The Second Sunday of Easter

9 a.m.

• Celebrant: Pastor Anne Harmon
• Assisting: The Rev. Kevin D. Mort

Please enter the church quietly and spend time in prayer before the service.

Alleluia! The Lord is Risen! The Lord is Risen indeed!

Eastertide – the 50 Days of Easter

Easter is a season beginning on Easter Day and ending on the Feast of Pentecost. It has many names: Easter Season, Eastertide, Easter Time, Paschal Season. No matter what it is called, it is a festal season in the liturgical year that focuses on celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Traditionally, it lasted 40 days to commemorate the time that the resurrected Jesus remained on earth before his Ascension. Western churches extended the season to 50 days, concluding on the day of Pentecost or Whitsunday.

Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter with celebration frontals and vestments, lighting of the Paschal candle, and the return of the Gloria and the Alleluias. It is a season of joy, and the color is white.

Each of the Sundays have names with the first Sunday being Easter Day. The second Sunday is known as Low Sunday; the third is Good Shepherd Sunday. The remaining Sundays do not have familiar names until the last, which is the Feast of Pentecost which celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit. This year, the Feast of Pentecost will be May 24.

St. John's Facebook Page and Website

Are you aware that St. John's has a Facebook page? As of today, our Facebook page has 735 followers! It grows weekly. Are you one of them? If not, please go to Facebook.com and search for St. John's Episcopal Church, Clearwater, FL. Then either "like" or "follow" the page. We post not only events of local interest, but also information from the wider Episcopal Church.

St. John's website, www.stjohnsclearwater.org, is one of the ways that we communicate who we are as a community. If you are interested in learning and helping with the website, please contact Jim May, jimmay.stjohns@gmail.com

Scan the QR code below to make a donation to St. John's, via Faithstreet. Your generous donations help to continue our mission of loving and serving God in our community and the world.

Worship

Our services are live streamed on Facebook and YouTube. The YouTube link is listed below. For Facebook, go to the St. John's Facebook page and click on "videos".

Easter II

9 a.m.

Readings:

Acts 2:14a, 22-32

Psalm 16

1 Peter 1:3-9

John 20:19-31

To watch on YouTube: Click HERE

Weekly Schedule

Choir Rehearsals

Bell Choir, Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

Vocal Choir, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Thrift Shop schedule:

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30- 3:30

Wednesday Morning Bible Study -

10 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Bring your Bible. For more information, contact Bob Courdway

Rug Hookers - Parish Hall

Thursdays 10:00 am.

Men's Cursillo Grouping- Parish Hall

Thursdays 7:00 am.

Dates for your Calendar

April 22 Earth Day; Joint Service and picnic at Eagle Lake Park, 12 noon

May 16 "Friendly Feud" social event, St. John's and St. Paul's; details to follow

May 24 Pentecost, Anniversary of St. Paul's coming to St. John's;

Joint service at 9:30 a.m., Pastor Anne Harmon and The Rev. Andrew Gerns

September 11 St. John's 60th Birthday

September 13 Visitation of The Rt. Rev. Douglas Scharf

eNews

What you would like to see in eNews? We need your input to keep it fresh and relevant. Is your ministry area doing something that you would like to share? Please send your news, ideas, articles, photos, etc. to me at seniorwarden2024.stjohns@gmail.com

The deadline submission for the Tuesday enews is Monday, 3 p.m.

Marlene Eichelberger

NEWS, MINISTRIES, AND UPCOMING CHURCH EVENTS!

Forming Disciples

Developing Leaders

Embracing Differences

Transforming Communities

https://episcopalswfl.org/

Water and the Word Conference



May 1 & 2, 2026

DaySpring Episcopal Conference Center

What does it mean to live to the measure of the full stature of Christ? 

Bishop Doug Scharf and many more will lead this two-day conference focused on growing your knowledge, mission, and love of God. During Water and the Word, we will deepen our ideas of growing and maturing in our Christian beliefs and embrace being fully alive in Christ. Discover your leadership path. Re-imagine how your church can serve its community. Magnify your mission where faith and family intersect. 

Register: https://episcopalflorida.wufoo.com/forms/2026-water-and-the-word/

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