The Bridge

September 9, 2022

The Mission of St. John’s is to be a community of God’s people who heal brokenness, build bridges, and exemplify borderless kindness.

Meeting ID: 879 9502 6837

New Phone Number for St. John's

 Please note there is a new phone number for the church office.

512-580-0200

Submit to the Bridge

You are invited to send pictures and articles to the Bridge! Please note the deadline: Noon Wednesday preceding the Friday of publication.

Send to lshirah@hotmail.com with "For the Bridge" in the subject line. Be sure to note the date of the issue in which you want to publish.

Welcome our new

Parish

Administrator

I am Maria Hernandez, but I'm known as Maria Angie. I am excited to be St. John’s parish administrator. I have been part of the Episcopal church since I was young and have been a member of St. Johns for more than 12 years. I look forward to this new journey and blessed to have been offered this amazing opportunity. I was born and raised in Austin, Texas for 22 years now. I married my husband Alfonso in 2020, and our beautiful daughter Iris Marcela was born in 2021. We are expecting our newest member of the family in March of 2023.

Before this amazing opportunity I attended College of Health Care Professions and became a Certified Medical Assistant. This experience has shown me my passion in helping and supporting others. I love the community we have at St. Johns, and I want to support it so it can live out its mission: to be a community of God’s people who heal brokenness, build bridges, and exemplify borderless kindness.

Thank you, Maria Angie

Serving Christ

In All Persons

A few members of our church have been helping a young man who was homeless. We’re very happy that he is moving into a new apartment in about 2 weeks. We are helping him with some things for his new apartment. We already found a couch, kitchen items (dishes, silverware, pots, and pans), and a kitchen table and chairs  

We could use your help with getting a few more things for his new home. We're still searching for a dresser, bed (full or queen), sheets, bedspread, blanket, bath towel set, kitchen towels, hangers, 2 bar stools, and other things to make his new apartment feel like home. He would also like a tv and laptop. His favorite colors are blue and black. 

Cash donations will be converted into a Walmart gift card to shop for any other items he needs. Please designate "Darius" on your donation. We will also need access to a truck to move the furniture items.

Please contact Sue Burek at 512-470-7162 or Paula Foy to coordinate any donations.

Neighborhood Walk Tomorrow!

We will be walking the St. John's neighborhood tomorrow, Saturday, September 17th from 9 am- 12 noon to introduce ourselves to our neighbors. We will get to know them, and they will get to know us, and we will have an opportunity to let them know about upcoming events in October. Stay tuned for more information to come.

Christian Education Offering Sundays Aug 28-Oct 2

St. John's Adult Christian Education team is presenting a six-part series based on Welcome Homeless, a book written by Austin philanthropist Alan Graham with Lauren Hall. Graham started Mobile Loaves and Fishes to feed the Austin homeless. He also helped organize Community First! Village to give shelter to homeless Austinites. Each hybrid session will occur from 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m on Sundays starting August 28th.

This Sunday, September 18 -- We will have stories and Bible verses related to two other homeless people profiled by Graham.

September 25 -- Update on St. John's team working on affordable housing;

October 2 -- Special Guest,  Walter Moreau from Foundation Communities 

Blessing of the Animals

October 2nd

Sunday, October 2nd from

3:00-4:30 pm we will have our annual blessing of the animals. The service will begin at 3:15 pm.

If you are not able to come then, you're invited to bring a picture of your pet to a worship service earlier in the day.

The Bishop is Coming

October 9th

The Bishop will be at St. John’s on Sunday, October 9^th. Classes for those interested in baptism, reception or confirmation will be on Sunday, September 11^th, 18^th and 25^th from 2:30 – 3:00 pm. If you have questions or would like to sign up, please contact Mother Minerva.

Daughters of the King Installation

October 23rd

St. John’s Woman at the Well Chapter of the Daughters of the King will install four new members on Sunday, October 23^rd at the 11am and 1pm services. If you are interested in learning more about the Daughters of the King contact Lisa Shirah-Hiers.

St. John’s Talent Show

October 23rd

St. John’s will hold our annual talent show on Sunday, October 23^rd at 6pm in the church sanctuary. 

Come share your talents and bring ice cream to share afterwards!

Welcome Luis and Marie Rivas

Luis is a Middler (second-year student) at Seminary of the Southwest here in Austin, TX. He is married to Marie, and they live in North Austin with their 2-year-old poodle, Bear. Aside from being a seminarian, Luis is a craft coffee aficionado, a tech enthusiast, and when it is not too hot outside, an enjoyer of hiking trails and disc golf.

Before going to seminary, Luis worked as the Youth Minister at St. Michael’s in West Austin, where he first worked with Mother Minerva. “I am excited to join St. John’s community and experience a multi-cultural, neighborhood parish. I believe the future of the church is as an expression of local community-building and as reflective of the growing diversity in our society, so I am honored to walk alongside St. John’s for the next two years and learn from the ways in which this community embodies these two characteristics.”

Sunday Morning Christian Education

St. John's Adult Christian Education team is presenting a six-part series based on Welcome Homeless, a book written by Austin philanthropist Alan Graham with Lauren Hall. Graham started Mobile Loaves and Fishes to feed the Austin homeless. He also helped organized Community First! Village to give shelter to homeless Austinites. Each hybrid session will occur from 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Meeting ID: 840 2173 3267

Passcode: 295084

Cornerstone Literary Circle -

Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Ann and Glenda are hosting the next book.  It comes in 3 formats.

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century 

Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook – June 30, 2020  by Alice Wong 

Our hosts have provided a syllabus for this. So if you have not been part of Cornerstone before, but would like to join us as Ann Foxworth and Glenda Born host the reading, please contact Laurie Williams so that she can send the syllabus to you.

Wednesday Night Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

We will study the lectionary readings for the upcoming Sunday:

• Amos 6:1a,4-7
• Psalm 146
• 1 Timothy 6:6-19
• Luke 16:19-31

The class meets via Zoom:

Masks are optional on the St. John's campus. The CDC guidelines highly recommend that all persons who are not fully vaccinated wear masks while indoors. Thank you for your cooperation in these efforts to keep our St. John’s community safe and healthy. 



Austin-Travis County's COVID-19 Community Level is currently low.

For more information: Austin Public Health

Class of 2024

Ms. Maria Caballero

Ms. Sandra Ward