Christmas
Basket Program https://www.saintjamescathedral.org/outreach/christmasbaskets.
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.
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 . For more information, please contact 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.
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, November 18th, and November 25th.
On 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
This is your last chance to sign up for St. John’s
Dinner Groups. Reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Groups of six to
eight will meet at each other’s homes at least three times. This is an
interesting way to get to know other parishioners better. Sign up by November
25 with Gale Michael before or after mass. For more information contact Gale Michael.
