St. John’s Mission Statement 


St. John’s is a Christian community that intentionally gathers to experience God’s love

through Episcopal worship, education, fellowship, and ministry to the wider community.

Thursday, June 12, 2025

WORSHIP

The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

Sunday, June 15, 2025

9:00am


Collect for the First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace,

by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity:

Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last

to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father;

who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign,

one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


Readings for the First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

Canticle 13

Romans 5:1-5

John 16:12-15


Worship Booklet for the First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

A Father's Day Prayer


God our Father, thank you for the gift of our fathers. 

Thank you for their encouragement, their guidance, and their provision for us. Thank you for their patience, understanding, and sense of humor, and for their unfailing love.

We ask you to bless our fathers with your spirit of wisdom, counsel and fortitude. May they feel your love in their hearts, your peace in their minds and your joy in their spirits this day.

We ask all this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

OUTREACH AND EVANGELIZATION

Outreach Collections


We will continue our ongoing collections for:

  • New Blankets - Domestic Violence Shelters (Denise Czer and Linda Dennehy)
  • Eyeglasses (Bob Dunn)
  • Greeting Cards - ECS Head Start (Judy McKay)
  • Clean, Gently Used Blankets, Towels and Re-Useable Drinking Containers - Dreams for Change (Bob Dunn) - Please consider donating
  • Emergency Food Pantry - South Bay Community Services (Maria and Joe Love)
  • Blessings in a Bag - For our neighbors who live in need. Click here for a list of items you can donate to fill the bags.
  • Gently Used Clothing - Men's, women's and children's 

Items may be brought to Nale Hall on Sundays when we gather for worship.

You may also bring your items to the church during our weekday office hours,

Monday through Thursday from 9am to 3pm.

If you are not able to bring them, please contact the parish office, and we will pick up the items from your home.


St. John's Outreach Committee meets monthly to discuss our parish Outreach activities.

Please click on the following link for more information on our Outreach collection activities:

Outreach Ministries of St. John's

MINISTRY OF PRAYER

St. John's Prayer Ministries

Prayers and Squares: The Prayer Quilt Ministry

This important ministry brings comfort and healing to many people who are suffering with illness. For information on how to help create prayer quilts, or on how St. John's parishioners can request a quilt (click here).

Wednesday Morning Prayer and Bible Study

Join us for Wednesday Morning Prayer and Bible Study

on Wednesdays at 9:30 am as a Zoom meeting.

For information on how to join (click here)

For the Morning Prayer Booklet (click here)

The Order of the Daughters of the King

Daughters of the King will meet on Thursday, June 19th

at 9:30am in the Rev. Al Stott Conference Room.

The mission of The Order is the extension of Christ's Kingdom through Prayer, Service and Evangelism. If you would like information about becoming a member, or if you have a Prayer Request (click here)

Parish Prayer Lists


For Our Military


Matt Jensen, Drew Shorkey, Cody Crossland, Cameron Ronie, Chariti Paden, Mark Stanfield, Sean Robinson, Jonathan Martinez, TK Nguyen, Christopher Lindshield, Timothy Lindshield, Jeremy Colton, David Sanchez, Jonathan Baldera, Nick Wyatt, Jamal Warner, Matt Hernandez, Daniel Getreu, Devon Strunk, Taylor Harrold, Jorge Zuazua, Roberto Chavez, Ryan Lothspeich, Andrew C. Dugger, Dan and Chelsey Nyaradi, Gen. G.C. Heinrich, Pedro Bonilla, Patrick King, Connor Feeny, and Sebastian Morales and the crew of the USS Nimitz.


Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping 

all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad.

Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; 

strengthen them in their trials and temptations; 

give them courage to face the perils which beset them; 

and grant them a sense of your abiding presence 

wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


For Strength in Time of Need


Steve Magill, Gary and Shirley McCarren, the McClure family, Alec Hauer, Karen Polk,

Bob Milam, Bill Rogers, James Kellogg Burnham III, Mike Gollihur, Linda Longoria-Neff,

Fr. George Keith, Jamie Attaway, Niki Phan, Israel Cabrera, Jim Lindshield, Marla Lopez,

Georgene Nightingale, and Cynthia Schilling.


O God of heavenly powers, 

by the might of your command you drive away from our bodies 

all sickness and all infirmity: 

Be present in your goodness with your servants, 

that their weakness may be banished and their strength restored; 

and that, their health being renewed, they may bless your holy Name;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

For the Deceased


Pray for the repose of the soul of Sherry Pennington

 

Rest eternal grant to her, O Lord;

And let light perpetual shine upon her.

May her soul and the souls of all the departed,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.


Cycle of Prayers for the Church


In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the clergy and people of St. Margaret's, Palm Desert, and for all doing the work of racial healing and reconciliation, especially in our Diocese.


In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico.


In the Military Cycle of Prayer, we pray for USS Somerset (LPD 27).

PASTORAL CARE

We Are Here for You

Eucharistic Visits to your home

If you are not able to join us for our celebration of Eucharist and would like Communion brought to you (click here)

Sacramental and Spiritual Preparation

If you are interested in celebrating a sacramental/spiritual event in your life (click here)

Pastoral Emergency

If you have a pastoral emergency when the parish offices are closed,

please call 619-301-0724 or email revroger@saint-johns.org

ADMINISTRATION AND VESTRY

“Beacon of Hope”

St. John’s Capital Campaign

Capital Campaign for Property Maintenance Reserve

 

Our loved ones raised the church with money and physical labor –

We must maintain their legacy

 

Capital Campaign Goal:  $500,000

 

Capital Campaign Donations Pledged: $210,610

Percentage of Goal Achieved: 42%


Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Your generosity makes it possible for St. John's to remain a "Beacon of Hope"


With the new roof completed, our beautiful Church campus continues to have significant maintenance and repairs needs for the Church, Nale Hall, Graves' Pavilion, and the School.


The church exists as the People of God, but also,

as the home from which God is worshiped and the needs of people are served.


Please consider investing in St. John's with a donation to the Capital Campaign:

Capital Campaign Statement of Intent

 

Capital Campaign Committee: Bob Dunn (co-chair), Terry Farrelly (co-chair),

Tom Brzeczek, Denise Czer, Jane Ferguson, Rev. Roger Haenke

Upcoming Events at St. John's


  • Monday, June 16th: MOSJ Meeting, 6:00pm, Nale Hall
  • Tuesday, June 17th & Thursday, June 19th: Tai Chi, 2:00-3:00pm, Nale Hall
  • Thursday, June 19th: DOK Meeting, 9:30am, Rev. Stott Conference Room

Termite Tenting and Fumigation


The entire campus of St. John's is in need of Termite Treatment

(Church, Nale Hall, Graves' Pavilion and the School)


Monday, June 16th - initial pre-treatment walkthrough with Thrasher Termite Company

Monday, June 23rd - final pre-treatment walkthrough to assure everything is ready

Tuesday, June 24th through Thursday, June 26th - Tenting and Fumigation

The Church campus will be CLOSED during the Tenting and Fumigation

Parish Office Hours and Contacts


The Parish Office will be open 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Monday through Thursday.

Please call the parish office if you have any questions or concerns

(619-422-4141) or email info@saint-johns.org.


Rev. Roger will be working Monday through Thursday, and Sunday.

He is available by appointment. Please call the office to schedule an appointment.

In case of a pastoral emergency, Rev. Roger may be reached on his cell phone at

619-301-0724.

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ACROSS THE CHURCH

A Letter from the Episcopal Bishops

in the State of California

By: Episcopal Bishops in the State of California


Like all Californians, we are watching with great concern the events unfolding around immigration protests in Los Angeles. We are deeply concerned about the ICE raids and about the potential for violence arising from the deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to the Los Angeles area. We are concerned that military deployments will escalate the confrontations unnecessarily, and worry that all of our regions in California may be subject to future deployments that heighten tensions rather than resolving them.

Bishop John Harvey Taylor, the Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles, has posted on social media this past weekend about what is happening in Los Angeles and his interpretation of the ways in which local officials, law enforcement, federal agencies, and protesters are all interacting. He expressed deep pain and anger as fourteen people in one single Episcopal congregation in that diocese were detained by ICE on Friday. Certainly, we as Episcopalians are shocked and saddened when any of our own are removed from our beloved community. Read More

Prayers for Diocesan Youth Delegation to Ecuador


Please pray for the EDSD Youth Delegation to Ecuador while they are on their mission of friendship and service to Ecuador. They will be traveling from June 18-26.


Holy God, Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, we pray for the youth and chaperones

on their service and friendship mission to Ecuador.

Keep them safe in body and spirit while they are abroad.

Bless them with patience and connection, guide them with wisdom and humility, and partner with them as they grow in their love for you

and the neighbors they do not yet know.

We pray for each of them by name:

Brayden, Callum, Charlette, Jack, Jacob, Julia,

Leighton, Maggie, Melina, Oumnia, and Sofia.

Remind them that our prayers and our love are with them

as they use their hands and their hearts to do your work in the world.

In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Faith to Go: 100 Percent God —

Trinity Sunday with the Rev. Jacob Robling


Join Charlette and David as they explore this week’s Gospel reading from John 16:12–15 with the Rev. Jacob Robling. Together, they dive into the mystery of the Holy Trinity.

Listen Here

Faith to Go Invites God Sightings in Ordinary Time

By: Charlette Preslar, Director of Formation


The first thing I do every morning is throw on a pair of old sweats, lace up my sneakers, and go on a two-mile, early morning walk with my dogs and my sister. The second is drink coffee. When I arrive home from the walk with my tired and happy dogs, most often there is a cup of coffee waiting for me that I didn’t brew. My husband Tim did. On the days that he leaves the house early for work, the pot is usually set and ready to go, so all I have to do is push the start button. Tim doesn’t drink coffee. He drinks tea. But every morning, he completes this act of service and love for me.

It is my first God Sighting of the day.

If the phrase God Sighting feels unexpected to you, it comes from the Faith to Go podcast. A weekly discussion of the Gospel, Faith to Go is a ministry of The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego hosted by David Tremaine and me. Each week, we laugh and wrestle with the Gospel reading for the week ahead. We are often joined by a guest. These holy conversations have enriched my personal discipleship more than any other practice. Read More

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