St. John's Episcopal Church

St. John’s Episcopal Church 

 

Masks are mandatory in church due to the case numbers in Phillip County.  St. John’s doors can continue to be open for all Sunday Services with everyone participating. We are having the church professionally sanitized each week to help also. Thank you all for your help in trying to prevent these numbers to continue to rise and hopefully fall quickly.  Our prayers continue to be for more people to participate in this cause so we can keep our church open.  

Video will be available for those unable to attend in person.

We would like to welcome our two new Vestry members Dr. Ned Pillow and West Hornor.  Also, a big special thanks to Nancy Hornor who served as OPM chairman over the past five years. She worked tirelessly and did a fantastic job finding new avenues that could use our help. A job well done. Our new OPM chairman is Susan Carter, and I know she will do a wonderful job on presenting her committee's recommendations for grant awards to the vestry. A big thank you to these two ladies for their dedication and hard work.

 

Dates to mark in your calendar:

March 2....Ash Wednesday service at 5:45 in the church

April 10....Palm Sunday

April 14....Maundy Thursday service at 5:45 in the church

April 15....Good Friday service at noon in the church

WORSHIP AND EDUCATION NEWS:

Worship:  February 6, the Holy Eucharist, Rite II, with Rev. Teresa Cantrell

Readings: Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11

 

PASTORAL NEWS:

 

OUTREACH NEWS: 

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program announces another entry into the National Register of Historic Places-- Chapel of the Transfiguration in Conway County. The 1955 Chapel of the Transfiguration is an open-air chapel designed in the Gothic Revival style that is located at Camp Mitchell on top of Petit Jean Mountain. (Picture attached)

To make donations to Camp Mitchell please use the CampMitchell.org/BOV website or if you prefer, a check can be mailed to Rev. Joanna Seibert, 27 River Ridge Road, Little Rock, AR 72227.  Or you can send it to St. John’s or give to Lindalu Hargraves and we will send them in for you.  Thank you so much for your continued support of Camp Mitchell.

Grace Food Pantry: plastic bags go in the labeled container in the narthex.

CHURCH OFFICE NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

February 6, Sunday, at 10:30 at St. John’s Episcopal Church: For those that cannot attend in person, there will be live streaming on Facebook.  (Links are below)         

Acolytes & Readers: NO gospel procession until further notice.

Lay Eucharist Minister:  Mike Fielder

Acolyte:  Mike Fielder

Altar Guild:  Melody Rogers

 

Ushers:  Lorraine Ferryman & Brooke Tappan

Video:  Facebook:   Julie Pittman

Altar Flowers: Charlie Tappan Family

 

Vestry: meets Monday, February 7 in the undercroft.

 

A note about Communion in church: At the time to receive, please proceed to the altar in single file with social distancing, stand one person at a time at the center altar gates and receive your wafer and return to your pew. In other words, we are not spreading out along the altar rail to receive the wafer and we are not kneeling. As soon as it is safely possible, we will return to our regular format. Thanks everyone for your understanding and cooperation. ️

 

The link for Sunday services on YouTube is: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzXzE7hmvDG7vbl9Zzzdzlw/featured?view_as=subscriber

or https://www.facebook.com/   --

 

St. John’s Church Office:

Phone:  870-338-8115    

Email:   office@saintjohnshelena.org