This Sunday is Open Anthem Sunday, which means if you have always wanted to check out choir, this is a simple way to do so. Check out what they will singing this Sunday for the Anthem. Come at 8.45am on Sunday for practice and warm-up. Let Karen know that you are interested or simply just show up.
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Holy Week & Easter Events
All worship services are intergenerational and for the whole family.
April 1 @ 10am – Palm Sunday Intergenerational Worship
April 6 @ 6.30pm – Good Friday Worship – reflection & taize music
April 8 @ 7am – Early morning service at Crissy Field near the picnic tables
April 8 @ 10am – Easter Celebration with trumpets (Easter Egg Hunt to follow)
April 15 @ 10am – Interactive Sunday focused on Easter
February 26 – Interactive Sunday
February 26 is Interactive Sunday, where there will be opportunities to engage in prayer through song, reflection, and hands on activity. This is a wonderful intergenerational worship opportunity. The theme will focus on Lent and prayer.
February 22 – Ash Wednesday Worship
Lent begins on February 22 with Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a time to reflect on our life and the meaning of Christ in our life. Come and 6.30-7.15 pm for worship through reflection, music, and a ritual of ashes.
Easter Lilies
Help decorate our sanctuary for the Easter season.
If you would like to donate Easter Lilies to decorate our sanctuary during the Easter season, you may give them in remembrance of (for those who have died), in honor of (for those who are living), or to be used without specific acknowledgment. Send your request to Susie at smoore@stjohnssf.org. A donation of $17 per Easter Lily is requested to defray the cost. The due date for your order is March 25th.
You may pick up your Easter Lily after the Easter worship service.
Poinsettias in honor of . . .
Poinsettias in the sanctuary were given by and in honor of . .
- Wanda Crane in memory of Elmer and Stella Crane
- Lois Kreuzberger (Christmas tree) in memory of her husband Robert and her mother Helen Lang
- Suma Gona and Tom Haddad in honor of Jackie Miller
- Bernice Petty in memory of her husband William R. Petty, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Nicoll and her sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Nohl Bender
- Tom and Tina Berg in memory of Tina’s grandma Avis Medaris and Tom’s uncle, Ron Berg
January 22 – Guest Preacher Rabbi Alissa Wise
St. John’s welcomes guest preacher for January 22, Rabbi Alissa Wise. She is the Director of Campaigns at the Jewish Voice for Peace. Rabbi Alissa Wise has been an activist for justice in Israel/Palestine for over a decade in New York City with Jews Against the Occupation, on the West Bank with the International Women’s Peace Service, and most recently as the founding co-chair of the JVP Rabbinical Council. Before training for the rabbinate, Alissa worked as a tenant organizer with the Fifth Avenue Committee in Brooklyn and was a participant in AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps. As a rabbinical student, Alissa was the Education Director at Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) in New York City. Alissa graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia in 2009 where she received the Rabbinical Student Association’s Tikkun Olam Award for her work with Palestinian communities.
Jan 29 – Commitment Sunday
On January 29, we will be celebrating and reflecting on our commitment to St. John’s and the work that God is doing through us at St. John’s. Members will receive a letter updating our financial situation as well as ways to commit to St. John’s. As a part of celebrating our commitment, we celebrate what makes St. John’s special: our kids, Harvest program, and music program. Eighty-five origami butterflies hang from the sanctuary chandelier to represent the 85 kids at St. John’s. Three hundred origami stars represent the 300 + families we serve at our Harvest food pantry every week. On January 29, we will have an opportunity to hear the gifts of music from our choir, members, and talented staff.
Please consider your commitment of finances, time, and energy to St. John’s.
