Christmas
Basket Program https://www.saintjamescathedral.org/outreach/christmasbaskets.
St. John’s is once again participating in the ReVive
Center for Housing and Healing’s Christmas Basket Program. We are asking
parishioners and church organizations to please volunteer and sponsor a family
to provide them with a merry and memorable Christmas. Packets will be available
in the undercroft that provide information about the families, such as the
number of members and the corresponding family number they’ve been assigned.
When you select a family, please print your name and phone number on the
sign-up sheet next to the family number you are taking, and make sure you take
the correct packet! This year’s deadline for dropping off your Christmas
Baskets at St. John’s will be no later than Wednesday, December 5th.
If you are unable to shop and would like to be a part of this blessing, please
give checks made out to St. John's, with "Revive Christmas Baskets"
in the memo. The youth of the congregation will be adopting/shopping and
wrapping the presents for the family. Checks should get to the church by Friday,
November 30. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A FAMILY AND CAN’T MAKE IT TO CHURCH THIS
SUNDAY, PLEASE EMAIL Fr. Jeremy with the approximate size of
the family you are willing to adopt by November 11th, 2018.
Blue
Jean Yard Cleanup — Sunday, November 11th
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!
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.
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
5 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.
Ping-Pong
Table
The church has a
ping-pong table that could be yours for the taking! It folds in half for moving
and storage and is on wheels. You probably would have to buy a new net for it.
If you or an organization you know of would like to have it, speak with Fr.
Jeremy or Susan Marquis.
