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September 1 - 30, 2002 St. John’s Episcopal Church 404-761-8402 SPECIAL EVENTS
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
NEW MINISTRY HAS A NEW NAME & LOGO As you know, we had a contest to pick a name and logo for our Supervised Visitation Ministry. And the winner is (drumroll) Katie Aboul-Khair. The new name is "Begin Again," and you will be seeing the logo soon. Thanks, Katie. We owe you a dinner at the Brake Pad after the Wednesday service! FROM BEVERLY GORDY Dear People of St. John’s: I don’t have words to tell you how grateful I am for the prayers and love and caring you showered on me during my recent bout with esopha-geal cancer. I really believe I am on the road back to a healthy life, except for my voice. I just can’t talk much above a whisper, no matter how I try. For this, some of you may give thanks. However, this, too, shall pass. If you notice a new wooden cross in the procession on some Sunday morning, please know that this is my gift to St. John’s in thanksgiving for each of you. If I knew of some more meaningful way to thank you, I would do it. I love you all. Beverly FROM THE WORSHIP COMMISSION Thanks to Bena Livsey for training the members of the new Brass Polishing Guild, and thanks to Lenora Griffin for agreeing to lead this new ministry. The new members are Kei Breedlove, Mary Ann Dunn, Beth Ehrensperger, Sandra Gardner, Doris Goss, Eugenia Grace, Lenora Griffin, Bena Livsey, Martha McLeod, and John Musser. Thanks for making our brass Shine! Jane Graham FROM THE BARGAIN SHOP If you have a couple of hours, any morning or afternoon, Monday thru Saturday, and want to have fun and help others at the same time, call me, at 770/461-7343 to sign up to be a substitute worker at the Bargain Shop. We are in dire need of some substitute workers and I will look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for your help. M.E. King ALTAR GUILD GETS NEW HEAD Gwen Fields has graciously accepted my appointment to be the new Head of the Altar Guild. Gwen will begin revising the training manual and will probably need to reconstitute the teams. I thank the members of the Altar Guild in advance for their cooperation, and invite anyone interested in joining to speak with Gwen.
RUTH HEALY TO TEACH Beginning September 15, Ruth Healy will offer an eight-week exploration of Spiritual Gifts. It will include Biblical thinking about what can be called a Spiritual Gift, how we can discern our own Spiritual Gifts, and how we might be called to use these gifts as we do God's work in the world. See you in Bott Hall at 9:15 each Sunday.
COLLEGE PARK The College Park Festival will be held on September 14 from 11-7:00. The Neighborhood Association has asked us to help staff the children’s area. If you can help, call Linda Gravitt at 404/761-3165. We also need your help to staff the St. John’s booth. If you can sit at our booth for one or more hours and give out water, dog treats, literature, and good cheer, please sign up on the sheet in Bott Hall. It’s fun! Thanks!
FINANCIAL REPORT Pledges are almost $7000 behind budget, and, due to necessary repairs and office expenses relating to Beverly’s illness, expenses are over budget. We are currently about $19,000 behind budget. Please help!
FROM THE RECTOR Can We Revive "Speeders?" For many years, "Speeders" (a group for those 55 and over) met once a month at St. John’s and provided good food, fellowship, and education to many of our parishioners. Speeders stopped meeting last fall. Bena Livsey, who made the delicious lunches, had back surgery, and fewer people were coming to the meetings. While I certainly understand the reasons for not continuing, I’m also aware many parishioners miss the fellowship. I’ve been talking to the Ministers at the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in College Park about a joint ministry in this area. A group for those over 55 would meet monthly, but we would rotate locations and responsibilities. St. John’s would be responsible for the lunch and program only four times a year. I need to know from you whether we can do this. If you can help, please call me. What’s going to church all about? Attendance is usually down a bit in the summer, but this year it has been unusually low. I know many people have been away, but now that you’re back, I think it’s very important that you not make a decision each week as to whether you will go to church. Developing good habits is a powerful shaper of character, and joining your brothers and sisters in Christ to worship God each week should be a habit, not a weekly debate, discussion, or decision. I came across a passage in a book called Worship Come to Its Senses by Don E. Saliers (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996) p.42) that seems to capture much of what worship should be about. I hope you enjoy it, and I hope those of you who have been away will come back to St. John’s and join us as we live it:
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