each month, and work collectively to shop, assemble, pack, and delivery food to individuals and families in need.
The main goal of the Family Food Share ministry is to assist food-insecure families in the Bloom Trail High School district.
Click here to donate to the Family Food Share ministry.
If you have questions or would like more information please contact familyfoodshare@mysje.org
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Welcome, Invite, Connect
Summer Open Forum- The vestry's next open forum will take place Sunday, June 4th following each of the services. The summer forum will focus on bringing in newcomers.
The vestry will share what they've learned from their book study: Welcome, Invite, Connect, and parishioners can share their ideas on how to begin this important journey. All voices are welcome and encouraged to join in these informal discussions.
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Ways to Give
Remember that there are several ways to make your pledge and offerings to St. John's. You may put it in the offering plate if you are attending worship in-person. Or you may mail a check to:
St. John the Evangelist
P.O. Box 25
Flossmoor, IL 60422
Or by setting up automatic bill pay through your bank (this is a free service of most banks).
Or by clicking on the "Online Giving" button above. If you give online, please consider clicking the box that allows you to add 3% to cover the processing fees from the credit card companies.
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The Altar Flowers
are given this week to the glory of God
by the congregation
of St. John's.
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What if you had a way to give free money to the work and ministry of St. John's? Well there is!
By signing up with RaiseRight you can do your shopping (at most of the stores you are already shopping at) with prepaid cards and RaiseRight offers a percentage of what you spend back to St. John's. There is NO cost to you.
This is also a great way to purchase gift cards to give as birthday or Christmas presents, or just a little something for yourself.
To sign up, please contact Pat Smith-Huntoon at sjescrip@gmail.com.
The next RaiseRight order will be submitted at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 11th.
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Need a little midweek spiritual socialization pick-me-up? Join us for Weekly Bible Study! Thursdays at 5:00 we will gather via Zoom to continue the study the Acts.
Click here to enter Zoom for Bible Study
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The City of Chicago is looking for assistance with providing basic needs for the recent immigrants that have been bussed to Chicago.
At this time the City is looking for the following items (Only new/unused Clothing items are being accepted at this time);
- Socks
- Underwear for Adults
- Athletic pants for Adults
- Blankets
- Hygiene Kits
- Diapers
- Baby Formula
- Books for children in Spanish
For additional inquiries, please email:
DONATIONS@cityofchicago.org.
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