Week of the First Sunday after the Epiphany

Grace and Peace to you all in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ! I hope and pray this writing finds you well and enjoying the new year. I would like to thank everyone for making this Christmas tide a wonderful and godly event. We had an amazing turnout for the masses and also had a tremendous amount of help preparing and repairing the church. And the annual meeting was a wonderful time as well. So a huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone!  This week at Saint Johns:

• Wednesday, January 16th at 12:10 in the Chapel: Low mass
• Thursday, January 17th at 6:00pm - Third  Thursday Covered Dish and Teaching
  • Nursery Provided
  • This month we will be the first to view the new short film (eight minutes) by the Bishops Mission Corps...and we will take a look around the new St. Johns website...so be sure to come out and see whats new!
• Sunday, January 20th- E.Y.C will meet at 5:30
  • Games will be played as well as talking about charitable works and how the group can become closer.
• Sunday, January 20th- The St. John's Book discussion
  • The book this month is Graham Greene's masterpiece- "The Power and the Glory"
    • If you are planning on coming, please call or email me so I can prepare accordingly.

Links O' the week:

• The Bulletin is here:
• The lessons for Mass and Sunday School are here

A look at the Lenten Programs at Saint John's (and a plea for help):

This Lent we are gong to try something a bit different. 

• On Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday or Shrive Tuesday) we will not be selling Red Beans & Rice, rather we will gather as a church family and have a Mardi Gras Potluck dinner at 6:00pm (nursery provided).  Everyone is encouraged to bring a Mardi Gras dish or something decadent or rich or fun (as we will be bidding farewell to Ordinary time and beginning our Lenten pilgrimage towards the Passion and Resurrection of of Our Lord).  So please come out and join us.
• Next, our Lenten Thursday nights are going to be a bit different as well.  The men's group will not be providing the main dish for the covered dish dinners every Thursday night in Lent...rather we are going to have soups and breads and salads...and we are asking that people, or groups of people sign up to provide the soup (enough for 35 folks) and salads...those who do not sign up are asked to bring a dish to compliment the soup and salad.  So please, if you are willing and able, sign up on the black board in the hallway or call the church to sign up...this will not work without the participation of all, so please sign up. 
• Also on Thursday nights after the dinner, those who wish can join in the walking of the Stations of the Cross and following that we will have Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
• And then on Sunday nights, we will gather at 5:30pm (no dinner but nursery provided) and read and discuss several of the Books of the Bible including I & II Peter, and the Pastoral Epistles. 

This Lent stands to be a wonderful and deeply spiritual time at St. Johns and I encourage everyone to make these times together and devotions a priority.  You will not be disappointed.

I look forward to seeing you all very soon. God bless you all.
Jeff+