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St. John’s Episcopal Church August 2017 Ocean Springs, Mississippi ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH MARCH 2015 OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI The Grapevine “Church School” this Fall at St. John’s Last year, Sunday school for children was held in the Youth Room with groups dividing by age and going to other rooms in our education wing for small group gatherings. This year (at least for the Fall), Sunday school for children will be held in the worship space (nave, chancel, and sanctuary) of St. John’s. The adult bible study and coffee hour and the periodic adult forum will continue unchanged in the fall. Only Sunday school for children will be affected by this change of venue and format. Sunday school for children will be called “Church School” and will be led by the Rector and the parents of the childrenMarch of the parish at and St. will beJohn formatted’ ass a worship service. Like Coffee Hour, the Adult Forum, and Adult Bible Study, Church School will take place between the 9:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. worship services. We will begin Church School at 10:15 a.m. and conclude by 11:00 a.m. Church School will be scheduled to last no more than 45 minutes. Parents are encouraged to attend Church School with their children. It is a religious experience for the entire family. Parents of children of all ages, from infants held in arms to those soon to enter middle school are encouraged to bring your children and experience Church School for yourself. Church School is for the whole family. Church School is intentionally multi-generational. Church School will feature spiritual songs and hymns, lessons from the Bible (including a children’s “object lesson” on the gospel reading for each Sunday). The songs sung at Church School will be taken from We Sing of God: A Hymnal for Children. All the hymns contained in We Sing of God: A Hymnal for Children are taken from The Hymnal 1982 of the Episcopal Church. We Sing of God: A Hymnal for Children, edited by Robert N. Roth and Nancy L. Roth, consists of 108 hymns or selections of service music from The Hymnal 1982 which were chosen with children's understanding of texts and their vocal abilities in mind. This hymnal is unique among hymn collections for children because it introduces children to texts and tunes from the church's official hymnal rather than to texts and tunes which they will soon outgrow. (continued on next page) Phone: 228-875-4454 Website: stjohnsoceansprings.dioms.org Happening Family Night at Wonderful Wednesdays John’s St. “Family Night” at Wonderful Spanish Lessons Wednesdays is the first Lessons are on summer hiatus; Wednesday of the month. Come the date they will resume will be to celebrate parish birthdays and announced share cake. Fun for the whole family. For more information Contact The Rev. Margarita contact Cecil George Smith. Swetman for more information 228-273-2425. “Church School” Donations to Spanish-speaking (continued from cover) ministry gratefully accepted. Church School will include the celebration of Holy Communion. Parents and older children will help the Rector at the altar. The service music sung at Church School will be from My Heart Jackson County Pet Sings Out. My Heart Sings Out is a hymnal designed for all-age Shelter worship, with the aim of the full inclusion of children in weekly Please consider donating the worship. My Heart Sings Out has been approved for use in following items to the Jackson worship by the Episcopal Church and is published by The Church County Pet Shelter: Clorox Hymnal Corporation of the Episcopal Church. Bleach, Non-Clumping Clay Cat Litter, Dawn Dish Soap, Animal The lessons from scripture quoted will be taken from Today’s Shampoo, Liquid Laundry Soap, English Version of the Holy Bible. Today’s English Version is Paper Towels, Newspaper; and written in a simple, everyday language, with the intention that Learning, Serving... Food—Dogs (Purina, Pedigree, everyone can appreciate it, and so is often considered particularly Beneful), Puppies (Purina, suitable for children. Today’s English Version is one of the Pedigree, Beneful), Cats (Purina, translations of the Holy Bible that is approved for use in worship 9 Lives, Friskies, Meow Mix), by the Episcopal Church. Kittens (Purina). For more information about the Jackson The liturgy for Church School will be taken from a collection of County Pet Shelter contact Jill supplemental liturgical materials prepared by the Standing Roth. Liturgical Commission of the Episcopal Church (1997) and published by Church Publishing Incorporated entitled Enriching Our Worship. Supplemental liturgical texts are approved for use with the permission of the diocesan bishop. The fonts chosen for the written materials for parents and older Merry Widows children (who have learned or are learning to read) will be Helvetica 14 pt. for the spoken portions and Comic Sans MS for The Merry Widows the “rubrics” or instructions. Both were chosen because they are meet on the first Friday (for very different reasons) considered “child friendly” fonts. of the month at 5:30 p.m. Contact Martha The cover will be a copy of a watercolor by Amelia Wiygul. Ms. Thompson to RSVP at Wiygul produced the watercolor when she was a youth at St. 228-875-7331. John’s. Happening Mission, Ministry... Centering Prayer John’s St. Centering Prayer meets on Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. For more information, contact Coffee Hour Sharon Manuel at 229- Sunday Coffee Hours 9307. are the perfect time to Children’s Chapel meet new and old Children’s Chapel is held during friends. We host two the 9:00 a.m. Sunday worship coffee hours every service each week. Children Sunday morning: 8:00 process to the Children’s Chapel a.m. - 9:00 a.m. and during the “Sequence Hymn” 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. (the hymn that follows the Come to coffee hour and second lesson). All preschool greet newcomers and and elementary school age meet parishioners who children are invited to attend attend a different Children’s Chapel. service. Nursery Nursery Care is available for young Volunteer Receptionists children on Sundays during the 9:00 a.m. Needed worship service, Adult Bible Study (or, Adult There is a need for volunteer receptionists on Tuesday, Forum), and the 11:15 Thursday and Friday afternoons. a.m. worship service. You may choose to work a four-hour shift or a two-hour shift. Duties include answering the phone, greeting visitors, running Nursery Care is also bulletins, etc.. available during the Wednesday evening, 5:30 p.m. worship service. The “Joy” Room next to the nursery has live video and audio of the service for parents with unhappy babies. If you have a few free hours in your week to spend with us at the church please contact Father Charles. Thank you for your consideration. Learning, Serving Happening The Lord is My Help John’s St. John’s is responsible for St. volunteers for The Lord is My Help on a rotating schedule. Adult Forum Our next week is July 3 to July 7. If you can volunteer, contact The Adult Forum meets Peggy Butera (228-875-7049) or periodically during the coffee Jim Lancaster. hour (at 10:10 a.m.). For more information about Adult Forum, contact John Switzer. You can reach John at 251-380-4669. Bell Choir St. John’s Bell Choir meets on a variable schedule. For more information about St. John’s Bell Choir, contact Martha Thompson at 228-875-7331. Wonderful Wednesdays Wonderful Wednesday Dinner St. Luke’s Guild Volunteers. Eight teams of volunteers rotate preparing dinner St. Luke’s will be on summer for “Wonderful Wednesdays” at hiatus until September. St. John’s. For more information call Melissa Johnson at 228-239- St. Luke’s Guild meets on the Thursday Theology 1235 or Cecil George Smith at third Thursday of the month for Group 228-424-6899. their monthly potluck dinner. St. Thursday Theology Group Luke’s is composed of ladies with the Rev. Harold Roberts Morning Prayer from St. John’s and the meets on the second and fourth community who meet for Thursday of the month at 2:00 While many say Morning Prayer fellowship and support our p.m. in the Kindness Room on as a private devotion, it is preschool. Everyone is invited - the second floor of our designed to be prayed in come make a new friend. education center. For more community. If you have never information contact the Rev. prayed Morning Prayer in Harold Roberts: 228-380-4700. community, St. John’s is offering you an opportunity to do so. Join Second and Fourth Thursday us at St. John's, any morning, 2:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at 9:15 a.m. for Morning Prayer. Mission, Ministry Happening Healing Service Public Service of Healing St. John’s with Anointing and the Holy Eucharist is held each Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Daughters of the Ultreya & Cursillo Nursery care available during King Prayer Groups the worship service. The Daughters of the King • Mondays at 9:00 a.m. Worship service is followed in the Rawls Room. with dinner in the parish hall. meet on the first Tuesday of the month. Contact Ginny • Mondays at 5:30 p.m. Dugaw (360-661-0691) or at Foley Ranson’s Kay Cox (228-239-9275) for Office. more information about the • The third Tuesday of Daughter’s of the King. the month at 5:30 p.m. in the parish Adult Bible Study hall.