In the Spotlight
Agape Community Dinner
Next: Wednesday, May 29, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
St. John's offers free community dinners on the last Wednesday of every month through the year. This dinner is free and open to everyone. Families and kids are welcome - there are card games and board games available for playing!
Agape is a word found throughout the New Testament, and it means "selfless, wholehearted love." Christian communities have met for agape meals for centuries as a way to be in community and share wholehearted love over food.
Bible Study - Thursdays, 12:00 to 1:30 PM
Bible Study meets every Thursday. Join us for lunch at 12 noon (please bring your own), and then we will look at the Bible from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. We just finished the Book of Acts this spring, and are currently studying the Book of Romans! There is no expectation of prior Biblical knowledge, and questions are encouraged!
Our last day of Bible Study will be June 13. We will have our book club over the summer - stay tuned!
Sunday School
Our last children's Sunday School for the 2018-2019 year will take place on Sunday, June 23 at our 10 o'clock worship. We will have a special celebration during coffee hour with sundaes!
The school is open for children from age 3 up through 5th grade, and it will take place during the first half of the Sunday worship service. Sunday School will take place once a month, on the third Sunday of the month. Since we discussed stories from the Old Testament last year, this year we'll be talking about stories from the New Testament! Click here for our welcome letter for Sunday School students and their parents for the school year. If you'd like to join our school program, please fill out this form and bring it with you to class.
See our monthly newsletter for more activities!
Regularly Scheduled Annual Activities
JANUARY – Annual meeting with vestry elections and potluck luncheon
FEBRUARY – Free Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper with any free will donations going to local organizations
MARCH – Chicken and Biscuit Luncheon
APRIL – Highway cleanup
MAY – Open doors during the Memorial Day Service held at the Veteran’s Park across the street, spring church yard cleanup
JUNE – ECW picnic, open doors during the Sulphur Spring Parade (held the first weekend of the month)
JULY – Local ecumenical worship service
AUGUST – Creation Camp
SEPTEMBER – Garnish Memorial Golf Tournament, Welcome Back Picnic, Church School starts
OCTOBER – Chicken and Biscuit Luncheon, Blessing of the Animals, Stewardship campaign, highway cleanup
NOVEMBER – Coat and soup giveaway, fall potluck luncheon, fall church yard cleanup
DECEMBER – Christmas Giving Tree, Festival of Lights salt potato giveaway, Second Seasons Christmas party, ECW Christmas party, Budget for
following year prepared