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| Food Cupboard News: St. John's Cupboard has received an extremely generous contribution of food from St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Hilldale Road. A thank you was sent to the clergy and parishioners at St. Anthony's.
Items currently needed for the cupboard are canned fruits and vegetables, and pasta sauce. Please refrain from bringing in more pasta for now, as we have loads of it. Thanks to St. John's parishioners for your continued support of this ministry.
Food Cupboard Stats for June 2010 (over 3 and 1/2 Sundays):
# visits: 77
# clients: 49
# clients who have children: 16 (33%)
# additional adults at home: 19
# children at home: 39
# visits where food was supplied for children: 25 (30%)
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| July 25 - There will be a St. John’s Summer Book Club, meeting at St. John’s on Sunday afternoons over pizza (or other take-out) to discuss a series of short, easy-to-read Christian classics. The first two will be Thomas Kempis’ “The Imitation of Christ” and Richard Holloway’s “How to Read the Bible”. Order your copies from your favourite book supplier (or borrow from a library). We will meet for the first time, after the 10:30 service, on Sunday June 13. |
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| Fair Trade, Organic, Shade Grown coffee ensures a fair wage and sustainable agricultural practices for coffee farmers and workers. You can participate in a group purchase of this fresh roast coffee. It is a blend of Guatemalan, Columbian and Ethiopian fair trade coffee. Order regular or decaf. Beans or drip or fine drip. Regular roast or dark roast. Price $10 per lb. Order deadline Wed. Aug. 4/10. Next order in 4 - 6 wks. Call Linda Rintamaki @ 345-1103. |
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Friday, August 20 - For those who are camp bound and/or shall be away during the summer, please send in your article/notice/writings for St. John’s Lamplighter newsletter. The fall edition will cover news and events from September to mid-November. Submissions may be dropped off at the church office or emailed.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, August 20. |
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The Deanery of Thunder Bay is delighted to welcome Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada for the weekend of September 24 - 26, 2010. We have a couple of deanery engagements on the weekend and encourage you all to mark your calendars now and feel welcome to participate!
Deanery Day Saturday September 25, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm hosted by St. John the Evangelist on Pearl St.
At their regular Sunday September 26 worship services St. Stephen the Martyr will welcome the Primate at the 8:30 am service and St. Michael and All Angels will welcome him at 10:00 am.
Deanery Service of Celebration Sunday September 26 at 3:00 pm, followed by a deanery BBQ at St. Paul's on Ridgeway St.
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St. John's Church Family Care Group:
During the next few months, it would be very much appreciated if parishioners would inform Ann Osborn-Seyffert if there is a need to contact a parishioner who is ill, in hospital, or shut-in, and so on, who should be contacted by St. John's Church Family Care Group Members. Please call Ann at 768-1093 or by email at annos@shaw.ca. |
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| St. John’s greeting cards are available! Beautiful black and white photos of the church on the front, inside of the card is blank. Suitable for framing. Cost: $5 each or 3 for $12. On display ion Langworthy Hall with order sheet. |
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| St. John’s Cupboard volunteers are grateful for parishioner’s contributions to the cupboard. Current needed items are canned meats/fish, pasta sauce, canned fruit and vegetables and soup. |
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| Volunteer drivers needed to pick up parish friends who cannot get to, or are unable to drive to afternoon or evening events at the church. Drivers would be allotted parishioners who live in the driver's area. Please call Vi Thomson at 345 - 0310 if you are able to volunteer. |
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| The Mission to Seafarers is in need of warm boys’ and mens’ clothing to distribute to seafarers. Our supply was exhausted in December. Please bring them to the drop box at the Seafarers’ Centre, Keefer Terminal 100 Main St or call 344 - 8241. |
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| NEWSLETTER: St. John’s is looking for parishioners interested in participating in a team effort to enhance the parish newsletter with short articles, relevant thematic information and/or reference information, acceptance or rejection. If you are interested, please contact a Warden. |
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| Servers Needed - Any member of the parish interested in becoming a server for the 8:30 and 10:30 services is asked to speak to Rev. Mary Lucas after service or contact the church office. Watch the bulletin for training times, after vestry.
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| Food items are needed for the Dew Drop Inn container at the back of the church. Suggested items include: cake mixes, large jelly powders and canned fruit cocktail. |
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Flower News
Just a reminder that flowers may be donated for the altar as memorials of loved ones, in celebration of a happy event (anniversary, birthday, Christening) or “just because”. The only season of the church year when we do not have flowers on the altar is Lent. Call Audrey Love 344 - 4955 to arrange for your flower date. |
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| Please note: Lisa is in the office on Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 am until noon. |
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| PLEASE NOTE: It is very important to complete St. John's Booking Request Form (available at the back of the church) for events to be held in the church, Langworthy Hall, kitchen or parish house. All dates requested should be checked with the Church Office (345-6898) to prevent double bookings. - Your Wardens |
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| Reminder: - If you are organizing an activity in the church in the next few months, the Advisory Board would like you to be mindful of other groups who may be also trying to set up an activity closer to the same time period. Set up and clean up becomes more complicated without a sexton. |
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| Please Note - All posters and notices for the church bulletin boards must be turned into the church office first so that the office is informed and the advertising can be done properly. |
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| A grace note from Thunder Bay Anglicans Web Site
It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice. |
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