The Tower October 2018 Dear St. John s Family, It is with great excitement and pleasure for the Vestry to welcome the Reverend Patrick Greene as the new Rector for St. John s effective November 1, 2018, so please join Reverend Greene at his first service on Sunday, November 4th. You all should have received a letter from the Vestry with regards to the announcement. I also was at church on Sunday, September 16th, letting the congregation know the news. On that same Sunday, the Discernment Team chaired a forum that shared their journey in finding Reverend Greene. If you go to the St. John s website and click on the Rector Search Completed picture, you can see the Discernment Team s PowerPoint presentation. Reverend Greene brings experience, warmth and knowledge to St. John s and after approximately five years as the Rector of Saints Matthew & Mark Episcopal Church in Barrington, he has been called to lead St. John s. Briefly, Reverend Greene graduated from URI with a BA degree in 2006. Reverend Greene then attended the Virginia Theological Seminary (Alexandria, VA) and received his Masters in Divinity in 2010. Reverend Greene resides in Barrington with his wife and two small children. The Vestry would like to thank the Communications Team for being the glue throughout this entire process and the Discernment Team for their prayerful and exhaustive work. The Portfolio Team for gathering all the information and surveys from the parishioners and all parishioners for their input on those surveys and at forums, as well as your patience in letting the process naturally unfold. Of course to our staff for their support both pre and post transition and to Fr. Bill Locke for his interim ministry, calm and guidance throughout the process. Lastly, for anyone looking to be on a Welcome Team that will help assimilate our new Rector to our parish community, please reach out to either the office staff or me. There have been a lot of changes at St. John s over the last year and half, so again, we are so excited and ready for the leadership Reverend Patrick Greene with all of our spiritual journeys. Sincerely: Louis Massa, Senior Warden
DIRECTORY Clergy Staff Dale West Parish Administrator Dale@stjohnsbarrington.org Ext. 11 Mary Clark Business Manager Mary@stjohnsbarrington.org Ext. 13 Heather Annis Children & Youth Ministries Director Heather@stjohnsbarrington.org Ext. 18 Jacob Stott Director of Music Programs Jacob@stjohnsbarrington.org Ext. 19 David Murray Head of Buildings and Grounds David@stjohnsbarrington.org Ext. 12 Vestry Lou Massa Sr., Warden Michael Obel-Omia, Jr. Warden John Cavanagh, Clerk/Secretary Kelly Deering, Treasurer Stephanie Adamek Pat Anderson, Jay Billingsley Jeff Davidson, Jan Malcolm Pattie Mitchell 401-245-4065 www.stjohnsbarrington.org ENCORE is now open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday s from 10:00am until 4:00pm. We are also open the first Saturday of the month from 10:00am until 1:00pm. We hope to see you on Saturday, October 6th! ST. JOHN S TOWER Please consider writing for The Tower. Personal reflections, articles, poetry, essays and commentary are always welcome! Next Tower Deadline: October 17th. The November Tower will be mailed on October 30th. Please send articles, announcements and Letters to the Tower to dale@stjohnsbarrington.org 2
October 2 nd 2:30pm Youth Art Team October 3 rd 7:00pm HS Mission Trip Meeting October 4 h 7:30am NYA Bible Study 12:30pm Warm Wooly Knitters 7:00pm Choir Rehearsal October 5 h 5:00pm Art Gallery Opening October 6 h 8:30am John s Meals October 7 h 8:00am Holy Eucharist 9:00am Adult Formation 10:00am Holy Eucharist 5:30pm Holy Eucharist October 8 th Columbus Day Parish Office Closed October 9 th 7:00pm Executive Meeting October 10 th 7:00pm HS Mission Trip Meeting October 11 th 7:30am NYA Bible Study 12:30pm Warm Wooly Knitters 7:00pm Choir Rehearsal October 13 th 8:30am John s Meals October 14 th 8:00am Holy Eucharist 9:00am Church School 9:00am Adult Formation 10:00am Holy Eucharist 5:30pm Holy Eucharist 5:30pm Youth Steering Committee Meeting 6:15pm Youth Group October 15 th 6:00pm Finance Meeting 7:00pm Vestry Meeting October 16 th 2:30pm Youth Art Team October 17 Tower Deadline October 18 th 7:30am NYA Bible Study 12:30pm Warm Wooly Knitters 7:00pm Choir Rehearsal October 21 st 8:00am Holy Eucharist 9:00am Church School 9:00am Adult Formation 10:00am Holy Eucharist 11:00am Loaves & Fishes RI 5:30pm Holy Eucharist 6:15pm Youth Group October 22 nd 6:00pm Property Meeting Continued on page 12 3
Church School Schedule COMMISSION ON CHILDREN S FORMATION Sunday, October 7 NO CLASSES Sunday, October 14 9:00 am Regular classes and parent group Sunday, October 21 9:00 am Regular classes and parent group Sunday, October 28 9:00 am Church school family day Older Youth Formation Dates Tuesday, October 2 2:30 pm Wednesday, October 3 7:00 pm HS mission group Sunday, October 7 NO YOUTH GROUP Wednesday, October 10 7:00 pm HS mission group Sunday, October 14 5:30 pm Steering committee 6:15 pm Youth group Tuesday, October 16 2:30 pm Art team Sunday, October 21 6:15 pm Youth group Saturday, October 27 1:00 pm ECC Halloween Village Sunday, October 28 6:15 pm Youth group Loaves & Fishes RI & The Confirmation Crew On Sunday, September 16th the Confirmation class joined the Loaves & Fishes team to prepare food, load the truck and help out in Providence. Thank you to Lucy Ballou, Connor Caliri, Alexander Duffy, Nathan Ouelette and Lindsay Turgeon helping us out..it was a great run! 4
COMMISSION ON OUTREACH St. John s Church Art Gallery Our next showing will be by Daniel DuBois : Monoprints, Woodcuts and Etchings from October 1 through November 24 Please join us for a reception on Friday October 5, from 5-7pm. Dan will exhibit works selected from several series of abstract prints including, monoprints, woodcuts and etchings. The improvisational monoprints were created with oil-based inks, collaged appliques and powdered pigments. They are images of spaces in a sort of genesis, often with personages in implied relationship. These are playful images in a primordial becoming and/or visual metaphors of experience. The woodcuts and some of the etchings continue an interest in physical process and improvisation through the use of automatic drawing and a focus on line, shape, color and texture. 5
COMMISSION ON OUTREACH Altar Flowers Each Sunday, the beautiful bouguets on the altar are delivered to parishioners who are unable to attend church that day, or may be celebrating a special anniversary or birthday. If you wouls like to be a part of this wonderful ministry by delivering one of those bouquets occasionally please see me and I can tell you more about it. Or if you would just like to sign up to be a flower deliverer please just let me know. Or you can also call Dale in the office at 245-4065. Thank you, Joanne Tainsh 749-0691 or jetsox@gmail.com COMMISSION ON ADMINISTRATION Transitions The Life Eternal Helen Danforth Robert Fancher October Anniversaries David & Kristy Leicht ~ October 4, 2004 ~ 14 years Steve & Simmy Carter ~ October 7, 1978~ 40 years Tim & Wendy Foley ~ October 7, 2000 ~ 18 years Peter & Brenda Kanarian ~ October 8, 1988~ 30 years Jeff & Holly Guimond ~ October 11, 2009 ~ 9 years Brad & Jill Blankenhorn ~ October 13, 2012 ~ 6 years Bill & Mimsey Cauley ~ October 19, 2013 ~ 5 years John & Joan Taylor ~ October 20, 1962 ~ 56 years Gil & Jean Audette ~ October 22, 1957 ~ 61 years Chris & Alyssa Kelley ~ October 26, 2002~ 16 years Steve & Stephanie Adamek ~ October 27, 2001 ~ 17 years David & Kristen Materne ~ October 27, 2001 ~ 17 years Thomas & Lynn Katon ~ October 28, 1978 ~ 40 years Chad & Rachel Mellen ~ October 31, 1992 ~ 26 years 6
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Calendar continued October 23 rd October 24 th October 25 th 7:30am NYA Bible Study 12:30pm Warm Wooly Knitters 7:00pm Choir Rehearsal October 27 th 1:00pm Youth ECC Halloween Village October 28 th 8:00am Holy Eucharist 9:00am Church School Family Day 9:00am Stewardship Brunch 10:00am Holy Eucharist 5:30pm Holy Eucharist 6:15pm Youth Group October 30 th Mail Tower October 31 st The mission of St. John s Church is to be a community of Christians committed to the care, nourishment and spiritual growth of all. Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 3 Barrington, RI Return Service Requested October 2018 St. John s Episcopal Church 191 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806 Phone: 401-245-4065 Fax: 401-245-0518 Website: www.stjohnsbarrington.org Parish Office Hours Monday Thursday 8:00am - 5:00pm Friday 10:00am Noon Worship Services Sunday: 800am, 10:00am and 5:30pm Wednesday: 9:30am 8