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Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic
posted on Mar 3, 2022 Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic (but they listen to a lot of singing!) Just about two years ago now, some of us scrambled during the week to figure out how we might record a Sunday service for broadcast in order to keep folks safe during t...
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Kyrie Playlist
posted on Mar 3, 2022 Kyrie Eleison Kyrie Eleison Kyrie The wind blows hard against this mountainside Across the sea into my soul It reaches into where I cannot hide Setting my feet upon the road My heart is old, it holds my memories My body burns a gem-like flam...
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Life Together (ish)
posted on Feb 24, 2022 Life together at St. John's in 2021 seemed a little more "together" than the previous year. With some creativity, we were able to bring back coffee hour. It was so wonderful to gather safely again. On June 13, 2021, we hosted a "Family Reunion"...
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Worship / St. John's Church
Holy Week Preview
posted on Feb 22, 2022 April 14, Maundy Thursday : 6:00 p.m. In-person Worship, Streamed virtually April 15, Good Friday : 12:00 p.m. In-person Worship | 6:00 p.m. In-person Worship, Streamed virtually April 17, Easter : 6:00 a.m. Sunrise Vigil, The Chapel of the...
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Finding Belonging, Opportunity and Connection
posted on Feb 17, 2022 This is a new "corner" in Revelations newsletter where we interview volunteers from around the church about what they love about St. John's and lending a helping hand. Today, we're chatting with Donaldson Miele. He's from Orange County, CA, but h...
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Wired for Connection
posted on Feb 3, 2022 Dear Church, I've spent my entire professional career in churches. I have no experience in the boardroom or a for-profit, never perused the stacks of a law library or a medical school laboratory. I've only flirted with Silicon Valley in my head...
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Watch Mission: Joy
posted on Jan 29, 2022 Mission: Joy is an enlightening, peek-behind-the curtain, 90-minute documentary built around an historic 5-day meeting between two of the world's most consequential spiritual leaders â€" His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Bo...
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2021 Annual Report
posted on Jan 27, 2022 Hello Brothers and Sisters. As we close out 2021, year two of the strangest, most unexpected, and I feel the most difficult era of our time, we also take a look back at what we, as a church, accomplished together.
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Candidates to the Parish
posted on Jan 27, 2022 The following individuals have been chosen as candidates for election to the vestry class of 2021. The current vestry recommends this slate of candidates to the parish in addition to our endowment committee endorsements and delegates to annual ...
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Annual Parish Address
posted on Jan 25, 2022 Dear Church,
I'm grateful that you've taken the time to take a look at our annual report, to remember and, hopefully, be encouraged by the loving work we've been up to as a church over the past year. Because we still find ourselves in the mids...
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