Weekly Announcements for May 9th
The flowers on the altar are to the Glory of God and in honor of Abigail McKenney Trevino.
Today’s Baptisms:
Evan Jeffrey Luekens & Samnang Dennison Bradley
Participants at 8am Service:
Lector: Maggie Skafidas
Eucharistic Ministers: Carol Hawks & Jim Zuckerman
Participants at 10:30am Service:
Acolytes: Emily Peele, Michael Peele, Catherine Hourihan & Jacob Wheeler
Lector: Wendy Cote
Eucharistic Ministers: Rich Davis, Jane Nold & Chris Sieve
Ushers: Bob Mennel, Anne Gabel, Chris Shultz, Dixon Turner & Randy Carey
Choir Director: Harry Moon
Altar Guild: Ginny Edwards, Louise Dennett, Joan Kulikowski, Jane Hourihan &
Lori Johnson
People in your Prayers:
Please include these people who are ill or in distress in your prayers as a way of bringing us closer to them:
Ken Petruzzi, Bart Dean, Lori Johnson, Ben, Mary Unruh, Ed Melikian,
George Pierce, Margaret Tebbetts, Joseph & Irene Michonski, Marjorie Heckscher, Ann Loranger, Beth Bennett, David Thompson, Joan, Alex, Rich Guy, Joan Scigliano, Karen McKinley, Kenneth Edwards & Kathy.
Military Service:
Jeremy Blattel, James Coventry, Dan DiCredico, Mark Frost, Peter Jefferson, Kevin Keltz, Tyler Kipp, EJ McCarthy, Bryan Orr, Justin Wheeler, Michael Unruh, Aaron Martin, Christopher Beland, Ryan H. Sylvester, Lt. Shawn T. Spainhour & Pierce Cote.
Those in Nursing Homes:
Nell Edwards, Reta Flynn, Gladys Raeside, Muriel Russell, and Phyllis Palmer. We pray for all care-givers to the elderly and infirm.
Announcements
Life at St. John's: Join us for an open discussion about being Episcopalian, led by the Rector Robert E. Stevens, Jr. Three more classes left!
Wednesday, May 14, 21 & 28 from 6:30-8pm in the Philbrick Room.
Coffee Hour: Please join us in Thaxter Hall following the 10:30am service for coffee and snacks. To provide volunteer or donation support, please call Danielle Mojonnier at 603-867-8605.
MOTHER'S DAY PLANT SALE
Sunday, May 11th
Following the 8:00 and 10:30 services
Skip buying your flowers at the grocery store! FABULOUS Flowers for sale at the entrance to Thaxter Hall. All proceeds benefit the missions of St John's Church.
St John's Guild Auxiliary will be meeting Tuesday May 20th at 10:00 am in Thaxter Hall. Ginny Edwards
Holly Hill Fair - Get Involved!: You are cordially invited to attend the first meeting of the Holly Hill Fair Committee, Tuesday, May 27th at 6:30 pm in the Philbrick Room of Thaxter Hall. We will be assigning Table Captains, discussing the three goals of this year's fair, exchanging ideas on ways we can better achieve those goals, developing the table layout and committing to next steps. If you have any interest in the fair, please don't miss this fun meeting! Tea and snacks provided.
The Economy Shop: The shop will be closing for the summer months after Wednesday May 28th and will open again in September so you have but three weeks to claim your bargains for the summer months. As in other years we will accept donations up to the closing date but we also request that you hold all donations after the 28th until the last of August, we have very little storage space. Thank you for all the donations that we have received over the last eight months and for your continued support for THE HOUSE OF JOHN. Have a great summer, Joan & Bob Alessi, Karen and all of our helpers.
Altar Flowers: The flower memorial sign up sheet is in the narthex. Dates are available throughout the year to remember your loved ones, to celebrate and honor special occasions. Contact Ginny Edwards for any questions, 207-439-2119 or e-mail edwardsga@msn.com.
Stewardship of the Earth: Dr. John Carroll's sermon on Sunday was wonderful – very thought provoking and challenging. Carole Renselaer has a copy if you would like to read it.
To celebrate Mother's Day and Arbor Day, we are selling seedlings (8"-12") donated by Ed and Verdi Johnson. Be sure to thank them, too! We will be selling mountain ash, yellow twig dogwood, arrow-wood northern dogwood, red oak, red pine, northern white cedar and others. A. J. Dupere, Community Forester at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth recommended these as appealing and hardy for this area!
Sunday, June 22 will be our BIKE/WALK/CARPOOL to church day. Start planning: start biking or walking and be sure to ask family or friends to join you – get fresh air, exercise, have fun and help the environment! Papa Wheelies will loan us a bike rack just for the event! Please take time to thank them!
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, May 13th from 9:30am-11:30am in Thaxter Hall next to the church. For more information, please call Carole Renselaer: 603-433-9903 or Judy Sabin: 603-431-2542
(Posted May 9, 2008 by bmenk)
