United Thank
Offering
The
collection for the United Thank Offering (UTO) will be this Sunday, November 5,
2017. Please bring your UTO boxes, or you may save your box and transfer your
gift to an envelope marked UTO. If you prefer to write a check, make the check
payable to St. John’s and reference UTO on the MEMO line. Thank you all for
supporting this wonderful outreach ministry
Respond Now
The
Daughters of the King are collecting personal items for the men and women that
receive assistance through Respond Now. Suggestions are: soap, shampoo, body
lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, deodorant, etc. Both full-size and
travel-size are needed.
Practicing
Our Faith Book Club
This month the Practicing Our Faith Book Club is
reading Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery
O'Connor, a collection of short stories written in the final decade of her
life. The book club will meet on Thursday, November 16 at 7:00pm in
the Guild Room to discuss the book. New members are always welcome!
Blue Jean Yard
Clean Up – Will
meet Sunday, November 12th.
Yarn
Ministry – Will
meet Monday, November 6th in the Guild room at 7 PM.
Christmas Basket
Program
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. Sign-up sheets are available in the undercroft,
so please start selecting the families you wish to sponsor. If you’ve selected
a family, packets can be picked up in the church office. This year’s deadline
for dropping off the Christmas Baskets at St. John’s will be no later than
Wednesday, November 29, 2017.
NOV.
12 - Annual SWIFT Inter-Faith Mixer/Dinner in Orland Park
Meet,
greet and break bread with open-hearted members of other faiths next month at
the annual SouthWest InterFaith Team (SWIFT) dinner, Sunday, November
12, at Faith United Methodist Church in Orland Park. The traditional
format of this fun event is to seat fellow SWIFT members at each table from all
three Abrahamic faiths. The simple idea is to help promote dialogue and
fellowship in a casual and communal setting ("Mohammed, please pass the
butter?"). The Church is located at 151st St & 80th Ave.,
and doors open at 5:30 pm. The dinner runs from 6 pm—8 pm and tickets are $20
apiece. Please make checks payable to St. John's, and reserve your seat by Nov.
3. For more information, please contact our SWIFT ambassadors, Rob McManamy or Bryan Burke.
Parish
Dinner Groups
Sign up for the 2018 Parish Dinner Groups continues
through Sunday, November 12, 2017. Information and forms for signing up will be
found on a table in the undercroft. Please join us even if you are not a
“couple” or you can’t host a dinner in your home. If you have any questions
regarding this unique opportunity to get to know your fellow parishioners a
little bit better, please talk to Gale Michael.
Thanks
to everyone who took the Church Assessment Tool, or CAT survey. This Sunday (Nov 5), at 9:00 am in the adult education wing, the search
committee will present the top level findings from the survey. Please come join
the conversation and hear about what's next - the small group discussions. Sign
up will begin on the 5th for the small groups, which take what we learned from
the CAT and add greater detail to it.
Bible
Study/Fellowship Group
This Bible study group will meet at members' houses
for a pot luck dinner and fellowship once a month. Kids are welcome! The first
meeting will be in January. If you are interested in joining, please contact
Mary VanSwol, and state whether you
prefer Saturday or Sunday from 5-7 pm. An official time will be announced
closer to the date.
Halloween
Candy
Please donate your individually wrapped leftover
Halloween candy for residents of the Manteno Veterans’ Home. There is a
collection box between the staircases, and the collection will continue through
Wednesday, November 15th.
Wednesday
Update
The Wednesday
Eucharists will begin this coming week, November 8th, at 9 am. Then,
at 10 am, Fr. Mike will lead a weekly bible study class. This is an all-parish
class for both men and women. If you can, please bring your own NRSV bible, but
don’t worry if you forget or don’t have one.
