(215) 855-5489 | Worship every Sunday @ 10:15 a.m.
(215) 855-5489 | Worship every Sunday @ 10:15 a.m.
Read the latest news for our church.
Oct 23, 2024
The Search and Call Team of St. John’s is excited to share with you that we have reached a unanimous decision for our final candidate for the Senior Pastor position at St. John’s! The Candidate’s Weekend for the final candidate will be held at St. John’s on Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th. During this weekend you will have ample opportunities to meet the final candidate at St. John’s.
Coffee Corner | Library | 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Enjoy a hot coffee or tea and some light breakfast snacks while getting to know our final candidate.
Meet and Greet | Library | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Come and have some light snacks and mingle with our final candidate.
The final candidate will be preaching at our 10:15 service followed by a congregational vote of active members on the candidate. Fellowship will follow in the assembly hall after the vote.
More information on our candidate is coming soon! For those that do not have email, hard copies of the final candidate’s information and bio will be available in the Church Office after Thursday, November 14th. Please let Kay know if you would like to stop by and pick up a copy.
With Peace and Gratitude,
The St. John’s Search and Call Team
Sep 25, 2024
Sept 29
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gordon Baptism
Sunday Morning Worship at 10:15 am
Connect 3 at 10:45 am
Fellowship at 11:30 am
Oct 2
Wednesday Night Live!
Community Meal from 5:45-6:45 pm
Adult Education at 6:15 pm
United Ringers at 6:15 pm
Children’s Choir at 6:15 pm
Holden Evening Prayer at 7pm
Chancel Choir at 7:30 pm
Oct 6
World Communion Sunday
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Rev. Addie’s Last Sunday
Praying Hands Stitchers at 9:00 am
Sunday Morning Worship at 10:15 am
Connect 3 at 10:45 am
Celebration of Rev. Addie at 11:30 am
Sep 18, 2024
When the widow in this well-known story of scripture (Mark: 38-44) hits our ear, one is tempted to compare what the poor woman gives to what the rich give. We are trained early on to consider wealth to be a virtue – as the old saying by Ella Fitzgerald goes, “I’ve been rich and I have been poor…and believe me baby, rich is better!”
As our Stewardship Campaign at St. John’s begins to mount up, though, we urge you to consider a deeper interpretation of this story:
“And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So, He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”
What if…instead of considering this as a story just about money (which, of course it is always about money to a degree), it is also – at a deeper level – a story about the riches within? I think Jesus may well be implying that the widow’s gift was so rich because she lived her life with God as the Center, and through her vision of God’s Kin-dom, in return she gained a gift of inestimable value. The widow may well have known that her two mites were an insignificant token to give for the glory of the Kin-dom in the face of God’s riches. Yet, what apparently made the widows’ contribution so powerful – in Jesus’ estimation – is the widow’s ability to see God in all God’s glory. When we see Jesus in the way that the widow viewed him – as the source of our own worth and our identity, then we, too, may realize the source of our own inner true riches.
So, what does all this have to do with giving to St. John’s? Everything! If we are growing in our faith, we will know the blessings we have received. Knowing how blessed we really are, we cannot but give our all to Jesus – that is, to give him our acknowledgment that we are his and he is our Savior…that Christ is the source of all we have and will have. Apprehending this moves us towards giving our all.
I hope that you will join this year’s campaign with new eyes of faith, knowing that our rich heritage in Jesus compels us to see the reasons we have what we have – as well as how this knowledge moves us to share of our rich blessings to further expand God’s realm in the world.
After prayerful thought, please complete the attached Covenant Card. You may put it in the basket on the Communion Table or in the offering plate. All of the cards will be dedicated during worship on Stewardship Sunday, November 10. Giving Our All is the key to keep St. John’s strong.
Grace and Peace,
The Stewardship Committee
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