Join us for Evening Prayer and Fellowship tonight at 6:30!

Join us tonight, Wednesday, September 29, via Zoom at 6:30 pm for a brief Service of Evening Prayer.
It's an opportunity to see each other’s faces, hear each other’s voices, and catch up with each other and it's a great time to pause and reconnect during the middle of the week.

You can join from any digital device by clicking this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84551334188?pwd=VDhxY3BsdC8yVmdtMVd3NUsyREg3UT09

If you'd prefer to call in, you may do so by dialing (312) 626 6799, entering 845 5133 4188 when prompted for a meeting ID, and 947736 when prompted for a passcode.

The liturgy for evening prayer can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uukFi8y3f0fB00cq7dxgCtp8Q65E-sP4/view?usp=sharing

The Confronting Racism class will follow Evening Prayer at 7 pm and utilize the same Zoom link and meeting information.

Evening Prayer and Fellowship normally happens at 6:30 pm each Wednesday but moves to 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month due to our mobile Food Pantry.

Wednesday, October 06, 2021: Food Truck

Fall is in the air and plans are being made for the delivery of the October Feeding America Food Truck filled with 5,000 pounds of fresh fruits, and vegetables, dairy products , meats and baked goods.  Our goal at St. John's is to provide nutritious food for 100 families in collaboration of The Sudanese Episcopal Church.  Volunteers gather at 5:00 PM,  Distribution begins at 6:00pm. Last month, we fed 72 families (238 individuals, 64 seniors, 90 children, 13 veterans).  Surplus food was delivered to United Church Outreach Ministry (UCOM) by Richard Johnston.  Many hands make light work, all are welcome to participate. Feel free to contact Teresa Markoski for further questions at 616-690-4566 or at tmarkoski2004@yahoo.com.  Donations can be made on the church app under giving, designate funds to Food Truck.  If you want to write a personal check, the church address is 1934 Bridge Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504.   Please include Food Truck in the memo.  Thank you in advance for your continued support.  With the involvement of many, our mobile food Pantry exists to ensure safe food is available for the hungry in our community.  

Location:

The Sudanese Grace Episcopal Church
1550 Oswego Street NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Oct 6, 2021 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

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Sunday, October 3, 2021: Bread Auction

It’s back!!! St. John’s Annual Bread Auction will be next Sunday, October 3. All bread, muffins, and croissants are welcome! 

The auction will take place in person outside at church after the service (approximately 11:30am). The kiddos will be auctioning off the bread as those who are present bid on the items. We will also have the option for you to join via zoom. If you are not able to join us in person, feel free to join zoom via the link below and type in your bid live in the comments.

All money raised from the auction will go towards the current fund. You will have the option to pay by cash, check or online/text message.

Come have fun watching our kiddos as the auctioneers and have some friendly bidding among your church family. 

If you would like to make (or buy) bread and can’t get it to church on Sunday, October 3, please reach out to education@stjohnsuccgr.org and we can deliver it to church for you.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions.

Tarah Tiedt

Education Team Leader

education@stjohnsuccgr.org 

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St. John's United Church of Christ
1934 Bridge St NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

This Sunday, September 26, 2021

Dear St. John's Family,

Welcome to Sunday morning!  This is the day that God has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it!

We are so grateful to be able to gather for worship in-person outdoors at the church this morning at 10 am!  Please plan to join us!

Masks will be required for those who attend in-person, regardless of vaccination status, as a way of keeping the most vulnerable among us safe.  (Remember, those under 12 cannot yet be vaccinated yet and are increasingly more vulnerable to the disease, as are those who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons and those who have certain preexisting conditions.)

Participants are asked to bring their favorite folding chair, sunscreen, and an umbrella (to provide shade from the sun and in case of inclement weather).

Holy Communion will be offered using prepackaged elements.

We will continue livestreaming the service for those unable to attend in-person services.  To celebrate Holy Communion, please have some bread or a cracker and some juice or wine (whatever you have will work and God will be OK with it). To participate, you may watch via our Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsuccgr/,

via our YouTube channel at

http://alturl.com/etrte,

or watch on our website at

https://stjohnsuccgr.org/.

There are links below this message to the order of service, the weekly Journal, a children's bulletin for the week's lectionary readings, a youth Bible Study, an Adult Bible Study, and a devotional guide for the week. Please share these resources with your family and friends and know that we are joined together across any distances or difficulties that might separate us.

Our weekly Bible Study class that normally meets on Sunday mornings at 9 am is on hiatus for the summer and will resume in the fall.

We are able to provide all of these wonderful services because of your continuing generosity and support.  If you are able to give to support our ministries, please so do.  You can make a donation or set up regular giving by clicking here:  http://www.stjohnsuccgr.org/give.  You can also simply mail your check to the church.

St. John’s UCC
1934 Bridge ST NW
Grand Rapids, MI  49504

Thank you for your continued faithfulness in supporting St. John's.

Let us continue to hold each other and the entire world close to our hearts and to the heart of God in prayer.

With love and hope,

Pastor Wes

Sunday Bible Study
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614dc6effa09b9265489df10/1632487151659/Sunday+Bible+Study+09262021.pdf

Youth Bible Study
https://blogs.elca.org/faithlens/

Children's Activity Sheet
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614dc72bfa09b9265489e558/1632487212173/Children%27s+Bulletin+09262021.pdf

Weekly Journal
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614dc75a4a77097d3fb1c860/1632487260147/Journal+09262021.pdf

Order of Service
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614dc78a80f95f41b4704169/1632487307645/Order+of+Service+09262021.pdf

Weekly Devotional
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614dc7c5f41b3326df89cf64/1632487366064/Weekly+devotion+09262021.pdf

Confronting Racism Class TONIGHT at 7 pm

Please join us TONIGHT, Wednesday, September 22, at 7:00 pm for our Confronting Racism class.
The class will meet for about an hour and focus on Chapter Three of Jemar Tisby's book How to Fight Racism:  Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice.

Please read Chapter Three in preparation for tonight's session.

The between session journal pages are posted here:

https://stjohnsuccgr.org/s/JP-Session-3.pdf

To join the discussion with any digital device, simply click here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84551334188?pwd=VDhxY3BsdC8yVmdtMVd3NUsyREg3UT09.

If you would rather just call in by phone, dial (312) 626-6799 and enter 845 5133 4188 when prompted for a meeting ID and then 947736 when prompted for a passcode.

Additional resources for the class are posted on our website under the "Confronting Racism Resources" section at the bottom of the front page of our website at www.stjohnsuccgr.org.

The class will normally meet at 7 pm, but moves to 8 pm on the first Wednesday of the month due to our mobile food pantry.

Join us for Evening Prayer and Fellowship tonight at 6:30!

Join us tonight, Wednesday, September 22, via Zoom at 6:30 pm for a brief Service of Evening Prayer.
It's an opportunity to see each other’s faces, hear each other’s voices, and catch up with each other and it's a great time to pause and reconnect during the middle of the week.

You can join from any digital device by clicking this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84551334188?pwd=VDhxY3BsdC8yVmdtMVd3NUsyREg3UT09

If you'd prefer to call in, you may do so by dialing (312) 626 6799, entering 845 5133 4188 when prompted for a meeting ID, and 947736 when prompted for a passcode.

The liturgy for evening prayer can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fHNRXBliFohnxvPVsE8CMS7spkUNEbRe/view?usp=sharing

The Confronting Racism class will follow Evening Prayer at 7 pm and utilize the same Zoom link and meeting information.

Evening Prayer and Fellowship normally happens at 6:30 pm each Wednesday but moves to 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month due to our mobile Food Pantry.

This Sunday, September 19, 2021

Dear St. John's Family,

Welcome to Sunday morning!  This is the day that God has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it!

We are so excited to return to in-person worship outdoors at the church this morning at 10 am!  Please plain to join us!

Masks will be required for those who attend in-person, regardless of vaccination status, as a way of keeping the most vulnerable among us safe.  (Remember, those under 12 cannot yet be vaccinated yet and are increasingly more vulnerable to the disease, as are those who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons and those who have certain preexisting conditions.)

Participants are asked to bring their favorite folding chair, sunscreen, and an umbrella (to provide shade from the sun and in case of inclement weather).

Holy Communion will be offered using prepackaged elements.

We will not immediately resume offering refreshments after service, but plan to do so as we become more comfortable.

If all goes well, we will continue with outdoor services through July and August and hope to return to in-person worship in the sanctuary around September 12. These plans are tentative and we ask for your patience and flexibility as we move forward with our regathering process.

We will continue livestreaming the service for those not yet ready to return to in-person services.  To celebrate Holy Communion, please have some bread or a cracker and some juice (whatever you have will work and God will be OK with it). To participate, you can watch via our Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsuccgr/,

via our YouTube channel at

http://alturl.com/etrte,

or watch on our website at

https://stjohnsuccgr.org/.

There are links below this message to the order of service, the weekly Journal, a children's bulletin for the week's lectionary readings, a youth Bible Study, an Adult Bible Study, and a devotional guide for the week. Please share these resources with your family and friends and know that we are joined together across any distances or difficulties that might separate us.

Our weekly Bible Study class that normally meets on Sunday mornings at 9 am will take a break during the month of July and return on Sunday, August 1, at 8:45 am in-person at church.  There will be an option to participate by Zoom for those who aren’t ready to return to in-person.

We are able to provide all of these wonderful services because of your continuing generosity and support.  This is a difficult time for many, but if you are able to give to support our ministries, please so do.  You can make a donation or set up regular giving by clicking here:  http://www.stjohnsuccgr.org/give.  You can also simply mail your check to the church.

St. John’s UCC
1934 Bridge ST NW
Grand Rapids, MI  49504

Thank you for your continued faithfulness in supporting St. John's.

Let us continue to hold each other and the entire world close to our hearts and to the heart of God in prayer.

With love and hope,

Pastor Wes

Sunday Bible Study

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/6144918e2a65b9660818c42a/1631883662124/Sunday+Bible+Study+09192021.pdf

Youth Bible Study

https://blogs.elca.org/faithlens/

Children's Bulletin

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614491bde311e230fbf875bb/1631883709803/Children%27s+Bulletin+09192021.pdf

Weekly Journal

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614492007999090e476cd5bf/1631883777260/Journal+09192021.pdf

Order of Service

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614492499fd06a05ab5694d7/1631883851375/Order+of+Service+09192021.pdf

Weekly Devotional

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51294ee7e4b03f854ee99725/t/614492835eb24625ad8ee32f/1631883907525/Weekly+Devotion+09192021.pdf

Confronting Racism Class TONIGHT at 7 pm

Please join us TONIGHT, Wednesday, September 15, at 7:00 pm
for our Confronting Racism class.
The class will meet for about an hour and focus on Chapter Two of Jemar Tisby's book How to Fight Racism:  Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice.

Please read Chapter Two in preparation for tonight's session.

The between session journal pages are posted here:
https://stjohnsuccgr.org/s/JP-Session-2.pdf

To join the discussion with any digital device, simply click here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84551334188?pwd=VDhxY3BsdC8yVmdtMVd3NUsyREg3UT09.

If you would rather just call in by phone, dial (312) 626-6799 and enter 845 5133 4188 when prompted for a meeting ID and then 947736 when prompted for a passcode.

Additional resources for the class are posted on our website under the "Confronting Racism Resources" section at the bottom of the front page of our website at www.stjohnsuccgr.org .

The class will normally meet at 7 pm, but moves to 8 pm on the first Wednesday of the month due to our mobile food pantry.

Join us for Evening Prayer and Fellowship tonight at 6:30!

Join us tonight, Wednesday, September 15, via Zoom at 6:30 pm for a brief Service of Evening Prayer.
It's an opportunity to see each other’s faces, hear each other’s voices, and catch up with each other and it's a great time to pause and reconnect during the middle of the week.

You can join from any digital device by clicking this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84551334188?pwd=VDhxY3BsdC8yVmdtMVd3NUsyREg3UT09

If you'd prefer to call in, you may do so by dialing (312) 626 6799, entering 845 5133 4188 when prompted for a meeting ID, and 947736 when prompted for a passcode.

The liturgy for evening prayer can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zpyCeh_4j11AdZt80xnTor6Nz7kmrIZ1/view?usp=sharing

The Confronting Racism class will follow Evening Prayer at 7 pm and utilize the same Zoom link and meeting information.

Evening Prayer and Fellowship normally happens at 6:30 pm each Wednesday but moves to 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month due to our mobile Food Pantry.

This Sunday, September 12, 2021

Dear St. John's Family,

Welcome to Sunday morning!  This is the day that God has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it!

We are so grateful to be able to gather for worship in-person outdoors at the church this morning at 10 am!  Please plan to join us!

Masks will be required for those who attend in-person, regardless of vaccination status, as a way of keeping the most vulnerable among us safe.  (Remember, those under 12 cannot yet be vaccinated yet and are increasingly more vulnerable to the disease, as are those who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons and those who have certain preexisting conditions.)

Participants are asked to bring their favorite folding chair, sunscreen, and an umbrella (to provide shade from the sun and in case of inclement weather).

Holy Communion will be offered using prepackaged elements.

We will continue livestreaming the service for those unable to attend in-person services.  To celebrate Holy Communion, please have some bread or a cracker and some juice or wine (whatever you have will work and God will be OK with it). To participate, you may watch via our Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsuccgr/,

via our YouTube channel at

http://alturl.com/etrte,

or watch on our website at

https://stjohnsuccgr.org/.

We'll gather after worship for a time of fellowship in person at the church and by Zoom conference.  To join with any digital device, simply click here

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/192123229?pwd=Z203SlNXWmRmdnFFWDg4RlltZlVqdz09

If you would rather just call in by phone, dial (253) 215-8782

and enter 192 123 229 when prompted for a meeting ID

and 730577 when prompted for a passcode.

There are links below this message to the order of service, the weekly Journal, a children's bulletin for the week's lectionary readings, a youth Bible Study, an Adult Bible Study, and a devotional guide for the week. Please share these resources with your family and friends and know that we are joined together across any distances or difficulties that might separate us.

Our weekly Bible Study class that normally meets on Sunday mornings at 9 am is on hiatus for the summer and will resume in the fall.

We are able to provide all of these wonderful services because of your continuing generosity and support.  If you are able to give to support our ministries, please so do.  You can make a donation or set up regular giving by clicking here:  http://www.stjohnsuccgr.org/give.  You can also simply mail your check to the church.

St. John’s UCC
1934 Bridge ST NW
Grand Rapids, MI  49504

Thank you for your continued faithfulness in supporting St. John's.

Let us continue to hold each other and the entire world close to our hearts and to the heart of God in prayer.

With love and hope,

Pastor Wes

Sunday Bible Study
daily discipleship (squarespace.com)

Youth Bible Study
https://blogs.elca.org/faithlens/

Children's Activity Sheet
Children's+bulletin+09122021.pdf (squarespace.com)

Weekly Journal
Journal+09122021.pdf (squarespace.com)

Order of Service
Leader's Guide to the Liturgy for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 19, Year B, September 12, 2021 (squarespace.com)

Weekly Devotional
50 Time After Pentecost Lec 25 Year B.pub (squarespace.com)