April ASJ 2016

APRIL AT ST. JOHN’S <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">april 2016 </li><li style="flex:1">the newsletter of st. john’s united methodist church </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">THE MONTH AHEAD </li><li style="flex:1">PASTOR’S LETTER </li></ul>7Small Group - Yorktown The Yorktown Mall area small ‘We know the Spirit is moving’ group will meet 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 7 for Bible study in Lombard. the gift of the Spirit to his people. dead for how many days?!” we know the Spirit is moving. When they giggle and dance around in the water poured onto them when we remember our That same Spirit is still moving at St. John’s and I hope you can feel it. There is an energy in our worship and our time together and we can see it especially in our children. When I announce 9NIC Children’s Table Be a Champion for Children! Join the conference-wide Easter Day has come and gone, but our season of Easter is just baptism with gratitude, we know the Spirit is moving. When they come to me asking to be a part of our worship service, we know the Spirit is moving. training event Saturday, April 9. For more information on how to attend or volunteer, contact Pastor Nancy Hunter. beginning. The Easter Season lasts from Easter Day until Pentecost on May 15. During this communion and hear a small voice cry out, “Yay!” we know the Spirit is moving. When our 10 UMM Breakfast Meeting The men’s group will host their Spring Breakfast meeting 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 10. All are invited. season we sing about joy, deck the church in white and gold cloth, and read Scripture about the <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">children demand seconds </li><li style="flex:1">April is a month where </li></ul>we see the earth thaw and dead things come back to life. And so, I invite you to follow the example of our children this month and celebrate the ways the Spirit is prompting St. John’s to new and fuller forms of joyful life together. That same Spirit is still moving at St. John’s and I hope you can feel it. There is an energy in our worship and our time together and we can see it especially in our children. 17 ADCO Meeting The Administrative Council revelation of love and joy, honor and glory and blessing we have in Christ Jesus. We turn from our focus on sin and will convene Sunday, April 17 after the fellowship hour. All church staff, committee heads, and church leaders should be present. All mortality in Lent to joy in the eternal life and congregants are welcome to attend the meeting. forgiveness Christ offers through the resurrection! We turn from the hard work of Lent to the And as always, please continue to pray for St. John’s! (and thirds) of Christ’s body at the communion table, we know the Spirit is moving. When their imaginations are 18 Community of refreshment of celebrating. In Christ, Congregations Meeting The Community of Congregations will have a spring meeting 7 p.m. on April 18. Representatives from Housing Forward will come and speak with community leaders about homelessness. Location to be announced. provoked by Scripture and worship to ask And it is no accident that our Easter Season ends at Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, the day that Christ gives Pastor Lindsey Joyce questions like, “Why is our cross covered in black fabric?” and “Jesus was <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">april 2016 </li><li style="flex:1">the newsletter of st. john’s united methodist church </li></ul>CROP WALK Every year, people from around the Oak Park/River Forest area walk 5 miles to highlight the prevalence of hunger in the community. This year is no different. The 33rd Annual Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk is Sunday, May 1. Last year, the Walk raised $70,000 for both local food pantries and the Church World Service’s global anti-hunger efforts. This year’s goal is to raise $100,000.Want to help achieve that goal? Contact Jill Pua Villanueva or visit MISSION SPOTLIGHT OakParkHungerCropWalk.org. April is Malaria Awareness Month April is Malaria Awareness Month, which culminates with World Malaria Day on April 25. Across the United Methodist connection, people of faith are teaming up to support malaria prevention efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Emie Pua, St. John’s Lay Leader and Infection Prevention Practitioner, gives us some important facts about this preventable disease. CELEBRATIONS Birthdays 3 — April Cyrwus 6 — Crispin Villaflor 7 — Lila Joy Arnold 17 — Gloria Domingo 19 — Joash Mencias 20 — Jacob Romualdo 21 — Reggie Flores 25 — Linette Romualdo 27 — Leo Mon-Alon 28 — Keith Miranda 29 — Nicanor Quitoriano Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites that are spread to people through the bites of infected Anopheles mosquito vectors. There were an estimated 214 million malaria cases worldwide in 2015, mostly in the sub-Saharan desert. Children under 5 are at a much greater risk: more than two-thirds of all malaria deaths occur in this age group. Pregnant women are also very vulnerable to malaria. Sleeping under insecticide-treated mosquito nets is the easiest way people in malaria-affected areas can protect themselves. Indoor residual spraying with insecticides is the most effective way to rapidly reduce ••• ••transmission. Access to health care, which can provide an early diagnosis and prompt treatment can also prevent malaria deaths. HOW TO HELP Wedding Anniversaries 4 Rev. Reuel and Gloria Talapian 17 Jduran and Marlet Siniguian 21 Lolita and Reggie Flores ‘Imagine No Malaria’ is the United Methodist Church’s official campaign in partnership with the Gates Foundation, United Nations Foundation and more. Visit ImagineNoMalaria.org to learn how you can support the cause. ••PRAYER LIST Felisa Mencias, Livia Bores, Nelson’s family, Chris Joyce, Dorothy Murray, Pastor Jerry Grim, Maria Garcia, the family of Benjamin Mascarenes, Rosendo Esguerra, Samuel Grospe, Kim Morjoseph, Marsha Brady, Nora Brown, Kathy Henson, Mark and Mary, Edwin Henandez, Linda Zelmer and her brother Gary, Andrew Tardecilla, Mary, the Arnold family. SAVE THE DATE Church Camp | May 27-29, 2016 Registration details to be posted online soon.

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