News & Notes

Pastoral Needs: If a pastoral need arises, please call the church office at 606-528-1659 and leave a message. Voicemail messages will automatically be forwarded to a member of the vestry who can arrange pastoral care.

This Sunday will be a service of Holy Eucharist (Communion). 02-14-2016 Bulletin

Adult Forum: We continue our study of the Gospel of Mark each Sunday morning at 10:15 am.

Godly Play is available at 10am each Sunday to support the spiritual guidance for all children.

Al-Anon Family Group: An Al-Anon Family Group will meet in St. John’s Parish Hall on Tuesdays from 7-8pm.

Wednesday Fellowship: Gather at 6pm on Wednesday evenings for a service and fellowship.

Lenten Meditation: Booklets from the Episcopal Relief and Development organization outlining a series of Lenten meditations are available in the Parish Hall.

St. John’s donates $25 each month to Everlasting Arm Homeless Shelter. If you would like to contribute, place your donations in the collection box by the guest register or mark your donation and place it in the collection plate.

Serving Our Neighbors – See baskets in the parlor.

• Everlasting Arm, Corbin’s shelter for people who are homeless, is in need of men’s and women’s razors, gloves, deodorant and socks.
• The Food Pantry at Corbin Presbyterian Church is always in need of nonperishable food items. Vegetables are especially appreciated.

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There will be an Ash Wednesday service this evening at 6:00 pm. The service is a wonderful way to begin the Lenten season.

Lent is a time of particularly careful reflection and reformation. We engage more intensely in prayer, fasting and alms-giving. Traditionally one fasts on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. There is a wide range of definitions of fasting, so the observation of the fast is left to your prayerful discernment.

The Fridays of Lent are traditionally days of abstinence from meat.

It is also a common practice to choose some penitential practice, such as abstaining from something pleasurable, during the season of Lent. There has also been a movement toward taking something on during Lent: additional time for prayer and scripture reading, alms-giving, or other laudable practices. Again, this observation is left to your prayerful discernment.

Just as a suggestion, I share with you this list of some interesting things one can give up during Lent that may make a more lasting impression. After all, the goal of Lent is prayerful reflection on one’s life and making course changes (repentance) so that one may more effectively follow Christ. The image also links to a blog entry that explain these things and where you can sign up for an e-mail devotional or order the reflection book.