Stewardship Meetings

Stewardship Meetings

STEWARDSHIP MEETINGS will be held on the following dates and locations:  Thursday, 30 October: 712 Druid Hill Avenue (Mary Leigh); Wednesday, 12 November: 3020 Saint Paul Street (Brad Weesner); and Saturday, 22 November: 1901 Park Avenue (Gerry Stacy).  The meetings will begin with dessert and coffee at 8.30 PM and will be led by parishioner Cody Miles.  Pledge Cards will be available at the meetings. We hope to collect the cards on Thanksgiving Day and Advent Sunday (and anytime we can have them, really!)  Come and join the conversation about our mission, ministry, and how we need to fund them.  Be thinking now about what this parish means to you and what you can do to further the work it does.  Need a ride?  Don’t be shy!  Let someone know or speak to Fr Parker.

Welcome, Bishop Sutton

THIS SUNDAY WE WELCOME OUR BISHOP, The Right Reverend Eugene Taylor Sutton, to his church in the Charles and Waverly Villages.  The Bishop will meet with the Vestry at 9:00 AM, and will celebrate the Mass with us at 10:30 AM.  After the Service, Bishop Sutton will join us all for informal conversations with parishioners and friends over Asian delights prepared by parishioner Thavinh Keomanivong.  Please join the Bishop in the Solarium, which may be reached by passing through the doors under the organ façade and turning to the left.  Welcome home, Bishop Sutton!

Thank You, Gail!

GAIL KREUSINGER has been a whirlwind of cleaning as she has taken up the slack left by our ailing Sexton.  Do give her a hearty 'thank you!' for taking care of so much housekeeping in both the church and the Parish House.

Visitor Cards

NEW PEW CARDS for visitors and inquirers are in the pew racks and in the back of the church.  Take a look!

Retirement of Our Sexton

IT IS WITH SINCERE REGRET that I must announce to you the retirement of our beloved Sexton, Anthony.  Anthony has been in declining health for the past year and the toll of it has finally made it impossible for him to carry out his responsibilities here at the church.  He is in Union Memorial Hospital as this is written and he requests your prayers.  Visits are most welcome, but call the hospital before you go to make sure he is still there.   Anthony is not up to a “farewell party”, but we will have a basket at the back of the church today and for the next several Sundays to receive thank you contributions for his more than ten years of work and service to our parish family and community.  Please be both grateful and generous.   Checks should be made out to the church, marked for him in the memo.  JLAP+

Prayer List, Pentecost XVIII

Your prayers are bidden for the Holy Catholic Church:

For its mission of reconciliation throughout the world
For Christian missionaries and their families
For the Church suffering persecution
For the unity and healing of the Church; for +Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury,
    +Katharine, our Primate, and for +Eugene, our Bishop, and +Heather, his Suffragan
For the People, Rector, Wardens, Vestry, and all who minister in this Congregation
For our increase in faith, in number, in zeal, and in means for the work of the Kingdom of God
For the Sisters of Saint Margaret, the Monks of Saint Gregory’s Abbey,
    for their increase in vocations; and for all others under vows of religion
For the ministry of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, and for its pilgrims
For discernment and perseverance for all Seminarians,
    and for Eric as he continues his vocational discernment

 Your prayers are bidden for our common life in the world:

For the Leaders of the nations, and the welfare and peace of the world
For this nation, our President, our Courts, and our Congress
For our Governor, our Legislature, our Mayor, and all others
    in civil authority among us
For our Waverly and Charles Villages, our leaders, people, and those who work or visit here
For the protection, encouragement, and guidance by the Holy Spirit of our Police,
    Fire-fighters, Paramedic Teams, and of our Armed Forces: among them Skyler, Dennis, and Gabriel
For our enemies, and, through Christ Jesus, for an end to our enmity

Your prayers are bidden for those in need, trouble, or anxiety:

Anthony, Judith, Michael, Marvin, Diane, John, Tom, Gene; the destitute ministered to by the Sisters of 
Saint Margaret in Haiti; those endangered by armed conflict; the unemployed, the homeless, those
travelling: among them Gregory; the imprisoned: among them Ted

Your prayers are bidden for those commended for healing in mind, body, or spirit:

Anthony, David, Matthew, Beth, Dean; those grieving

 Your prayers are bidden for those in hospital:

Beth, Manor Care, Rossville

 Your prayers are bidden for + those who have died:

Doris Mary Stallard, James Lisle; our deceased benefactors; those who have died by violence, battle, or murder; and all who have died suddenly and unprepared.

Your Thanksgiving is bidden for:

Prayers answered; safe travel completed, beginnings of recovery, our benefactors, our volunteers; and for our Priests Associate   

Doris Stallard

IT IS WITH SADNESS that I announce to you the death of parishioner Doris Mary Stallard.  Doris had recently returned to Baltimore from Boston and was living in a retirement community north of the city.  She died early on Tuesday morning at the age of ninety-two.  The Burial Office will be said for her tomorrow, Monday, October 13, at 10:30 AM.  JLAP+

Episcopal Visitation, October 19

THE BISHOP’S OFFICIAL VISITATION to the parish has been scheduled for Sunday, 19 October.  Please keep this on your personal calendar and plan to be here to welcome our Bishop.  All members are expected to be present and all Friends of Saint John’s are encouraged to join us.  There are exciting things happening here and we need for you to share them with the Bishop.  Join the Bishop at 10.30 AM on Sunday, 19 October.  (Vestry Members: The Vestry will meet with the Bishop for a light breakfast in the Rectory at 9.00 AM.)

Stewardship Time!

Stewardship meeting dates, times and locations will be announced next Sunday.  Pledge Cards will be collected on Thanksgiving Day and Advent Sunday (and anytime we can have them, really!).  Be thinking now about what this parish means to you and what you can do to further the work it does

Holy Days This Week

HOLY DAYS are celebrated on their respective days with a said Holy Eucharist at 8:00 AM, unless noted otherwise.  This Week: Saturday, Saint Luke.

Prayer List, Pentecost XVII

Your prayers are bidden for the Holy Catholic Church:

For its mission of reconciliation throughout the world
For Christian missionaries and their families
For the Church suffering persecution
For the unity and healing of the Church; for +Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury,
    +Katharine, our Primate, and for +Eugene, our Bishop, and +Heather, his Suffragan
For the People, Rector, Wardens, Vestry, and all who minister in this Congregation
For our increase in faith, in number, in zeal, and in means for the work of the Kingdom of God
For the Sisters of Saint Margaret, the Monks of Saint Gregory’s Abbey,
    for their increase in vocations; and for all others under vows of religion
For the ministry of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, and for its pilgrims
For discernment and perseverance for all Seminarians,
    and for Eric as he continues his vocational discernment

 Your prayers are bidden for our common life in the world:

For the Leaders of the nations, and the welfare and peace of the world
For this nation, our President, our Courts, and our Congress
For our Governor, our Legislature, our Mayor, and all others
    in civil authority among us
For our Waverly and Charles Villages, our leaders, people, and those who work or visit here
For the protection, encouragement, and guidance by the Holy Spirit of our Police,
    Fire-fighters, Paramedic Teams, and of our Armed Forces: among them Skyler, Dennis, and Gabriel
For our enemies, and, through Christ Jesus, for an end to our enmity

Your prayers are bidden for those in need, trouble, or anxiety:

Anthony, Judith, Michael, Marvin, Diane, John, Tom, Gene; the destitute ministered to by the Sisters of 
Saint Margaret in Haiti; those endangered by armed conflict; the unemployed, the homeless, those
travelling: among them Gregory, Stephen, John, Gerry and Travis; the imprisoned: among them Ted

Your prayers are bidden for those commended for healing in mind, body, or spirit:

Anthony, David (1), Matthew, Beth, David (2), Dean; those grieving

 Your prayers are bidden for those in hospital:

Beth, Manor Care, Rossville; Anthony, Union Memorial; Doris, Saint Joseph's

 Your prayers are bidden for + those who have died:

James; our deceased benefactors; those who have died by violence, battle, or murder; and all who have died suddenly and unprepared.

Your Thanksgiving is bidden for:

Prayers answered; safe travel completed, beginnings of recovery, our benefactors, our volunteers; and for our Priests Associate   

The Regular Service Schedule Has Resumed

Daily Mattins and Evensong are prayed at 7.45 AM and 5.45 PM respectively, Monday through Friday.  Sunday Mattins and Evensong are at 10.00 AM and 4.00 PM.  The Sunday Holy Eucharist is at 10.30 AM.  Enjoy that extra half hour!  This schedule runs through Trinity Sunday when we return to the Long Vac.

The Blessing of Pets

The Blessing of Pets

THE ANNUAL BLESSING OF ANIMALS in Saint Francis-tide takes place this afternoon at 5.00 PM.  Bring your animal friends for a blessing for the coming year and your human friends to introduce to us and join in the blessing and fun.  (For their protection and yours ALL animals need to be properly restrained or crated!)

Do You Pray with the Church?

Do You Pray with the Church?

Other than your own private prayers, each Christian commits to “continue... in the prayers” at every Baptism or renewal of Baptismal Promises (BCP p.304) .  These “prayers” are the prayers of the Church, which go beyond our personal prayers and concerns.  These are the universal prayers of the whole church, in which we, as members, join regularly.  In our tradition and Communion they are  expressed in what is called the Daily Office, our public morning and evening prayers offered here at the church.  Not everyone can or is expected to make it daily to the church for these prayers.  What a joyful new world that would be!  But everyone is encouraged to make it when they can, and is expected to join in at some point privately at home, morning and evening, when they can’t.   These prayers deliver us from self-concerned prayer alone, and place us in the broader stream of concerns and praise expressed by the whole Church.  They are a model for how to order our private prayers.   Enrich your prayer life with them.  Don’t neglect your share of the daily round of the Prayer of the Church.  Find them on pages 57 and 61 in the Prayer Book.  If you can, join in the prayers at home at the same time they are offered here at the Church.  If you want to get help with them, contact one of the following:  Bard Wickkiser, Bruce Wertheimer, Gerry Stacy, John Baber, Vernon Corey, John Roach, Eric Whitehair, Dn Conway, Fr Kroh, or Fr Parker.

Prayer List, Pentecost XVI

Your prayers are bidden for the Holy Catholic Church:

For its mission of reconciliation throughout the world
For Christian missionaries and their families
For the Church suffering persecution
For the unity and healing of the Church; for +Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury,
    +Katharine, our Primate, and for +Eugene, our Bishop, and +Heather, his Suffragan
For the People, Rector, Wardens, Vestry, and all who minister in this Congregation
For our increase in faith, in number, in zeal, and in means for the work of the Kingdom of God
For the Sisters of Saint Margaret, the Monks of Saint Gregory’s Abbey,
    for their increase in vocations; and for all others under vows of religion
For the ministry of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, and for its pilgrims
For discernment and perseverance for all Seminarians,
    and for Eric as he continues his vocational discernment

 Your prayers are bidden for our common life in the world:

For the Leaders of the nations, and the welfare and peace of the world
For this nation, our President, our Courts, and our Congress
For our Governor, our Legislature, our Mayor, and all others
    in civil authority among us
For our Waverly and Charles Villages, our leaders, people, and those who work or visit here
For the protection, encouragement, and guidance by the Holy Spirit of our Police,
    Fire-fighters, Paramedic Teams, and of our Armed Forces: among them Skyler, Dennis, and Gabriel
For our enemies, and, through Christ Jesus, for an end to our enmity

Your prayers are bidden for those in need, trouble, or anxiety:

Anthony, Judith, Michael, Diane, John, Tom, Gene; the destitute ministered to by the Sisters of 
Saint Margaret in Haiti; those endangered by armed conflict; the unemployed, the homeless, those
travelling: among them, Gregory, Gerry and Travis; the imprisoned: among them Ted

Your prayers are bidden for those commended for healing in mind, body, or spirit:

Anthony, David (1), Matthew, Beth, David (2), Dean; those grieving

 Your prayers are bidden for those in hospital:

Beth, Franklin Square, thence to Manor Care, Rossville

 Your prayers are bidden for + those who have died:

Our deceased benefactors; those who have died by violence, battle, or murder; and all who have died suddenly and unprepared.

Your Thanksgiving is bidden for:

Prayers answered; safe travel completed, beginnings of recovery, our benefactors, our volunteers; and for our Priests Associate   

Michaelmas is Tomorrow!

Tomorrow we celebrate the feast of the Holy Angels and begin a new season of worship and activity here at Saint John’s.  This feast is our annual ‘Homecoming' after the summer’s holidays and travel. Mattins is at 7.45 AM and Evensong at 5.45 PM.   Please join us for a Choral Eucharist at 6:30 PM, followed by a welcome home pizza party in the Solarium Garden.  (The Rector’s Garden is just too dark!)

Are You Traveling?

Are you traveling over a weekend?  Let the Church Office know, so that you can be added to the weekly prayer list.  That way, your parish family knows not to expect you in church on Sunday, and we can pray for your safe return home!

Prayer List, Pentecost XV

Your prayers are bidden for the Holy Catholic Church:

For its mission of reconciliation throughout the world
For Christian missionaries and their families
For the Church suffering persecution
For the unity and healing of the Church; for +Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury,
    +Katharine, our Primate, and for +Eugene, our Bishop, and +Heather, his Suffragan
For the People, Rector, Wardens, Vestry, and all who minister in this Congregation
For our increase in faith, in number, in zeal, and in means for the work of the Kingdom of God
For the Sisters of Saint Margaret, the Monks of Saint Gregory’s Abbey,
    for their increase in vocations; and for all others under vows of religion
For the ministry of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, and for its pilgrims
For discernment and perseverance for all Seminarians,
    and for Eric as he continues his vocational discernment

 Your prayers are bidden for our common life in the world:

For the Leaders of the nations, and the welfare and peace of the world
For this nation, our President, our Courts, and our Congress
For our Governor, our Legislature, our Mayor, and all others
    in civil authority among us
For our Waverly and Charles Villages, our leaders, people, and those who work or visit here
For the protection, encouragement, and guidance by the Holy Spirit of our Police,
    Fire-fighters, Paramedic Teams, and of our Armed Forces: among them Skyler, Dennis, and Gabriel
For our enemies, and, through Christ Jesus, for an end to our enmity

Your prayers are bidden for those in need, trouble, or anxiety:

Anthony, Judith, Michael, Diane, John, Tom, Gene; the destitute ministered to by the Sisters of 
Saint Margaret in Haiti; those endangered by armed conflict; the unemployed, the homeless, those
travelling: among them, Gregory, Bard, and Mary; the imprisoned: among them Ted

Your prayers are bidden for those commended for healing in mind, body, or spirit:

David (1), Matthew, Beth, David (2), Dean; those grieving

 Your prayers are bidden for those in hospital:

Anthony, Union Memorial

 Your prayers are bidden for + those who have died:

Our deceased benefactors; those who have died by violence, battle, or murder; and all who have died suddenly and unprepared.

Your Thanksgiving is bidden for:

Prayers answered; safe travel completed, beginnings of recovery, our benefactors, our volunteers; and for our Priests Associate   

Joyful News for the Church of the Advent!

Fr Kroh, who is a Priest Associate here and has been priest-in-charge at Saint John’s Church, Kingsville, has been called as priest-in-charge of the Church of the Advent in Federal Hill.  The announcement was made this past Thursday.  Congratulations to both Fr Kroh and to the Church of the Advent!

The Regular Schedule Resumes on Michaelmas Day

Daily Mattins and Evensong, at 7.45 AM and 5.45 PM respectively, begin on 29 September. Sunday Mattins and Evensong return at 10.00 AM and 4.00 PM on  5 October. The Sunday Holy Eucharist will return to 10.30 AM.  Enjoy that extra half hour!