Fleece
Blanket Donations
The Will County Children’s Advocacy Center provides
fleece blankets to all children with whom they conduct sensitive
interviews. At this time they are running out of blankets. We will
be putting together blankets on Sunday 11-11-2018 after the 10:00am service and Tuesday
11-13-2018 at 6:30pm. If you are planning to help assemble the blankets
please bring sharp scissors, a ruler and a marker. If you would like to
donate towards supplies, please contact Shirley Reilly at 708-305-2540.
Thank you!
Blue
Jean Yard Cleanup — Sunday, November 11th
2018-2019
Directory
A new edition of the directory is underway, and a
draft has been placed in the back of the church. This Sunday, please look at
the information we have listed for you (the entry under your name as well as
birthdays/anniversaries, and if you are listed as a contact for a group) and
verify that everything is correct. If you need to update anything, take a pen
and correct it right in the directory. Any written changes noted will be
changed in the master copy of the directory before copies are made.
Yarn
Ministry — Monday, November 5th at 7:00 pm in the
Guild Room
Who
Has Church Keys?
Also located in the back of the church will be a
sort of sign-up sheet for anyone who has been given a church key. If you currently
have a key, please write your name down (first and last name). We’ve never kept
a record of how many people have keys, and it is good practice that we start
doing so for insurance purposes. Thank you in advance for helping us out with
that.
Interfaith
Dinner, November 18th
The South West Interfaith Team (SWIFT) will be
having its annual interfaith dinner at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in
Homewood on Sunday, November 18 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. There will be lots of
food and great conversation. Tickets are $20 and must be
bought ahead of time. If you are interested please talk to Rob McManamy or
Bryan Burke.
All
Souls Day — Friday, November 2nd at 7:00 pm.
This Sunday, please bring photographs and/or
mementos of loved ones who have passed away for us to include in our Shrine of
Remembrance for this All Saints Day, which will remain up through the month of
November. You can give them to Fr. Jeremy or drop them by the church office.
Also, please send to the church email your list of names that you would like to
be remembered in the All Souls bulletin.
Don't
Throw Away Your Halloween Candy
Again this year we will be collecting left-over (or
specially purchased) Halloween candy for the Manteno Veterans' Home. The
facility serves up to 294 veterans with medical and special needs issues. The
residents are provided with meals but not with extras, so candy is a real treat
for them -- especially the fun-sized candy bars. You may donate opened bags of
candy as long as the candy pieces are individually wrapped. There will be a
donation box in the food collection area between the two staircases. The
collection will continue through Sunday, November 11th, which, appropriately,
is Veterans' Day.
Only
7 Spots Left to Help Feed the World!
Join other St. John
volunteers on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, as we pack nutritious meals for
the world's malnourished children. We will caravan from church (approx
1:00 pm) to the packing facility for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) in Aurora,
IL, where we--along with over 200 other volunteers--will assemble and pack
meals for shipment to the hungry. It's fun fellowship with like-minded
folks, it's perfect for chalking up service hours, and it is quite literally
life-saving, soulful work. Can't join us? PLEASE consider donating
money to cover the cost of the meals we will pack! Each volunteer will
pack $50 worth of food which translates to 216 meals! Our goal is to
raise $750...that's 3,240 meals. Make checks payable to Church of St. John with
FMSC on the memo line. Want to know more about FMSC? Check out this
amazing Christian organization at http://www.fmsc.org. If you want to go with us and help pack meals,
please email Dee McManamy. There are jobs for everyone and for every
ability from age 5 yrs upward. Need to sit while working? We've got those jobs,
too! If you signed up for this project during St. J's Ministry Fair in
September, look for info emails soon with more details.
