RECYCLE SUNDAY July 10th – Feed The Hungry will be having a can & bottle drive to raise funds for the program. Please bring your empty beverage cans and bottles next Sunday to either of the services and volunteers will GLADLY take them off your hands : ) NOTE – all containers MUST HAVE ”Oregon 5 cent deposit”. The 8:00 service drop off will be @ the West Wing Entrance. The 10:00 service drop offs will be @ the West Wing entrance & side entrance on 21st Ave.
Feed The Hungry thanks you in advance for your support : )
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost: June 26th, 2011
Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
E-Bulletin
Mission Possible! Our youth will be spending the week of June 26-July 1 doing service projects around the metro area. We need YOUR help by transporting the youth to different service projects. If you have a free day during that week, please contact Risa at risa@stjohnsmilwaukie.org. Another way to help is to volunteer to cook an evening meal. Come spend some time with our wonderful youth and join us in serving our community. Without the extra help, we may have to turn away some youth who wish to join us in this week long project.
Empties4Cash: Did you know? St. John’s participates in the Empties4Cash program. We collect used inkjet cartridges, ship them back when we have a full box, and get a check in return. Some people drop them off in the church office, where we maintain a box for that, but we now have another option: Prepaid mailing envelopes so you can drop them in the mail directly.
If you’re interested in recycling your used cartridges in this way, contact me by responding to this email and I will arrange to get the envelopes to you.-Sue
Empties4Cash: Did you know? St. John’s participates in the Empties4Cash program. We collect used inkjet cartridges, ship them back when we have a full box, and get a check in return. Some people drop them off in the church office, where we maintain a box for that, but we now have another option: Prepaid mailing envelopes so you can drop them in the mail directly.
If you’re interested in recycling your used cartridges in this way, contact me by responding to this email and I will arrange to get the envelopes to you.-Sue
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sermon: Trinity Sunday, The Very Rev. Anthony Thurston
Most of you know that I try every year to avoid preaching on Trinity Sunday. I’ve invited Bishop Ladehoff at times; I’ve invited different clergy—mostly because the Trinity—for me—represents a doctrinal formula—a mathematical formula, that is difficult to understand at best.
The doctrine of the Trinity was created to describe, define and safe-guard an experience—the experience of the early church as they sought to preserve the words and actions and thoughts of Jesus.
If we go back to that story of Jesus we know that Jesus attracted a mixed group of people who followed him and hung on every word. He told stories that related their lives to him, to God and to each other. They experienced a new love and a new creative imagination about who they were and how they were valued.
The doctrine of the Trinity was created to describe, define and safe-guard an experience—the experience of the early church as they sought to preserve the words and actions and thoughts of Jesus.
If we go back to that story of Jesus we know that Jesus attracted a mixed group of people who followed him and hung on every word. He told stories that related their lives to him, to God and to each other. They experienced a new love and a new creative imagination about who they were and how they were valued.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Readings for Trinity Sunday: June 19th, 2011
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.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
E-bulletin
TIME TO TAKE A BREAK! School's out and summer's on its way. The deliveries to the Clackamas Women’s shelter are temporarily on the back burner. If you have items you want delivered, please either bring them to my home or contact the shelter for a designated time and place for them to meet you for a transfer of the donated items. The Clackamas Women's Services office number is 503-654-2807.
They are very grateful for the outpouring of your generosity and concern for the women and children. Thank you.
Lorraine Short
They are very grateful for the outpouring of your generosity and concern for the women and children. Thank you.
Lorraine Short
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Sermon: Pentecost, The Very Rev. Anthony Thurston
Some years ago, a wise priest that I know was asked a question by a child: “Where does the sky begin?”
Without a hesitation the response was “The sky begins in your lungs.”
Of course, he meant that the air we breathe is part of the atmosphere, which is part of—and included in—what we call “the sky”.
This answer to the child’s question is a good response on this Sunday when we celebrate Pentecost…the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples.
Where can we begin to recognize the work of the Holy Spirit in our own lives?
I think that we can say that the work of the Holy Spirit also begins in our lungs—just like the sky.
Without a hesitation the response was “The sky begins in your lungs.”
Of course, he meant that the air we breathe is part of the atmosphere, which is part of—and included in—what we call “the sky”.
This answer to the child’s question is a good response on this Sunday when we celebrate Pentecost…the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples.
Where can we begin to recognize the work of the Holy Spirit in our own lives?
I think that we can say that the work of the Holy Spirit also begins in our lungs—just like the sky.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Readings for the Day of Pentecost: June 12th, 2011
Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
E-bulletin
Adult Education. Sunday will be the last session of our discussion of the Book of Revelation.
9 a.m. in the West Wing. Fr. Bud Thurston
Church School Awards will be awarded on Sunday, June 12th after the announcements at the very end of the service.
St. John’s would like to honor graduates on June 12th & 19th. Anyone with a child or grandchild graduating from High School, College or Graduate School, please contact risa@stjohnsmilwaukie.org with the following information:
Name of the graduate
School they will graduate from
School colors
Honors they will be receiving
Plans for next year
Picture of the graduate (electronic, or up to 5x7)
9 a.m. in the West Wing. Fr. Bud Thurston
Church School Awards will be awarded on Sunday, June 12th after the announcements at the very end of the service.
St. John’s would like to honor graduates on June 12th & 19th. Anyone with a child or grandchild graduating from High School, College or Graduate School, please contact risa@stjohnsmilwaukie.org with the following information:
Name of the graduate
School they will graduate from
School colors
Honors they will be receiving
Plans for next year
Picture of the graduate (electronic, or up to 5x7)
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter: June 5th, 2011
O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Thursday, June 02, 2011
E-Bulletin
St. John’s would like to honor graduates on June 12th & 19th. Anyone with a child or grandchild graduating from High School, College or Graduate School, please contact risa@stjohnsmilwaukie.org with the following information:
Name of the graduate
School they will graduate from
School colors
Honors they will be receiving
Plans for next year
Picture of the graduate (electronic, or up to 5x7)
Clackamas Women’s Service household goods collection project update: The blue bins will be in the Narthex for one more Sunday so, if you choose to participate, they will be ready for you. An informal inventory (a long one!) will be posted in the parish hall shortly after June 5th so you can see the extent of our parish generosity, plus that of some of our friends and families.
A great big "THANK YOU" on behalf of those you are helping.
Name of the graduate
School they will graduate from
School colors
Honors they will be receiving
Plans for next year
Picture of the graduate (electronic, or up to 5x7)
Clackamas Women’s Service household goods collection project update: The blue bins will be in the Narthex for one more Sunday so, if you choose to participate, they will be ready for you. An informal inventory (a long one!) will be posted in the parish hall shortly after June 5th so you can see the extent of our parish generosity, plus that of some of our friends and families.
A great big "THANK YOU" on behalf of those you are helping.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Sermon: Easter 7, The Very Rev. Anthony Thurston
This weekend is Memorial Day weekend. It is the time that we look back and recollect the many individuals who have died in wars across the history of this country. And we pray, not only for them, but for their families and our nation.
It is the right time to pray for our nation and for ourselves, because our newspapers and television headlines scream out to us about a time when the power and witness of this country appears to be mixed up with competing concerns of largess and many personal political agendas.
Let me begin with a word about life—perhaps a strange place to begin, but I hope you will agree with me that this is an appropriate place to begin. Life is not a preparation for anything—it is not a testing station for something that will happen in the future. Life, as we live it, is learning to live here and now, in freedom from fear, in open hope and love with a faith that calls us to freedom. Life is not meant to be merely survival. And life, for Christians, is to follow God as we understand who and what God is as well as what God might have in mind for this world and for you and me.
It is the right time to pray for our nation and for ourselves, because our newspapers and television headlines scream out to us about a time when the power and witness of this country appears to be mixed up with competing concerns of largess and many personal political agendas.
Let me begin with a word about life—perhaps a strange place to begin, but I hope you will agree with me that this is an appropriate place to begin. Life is not a preparation for anything—it is not a testing station for something that will happen in the future. Life, as we live it, is learning to live here and now, in freedom from fear, in open hope and love with a faith that calls us to freedom. Life is not meant to be merely survival. And life, for Christians, is to follow God as we understand who and what God is as well as what God might have in mind for this world and for you and me.
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