Altar Flowers

You may have noticed that our altar flowers are given each week by someone in the congregation (or someone with ties to St. John's).  The cost of flowers is $40, and checks can be made out to "St. John's Altar Guild."  This year we have some Sundays where we do not yet have a donor:  March 23rd and 30th, June 22nd and 29th, and August 31st.  If you'd like to give flowers on one of those days (or on another day - we can have multiple donors!) in remembrance of someone or in thanksgiving, please contact Pam White in the office, 303-442-5246, ext. 101, or pamelabwhite@comcast.net, and let her know what you'd like your dedication to say.

Let's Be Good Stewards!

"Stewardship" has many meanings at St. John's.  Usually when we talk about stewardship, we mean pledging our time, talent, or treasure to support our church.  We also need to remember, however, that stewardship also means taking care of our facilities.  Recently we've had incidents of lights being left on, doors being left unlocked, and even tap water left running all night!  

Please remember that when you are here for a meeting -- especially if you're the last one to leave the building -- you are responsible for:

• Turning off all lights
• Locking all doors
• Checking the part of the building you're in to make sure that no one is inside, and that the lavatories are secure (no lights on, no running water or toilets)
• Making sure the elevator is turned off
• Making sure all of the kitchen equipment is turned off and that portable coffee pots are unplugged.
• Making sure all dishes and glasses you've used are WASHED and put away (we don't have dish fairies who come in in the morning to do your dishes!)
• Making sure that counter-tops and tables are clean, and that tables and chairs are put back the way you found them

Parents' Bible Study

Our new Bible study group for parents meets twice a month on Monday evenings.  Contact Karla at karla.trapp@gmail.com, for more information.

Tap-House Theology

 

Communion Instruction Starts Sunday!

Children in first grade and up (with their parents) are invited to participate in a three-part course about receiving Communion. The classes will be held January 12th, February 2nd, and February 9th from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.  (PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATES!)  Contact Kristina, 303-442-5246, ext. 107, or children@stjohnsboulder.org, for more information.

Completion of this course is not a requirement for receiving communion at  St. John's.

Reading Camp 2014 Steering Committee Meeting!

A group of folks involved in our Reading Camp ministry will be meeting this Tuesday, January 14th, in the parish hall to discuss preliminary plans for our 2014 Reading Camp, June 2-6, 2014.  If you'd like to be involved, please contact Kristina at 303-442-5246, ext. 107, or kmurray@stjohnsboulder.org, or Nancy Iverson at iversonnancy@gmail.com. 

Joyful Journey Planning Meeting!

We'll get together to plan our spring curriculum this Tuesday, January 14th, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the parish hall.  Childcare and dinner will be provided by St. John's. 

Mission Trip Meetings

All middle and high school students interested in going on either of our mission trips next summer (middle and high school to Estes Park July 5th-11th to help with flood clean up; high school to New York July 15th-22nd to help with Hurricane Sandy relief) must attend planning meetings (with their parents) on January 19th, February 23rd, March 16th, April 27th, May 18th, and June 22nd.  Mark your calendars now!  For more information about the trips, please contact Joe Domko, 303-442-5246, ext. 106, or ecopax22@gmail.com.

BOOK GROUP

The Blue Sapphire of the Mind:

Notes for a Contemplative Ecology

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY:

January 12, 2014

The First Sunday of the Epiphany

The Baptism of the Lord

Liturgical Color:  WHITE 

Lectionary Year A

7:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist in the chapel

9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist and Holy Baptism in the church

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Readings

Isaiah 42:1-9

"Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching." Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: "I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. I am the Lord, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols. See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them."

Psalm 29

1 Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, *

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; *

worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; *

the Lord is upon the mighty waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice; *

the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendor.

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; *

the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;

6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, *

and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.

7 The voice of the Lord splits the flames of fire;

the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; *

the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

8 The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe *

and strips the forests bare.

9 And in the temple of the Lord *

all are crying, "Glory!"

10 The Lord sits enthroned above the flood; *

the Lord sits enthroned as King for evermore.

11 The Lord shall give strength to his people; *

the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.

Acts: 10:34-43

Then Peter began to speak to them: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ-he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him toappear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

Matthew 3:13-17

Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased."

Prayers of the People

Lay Servers for Jan. 12th

by JoAnne Foster and family, in loving memory of

Robert D. "Bob " Foster 

St. John's Vestry

St. John's Staff

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