Announcements for May 13

• Ascension Day Service
  Thursday, May 17, is Ascension Day. This is one of the seven principal feast days of the church calendar. The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 7:00 p.m.
   
• Stay Informed and Help St. John’s (and the Joliet Deanery)
  Win Prizes The Diocese is offering prizes to the parish and deanery that sign up the highest percentage of new subscribers to the diocese’s biweekly electronic newsletter. It’s also a great way to keep up with everything that’s happening in the Diocese of Chicago. Sign up on the diocesan webpage.
   
• Seeking Information on Graduates
  Are you, or is someone in your household, graduating this spring? High School? College? Graduate or professional school? Please contact the parish office with the details—the graduate’s name, the school graduating from and future plans, if known.
   
• Sunday School Ends May 20
  May 20th is the last day of Sunday School classes. Classes will meet on the 20th, then we will celebrate the children and their participation in Sunday School during the 10:00 a.m. worship service.
   
• 5K Run to Benefit Respond Now
  Respond Now provides a host of outreach services to people in need here in the south suburbs. Located in Chicago Heights, Respond Now provides emergency financial assistance, food, clothing, and counseling. The first Respond Now Southland 5K Run/1 Mile Walk is scheduled for June 9, 2012, in Bicentennial Park in Olympia Fields. Or, if you’re not a runner, there’s also a 1⁄2 mile Donut Dash! More information and registration forms are available on the information tables at the church. Or visit Respond Now’s website.
   
• South Suburban Summer Happenings
  The South Suburban Ministerial Association has produced a flyer with information on at least some of the programs various faith communities are offering this summer. Copies are posted at the church.
  
  
• Pastor Orr quoted by Episcopal News Service
  Pastor Orr was quoted in an Episcopal News Service story on the ongoing exploration of reunification between the Diocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Chicago.  Read the story here.