This Sunday, December 11, is our monthly potluck and annual parish meeting. Don’t let that scare you! Please come and share in the food, fun, and discussion about leadership and the direction for St. John’s in the coming year.

This Wednesday, November 30, at 6:00 pm, the Rt. Rev. Bruce Caldwell, Bishop Provisional for the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, and the Rev. Canon Elise Johnstone, Canon to the Ordinary, will be visiting St. John’s. We will be celebrating a service of Holy Eucharist (Communion) with the bishop provisional. Vestry will be meeting with Bishop Caldwell and the Rev. Canon Johnstone after the service.

Another basket of food has been delivered to the God’s Pantry at Corbin Presbyterian Church. The director of the food pantry greatly appreciates our support. If you are wondering what could be particularly helpful right now, the answer is: canned fruit. So, keep that in mind as you bring a can in each hand this Sunday!

St. John’s will have a booth at the 8th Annual Honoring Our Veterans PowWow on September 3. We will be distributing free bottled water to participants and attendees at the Festival. If you are attending the PowWow, please stop by the booth and spend a little time. Volunteers to be at the booth for a shift, to help set up, to help take down, and to donate toward/purchase water are greatly appreciated. Contact Bruce Cory at bwcory@gmail.com or by phone at 440-227-0035 if you are available to volunteer your time.

More information about the PowWow an be found at http://www.knahm.org/PowWow.html

August is time to renew (or enroll!) your Kroger Shopper’s Card in Kroger Community Rewards. Each quarter your Kroger purchases earn rewards for St. John’s Episcopal Church. The last quarter we received $94.33 from 12 households who identified St. John’s as their local organization to support.

Each August a household must re-enroll in order to continue supporting its selected community organization. If you are not currently enrolled, please consider taking the time to sign up, and if you have been enrolled, please consider taking time to re-enroll. If we can increase the 12 households to 20, imagine how much more we could earn!

The link below includes instructions on how to sign up or renew your enrollment in Kroger Community Rewards. It costs you nothing personally to sign up, and your purchases help support the mission of St. John’s Episcopal Church:

Proclaiming the Gospel, promoting justice, and preparing a diverse community of seekers to reflect the welcoming love of Christ.

https://www.kroger.com/asset/vn_998d7e0c10dde8a6fe85da9d0da9084c/sw_english_spanish

St. John’s non-profit organization number is 47782.

This Wednesday, August 3, St. John’s is hosting one of the four Diocesan Regional Listening Sessions. The session begins at 6:00 pm with Evening Prayer. Please come and share your prayerful thoughts and insights about 1) the effect of Dr. Hahn’s suspension on you and your parish; 2) whether the integrity of the relationship between Dr. Hahn and the Diocese and its people can be restored (including why or why not); 3) the advantages and disadvantages of restoring the relationship; and 4) where you have experienced grace during this time.

If you are unable to attend this listening session, there is one other listening session scheduled Thursday, August 11 at St. Alban’s, Morehead (145 East 5th Street, Morehead 40351, stalbansmorehead@gmail.com)

You can also express your thoughts by responding to the questionnaire on the diocesan website – http://diolex.org/blog/uncategorized/standing-committee-diolex-survey-form/

To the People of the Diocese of Lexington:

The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Lexington wants to hear from you about the future of Dr. Doug Hahn in relation to the Diocese of Lexington.

Please share your prayerful thoughts and insights about 1) the effect of Dr. Hahn’s suspension on you and your parish; 2) whether the integrity of the relationship between Dr. Hahn and the Diocese and its people can be restored (including why or why not); 3) the advantages and disadvantages of restoring the relationship; and 4) where you have experienced grace during this time.

From July 21 through September 15, you can do this by

1) Attending one of four Listening Sessions:

Thursday, July 21 at St. Michael’s, Lexington (2025 Bellefonte Drive, Lexington 40503, mail@saint-michaels.org)

Tuesday, July 26 at St. Paul’s, Newport (7 Court Place, Newport 41071, pauls.church@fuse.net) Wednesday, August 3 at St. John’s, Corbin (701 Engineer St., Corbin 40701, stjohnscorbin.org/contact-us)

Thursday, August 11 at St. Alban’s, Morehead (145 East 5th Street, Morehead 40351, stalbansmorehead@gmail.com)

To let us know you are coming, send an email to the church you will attend (or, if you’re going to St. John’s, Corbin, a “contact us” entry).

2) go to the diocesan website (www.diolex.org) and enter your responses to the questions posted there; or

3) complete the questionnaire available from your parish and send it to the address included there via postal mail.

The deadline for receiving responses is September 15, 2016.

Thank you for your continuing prayers.

J. P. Brantley, Dale Chapman, The Rev. Peter D’Angio (President), David Johnson, The Rev. Paula Ott, The Rev. Matthew Young

This Sunday after the 11:00 am service we will be having our monthly potluck combined with a cookout. Hotdogs, hamburgers, buns, and condiments will be provided. For the potluck, please bring side items, deserts, or beverages.

This Sunday, May 29, is the monthly potluck. Come and enjoy the company and the food after the 11:00 am Holy Eucharist.

And while you are shopping and preparing a dish to share, also remember to pick up canned goods for the food pantry!

This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday! Consider wearing bright, flame-like colors this Sunday – red, orange, yellow. Let’s fill the church with a riot of colors as we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit!