A submission form has been created on the website for Prayers of the People. If you have a prayer request you would like added to the Prayers of the People during our Sunday services, please feel free to submit the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2015
“For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.” (II Corinthians 8:9) This is one of … Continue reading
The announcement was omitted from last Sunday’s bulletin, but we are still having our regular end-of-the-month potluck lunch this Sunday, June 28. Bring a dish or drink to share. All are welcome! Plan to fellowship with each other. Our pot luck … Continue reading
“The one who had much did not have too much,and the one who had little did not have too little.” (II Corinthians 8:15) Paul is paraphrasing from Exodus 16:18, a passage that describes how God provided the Israelites with quail and … Continue reading
This was a note received in our e-mail. I have decided to forward it to post it to the website in case it would be of interest to anyone. Bruce Hello Grow Appalachia friends, I’m Kathryn Engle, site coordinator for GA … Continue reading
As mentioned in the announcements, we currently have nine participating members in the Kroger Community Rewards program. Additionally, even current participating members must re-register in August! Here are the instructions for registering your Kroger card with Kroger Community Rewards: Visit … Continue reading
Several times this past week I have caught myself using the phrase “tempest in a teacup.” Many of us have heard or used this phrase to describe some small event that someone, even ourselves, has blown out of proportion. … Continue reading
In pursuit of the goal to list St. John’s Church on the IntegrityUSA website as an open and welcoming church, especially for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning, the vestry approved the following statement of inclusion on … Continue reading
And they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38b) There are times when it seems the waves may overpower us and pull us and the boat we are in … Continue reading
Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of … Continue reading