1623 Carmel Road + Charlotte, NC + 28226 www.saintjohns-charlotte.org 704.366.3034 Announcements for the week of June 17-24, 2015 Lemonade-on-the-Lawn Lemonade On The Lawn returns for the Needs summer! Your Help! Beginning this weekend, Lemonade-on-the- Want Lawn a fun way to get returns for the summer involved without following much the of a 5pm service on Saturdays time commitment? and the 8:45am Then and 10:00am services LOTL is on for Sundays. YOU! We need smiling faces to pour and serve while chatting with friends Enjoy refreshments new and old. and good conversation with your fellow parishioners, and meet some new friends while you're enjoying the sunshine! Please sign up in the Welcome Center for the Saturday If you would and like Sunday to help Nave serve Services lemonade or in one the Sunday Parish this Hall summer, for the Contemporary please contact Service. Christina Space is limited so Hutchinson HURRY IN to at sign up before it s wcrhutchinson@yahoo.com too late! The Men of St. Johns will have an "End of School Year Gathering and Drop In on Friday, June 19th. We will gather for fellowship and prayer on the patio outside the Parish Hall beginning at 5:30pm, and ending at 7:00pm. This will be a great way to kick off the summer, enjoy each other s company and meet some new friends. BYOB, and snacks. If you have any questions please see John Patrick or Bo Proctor. Contact Christina Hutchinson at wcrhutchinson@yahoo.com with questions or to sign up! Sign up NOW for YOUR Official SJE Beach Bag o Blessings! Many of you will be on the go this summer. Why not take a little bit of St. John s with you? We are offering Church to Go in the form of a beach bag of blessings...a bag filled with ways to stay connected to St. John s, the larger Church, and the Lord. This light-hearted bag of goodies is our way of helping you live into your baptismal promises even as you enjoy the summer months. Bags are now available along with your summer planning guide from SJE. Find them both in the Welcome Center or Parish Hall on Sunday morning!
The 1 st Annual ECW Trunk Sale Was a Great Success! We sold over 30 spots and had a great turnout of buyers. Through the trunk sale, we were able to help so many organizations and the people they support: 1. We raised a total of $1200 of which $360 came from the bake sale. Those funds will allow us to supply 52 intake baskets to Safe Alliance, a domestic abuse shelter, which will cover them for 5 months. 2. The St John Bell Choir had a table and sold biscuits. They raised $370. 3. The Lunch Project had a lemonade stand and were sold out before the Trunk Sale ended and raised $53 for The Lunch Project. 4. The Salvation Army picked up all of our unsold goods and were thankful for the donations. 5. Mother Suz obtained a snazzy pink chair!! We could not have done it without the help of so many individuals pitching in. Thanks to all who helped at the sale and who baked goods we were overwhelmed with the amount of baked goods that were donated. Special thanks are to these folks: The entire planning committee! The three youth who helped on Friday night and Saturday Jordan Kelly, Nathan and Jeremy Burgess Trevor Shinder who showed up on Saturday and helped from beginning to the very end pushing tables up the big hill And all the men who offered their brute strength also to get tables in and out: Reid Joyner, Doug Burkhart, Darren Burgess and Hank Conway CALLING ALL RISING 6 TH GRADERS (As well as anyone who would like to become an acolyte!) Become an acolyte in the Acolyte Guild of St. John the Evangelist! Training dates are as follows: (all take place in the Nave) NEW ACOLYTES: Wednesday, August 26 Saturday, August 29 Saturday, September 5 1st & 2nd SERVERS: Wednesday, September 2 Saturday, September 5 Saturday, September 12 5:30pm 10:15am 11:00am 5;30pm 10:15am 11:00am CRUCIFERS & TORCHBEARERS: Wednesday, August 29 Wednesday, September 9 Saturday, September 12 11:00am 5:30pm 10:15am Please contact Rick Johnson, Acolyte Master, at rick4994@gmail.com or 704-996-8469. We look forward to having you as a member of the Guild of St. John the Evangelist! Thank you! Thank you all for a tremendous first effort on our ECW Trunk Sale it will definitely become an annual event! Reading for this Sunday: Mark 4:35-41 Rebuking the wind
Help Loaves and Fishes fill the cupboards of the needy. While doing your weekly grocery shopping at Harris Teeter, please consider purchasing the following for your brothers and sisters in need: Buy 1, Get 1 free: Kraft Salad Dressing Ritz Crackers Kraft BBQ Sauce Goldfish Images from VBS Week June 15-19, 2015 Other needed items: HT Mac & Cheese $.77 Mott's Apple Juice 3/$5 HT Ketchup 10/$10 Cheerios 4/$10 Duncan Hines Cake Mix 4/$5 HT Beans 10/$6 HT Canned Tomatoes 10/$6 No school lunches or breakfasts= hungry kids. Please keep filling our bins all summer. ENDING HUNGER IS A YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY. Volcano Fun! Father's Day is this Sunday! Don't know what to get Dad? We have books, men's furnishings, collectibles and much more! Before you hit the road for the summer, show the world where you call home! Our custom auto emblems are still in stock! Hours: Closed Wednesdays Sunday 8:30-11:30 Major Credit cards accepted Free gift wrapping "Like" us on Facebook All proceeds go to St John's Episcopal outreach Recreation Time! Food for Kids Backpack Program Sponsored by Girl Scout Troop 2960 We would LOVE to collect non-perishable food items throughout the summer so that we have a surplus for next year! Please continue to support this very worthwhile ministry! Collection bins can be found in Tilson Hall & the Parish Hall.
Opportunities for Ministry Heat Relief Needed! June 2015 Update We are only 30 days away!! As of today, 80 kids are on the bus but I know that we can find the inspiration and gratitude to send 20 more to reach our 100 camper level of years past. To fully sponsor a camper for an entire week is only $350/camper! As we enter this season to honor the fathers and grandfathers in our lives, I hope you can find a place in your heart for Kanuga Kids as a possible tribute to them. There are special Father s Day dedication cards in the Parish Welcome Center. Kanuga Kids is also still in need of your time and talents. We would ask that you prayerfully consider volunteering as we have a few spots still open. There are a number of ways to serve these incredible children. Our most rewarding opportunity is to serve as a cabin volunteer and come spend a week with Mother Suz! You and your college age children or spouses can come up to assist the counselors from Monday July 6th mid -day until Friday July 10 th mid-day An additional way to serve is to come up and be a part of the Kanuga Kids Relief Pitchers. These volunteers can come up and stay at the Kanuga Conference Center or just come for a day to relieve the St. John s volunteers and assist the kids with camp activities like Arts & Crafts, Canoeing, Ropes Course, Archery, Dance, Nature Hikes, etc. Our last volunteer opportunity is to partner with Judie Ratcliffe on Sunday, July 5, to prepare lunches for the campers as they ride the bus to their week in the woods. If you feel called to contribute your time and talents to Kanuga Kids, please email Ken Loeber at ken.loeber@cnlcre.com or call him at 704-293-0852 or you may contact Cathy Harrison at St. Johns. You can also mail or drop a check to Janet Brown at the church and indicate Kanuga Kids in the subject line. Thank you again for your support of this ministry, these children and this legacy. Box fans are desperately needed for the elderly and shut-ins during this heat crisis. Bring box fans to the reception area. Nancy Joyner will deliver them to Crisis Assistance. Please respond quickly. Questions? Call or e-mail Nancy Joyner at 704-556-6359 or nfcjoyner@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for your generous sharing of your gifts with those less fortunate. A New Way to Participate in Worship We are trying out a new way of getting members of the congregation engaged in worship this summer. At the Saturday 5:00 and at the Sunday Contemporary Services we will have helping roles for worshippers to choose as they enter the worship space. There will be a basket of cards at the entry to the worship spaces that will have Read a Lesson, or Help the Usher, or Help the Band on printed on one side, with a clear set of directions printed on the other side. Families and individuals are encouraged to participate--there are some kid-friendly options like Collection Baskets and Bread & Wine. This is an excellent opportunity to try out a new helping role, either by just jumping in or by shadowing for a week or two. You may also request a quick training session with either the priest or a verger/worship coordinator immediately following the service in order to prepare to take on a specific role at a later service. We will continue to schedule chalice bearers, because this ministry requires licensure by the bishop, but other roles will be filled via this new system for these services (Saturday at 5:00, Contemporary at 8:45 on Sundays) through the summer. This is your worship--we hope you ll find it meaningful to participate by lending a helping hand! God bless you. Ken Loeber
St. John s Weekly Calendar June 17-24, 2015 DATE EVENT TIME ROOM Thu 6/18 VBS 9:00 am-12:30 pm Entire Building Praying the Rosary 5:45 pm Parlor Sharing and Caring 7:00-8:00 pm 208 Fri. 6/19 Bible Study 7:00 am 208 VBS 9:00 am-12:30 pm Entire Building Sat. 6/20 Holy Eucharist 5:00 pm Nave Lemonade on the Lawn Following Service Outside Breezeway Sun. 6/21 Holy Eucharist 7:30 am Nave Childcare (2y and younger) 8:30-11:30 pm 134,135 Holy Eucharist (Contemporary) 8:45 am Parish Hall Lemonade on the Lawn Following Service Patio Super Summer Sunday School 10:00-11:00 am 101-108 Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Nave Lemonade on the Lawn Following Service Outside Breezeway Mon. 6/22 Morning Prayer 7:00-7:15 am Chapel Bible Study 7:15-8:00 am 208 Rector s Bible Study 7:30-8:30 am 201 Centering Prayer 8:10-8:30 am Parlor Evening Prayer 5:45 pm Chapel -Continued on next page-
St. John s Weekly Calendar June 17-24, 2015 Tues. 6/23 Centering Prayer 10:30 am-12:00 pm Parlor Holy Eucharist with Anointing 12:00 pm Chapel Evening Prayer 5:45 pm Chapel Weds. 6/24 Evening Prayer 6:00 pm Chapel Endowment Meeting 6:30-8:00 pm 308 For Pastoral Emergencies, after hours and on weekends, please call 704-286-6155. One of the clergy will return your call promptly. FOLLOW US... @ St. John s Episcopal Church @ StJohnsClt And on the web @ www.saintjohns-charlotte.org