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Church Records Baptisms: Natalie Grace Anderson November 5, 2017 Sealed by the Holy Spirit in Baptism and marked as Christ s own forever Change of Address: Darlee Jackson 240 N. Buhl Farm Dr., #330 Hermitage, PA 16148 Elaine James 1552 Juniper Ct. Hermitage, PA 16148 Betty Alter 7918 W. Lincoln St. NE Masury OH 44438 Parish Office Will Be Closed the Following Days: Monday, December 25 & Tuesday, December 26: Christmas Holiday Monday, January 1: New Year s holiday Monday, January 15: Martin Luther King Day FROM God s House TOYour House 226 West State Street Sharon, PA 16146 Flowers and Greens The season is upon us and we ask St. Johns parishioners to assist in preparing our church for the Christmas Holy days by contributing toward the needed adornments. Flowers and greens will adorn the Church throughout the Christmas Season; anyone attending worship or stopping by for private prayer may enjoy the beauty of the altar. Please fill out the enclosed envelope and return it with your offering to the Church Office no later than Wednesday, December 20. All names submitted will be included in the listing on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. DECEMBER MAY 2014 2017 NEWS NEWS CALENDAR CALENDAR St. St. John s John s Episcopal Episcopal Church Church The The Rev. Rev. Adam Adam T. T. Trambley, Trambley, Rector Rector 724-347-4501 724-347-4501 stjohns@stjohnssharon.org stjohns@stjohnssharon.org www.stjohnssharon.org www.stjohnssharon.org

TAIZE SERVICE Taize Service will be held on Wednesday, December 13, at 5:30pm. This contemplative experience of worship is a great way to let go of the stresses of the holiday season and sit quietly before God. This service will take the place of our regular Wednesday evening Eucharist. CHRISTMAS SERVICES We hope that you can join us for one or more of our Christmas services this year. CHRISTMAS EVE 8:00 am and 10:00 am Advent IV Eucharist 5:00 pm Family Service & Children s Program 10:30 pm Musical Prelude 11:00 pm Festive Christmas Eve Eucharist CHRISTMAS DAY 10:00 am Christmas Day Eucharist at St. John s. If your family will be attending the Family Service on Christmas Eve at 5pm, and your child would like to be a part of the program, please let Ron Gracilla, Sherri Lowery or Laura Peretic know, as soon as possible, please. Duffel Bags for Kids When children enter foster care, they are usually provided with two trash bags to carry their belongings. Imagine a child removed from their home, entering a new home and meeting new people, while carrying all of their possessions in a trash bag. TOGETHER WE RISE is an organization that provides duffel bags and suitcases for children entering foster care. This year, as part of our Service to Others Project, St. John s Episcopal Church s Sunday School Class is raising money to purchase duffel bags which will be given to local social service agencies in the Shenango Valley. When a child is placed in foster care, they will be given a bag to keep as their own, to carry their belongings. The bags come with a bear, a soft blanket, and some toiletries, to comfort the child and ease their transition. Our Sunday School students will decorate the bags, to make each one fun and unique. The cost of a duffel is $25.00. We hope to raise enough money to purchase 20 bags. We will be selling Daffin s Candy bars, and doing other fundraisers, and you can also help by making direct donations, either by check, payable to St. John s Episcopal Church, or directly through the website. Our Sunday School class is really excited about this project. They ll be helping kids who don t have the things they have, but are still kids just like them! Please consider supporting our kids and this project Go to www.togetherwerise.org/fundraise/stjohnssundayschool for more information. WINTERFEST at St. John s Episcopal Church Sharon, PA Saturday, December 2, 2017 10am-2pm Come have a delicious lunch. Steaming Soups, Cookies,Candy and Kolachi. Vintage Christmas Twice-Loved Items 1 St. John s Episcopal Church Sharon, Pennsylvania 724.347.4501 Phone stjohns@stjohnssharon.org www.stjohnssharon.org 10

The Halloween Party/Chili Cook- Off was a smashing success! (But no pumpkins were harmed in the making of this fun! With over 40 children attending, a great time was had by everyone!) Chili Cook-Off Winners: Matt Cizek-Best Overall, Jen Halt-Crowd Favorite, Tracy Schliep-Spiciest Michael Wachter-Best Non-Traditional Our other chili makers: Vicki Barletta, Donna Billioni, Ted Isoldi, Jane Trambley, Sarah Wright and Chuck Travis. All the varieties were delicious! Many thanks go out to all the folks that made this happen, especially our Celebrity Judges: Chief Gerry Smith, Billy Schliep, Marilyn Gozik, Joseph Altenor, Mark Perfilio and Veral Adair. Also thanks to McKenzie Ulan, Cheyanne Felix, and Dave Peretic for games, Debbie Gibson for providing pumpkins and other decorations, Ben and Nick Baron for setting up and Matt Ciszek and Michael Wachter for manning the photo booth, Ted Isoldi and Laura Blyman and Cleo and Curt Myers for helping out in the kitchen, Father Adam, the various Christian Ed committee members, and all the folks who donated food or other supplies, or lent a hand at the party. If I missed anyone, please know your help was appreciated also. None of this happens without you all! -Laura Peretic January 2018 Deadlines: Please have articles for the January newsletter turned into the parish office by Friday, December 15. We ask that articles be typed or printed and delivered to the parish office in person, by regular mail, e-mail or fax: stjohns@stjohnssharon.org, 724-347-4502, 226 W. State St., Sharon, PA 16146. THE ANNUAL MEETING will be held on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 9:05 am in Allen Hall. Annual Reports are due by Monday, January 8. Please e-mail your report to: stjohns@stjohnssharon.org From Our Music Director, Ron Gracilla It only takes 5 notes of accordion, guitar and sleigh bells and I am transported in time and place. You better watch out, you better not cry.... I bet you know this one by heart. It s from Mitch Miller and The Gang s Santa Claus is Coming to Town from the quintessential Holiday Sing Along record from 1961. When I hear this on the radio, I m instantly taken back to the 1970s at our childhood home in Warren, Ohio. Mom has just put this album on the record player before we all pitch in to decorate the Christmas tree. Large red and green scented candles would be lit and winter green, bayberry and spice scents fill the room. There are boxes of familiar heirloom ornaments to unwrap and of course the antique glass bulbs from Grandpa George and Grandma Mary that had to be handled with extreme care. Finally, we would drape just enough tinsel to look like icicles. Later there would be cookie baking and helping Dad draw the pastel of Bethlehem on newly mounted tissue paper for the crèche. Unwrapping the old papier-mâché sheep, farm animals, shepherds and Holy Family figurines revealed all the players. They had grown more frail over the years. The Ox kept losing his left horn. Each had a special spot in the miniature depiction of Jesus birth set in front of the new pastoral. A single night light bulb was inserted at the top to represent the star in the East. I remember laying on the carpet before it at night, staring at the manger scene lit from above, wondering what it was like for Joseph and Mary. I marveled at how lucky they were to have so many animal friends and shepherd families to visit them. But one of my favorite traditions was dressing up to go to Christmas Eve Midnight Mass, because the sanctuary would be magically transformed and we got to sing our familiar carols with the Slovak Men s Choir. Father Popovich was sure to use the frankincense swinging thingy and I loved the smell and watching the billows of smoke rise in the church. Best of all, it was also the sign that when we got home for bed Santa would visit 9 St. John s Episcopal Church Sharon, Pennsylvania 724.347.4501 Phone stjohns@stjohnssharon.org www.stjohnssharon.org 2

and the thrill of Christmas Day was at hand. Finally, there we would be in our PJs, opening presents, playing with new toys, getting dressed up for a festive dinner that started with the Oplatki wafers and honey, savory ham, and special side dishes. Relatives or friends stopped over later to visit, compare toys and sing carols. Mitch Miller was often playing in the background. In hindsight, it seemed like it would just always be that way In the many years hence both my mother and father have passed away, most everyone has moved away and it s a different world now. Everything changes over time. We all know this. But this year, let me take you back. In homage to the tradition of the manger scene, we are presenting a very special Christmas Eve prelude before the 11 PM Service. At 10:30 on Dec. 24th, our brass players, timpani, percussion and St. John s Choir will present A Musical Nativity. Our musical journey starts in the present with Each Winter As the Year Grows Older based on a new composition on the Carol of Hope. This recognizes the concerns of today, but ends with the promise Jesus brings to our world. Then organ, trumpet and spoken word takes us way back in time to The Annunciation. In Mary s Story as told by St. Luke, the Angel Gabriel visits and we travel with her through The Magnificat. The brass offers us Mary s reply to the Angel, by playing the Motet Dixit Maria, Let it happen to me as you have said. A unique organ and trombone setting of O Little Town of Bethlehem then transports us forward in time and place to the holy family s preparation for Jesus birth. The Choir brings us all along to witness the manger scene in the sublime By Candlelight. Finally, we collectively proclaim the story of Jesus as the entire company resounds Once in Royal David s City in a grand, new arrangement by Victor Johnson. More than ever, I urge you to come out and bring friends. Join in the service and witness this precious sacred celebration of Christmas Eve once again at beautiful St. John s Episcopal in downtown Sharon, Pennsylvania. I m confident it can renew or even become a new tradition for you and your family in this time and place. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Ron Gracilla We all love our holiday Kettle Korn, in the pretty bags, but do you ever think about where the wide variety of bags come from? Here s a little background: All year long, Linda Steingrabe, Hannah Hancock, Katie Tingler and friends collect and donate suitable fabric from rummages sales, yard sales and garage sales. Anything remotely holiday themed is acceptable, from sheets, shower curtains and tablecloths to fabric remnants, track suits and pants! The fabric is delivered to Laura Peretic, who cuts the fabric down to bag size. The cut pieces are given to sewers, most notably Virginia Hull, who stitch and press the bags, so that they are all ready to go on popping day! Thanks to a multitude of folks, we have not had to buy fabric for bags, or silver bags, for our holiday Korn in several years. Many hands make light work truly applies here! We generally sell 200 bags per year, so you can see what an effort this is. St. John s Library News Linda Steingrabe heard Dr. Greg Viehman speak and bought copies of his book The God Diagnosis. She donated one to our church library. The book is his account of living without God in his life, realizing something was missing, investigating God and his family s transformation. The library would like to thank Linda for the very appropriate donation to our church library. Barb Bogolin, Librarian 724-347-1197 Year End Giving Please have your 2017 giving turned in by Sunday, December 31st to be applied for this year. Anything received after this date will reflect on your 2018 giving statement. Also, please wait until 2018 to start paying on your 2018 pledge. If you pay on your 2018 pledge in December, it will reflect on your 2017 giving statement. If you have any questions, please give Tina a call in the office. 3 St. John s Episcopal Church Sharon, Pennsylvania 724.347.4501 Phone stjohns@stjohnssharon.org www.stjohnssharon.org 8

Many Hands Make Light Work... and many hands are needed to make our Christmas Kettle Korn. We need folks to stir, plus folks to fill and finish the bags. We promise fun, fellowship & all the kettle korn you can eat! We ll be stirring up the Korn on Saturday, December 16th, weather permitting at the church, and if not, at the Trambley house. If you can help, even just for a short time, please sign up on the sheet in the lounge. Thank you! The Christian Education committee. Divine Kettle Korn St. John s Divine Kettle Korn in holiday bags are available for Christmas. The price remains at $5.00 per bag. Orders can be placed with Laura Peretic or left in the office along with your payment by December 10th. All proceeds go to the Kids & Teen Camp Scholarship fund. St. John s Divine Kettle Korn Fundraiser $5/bag. Please have all orders in by December 10th. Popping will be December 16th and delivery December 17th. Name Telephone # Quantity: bags@$5.00 each DEADLINE FOR ORDERING: Sunday, December 10th. Upcoming Events at Cana s Corner December 8: Donnie Abraham Christmas Concert and Chili Cook-Off. All are welcome to come and enter their chili. Bring a ladle, too. December 22: Terry Leonard Christmas Concert Cana s Corner is at St. John s Episcopal Church (lounge) 226 West State, Sharon, PA 7-9 PM Refreshments and nursery are available. For more information contact Robyn at (724) 866-3061 St. John s Persons of the Month November Congratulations to William Banas and Joseph Banas, our St. John s Parishioners of the Month. These two brothers and their families have been a part of St. John s their entire lives. They were Baptized and Confirmed here and even played basketball back when we had the gym. Did you know they have been active ushers since they were in their teens? Easily, when considering the Banas men, the word dedicated comes to the fore. December Congratulations to Mr. Matthew Ciszek and Mr. Michael Wachter, our St. John s Parishioners of the Month. These men have been a big part of St. John s parish family over the last couple years. They have been involved in many working teams including, Read the Bible in a Year, Altar Guild, the Vestry, and St. John s Choir. If there was an event and you followed the laughter, you could often see them in the thick of it all. It is with great sadness we must say goodbye to this couple at the end of the year as they are moving up to Erie. Let s all wish them well in their new endeavors. Godspeed! 7 St. John s Episcopal Church Sharon, Pennsylvania 724.347.4501 Phone stjohns@stjohnssharon.org www.stjohnssharon.org 4

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