Vol. 78 Issue 48 Week of November 30-December 6, 2020 |
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Christmas Eve Kits for Worship
Sign Up for Your Custom Kit Today!
Our Christmas Eve service will be different this year since we will not be able to gather together physically to worship. In order to try and make the service feel a little more normal, we will be offering Christmas Eve Kits. Christmas Eve Kits will contain candles, Communion, printed orders of worship, and children's activities. You'll need to fill out a google form where you'll tell us how many of each item you need. Pick up for kits will be Sunday, December 20 from 11am-1pm via a drive-through at the Main Entrance. The deadline to sign up for a kit is December 18.
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Advent Devotionals 2020: God's Hands
This year's Advent Devotionals are available now by clicking here or the button below. You can download this document to your computer and read digitally or print it out to enjoy at home. We are so thankful to everyone who wrote a piece for this year's compilation. This year, the devotionals are exceptionally well written and each of them will warm your spirit, especially during these most difficult times.
Keep an eye out on our website and on social media for postings related to the devotionals and a few Advent videos to pair along with the writings.
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Worship on
December 6th-Advent II
This Sunday morning we will worship together online for the second Sunday in Advent, the Sunday focused on peace. Worship in Advent this year will be focused on passages of scripture from the African American Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionaries. This week our scripture passage is Malachi 2:17-3:7. The message title is "Metanoia" and will be given by Dr. Foust.
The worship video will be available at 8am via our YouTube channel and at our website under the Worship tab for you to view. You can also link to worship from the Realm Connect App Events list.
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Have You Pledged to the 2021 Financial Ministry Plan?
Turn Your Pledge Card in Today!
So far, we have received a total of 92 pledges for a total of $515,874 pledged to the 2021 Financial Ministry Plan.
If you have not turned your pledge card in, please mail it in to the church office to the attention of Jacquelyn McAbee at 300 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28204. You can also pledge online here: https://onrealm.org/StJohnsBaptistC/-/give/now
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Christmas Cards for Neighbors
Get ready to send Christmas cards to our senior adults who, in years past, have received cards from the Christmas mailbox set up at the Main Entrance. Due to COVID-19, we are foregoing the mailbox set up and asking the congregation to instead mail cards directly to the homes of these church members. We will make this list available next week.
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The God Who Sees by Karen Gonzalez
Join the Faith Journey Book Study
Faith Journey book study will begin a new book The God Who Sees on January 4th. This book written by Karen Gonzales, an immigrant, explores her journey as well as the journey of immigrants in the Bible. All are invited to join this discussion via Zoom at 11:30 am on Monday mornings. There are a few books available for purchase or you may purchase your own book.
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Help Wanted for Room in the Inn!
Due to the pandemic, the traditional Room in the Inn program operated by the Roof Above organization each winter has been modified. Roof Above will instead operate a 130-bed overflow winter shelter at 3410 Statesville Avenue between December 1 and March 31. Roof Above has asked churches to help by providing bag lunches for shelter residents throughout these four months.
St. John’s has agreed to provide 65 bagged lunches for the overflow shelter on each of the following Sunday nights:
- Sunday, December 6, 2020
- Sunday, January 3, 2021
- Sunday, February 7, 2021
- Sunday, March 7, 2021
Five St. John’s members are needed to provide 13 bag lunches for each of these four Sunday nights. We also need a person to collect and deliver the bag lunches to the shelter on those nights. Can you help?
Please access the following link to sign up:
In addition, Roof Above has said they’d love the assistance of Room in the Inn sites to help provide cookies and in-kind donations for our 130 winter overflow nightly guests. Here are additional details:
Cookie Donations: Please sign up via the link below if you’d like to supply cookies. A supporting document for cookie providers with the guidelines and directions is found within the link.
If you are physically dropping off these items at 945 N. College St campus, feel free to do so during the hours of 9am – 12:30pm.
- NEW towels and washcloths
- NEW men’s hats and gloves]
- NEW men’s boxer-briefs (M, L, XL, XXL)
- NEW men’s socks
- NEW blankets and pillows (from Amazon wish list)
- Masks (washable or disposable – homemade masks welcome)
Presorted travel-sized toiletries in gallon bags containing the following items:
- Shampoos
- Shower gels
- Toothpastes
- Toothbrushes
- Razors
- Small cans of shaving cream
- Hand sanitizer
Please, no individual bags. Contact Dale Johnson at 704-364-2575 for more details.
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Prayer Concerns, Thanks & Sympathy |
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Polly Hull, Gene & Carol Poole, Elma Thomas,
Peg Russ, Alison Zieglmeier (daughter of Ken and Donna Scott),
Andrew Adair, Barbara Ledford, Tom Bryson,
Carol Hager (sister of Betty Harkey), Carole Ann Simpson, Ken Smith,
Esther Narron, Susan King
Sympathy to Jane and Warren Lineberger in the death of Jane's mother, Louvell Wilson, of Clemson, SC. Sympathies to Laura Strickland in the death of her grandmother and to Wilson and Warren Gray in the death of their great-grandmother.
Congratulations to Drew and Lauryn Hammond on the birth of their daughter, Edith (Edie) Wren Hammond. The smiling grandparents are
Doug and Julie Hammond.
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Financial Ministry Plan Report
Week of November 24-30: $8,140
Income through November 30: $996,130
Annual 2020 Ministry Plan Budget Goal: $1,175,000
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You can make contributions, view your giving history and pledge status, as well as update your pledge and giving information anytime by accessing your personal
Realm profile online or via the Connect App.
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Contact the Staff
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