The Haut Gap Fall Festival is tomorrow, October 9. Volunteers please remember to arrive at 9:30. The event ends at 11:20. Thank you to everyone who donated graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows for the s'mores. This was Mark Hocutt's speciality, and we would love to honor his legacy by continuing to offer this to the kids. 

The Prayer Shawl Ministry group will meet on October 10 in Resurrection Hall at 11:15 (after DHC). Please come to share projects and proposals and to see our new storage cabinet. Not yet a member but interested in crafting or learning about it? Come join us. For more information, contact Susan Neville or Polly Sosnowski.

Mark your calendar to join us at 3PM, October 17, for a fall festival to help raise funds for the Mission Trip to Peru. We will have music, hotdogs, chili, a dessert auction, games, and animals for the kids to feed. Join us at Creative Beginnings - 3634 Mary Ann Point Rd, Johns Island, SC 29455.

Men, come join us for a night of food, fellowship and music. Our grill masters will serve venison, boar, shrimp, alligator and a whole lot more. Registration is $100 with the goal of having 100 attendees to contribute the proceeds to the building fund for the kitchen in our new facilities. Register online or sign up in person on Sunday in the Connection Corridor at Haut Gap.

Quiet Boxes will be available on Sunday for our Pre-K children when they return to worship during the Peace. Each box contains quiet activities for the children to enjoy during our worship service. Parents, please help keep the Quiet Boxes ready for the next Sunday by returning all reusable items to the box and placing it in the Children’s Ministry basket in the Connection Corridor at the end of the service.

Men, mark your calendars! The 2027 Christian Men’s Conference will be held at Lutheridge Camp & Conference Center, a 160-acre wooded retreat center in Arden, NC, just minutes from the Asheville airport. The conference will take place from Friday, February 5th, to Sunday, February 7th.

Rockville Presbyterian is holding their annual Pig Pickin' Fundraiser. Eat in the Fellowship Hall or take out from the tent in the parking lot. Donations are used for local missions. St. John's Parish Church works with Rockville Presbyterian every month for our Second Saturday Workday.

2479 Sea Island Yacht Club Rd, Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487

Our Sunday School year is off to a wonderful start! Children ages 3 through 5th grade are exploring stories from the Old Testament and discovering how God loves His people and keeps His promises. Our children had so much fun learning about the Tower of Babel—and even built their own towers out of paper cups! Our Pre-K children have also been learning through play. While hearing the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they dressed up, acted out the story, and experienced this wonderful lesson about trusting God even when we are afraid. We are grateful for our teachers and volunteers who make Scripture come alive for our children each Sunday. We love seeing our youngest parishioners learning, laughing, and growing in their faith!

All grandparents are invited to Resurrection Hall after Sunday worship on the third Sunday of the month to lift our grandchildren in prayer. Fr. John Sosnowski and his wife Patti introduce the time, and introduce books and tools to help us pass on our faith to our children's children.

The flowers were given to the glory of God
and in honor of Legare Dixon’s birthday
by the Dixon family.
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If you would like to dedicate Altar Flowers in 2026 in honor or remembrance of a loved one, please contact Sally at sdixon@stjohnsparish.net.

Dear Heavenly Father,

Together we are united with the saints of the household of God; built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ himself being the cornerstone. In Christ alone our church is being joined together, and is growing into a holy temple of the Lord by the Spirit. By Your wisdom may we discern what You want us to build; Through Jesus Christ our Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit,

Amen.

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