St. John the Divine Episcopal Church

Growing by Faith from Generation to Generation
Text Box: Annual Church Directories in Black/White will be printed sometime in August. If you have any changes (address, email, phone number or northern address, please let the office know as soon as you possibly can! Church Picture Directories are in. The price is $10.00 each to help defray the cost of printing. Fr. Tracy has ten copies available to parishioners who desire a copy but are unable to purchase one. to Ed Brown for all his hard work! Coffee Hour volunteers are needed to host coffee hour at each service. Please prayerfully consider this ministry. Sign up in the parish hall and with your help, we can have a gracious and welcoming coffee hour! Crafters & Quilters will meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesday each month at 10:00 a.m. Divine Dollars are also a great way to remember birthdays, anniversaries, special occasions. Also, the % made from the sale of these $’s will go to the Building Fund and used towards the mortgage. Call Elizabeth Frercks at 633-6675 or Bridgie Brelsford, 64l-3152. Summer Outreach Focus is food for the Good Samaritan Mission and the Community Cupboard. Put donations in narthex or on outreach table in parish hall. Summer Festival of Music continues with two talented Riverview High School students. August 9, Troy Coman and Bill Barker will begin a series of singers from our own talented musicians. Vacation Bible School is “bubbling over about Jesus’ power” August 4-8– from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for children ages 3-10 years old. Registration forms located in narthex. If you can give donations $5, $10, $20 or more (VBS is free to the children) please bring it to the “donation station” in the parish hall. If you would like to help with “POWER LAB,” please contact VBS Directors, Connie Keister, (641-8833-conniek@tampabay.rr.com), Sharon Van Loan, (645-1045-svl428@aol.com) or Charlene Wirick, (892-0975-eztampa@aol.com). Thanks for helping the children get bubbling about Jesus’ power! Collect O God, the protector of all who trust in You, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us Your mercy; that, with You as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Prayers of Intercession for: Mary Stone, Fred Upchurch, Kathy Fox, Family of Fred McKenzie, Katie’s unborn baby, Reese Catheart, Bruce & Jana Rider, Helen Price, Teresa & baby, Doyce Gaskin Family, Jim Schuderer, Carol Lankford, John Spatola, Nick George, Marc Odell, Jean Brown, Fr. Tracy, John Howell, Bob Crum, Donna Charron, Mary Houck, Nancy Sexton, Rae Zile, Sophia Turbide, Eleanor Edelman, Bernie Hass, Anolan Page, Molly Kate Whitmore, Gaston Gainer, Lara & Shawn Applegarth, Virginia Varjian, Gabe Zoldi, Billye Parker, Roberta (Bobby) Nixon, Warren Slocum, Dale Sherrett, Millie Krebs, Betty Hocker, Alice West, Mary Mitchell, Jeannie Hite, Martha Cipolla, Elaine Pratt, Christopher Kittrell, Olga & Carlos Mootoo, Brita Darling, Cathy Clarke, Paulette Gentry, Rita Perrier, Lynn Troken, Vicki Mazza, Trisha Saalbach, Victoria Gibson, Marie Eckert, Anne George, Nick Nicholls, Eleanor Adams, Fr. Russell, Bill Evers, Jeanne Shouse, Pheme Webb, Danny Luckett, Mafalda Hart. Remember St. John the Divine CARES about you!

Sunday  7/27/08

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