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Maundy Thursday is the day in Holy Week when we remember Jesus’ last supper in the Upper Room with his disciples on the night before he was crucified.

This is a ritual remembrance of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. It is meant to not simply reenact the biblical story, but to enter into it with our own lives, loves, losses, and hopes. Questions focus on things like: sharing our thanksgivings, remembering a time when someone offered their life or sacrificed for someone else, our covenant with God’s larger family, etc. Dinner will include the breaking of bread and sharing of the cup (what we now call “communion”).

We will offer hand washing or foot washing for anyone who would like to do this – it is completely optional. We recall the ways in which the washing of feet before a meal was usually done by servants. But Jesus broke that convention by washing the feet of the ones he loved. In doing this, he modeled servant leadership.

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Dear St. John’s Family: 

The Search and Call team would like to welcome the Rev. Linda Noonan to our St John’s family! 

We are excited to announce, that on Sunday November 17th, the members of St. John’s voted the Rev. Linda Noonan as our new Senior Pastor! Rev. Noonan is serving out her contract with her current church and will start her call with St John’s in March 2025. 

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Adult Education Class with Pastor Tom Adil is held every Wednesday at 6:15 pm in the Pastor’s Study.

Adult Education Class will discuss “A Hole in the World” by Amanda Held Opelt. Books are available for $15.

When Amanda Held Opelt suffered a season of loss – including three miscarriages and the unexpected death of her sister, New York Times bestselling writer Rachel Held Evans – she was confronted with sorrow she didn’t know how to face.

Her search for answers led her to discover that generations past embraced a robust array of rituals that served as vessels for pain and aided in the process of grieving and healing. Today, many of these traditions have been lost as religious practice declines, cultures amalgamate, death is sanitized, and pain is averted.

During discussion everyone works on drawing mandalas! If you have missed the reading, you can listen along to the discussion and share your own stories while we draw.

See You There!

On February 2nd we will hold our winter congregational dinner immediately after church. We will also hold a Congregational Meeting (when everyone is seated for dinner) to vote on the Church Council members for 2025.

Thanks to everyone who has helped this year, whether you were on council and are rolling off or just helped pitch in. We could not have gotten through this year without all of your help. (more…)