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______PRAYER CONCERNS FOR ST. JOHN’S For the sick: Ginny Weick, Bill Hinton, Barbara Aasheim, Lenore Hansen, Bonny, Milton Dove, THE CHALICE Bill, Amy, Kate, Fred, Bill Wesp, Karin, Irene, Jim, Joyce, Art, Roger Giacomini, Jean The weekly Sunday Bulletin of St. John’s Episcopal Church October 9, 2016 Giacomini, Sue, Bruce, Daniel, Debra, Carlton Weildman, Luke Denson, Marie Cagna, Giovanni Danza, Mark Bellissimo, RJ Sumner, Angelo Menna, Elizabeth Brennen, Erika, Tom, Richard, Wild Geese (from Dream Work by Mary Oliver) Linda Pizzolato, Pat Schultze, Anne Wesp, Roelie Cronje, Kylie McGrail Rocks, Rich Spicer, You do not have to be good. Phillip Wulfken, Joe Vaccaro, Sonia Petrocchi, Patricia Burke, Muriel DiGiorgio, Shona You do not have to walk on your knees Bromley, Sofia Analise, Rafy, Elizabeth Frucht, Bill Knutson, Mildred Wehr, Teresa, Regina, for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. Tory, Kathy, Joseph, Carmen Rivera, Bob Psoinas. You only have to let the soft animal of your body We pray for all our men and women serving in the armed services and all first responders. love what it loves. May God keep them safe and return them home to their loved ones. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. We pray for all those who currently unemployed and seeking a job. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, To have someone entered onto our Prayer List for, please e-mail the church office with the over the prairies and the deep trees, person’s name as well as the requester’s name. The e-mail address is: the mountains and the rivers. [email protected]. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Last Sunday’s attendance: 137 Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, Sunday Service 10am calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting over and over announcing your place October 9 October 16 in the family of things. MC Earl Matchett MC Earl Matchett Jesus Christ is on his way to Jerusalem and a group of lepers called out, “Jesus, have mercy on LEM Rob Wheeler LEM Leslie Valentine us.” Jesus heals them and one returned to Jesus and thanked him. My reflection today is about the Acolytes Luke Cahill Acolytes Ty Ellenbogen one who returned. What motivated the Samaritan to return to the Rabbi to thank him for giving Emma Cahill Chloe Findlay his life back? Jesus certainly knew that the leper had nothing to offer him in return. We can Colby Tracy Timmy Kusterbeck assume that God’s grace, mercy, and compassion motivated Jesus to heal them. So why would the Carleigh Tracy James Conolly leper want to thank him? I believe that God calls us to give thanks for everything we have. With a Kayla Andrews Wade Holden thankful heart, we are able to be healed of more than our physical ailments. We are made whole Thalia Tosetti Samantha Goldbaum when we realize that everything comes through the mercy and grace of God. Jesus Christ came Jacob Goldbaum that you may have life and live it more abundantly. Abundant life is a life lived in thankfulness. Lector 1 Noelle DeLorenzo Lector 1 Ty Ellenbogen Please share your despair with others and listen to their despair in return. We are created in the Lector 2 Emma Cahill Lector 2 James Conolly image of God to be merciful and thankful to others. Let your love flow in your life in everything you do. Give thanks for everything you have and don’t worry about the nine lepers that did not return. The harvest is great and the laborers are few. The older I get the more I am fascinated by nature and the less I get frustrated by ridiculous people. I often get cut off on the roads, but I don’t let it bother me. I often see ten percent of the people giving generously of their time and donations and it doesn’t bother me. I think that being the one who is thankful is all that matters. I doubt you’ll win the lottery because you are a good person and you are just as susceptible to disease as anyone else. But I believe that finding your place in the family of things is important. If you choose the path of Jesus Christ, then you will be blessed with a thankful heart and an abundant life. Robert Frost said, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled and that has made all the difference.” Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $15 Students with proper ID and Senior Citizens. In Christ’s love, Become a Patron at $100 and receive 4 tickets and an acknowledgement in the Program. Call the Fr. Duncan Church office for reservations, or purchase tickets during Sunday’s Coffee Hour. VISITORS AND NEWCOMERS WELCOME! ______We welcome you to St. John’s Episcopal Church. Established in 1745, this historic church opens its doors to all who seek to deepen their faith and provides warm hospitality to all. We are blessed ULTREYA by your presence and invite you to fill out a Visitor’s Card on the back table of church. Visit the Ultreya! "Onward!" Join us for a time of prayer and a chance to share about your journey with Greeters’ Kiosk in the rear of church, where Greeters are available to answer questions and Christ. The next Ultreya meeting is Friday, October 14th at 7:30 pm in the Guild Room. All provide you with a packet of additional information about church services and activities. are welcome! ______OCTOBER 16 - SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Next Sunday we will welcome the George Bundt from Long Island Youth Mentoring to St. We will be collecting shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child again this year. Please be John’s. This organization was established in 1981 to assist the Christian Church on Long Island in sure to put an Operation Christmas Child label on your shoebox identifying whether the box was responsible evangelism of at-risk youth, providing them with hope through caring relationships, packed for a boy or a girl and the age range of the intended recipient. Labels and packing guides and developmental opportunities for the whole person: spiritual, mental, physical and social. are available at the back of the church and in the Great Hall. There is also a limited supply of ______pre-wrapped shoeboxes available in the Great Hall for those of you who may not have a shoe box. Please consider including $7 in cash or by check made out to Samaritan’s Purse to help with the HARVEST FAIR cost of shipping the box to its final location, and remember to wrap your box and lid separately. Once you have packed your box, please drop it in the designated collection box in the parish hall. St. John’s Annual Harvest Fair will take place on Saturday, October 29th from 10 am to 4 The last day to drop off your box is November 13th. After that, they will be taken to a central pm. collection point and begin their journey of love. If you have any questions, please feel free to Lawn signs are available in the Great Hall. Please take one to place in appropriate places at your call Deborah Findlay 516-541-0305. Thank you for sharing Christ’s love with his littlest and home or business. Help us spread the word about the Harvest Fair. When the Fair is done, most vulnerable followers. please return them to church, as they will be used next year. ______The Harvest Fair is seeking the following volunteers: bakers, people to help with the CANTERBURY SHOP food/kitchen/grill, solicitors to collect gifts for raffle baskets from local businesses, people to sell The Canterbury Shop reopens today, October 9th with a sale 50-75% off the entire stock. This raffle tickets, someone to work the Vermont cheese table, helpers to set-up the Thrift Store at the sale is only for the next 3 weeks. Stop in and shop. Fair, helpers to arrange the White Elephant room and work it the day of the Fair, decorators to ______help set up the Harvest Fair the night prior. Please help us to help others. If you can help, please contact: Fran at 631- 754-2772, or Chris at 631-754-7773 THRIFT SHOP ______Saturday Volunteers are needed to work in the Thrift Shop for 2 ½ hours. If you can help please UPCOMING CONCERT SERIES AT ST. JOHN’S call Nancy Feustel at: 631-721-6073. Thank you! Mark your calendars now for some exciting concerts here at St. John’s! ______On Saturday, November 5th at 4 PM – Meridien Duo with Anthony Arnone, Cellist BIBLE STUDY and Christine Doré, Pianist performing music of Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin and Kreisler. Please join us at 7:30 am, Tuesday, October 11 at the Panera Bread across the street from St. On Friday, November 18th at 7PM, The Café Connection: Music in Intimate Settings John's, in the back room. We will hold a planning session for a weekly Bible Study. If you are through the Years with the SPEKTRUM Ensemble: Trudy Craney, Soprano, Dr. Andrew Perea, interested, but unable to attend, please contact Fr. Duncan. Violinist, Rebecca Perea, Cellist and Alex Pryrodny, Pianist. ______And on Sunday, December 18th at 7PM – our annual Sing Noel Concert featuring Leslie BOOK STUDY Valentine and guest performers. Have you been reading Fr. Duncan’s monthly books and wishing you could discuss them? If so, please join us on Wednesday, November 16 at 6:30 pm at the Wenk’s home (412 West Neck road, Huntington) for a Potluck Supper and to discuss Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Fr. Duncan still has copies of the book available for $10. Please RSVP to Ann Wenk at: 631-549-0547, or [email protected]. ______