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History Book and Anniversary Fund and
Book
Our Story is the story of the people of a unique Episcopal
Parish founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1826.
Field of Dreams was a movie about a man who followed his dream
and built a baseball field in the middle of nowhere. In the story many people thought he was crazy,
but in his mind he kept hearing the words, "build
it and they will come" and they did come only not exactly the way he had
thought they would. It was a fun and
inspiring story and so is this story of a parish which began as a dream in the
heart and mind of one man, The Reverend Evan Malbone Johnson. Beforehe had any parishioners or even the
blessing of his Bishop he built a small wooden church on a corner of his farm
on what was
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then the outskirts of Brooklyn.
He called it Saint John's Church and opened its doors to all people, and
they came. At the first service of Holy
Communion offered on April 14, 1827, those who worshipped and received the Body
and Blood of Christ included black and white people, worshipping together. He served his mixed race congregation
faithfully for 20 years without being paid any salary.
Our Story begins with him but goes on to include the stories of
many others. As Paul said in I
Corinthians 3, "For we are God's fellow
workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God
given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man
is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it." And, here at Saint John's, God has sent many
men and women to build upon the foundations laid as a result of one man's
dreams. This is their story.
You
can order a book and pay
credit card by clicking
here. You
may
also
order
directly
from
Amazon.
Click
here
to
go
directly
to
the
book
at
Amazon.
You
will have
to pay tax
and shipping
charges
if you order
at Amazon,
so if you
live near
the church
you might
want to
order through
us and pick
up your copy
here.
Listed in the book will be the names of all the Sponsors and Patrons who
have contributed to the Anniversary
Fund which began last year. If you would like your name inscribed in the
next edition of the book
as a Sponsor or Patron, which will be published around the first of next year.
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. Sponsors
The
Altar Guild, Saint Margaret's Guild, Suzy Hsia and Steve Adams, Cryder Bankes,
Adina Bent, Larry and Amethyst Bickford, Joyce Blake, Jocelyn Bradley, Sally
Brodsky, Don Derrick, Juliet Emanuel-George, Shirley Emanuel, 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,
Cheryl Plambeck and Brian Hayes, Father Clark Powers, John Villios, Daphne
Watson, Eunice Watkins, Kathryn Cullen-DuPont, Sherry Weaver-Chetrit, Celia and
Armando Jones, Veda Perry, Patrick Cheek, John Brian McAnuff. Katheryn
and Russel Hall.
Patrons
Donated
$92.50 - $184
Humberto and Marilyn
Arjonilla, Florence Baird, Victoria Hill, Fred and Beulah Jacob, John and
Barbara Muir, Charmaine Jacob, Gweneth Marcelli, Maria Moyser, Barbara Stewart,
Paul Chetrit, Margarita Walsh, J.M. Walsh,
Contributors
Raymond DeVera, Milcah McQueen, Sheila Reid, Carolyn
Stallworth, Rosslyn Wickham. Milcah McQueen, Sharon Nicholson Roderique, Esther
Arrington, Phillip Braithwaite, John Guidry, Terrie Collymore, Grace Bond, Nate
Green, Hilda Coleman, Eleonor Yard, Grace Garnett
CONCERTS ON THE SLOPE Benjamin Larsen, artistic director Our First Anniversary Concert Sunday, March 10, 2013 3:00 p.m. w i t h Jiwon Kwark,violin Lynn Bechtold,violin Caroline Gilbert,viola Benjamin Larsen,cello Ali Cook,bass James Newman,bass-baritone Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, no. 1 Samuel Barber DoverBeach, Op. 3 Antonín Dvorák String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77
March 8
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Public
Service
of
Healing
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March 15
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Compline
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March 22
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Public
Service of
Penance
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