Christmas
Basket Program https://www.saintjamescathedral.org/outreach/christmasbaskets.
We have one family left that needs sponsoring, so
anyone who is able, please contact Fr. Jeremy to receive their Family 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 30th.
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 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. Thank you!
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.
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.
Alternative
Christmas Gift Market
Are you thinking about Christmas shopping? The
Alternative Christmas Gift Market enables you to contribute to a charitable
organization. An alternative Christmas gift to friends and family will benefit
those in need. Your alternative gift to another will extend the true meaning of
Christmas and ensure spiritual action after Christmas has passed and other
gifts are forgotten or discarded. For each donation made, you will receive a
decorative card indicating the name of the organization to which you have
donated. This card can then be given as your alternative Christmas gift.
The following organizations will be included this
year:
* Cancer Support Group * Bakery Dos Corazones
* Christian Peace Makers * ReVive
* The Night Ministry *
Respond Now
* Episcopal Relief and Development * Holistic Riding Equestrian
Therapy
You will be able to purchase donations in the
amounts of $5, $10, $15 or $25. Payment will be made to Transfiguration. Order
forms will be distributed on November 11th and November 18th. One the back of
the order forms there will be a brief description of each organization. Order
form will be collected along with payment in cash or checks made out to
Transfiguration on November 18th and November 25th. Cards with a copy of the
order form will be distributed to participants on November 25th and December
2nd.
Dinner
Groups
Make new friends and reconnect with old ones ant St.
John’s Dinner Groups. Groups of six to eight will meet at each other’s homes at
least three times. You don’t have to host to participate. Conversation will
flow, and it doesn’t even have to be religious! Sign up by November 25th
with Gale Michael, before or after mass. For more information, contact Gale Michael.
