Christian Formation will be Journeying the Way of Love for the Advent Season. Journeying the Way of Love offers four sessions to be explored as we await the coming of Christ by moving through the first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke. Luke’s gospel provides a pattern for understanding how we can live the Way of Love as individuals, as families and friends, as a community, and out in the world.

We will gather by Zoom at 10:00 am on Sunday mornings starting November 29. The Christian Formation Zoom link is the same as the Sunday worship Zoom link to make things a little easier.

You may download a PDF copy of the curriculum at https://episcopalchurch.org/files/documents/wol_2020_advent_journeying_curriculum.pdf

You may also learn more about the curriculum at https://episcopalchurch.org/journeying-way-love

Sunday, May 31, is Pentecost Sunday. Just as this Sunday celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, there is an outpouring of opportunities to join in prayer.

10:00 am – Christian Formation/Coffee Hour – https://zoom.us/j/786056762

11:00 am – A Service of Spiritual Communion – https://zoom.us/j/724163474

Available anytime is the Diocesan-wide Pentecost service. The service may be accessed through the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington website (http://www.diolex.org ) and other DioLex social media sources. Several members of St. John’s are “participants” in the service: Bruce W. Cory, Lisa Garrison, and Tracey Herzer-Huston.

Sunday evening the Union of Black Episcopalians is offering a Prayer Vigil for Racial Justice and the Healing of our Nation. This vigil begins at 4:00 pm and may be accessed by Zoom with the Meeting ID of 921 4319 6842 with a password of 476808.

Also, don’t forget that evening prayer is offered each Wednesday evening at 6:00 pm on Zoom. Use https://zoom.us/j/118956276

Last week Zoom was experiencing “technical difficulties,” so we had to switch, temporarily , to meeting on Microsoft Teams.

This Sunday we should be back to normal. The links on the website front page are the way to get to Christian Formation (coffee and conversation) at 10:00 am and Morning Prayer at 11:00 am.

The following links are the same as what is on the website:

Sunday Christian Formation (10:00 am):

https://zoom.us/j/786056762

Sunday Morning Prayer (11:00 am):

https://zoom.us/j/724163474

And we are still gathering in Zoom on Wednesdays at 6:00 pm for Evening Prayer:

https://zoom.us/j/118956276

Unfortunately there seems to be a global Zoom outage.

As a plan B, I have set up a Microsoft Teams meeting for Sunday Worship. This is available as a web-based application, so I am hoping people will be able to access the worship service.

Plan C is that those of us who can access the Teams meeting for Sunday Morning Prayer will record the service and I will post it to Facebook and YouTube.

The link to access the MS Teams meeting:

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Bruce

This Sunday morning Christian Formation is meeting at 10:00 am through Zoom and discussing the Missional Leadership portion of the Diocesan Vision Guide. If you do not have a copy of the Diocesan Vision Guide, you can download a copy at https://bit.ly/3evyS7u The link for Christian Formation is available through the St. John’s Episcopal Church website main page (http://www.stjohnscorbin.org) or directly from https://zoom.us/j/786056762

Sunday Morning Prayer will be offered through Zoom at 11:00 am. The link for Morning Prayer is also available from the St. John’s website main page or directly from https://zoom.us/j/724163474

Monday evening at 7:00 pm the Social Justice Book Club will continue its study of Just Mercy on Zoom. The link for the book club is also available from the St. John’s website main page or directly from https://zoom.us/j/310234740 Note that this Zoom meeting requires a password if you access the Zoom meeting some way other than through the direct link. The password is 704788.

Wednesday Evening Prayer will also be available through Zoom at 6:00 pm. This link is also available through the St. John’s website main page or directly from https://zoom.us/j/118956276

We may not be able to meet physically, but we can still gather in prayer throughout the week.

This Sunday Sarah Harcourt Watts will be preaching at the Sunday Eucharist service. She is Executive Director of Reading Camp and will be available after the service to talk with members of St. John’s about an opportunity for St. John’s to host a Reading Camp for the area.

We will also be having potluck this Sunday. Come hungry and be nourished at the Eucharistic table and then at the extended table of potluck!

The potluck for this Sunday, Sept. 29, has been cancelled. Sunday services are still as scheduled. We will be having morning prayer, with Bruce Cory preaching on how evil money is. (Not really, but pretty close. Come to hear the full sermon Sunday!)

The parish hall air conditioner is experiencing a malfunction. This only affects the kitchen and front half of the hall, but that is sufficient to make it uncomfortable, particularly for anyone working in the kitchen.

Donna, the Junior Warden, and the vestry are working on getting the air conditioner repaired or replaced as soon as possible.

Source: Being righteous through faith.