Announcements for August 22

• Blessing of the Backpacks August 29
  Start the school year off right. Next Sunday, August 29, during the 10:00 a.m. service we will bless school backpacks and offer special prayers for all students and educators. Students of all ages, preschool through junior high through adult, are encouraged to bring your backpacks or other book/computer bags to church that morning.
  
  
• School Supplies Needed
  Many school districts begin classes this week. Please bring donated school supplies this Sunday (notebooks, paper, pencils, crayons, erasers, calculators) for distribution to needy children through Respond Now. Look for the special box in the west foyer marked “Respond Now School Supplies.”
  
  
• Bowling League
  Do you wanna have fun? Join a bowling league. Teams of four persons (any combination of men, women or teenage children) bowl every other Sunday afternoon from 3 pm to 6 pm at Lynwood Bowl in Lynwood, IL beginning Sept. 19, 2010 and ending May 1, 2011. The bowling fee per week is $20.00 per person. Sanction fee is $20.00 (one time charge). Split season: winners of the first half roll off against the winners of the second half for the championship. Banquet and prize distribution is immediately following bowling on the last day. You don’t have to have a whole team to join. We can put you on a team that’s already established. Contact Gale Michael if you are interested or need more information.
  
  
• Diocesan Convention: Relate, Renew, Restore: Caring for God’s Creation
  The 173rd annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago will be held November 19 & 20 at the Westin Lombard Hotel in Yorktown Center near Oak Brook. The theme this year is stewardship of God’s creation. Everyone is invited. More information is available on the parish information tables (or by clicking here). If you would like to serve as a delegate from St. John’s to the business portions of convention, please speak to the Rector soon. Our delegate roster will need to be confirmed at the September vestry meeting.
  
  
• Looking Ahead: Sunday School Registration
  Registration for children’s Sunday School classes will be offered at the St. John’s Fall Jubilation and Ministry Fair, Sunday, September 12, following the 10:00 a.m. service.