December 5, 2021

CHILDREN & YOUTH: W e are taking an offering during our Children’s Church service. Each week, one of the children will be an usher and join the other ushers in “Big Church” when they bring the offertory up to the altar. Please remind your children that they will have this opportunity to put something into the basket we pass around. It’s never too early to become good stewards of our gifts!

SUNDAY SCHOOL will not take place following the 9:00 service this week. Instead, children and youth can remain in the sanctuary following the service for a run through of our Christmas Eve pageant. All children and youth are welcome regardless of whether or not they will be participating. The children and youth will be working together to tell the story of Christ’s birth and all of us can support one another and enjoy the retelling of the story even if you won’t be in the play. We will be in the sanctuary from 10:00 to about 10:40. Afterwards, Carrie will have a snack for the children in the Atrium.

YOUTH GROUP- Youth Group takes place on Saturday afternoons from 2:00-3:30. We will be inside the Carriage House now that the weather is colder. Youth Group is for sixth through twelfth graders. Please bring your mask. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION FOR ADVENT will focus on writing as a spiritual practice. Using a series written by Lauren Graeber for the Diocese of North Carolina, we will prepare for Jesus’ coming at Christmas, paying attention to God’s presence and activity in our lives. Come for one session or all four. We’ll meet on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in Kilbourne Hall, November 28 through December 19.

CELTIC SERVICE – today in the Atrium at 5:00 p.m. This is a quiet, meditative, and intimate service based on the Iona Abbey Worship Book. We welcome all St. John’s parishioners and friends from outside our church family to join us.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CAREY TOOPS will be held on Tuesday, December 7, at 2:00 p.m. at St. John’s, with a reception in Kilbourne Hall immediately following the service.

ADVENT ON HIGH – returns for 2021 with St. John’s partnering with two other churches in Worthington to provide free 30-minute lunchtime concerts to help us prepare for the upcoming holiday season. St. John’s will host this Thursday, December 9. The final concert will be December 16 at All Saints Lutheran. All concerts are at noon. Please contact Stephen Sollars music@stjohnsworthington.org with any questions.

SINGLES DINING OUT – For our December Singles Dining Out, we will meet at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, December 8 at SŌW Plated at 1625 W. Lane Avenue, Upper Arlington (Lane Ave. Shopping Center). You can check out their story and the made-from-scratch menu at https://www.sowplated.com/ . As always, singles and married individuals who will be attending without their spouse are welcome to participate, and you are welcome to invite a friend who is not a member of St. John’s. Please RSVP to Sue Sheets at sueshee45@yahoo.com or 614-266-0972 so she can let SŌW Plated know the size of our group. We hope you can join us!

FLOWER DONOR – Amy and Jason Beebe are giving the flowers in thanksgiving for their wedding anniversary.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS – The Flower Guild is inviting parishioners to make a donation for Christmas Flowers. There will be envelopes in the pews marked “Christmas Flowers” that you may place your donation in and place in offertory plate. There are also forms on table in Atrium that you may fill out with a request for remembering a family member or friend. Make checks payable to “St. John’s Flower Guild”. Place forms in offertory plate. We would like all donations by Sunday, December 19, 2021. Thank you, St. John’s Flower Guild (Donna Somerville 614- 208-8573)

FOOD PANTRY ADVENT CALENDAR – is available on the table in the Atrium for you to pick up and use as suggestions for food pantry donations for December.

CENTERING PRAYER – Mondays, 1:00 p.m. Click this Zoom link (Meeting ID: 876 4837 0994; Passcode: 408290; One tap mobile +13126266799,,87648370994#,,,,*408290#. If you are interested, contact Teri Foley-Nelson, at foleynelson1@sbcglobal.net .

WEDNESDAY SERVICE – has resumed at 10:00 a.m. in the nave each week. The liturgy is lay-led Morning Prayer, with Eucharist on the fourth Wednesday of each month; a Bible study on the readings for the upcoming Sunday follows worship. Enter by the Atrium west door, facing High Street.

SUGGESTED GROCERY ITEMS – for next week, granola bars, deodorant. You can place your food and toiletry donations in the food baskets in the atrium or at the outdoor service. You can also give online at www.worthingtonresourcepantry.org/donate/ or www.gladdenhouse.org/food-pantry . Another way to help is by volunteering yourself – check out www.worthingtonresourcepantry.org/volunteer/ to learn about volunteering at our local pantry, or www.midohiofoodbank.org to learn about the needs and opportunities at the Mid-Ohio Food Bank.

ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLS SERVICE at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 2151 Dorset Rd, Upper Arlington, just south of the Tremont Road shopping center on Sunday, December 5, at 4:00 PM. The service will feature the adult choir and members of the youth choir.

SATURDAY SUPPERS – The Utters and Hissrichs have graciously hosted Saturday Suppers this fall. Attendance was great and everyone had a wonderful time sharing friendship. But unless someone steps up to continue this special gathering, it will not happen. You can host in Kilbourne–it doesn’t have to be in your home. Please consider this.

Contact Tricia Herban at mtherban3@gmail.com

PASTORAL CARE CONCERNS – If you have a pastoral care concern, please contact Gia via the church office at 614-846-5180, ext. 302 or 614-427-3423 or by email at GiaHM@stjohnsworthington.org .

DO YOU HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS WHO YOU WANT INCLUDED ON THE WEEKLY PRAYER LIST? – If so please contact Virginia at VirginiaN@stjohnsworthington.org with their first names. Names will remain on the list for three weeks unless there are additional instructions. There has been some “clean up” done to the public prayer list. If you want longer term prayer by the intercessory prayer group, please contact Jo Pascoe at 614-885-1773 or twopas@aol.com .

THE READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY ARE Zephaniah 3:14-20; Canticle 9; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18

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People for whom prayers have been asked

And we pray for:

Katherine

Kathy

Maddie

Joann, Jim & family

Carla

Pat

David, Stephanie & family

JoAnn & family

Caleb & family

Darek & family

John & Susan

Nickalas

For our service men and women and all first responders

(Allow time for

others to pray)

For all those affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, here and throughout the world

For those who are

unemployed or

underemployed

(Allow time for

others to pray)

For all who experience fear or exclusion

(Allow time for

others to pray)

For those in prison or bondage – in body or spirit

(Allow time for

others to pray)

The Departed

We Give Thanks

For the wedding anniversary of Amy and Jason Beebe.

For the people of St. John’s and for their ministries.

NOTES :

St. John’s has two separate prayer lists.

To add names to the “public” prayer list as seen above, please call the church office at 614-846-5180. Names added to that sheet will remain on the prayer list for three weeks, or shorter if requested. Last names are not used. If you wish prayers to be continued, simply list the name on the prayer list again. Of course, you may always add names out loud during the prayers of the people.

There is also a “private” intercessory prayer group staffed by several volunteers from within the parish. To have your prayer request included on the prayer chain, please contact Jo Pascoe at 614-885-1773 and leave a message or twopas@aol.com

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