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A blessed and holy All Saint Day to one and all!
This weekend will see our keeping the solemnity of All Saints and All Souls.  At the 10:30 liturgy, we will baptize Isabella Rose Brown and the children’s choirs will offer…

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A few weeks ago I was asked why we say (pray) ‘Lord have mercy’ so many times throughout the Liturgy of the Church. And while it is a given that we are all sinful and need to ask for mercy,…

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To the good people of Saint John’s:
Grace and peace to you.  This weekend past was filled with lots of fun activities in the community, and a few unexpected twists and turns due to the threat of Hurricane Nate.  We had to cancel the Pet Blessing,…

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“But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.”(Jonah 3.8)
In the book of the Prophet Jonah,…

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Hello all!  We had awesome Back to Church weekend!!!!  Evensong was magnificent, The Ice Cream social was loads of fun, the lector training was enlightening and very well done, Sunday’s Brunch was delicious and lots of fun, and we ended…

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Liturgical Exploration Workshop

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Greetings people of Saint John’s!  Our Liturgical Exploration Workshop is fast approaching and NOW is the time to sign up.  Please read through the description of what is offered that weekend, sign up for those that interest you, and make your plans to attend now!
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A very happy Wednesday to one and all!
In the blink of an eye, summer is over, and the parish is ramping back up for a new academic year.  Last Sunday, the choir returned, and we were joined by special guest and friend of the parish, Mr. James Carr, of the…

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Attitude is everything…
We all have chores and responsibilities in our lives.  One of my weekly choirs is mowing my lawn. My lawn is not a large palatial greensward that takes hours of maintenance, in fact, I can mow, blow and weed eat in about an hour.  I say all of…

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Notes from Patmos…Hot off the press!

Happy Wednesday all.  In my weekly reading, I ran across an interesting piece of research.  There was an article reporting its findings in The Telegraph- which can be accessed here- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/17/one-six-young-people-christian-visits-church-buildings-inspire/
The meat of the research is summed up in this quote:
“Around 13 per cent of teenagers said that they decided…

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Notes from Patmos…Hot off the press!

“Our way of life in this world resembles a document that is still in draft form: things can be added or taken out, and alterations can be made, wherever one wants. But life in the world to come resembles the case of completed documents that have the King’s seal already…

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