St. John’s Episcopal Church
Masks are mandatory in church due to the case numbers in Phillip County. If you remember we originally did not meet unless active cases were below 28. (They are above 500 right now.) When numbers went down, we could meet with masks and not sing. Due to the size of our church and if we continue to social distance, wear masks, take temperature, and sanitize hands we will continue to meet and sing. We are having the church professionally sanitized each week to help also. St. John’s doors can continue to be open for all Sunday Services with everyone participating. 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.
We are very happy to have violinist Alice Hasen back with us to contribute to our beautiful music this week.
Video will be available for those unable to attend in person.
Bennett Sellers and Lindalu Hargraves will be our delegates to the diocesan convention at Trinity Cathedral in Little Rock on February 19th.
WORSHIP AND EDUCATION NEWS:
Worship: January 23, the Holy Eucharist, Rite II, with Rev. Teresa Cantrell
Readings: Third Sunday after the Epiphany; Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21
PASTORAL NEWS:
Please keep the following in your prayers: Debra Richardson, Kathy Sullivan, Parker Pace, Courtney Turner, Jo Boone Wild, Gloria Higginbotham, Kathleen Gibson, Cole Jefferies, Carol Spencer, Bonnie & Charles Rowland, Jo Liddy, Janet Juengel, Vivian Wright, Jim Howe, Cliff Clark, Sylvia Ross, Linda Dowling, Susan Taylor, Sawyer Barry Smith, and Gretchen Barry.
OUTREACH NEWS:
To make donations to Camp Mitchell please use the CampMitchell.org/BOV website so that your contributions will be automatically entered in the donor records at the Diocese of Arkansas. 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.
Thank you for your donations. They are all greatly appreciated and needed.
CHURCH OFFICE NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Special music will include Alice Hansen, Violinist this week.
January 23, 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: Allison Biederman
Acolyte: Eli Pillow
Altar Guild: Susan Carter
Ushers: Dana Kurts & Tait Owens
Video: Facebook- Paulette Parker
Altar Flowers: The Keesee Girls
Open date for altar flowers on January 30. Contact Ann Lee or the St. John’s office.
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The link for Sunday services on YouTube is:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzXzE7hmvDG7vbl9Zzzdzlw/featured?view_as=subscriber
or https://www.facebook.com/ --
Facebook Group: Events and Pictures of St. John’s Episcopal Church; Helena, AR
St. John’s Church Office:
Phone: 870-338-8115
Email: office@saintjohnshelena.org
Mailing address: P.O. Box 770, Helena, AR 72342
Street address: 625 Pecan St., Helena, Arkansas
