Thursday, May 5, 2022

A Mother's Day Prayer

Loving God, 

as a mother gives life and nourishment to her children,

so you watch over your Church.

We pray in gratitude for our mothers and for all the women

who have joined with you in the wonder

of bringing forth new life.

Let the example of their faith and love shine forth.

May we see in their loving care, your presence guiding them.

Bless them with the melody of your love, the strength of your Spirit,

and the joy of your eternal home.

May she who gave love be carried on that day to Your divine embrace;

there, for all eternity, rejoice with family and friends.

Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

In honor of Mother's Day, we will have a special blessing of all mothers during our worship service on Sunday, May 8th. 

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

Sunday, May 8, 2022

9:00 am

Come, pray, sing, receive Holy Communion,

and join us for fellowship following our liturgy.

Masks are not required.

However, if you are unvaccinated or immunocompromised,

you may wish to wear a mask.

A word about worship - our worship service begins with the lighting of the altar candles

into the prelude and ends after the postlude with the extinguishing of the candles.

A sense of prayerful reflection is appropriate to be maintained.

Having Troubles Hearing in Church?

With the new sound system at St. John’s, we have the T-Loom (telecoil) technology. This technology permits the coupling of your personal hearing aid with the church sound system.

We also have individual hearing devices for those who do not have hearing aids.

For more information on this system, please contact Kurth Barnes: (619) 415-6543. 

Collect For the Fourth Sunday of Easter

O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people:

Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him

who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads;

who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns,

one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter

Acts 9:36-43

Psalm 23

Revelation 7:9-17

John 10:22-30

Worship Booklet for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 8, 2022

If you are not able to attend, please join our livestream service:

St. John's website: saint-johns.org

St. John's YouTube Channel: St. John's Episcopal Church, Chula Vista

Reflection on John 10:22-30

Who is Jesus of Nazareth? It is a question that is at the very heart of our faith as Christians. Is Jesus the Messiah? We can hear this passage and rest assured that we have heard the voice of Jesus and so we follow him and, therefore, experience eternal life and the safety that comes with it. Is Jesus the Good Shepherd? Having heard his voice, we know ourselves to be his sheep. From that perspective, this passage can be one of comfort and solace.

However, we could also hear this with concern—how can I be sure that I am following Jesus’ voice? In a world where things move so quickly and there are so many competing voices, how do we know that we are following Jesus’? Jesus reminds his audience and us that they should know that he is the Messiah because of his works. His works are always about restoration, liberation, inclusion, healing, and justice; they are the works that create a just community. As we seek to live into the Resurrection and to follow the voice of the Good Shepherd Jesus, we will know that we are following his voice when we are also working towards restoration, liberation, inclusion, healing, and justice from which flow abundant life.

• What does abundant life mean to you?
• Have you ever been concerned or worried that you are not following Jesus’ voice? Reflect upon that experience. At what point did you realize that you were or were not following Jesus? What was it that clarified it for you?

Creation Care during the Easter Season

It’s a time for Christians to celebrate God’s love,

which embraces not only humanity but all of creation.

With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the encouragement of Michael Curry our Presiding Bishop and Susan Brown Snook our diocesan bishop we have been called to a committed response to care for creation.

Creation Care Forum –

May 8th in Nale Hall following our 9:00am liturgy

Our guest speaker will be Adrienne Elliot, member of the Creation Care Task Force of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. Adrienne will provide educational information on Creation Care, The Creation Care Covenant of The Episcopal Church and other Creation Care activities.

Creation Care Book Study – We are invited to join a 5 week study with Good Samaritan Episcopal Church beginning May 8th

The book Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World by John Phillip Newell will be the focus of a five-week forum series beginning Sunday, May 8th, directly after their 10:00am service on Zoom. Learn more about this book here, and consider ordering it today. If you have any questions, please contact Deann.

Creation Care Activity with ECS HeadStart – “Sow and Grow”

We are partnering with leaders and teachers of HeadStart to do a planting, growing, and harvesting project the children.

The project will involve cultivating/nurturing soil, sowing seeds, planting young flower and vegetable plants, weeding the gardens, and harvesting vegetables for the children to take home.

If you are interested in participating in this fun, interactive project, please contact Maria or Rev. Roger.

Outreach Ministry

Feel passionate about helping the homeless, but don’t want to hand out money on the streets? Here’s an idea!

Blessings in a Bag

St John’s will begin collecting and packing 1 gallon zip top bags with items that are helpful for our neighbors living outside. A few bags can be kept in your car to hand out when you come across a homeless person in need. We will also provide a prayer card from the church, so they know we care!

Thank You for Your Generous Donations!

During our Lenten Collection, 40 Days, 40 Items, St. John's collected 105 bags of clothing. The items we collected were delivered to Fr. Joe's Villages, Episcopal Community Services - Central East Regional Recovery Center (CERRC), and the children at ECS HeadStart.

ECS HeadStart, CERRC and Fr. Joe's Villages thank you for your generosity.

Centennial Events 

Italian Dinner and Fundraiser

Saturday, May 14, 2022

6:00pm

Menu:

Salad

Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce

Italian Meatballs and/or Italian Sausage

Bread

Tiramisu

Water, Coffee, Wine

Dinner Tickets: $15.00 per adult; $10 per child

You may purchase tickets for the dinner at the parish office, Church on Sunday,

or on our website (through our "Give Now" button- click here)

Italian Dinner Final List of Prizes!

Click here for the final list of prizes for the Italian Dinner on May 14th.

Prizes will be on display in the Narthex this Sunday, May 8th, and tickets will be available for purchase. On May 14th the prizes will be moved into Nale Hall and tickets will be sold. Six tickets for $5.00, and you can put them in the bag for whatever prize you'd like to win. The more tickets in a bag, the better your chance of winning!

Parish Potluck with Ethnic Foods on Pentecost Sunday, June 5th

Ice Cream Social with Old-Time Music

Save The Date!

Mark your calendars and save the date of Sunday July 3, 2022, for an all parish, all ages, old- fashioned Ice Cream Social at 3:00 p.m. There will be live entertainment, a community sing along, and lots of non- stop fun and socializing, as well as ice cream sundaes’ with lots of toppings! Please invite your friends and families to this event as we recreate a St. John’s favorite tradition from the past in this year of our Centennial Celebration. More news to come so watch the newsletter. Hope to see you there as well as members of our community!

Jane Ferguson, Chair 

Parish Art/Variety Show on a date to be determined

St. John’s Parish BBQ and Chili Contest on Saturday, August 13th, hosted by the MOSJ

St. John’s Centennial Dinner on Saturday, September 17th

St. John’s Centennial Liturgy with a visitation from Bishop Susan Brown Snook

on Sunday, September 18th

Parish Centennial Cookbook is being published and will feature the favorite recipes of the parishioners of St. John's.

The deadline for submitting recipes for the Centennial Cookbook is Sunday, May 15. Forms for recipes are on the Narthex Counter, or you may email or give your recipes to Nancy Painter ([email protected]) For every recipe submitted (no limit to the number you can contribute), your name will be entered into a contest. Anybody who has already submitted a recipe is automatically entered.

One name will be chosen at random for a $25 gift card to Thai Taste 2 restaurant on Bonita Road. The more recipes you submit, the more chances to win!

If you are interested in helping with any of these events, please notify

Maria Love in the Office: 619-422-4141/ [email protected]

or Diane Gustafson: 619-253-7298/ [email protected] 

We Are Here For You!



If you, a family member, neighbor or a friend are interested in celebrating a significant event in your spiritual life, please know that you are welcome.

We would be honored to be a part of your Baptism, Holy Communion, Quinceañera Marriage, Renewal of Vows or Anointing of the Sick.

At St. John's, no matter who you are or where you are on your spiritual journey - you are welcome here

Hospitality Hosts Needed!



Please join us for hospitality after the Sunday morning worship service. 

If you would like to host a Sunday, you may sign up on the poster in Nale Hall or by calling or emailing Maria at 619-422-4141 or [email protected]

Refreshments should be individually portioned or wrapped, or served by a server who is the only one touching the serving implements. Coffee and Clean-up are done by our Sexton, Ryan Attaway.

Current Available Dates:

May 15

May 29

June 12

June 19

June 26

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.

Please contact Rev. Roger ( [email protected])

to be included in the Zoom meeting.

The Morning Prayer guide can be found here:

Morning Prayer, May 11

Parish Prayer Lists

Birthday and Anniversary Prayers

We would like to acknowledge and pray for anyone celebrating a birthday and/or anniversary in the coming week. Please let us know by Thursday of the prior week so that we can get it in the Sunday liturgy. If you have a picture of you that we could post for your birthday and/or a wedding photo or current photo for those celebrating an anniversary, please email it to us - it would be great to allow everyone to see you.

Our Parish Prayer Intentions

Today and every day include some time for prayer, for yourself,

for your church family, and for those in need.

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, Daniel Getreu, Jamal Warner, Matt Hernandez, Devon Strunk, Taylor Harrold, Jorge Zuazua, Katherine Milam, Sebastian Morales, Richie Lebron, Andrew C. Dugger, Dan and Chelsey Nyaradi, Ryan Lothspeich,

and Roberto Johnson and the crew of USS Essex.

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

Scott Hunter, Steve Magill, Gary & Shirley McCarren, Ann Lindshield, the McClure family, Christy and Mike Gollihur, Linda Longoria-Neff, David Dennehy, Akiko Horst,

Barbara Oliveira, Norma Dunn and Dominick Smith and his family.

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 repose of the soul of Muriel Kulikowski.

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. Andrew's by-the-Lake in Lake Elsinore.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for Eglise Anglicane du Rwanda.

In the Military Cycle of Prayer, we pray for all active duty military families living in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego.

The Vestry

Lynn Young, Senior Warden

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Tom Brzeczek, Junior Warden

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Jane Ferguson, Clerk

Bill Cheney, Treasurer

Diane Gustafson, Recorder

Pamela Brittain

Alice Burnham

David Dennehy

Alejandra Valdez-Beer

Upcoming Events at St. John's

• May 8: Creation Care Forum in Nale Hall following our liturgy

• May 14: Vestry Retreat, 8am in Nale Hall

• May 14: Italian Dinner and Fundraiser, 6pm in Nale Hall

2nd Quarter Calendar of Events

Lost and Found

If you lost a lady's black leather jacket, please contact the office (619-422-4141).

Rev. Roger's Office Hours



Rev. Roger will be working half-days in the office on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday; and all day on Wednesday and Friday. He will be available by appointment. 

Please call the office (619-422-4141) to schedule an appointment.

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

619-301-0724.

Bless St Luke's Africa Trip and Delight in a Chef-Designed Meal

Have you joined us for one of St Luke's fundraiser dinners in our patio garden yet? Our final dinner before our trip will take place on Sunday, May 22 at 5:30 pm and will be designed by Chef Matt, formerly of North Park's Urban Solace. Funds raised will support our 18-person delegation to South Sudan, Uganda, and a Tanzanian refugee camp with our board and staff to learn, grow, and praise God for blessing our congregation with the resettled refugees who have enlivened our church again. Check out the delicious menu and buy your tickets today by clicking here.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

by Cynde Durnford-Branecki

At the 2021 Diocesan Convention, Resolution 21-04 Becoming a Beloved Community by combatting anti-Asian/Pacific Islander American violence, bias and racism was adopted. As part of that resolution, the diocese agreed to lift up the stories of Asians, protect Asians from racist persecution, and nurture understanding of Asian peoples and cultures through prayer and liturgy, among other ways.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month) is an annual celebration that recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of individuals and groups of Asian and Pacific Islander descent to the United States. Read More

Creating a Culture of Generosity - Diocese of San Diego

by Tens: The Episcopal Network for Stewardship

Description

Best Practices and Tools to shape your stewardship formation. Making disciples and donors in your congregation. Review generosity practices

Date and time

Thu, May 19, 2022

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT

Location

Free online event - To register, click here

Grand Ultreya and Virtual Ultreya

Ultreya - "Forgiveness by the Forgiven"

May 21, 2022 

6 pm Pot Luck / Brown Bag Supper

7 pm Ultreya

Speakers: Kathryn Bunch, Mike Jewett and Rev. Bob Nelson

Host:  Ruben Rodriguez

Location: St. Andrew's, La Mesa

Music:  The Cursillo Musical Saints

All musicians are welcome and encouraged to bring their guitars and other musical instruments and join in!

For more information, click here.