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 For Sunday May 20, 2012

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 Upcoming Events

Sunday, May 20:AIDS Walk New York in Central Park

Wednesday, May 23 Adult Study Class with Mother Angela Askew 7 PM - Resurrection Faith

Sunday, May 27: Feast of Pentecost

Sunday, May 27: Concerts on the Slope: An Afternoonof Music for Percussion with Sandbox Percussion Quartet, here at St. John’s at 3 PM

Sunday, June 3: Trinity Sunday and First Communion Class receives Communion

Sunday, June 10: Our 186th Anniversary Evensong
followed by Gala Garden Party, Guest Preacher: Father Luke Fodor

 

Stand With Us! Walk With Us!  Please Join Episcopal Response to AIDS at AIDS Walk New York.

Money raised by ERA Walkers funds grants toHIV/AIDS programs at congregations in the dioceses of Long Island, New York and Newark

Sunday, May 20 in Central Park

Walkers, Contributors and Prayers Appreciated.

Please Call (347) 635-2065 or visit www.erany.org or aidswalk.net/newyork and click, “Register” and “Join A Team,” then select Episcopal Response to AIDS, Team #7881

Dear Friends,

            Alleluia, Christ is Risen!  This Sunday is the last Sunday of the Easter Season.  Last night we celebrated Ascension Day with a special mass marking the 40th day after Easter and the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven.  The Collect of that day reads:  Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things... 

     And that is the significance of this wonderful feast day; that he ascended into heaven so that his spirit might be here to fill all of us and empower us to be his body here on earth.  Ten days after the Ascension, or next Sunday, we will celebrate the 50th day after Easter, the Feast of Pentecost.  After Easter and Christmas, Pentecost is the third most important day in the Christian calendar.  It is often called the birthday of the church since it is the day that we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit which fills and empowers the church to do all the sorts of ministries that we do.  Plan to come and celebrate it with us!

     Speaking of birthdays, I would like to thank so many people who helped me to celebrate my 65th birthday this past week!  I was greatly surprised on Sunday during the notices at the mass when Susan McHenry and Maria Moyser rolled out a wonderful birthday cake with a big 65 candle on top!  Inscribed on it was, "Agnes Powers' baby boy celebrates 65 years!" in honor of both my birthday and Mother's Day! What a fun thing and I can tell you my mother would have loved it!  After the mass we shared it and I was toasted with Champagne in the Narthex.  Best of all was the gift made in my name by members of the vestry for Children's Nutrition and Health through the Episcopal Relief and Development Fund.  I can't think of any gift that I would have appreciated more than the thought that hungry and sick kids will be a bit better off because of my birthday!  Thank you one and all and as I said on my Facebook page, "Life has been a great adventure so far and I look forward to the next chapter!"

    Our Teen Group will be going to see "Bullies" on Saturday, a movie which describes bullying today.  Then they will return to the church for the 5pm Mass and stay for the Pot Luck Dinner that we offer each week after the dinner.  When the adults clear out after dinner the young people and their advisors will discuss what they learned from the movie and how they can try to stop people from being bullied in their own schools and lives.   To complete their weekend experience they and their advisors will spend the night sleeping in the church.  Having done this a few times before, they all say that it is a wonderful thing to wake up with the light streaming through the stained glass windows and then to share morning prayers together.  If you have teens who want to participate in this adventure or who might like to join the group for other activities, contact our Youth Director, Dough Hecklinger (click here to email him).      

   Mother Angela Askew will offer the last in our series of classes on Resurrection Faith this Wednesday at 7 pm.  The first week our Beijing Circles group offered a light dinner and for each class afterwards Juliet Emanuel George has picked up that duty so that no one goes away hungry!  Come and join us for the last in this inspiring series!     

   Our vestry met last night and laid out final plans for our 186th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, June 10 beginning with Solemn Evensong at 4 pm followed by a fun Garden Party.  Cryder Bankes and the choir are planning some wonderful music and Father Luke Fodor will be here to preach - it will be his first time to preach here since his ordination to the priesthood!  The party will feature a special cocktail designed by our own Mixologist (definition: The study or skill of preparing mixed drinks) , Doug Hecklinger along with red and white wine and soft drinks.  Hors d'oeuvres will be offered and we will be inviting some talented people to provide some entertainment during the party.  Local artists have been invited to display and sell their work and a slide show of many pictures of the parish will be on display.  If all goes well with the printing process we should have a few copies of our new History Book on display and for sale as well.  All in all, it sounds like quite a fun afternoon!  Mark your calendar and bring some friends with you to share the celebration! 

  And finally, the Altar Guild have several large palm plants that they would like to sell or even better have you adopt.  If you want to adopt one you get to take it home and enjoy it through until next Palm Sunday.  Then you bring it back to us and we will use it for a few weeks at the Altar!  Speak with Florence or any member of the Altar Guild to either purchase or adopt.  Also below are some pictures of the way we have made use of some of the stones that were broken and had to be replaced in the Bellcote.  One became the base for our Angel Holy Water Stoop in the Narthex.  Another became the base for the Angel in our Memorial Garden and another for the small cross in that same garden where the ashes of so many people have been placed. So that which was old and broken has been made new and useful again.  Sort of a resurrection story in itself!

   

May the God of Love continue to bless and keep you.  

Yours in Christ,
          Father Clark Powers, Rector 

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Our Prayers

The following people will be prayed for at every mass and you are invited to keep them in your daily prayers as well.  If you would like to submit a name for our prayers please click here.  

 Bishop Jon Bruno; Sandra Appiah, Almida Belgrave;Cynthia Eurke, Joyce Blake, Grace Bond; Alan Brooks, Leonie Brooks; Bayard Buckley;Marilyn Byrd; Andrea Coleman, Lynn Crain; Joyce DeJorna, Richard Dingledy; Elizabeth Farioletti; Derek Fraser; Raphaella Giugliano,; Marge Harmitt, Tasha Harmitt, Eldora Hatcher; Edwin Harris; Cleon Hyde; Marjorie Fraser; Douglas La Pierre, Cathy Lewis, Deborah Markow; Brian McAnuff; Tom Moore; Aixas Parkins; Mollie Pegram; Jim Peppers; Gene Rahn; Tea Rahn; Prame Reid; Lola Sargeant; Marcia Tatum; Margarita Walsh; Lee Willis; Ann Wilson; JoAnn Fawcett; and Victoria Wong.

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Concert on the Slope

 St. John’s Episcopal Church presents CONCERTS ON THE SLOPE
                  An Afternoon of Music for Percussion
                         Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.
                               with The SANDBOX PERCUSSION QUARTET

Garrett Arney, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, and Adam Rosenblatt will fill the stage with Marimba, Vibraphone, Bongos, Wooden Slats, Metal Pipes, Bass Drum, Crotales, and more!

Performing: Steve Reich: Drumming: Part 1, Mallet Quartet, and Music for Pieces of Wood
Jason Treuting: Excerpts from Amid the Noiseand Imaginary City
Lukas Ligeti: Pattern Transformations

Sandbox Percussion is one of today’s most exciting chamber music groups. Brought together by their love of chamber music and simple joy of playing together, Garrett Arney, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, and Adam Rosenblatt are committed to bringing percussion to a wider audience. Although classically trained, their repertoire runs the gamut from traditional percussion masterworks to experimental improvisations and new music.

This season, they will examine the music of Steve Reich, one of the most vital composers of percussion music in the 21st century. Three of these works included in their program are, Drumming: Part 1, Mallet Quartet, and Music for Pieces of Wood. They will also work with Jason Treuting, composer and member of the acclaimed So Percussion Group, on extracts from his work, Imaginary City.

This summer, Sandbox will be in residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival where they will work with the Amadinda Percussion Group and Robert van Sice as well as composers Martin Bresnick and James Wood.

Concerts on the Slope Invites you to our next program on May 27.  

Please let your friends know about our concerts.  If they would like to be added to our e-mail list for upcoming musical programs, please have them contact cryderb@gmail.com or cryderb@cbsnews.com .   You can also visit us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SaintJohnsChurch) and subscribe to our upcoming Events.  We hope to see you at this exciting event!!

Anniversary Fund

History Book and Anniversary Fund 

The Rector has just sent the Final Draft of the Parish History Book off for editing. More pictures and perhaps a few more paragraphs will be added, but essentially it is ready to be published for the 186th Anniversary on June 10th.  Listed in the book will be the names of all the Sponsors and Patrons who have contributed to the 185th Anniversary Fund which began last year in June and will end this year on June 10.  If you would like your name inscribed in the book as a Sponsor or Patron,click here to make your donation online with your credit card.

Parish Sponsors have donated one dollar a year for each year that our Parish has served God and God’s people - $185. Patrons have donated 50 cents for each year of our history - $92.50.

Help us update our records! If you have made a contribution to this fund and do not see your name below, please contact James at the parish office by email or phone.

 Sponsors: Donated $185 or more

Suzie and Steve Adams, Cryder Bankes, Adina Bent, Larry and Amethyst Bickford, Joyce Blake, Jocelyn Bradley, Sally Brodsky, Don Derrick, Juliet Emaunel-George, Johnson and Omoladun Esho, Luke and Willow Fodor,Wilma Forde, Violet Harper, Roy and Catherine Haynes, Janet Hibbert, Bill and Eris Hunter, Uriah and Gertrude Insular, Fred and Beulah Jacob, Daphne Johnson, Rosemarie Kent, Alan Kramer, Katie Locke, Janet Mackey, Susan McHenry, Nicole Monroe, John and Patty Pegram, Father Clark Powers, John Villios, Daphne Watson, Eunice Watkins, Sherry Weaver-Chetrit.

Patrons Donated $92.50 - $184

Humberto and Marilyn Arjonilla, Florence Baird, Joyce Blake, Victoria Hill, Fred and Beulah Jacob, Charmaine Jacob, Barbara Stewart

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