This Week at St. John’s
January 7, 2024
A Special Visitor This Sunday – Bishop-elect Kristin White will be with us on January 7! Although she won’t officially become our bishop until her consecration on February 17, she doesn’t want to wait to meet people, so she’s visiting congregations around the diocese in this in-between time. She’ll sit in the pews at both services and hang out with the youth group in the afternoon. Please introduce yourself to our next bishop before or after church!
Sunday School for Kids & Youth – All offerings are led by two Safe Church trained adults.
For the first half of the 9 am service, kids are invited to join us for children’s church upstairs, with a children’s sermon and time for prayer. Kids return to Kilbourne Hall in time for communion.
At 10:15 am between the services, 6th -12th graders are invited to join us for Youth Roundtable, where we grab a snack and talk about the readings scheduled for that particular Sunday. Meet in the atrium.
Also at 10:15, kids aged 3-11 are invited to join us for Godly Play, a Montessori-style Sunday school program. Meet in the atrium.
Acolyte Training Session – Have you ever wondered what an acolyte is? Or what does an acolyte do? Are you or your child interested in becoming an acolyte? If so, please come to the acolyte training session, which is scheduled for Sunday, January 7. It will be held in the church between the services. The training session is for new acolytes and anyone who is interested in learning more about this rewarding ministry. At St. John’s, both children and adults participate equally in this ministry. Children in fourth grade and above are eligible to serve as an acolyte. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Graupmann at 614-653-1917 or lisa.graupmann@gmail.com.
Volunteers needed for the January 11th Friendship Dinner – The January 11th dinner is coming upon us. We need 1 food prep volunteer, minimum of 3 volunteers for set-up and 3 volunteers for cleanup. Come and help celebrate the New Year with our Worthington neighbors! Please sign up on the sheet in the Atrium or contact John Ross by text 847-254-1821 or email jbross53@gmail.com. I do not answer calls for numbers I am not familiar with, so texting or email is the best way to contact me. Thank you for all your support of the Friendship Dinner.
Adult Formation – Salem Witch Trials – Sarah Iles Johnston will follow up her lectures earlier this year on the anthropological approach to understanding evil with two historically-focused lectures on the Salem witchcraft trials. The first will be on January 14 and the second on January 21. Both Adult Formation meetings will be held in Kilbourne Hall at 10:15 am. She’ll begin by looking at Protestant attitudes towards witchcraft in the decades preceding the trials (spoiler alert: they definitely believed that witches existed), then go through what happened in Salem itself and how ministers were involved. She’ll finish with a quick look at the aftermath.
Facing Loss with SJE/WPC – Monday, January 15, at 1:00 pm will find us in St. John’s Atrium for our third Monday meeting. Bring something or a concept that has brought you solace in your journey with grief. Comforting conversations always ensue with a thought to carry you through. Are you new to loss? You will find our compassionate nucleus surrounding you with love and support. Renewed Faith for the new year will entice you to our fourth Monday casual Lunch at the Worthington La Chatelaine at 12:00 noon on January 22 for a robust meal and good company guaranteed!
Questions to Cynthia Woodbeck,SJE, (cwoodbeck235@gmail or Louann Shearer, WPC,at jedse@wpcnow.org)
Singles Dining Out – Singles Dining Out will gather at Anna’s Greek Cuisine on Tuesday, January 23, at 6:00 pm. Anna’s is located at 7370 Sawmill Road, Dublin, Ohio 43235. You can find Anna’s varied dinner menu at www.annasgreekcuisine.com/dinner. Anna’s menu includes vegetarian and gluten free options. Please RSVP to Karen Kuhr at 614-565-8988 or karenkuhr@gmail.com so she can let Anna’s know the size of our group. We hope you can join us! Singles Dining Out is an informal group of St. John’s parishioners and friends, always happy to welcome new participants. Singles and married individuals who will be attending without their spouse are welcome to participate, and feel free to invite a friend who is not a member of St. John’s.
Give Blood, Save Lives! – St. John’s will host a blood drive on Wednesday, February 7, 2:00-7:00 pm, in Kilbourne Hall, with Versiti Blood Center, the main supplier of blood to the Ohio State University Wexner Center. Someone needs blood every 2 seconds, and your donation may help a NICU baby, cancer fighter, sickle cell warrior, transplant patient, trauma survivor, or someone else. You can sign up for a time to donate at https://donate.ohio.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/219362. If you would like to be a greeter to help welcome our donors on February 7, please contact Mary Bailey at 614-619-1803 or mphbailey.3@gmail.com.
Chair Yoga – Instructor Melanie Miller will not be available for classes Jan-Feb at St. John’s. Alternatively, she invites you to join classes she co-teaches, a Yoga Foundations Series at Radiant Yoga & Wellness. It goes from January 8 to February 12, 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Use the link below to start your New Year in the right pose!
Thanks to Our Candidates for Vestry and Senior Warden! – Thanks to the dedicated efforts of our 2023-2024 Vestry Nominating Committee and the willingness of several parishioners to serve, we have a terrific slate of 6 candidates for vestry and 2 for senior warden. Many thanks to Carol Newcomb Alutto, Susan Mancini, Keith Redmill, Trudi Snediker, Laura Wallace, and Dana Whitley for their willingness to share their time and talents by agreeing to run for vestry, and additional thanks to Star Blackford and Bob Shelly for their willingness to share their time and talents by agreeing to run for senior warden. God gives different gifts to different people, and our slate of candidates offers a combination of all those varied gifts, which will enable us to do God’s New Thing at St. John’s in 2024. We will all have an opportunity to Meet the Candidates on February 4, and voting will occur on February 11 and 18.
Suggested Grocery Items for Food Pantry Donations – for next week: peanut butter and facial tissues. You can place your food, toiletry, and baby donations in the food baskets in the atrium. You can also give online at www.worthingtonresourcepantry.org/donate/ or www.gladdenhouse.org/food-pantry.
Centering Prayer – Mondays, 1:00 pm. Click this Zoom link (Meeting ID: 876 4837 0994; Passcode: 408290; One tap mobile +13126266799,,87648370994#,,,,*408290#). If you are interested, contact Teri Foley-Nelson, at foleynelson1@sbcglobal.net.
Poinsettias are on table in Atrium are for anyone who would like to take home.
Flower Chart for flower donations for 2024 is hanging in the Atrium. Please sign your name and phone number on a date, which you would like to donate flowers. You can sign as many times as you would like throughout the year. More than one person can sign on a given date. Someone from Flower Guild will contact you the week before your date to ask for information in regards to who flowers are given for. If you have any questions, please contact Donna Somerville (614)208-8573
Readings for Next Sunday – 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20), 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, John 1:43-51, Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17
Do You Have Family or Friends Who You Want Included on the Weekly Prayer List? If so, please contact the office at Bellao@stjohnsworthington.org or 614-846-5180, with their first names. Names will remain on the list for three weeks unless there are additional instructions. If you want longer term prayer by the intercessory prayer group, please contact Jo Pascoe at 614-306-7983 and leave a message or send email to twopas@aol.com.
Announcements Deadline – Please make sure all announcements are submitted by Tuesday at 12:00 noon.
Pastoral Care Concerns – If you have a pastoral care concern, please contact one of the clergy. Gia may be reached at 614-846-5180, ext. 302, 220-219-1880, or GiaHM@StJohnsWorthington.org. David may be reached at 614-846-5180, ext. 308, 220-219-1880 or, or DavidB@stjohnsworthington.org. 220 area code is a local number.
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