Women of all ages, come join us as we start a new six week study on David Jeremiah's 1 & 2 Timothy & Titus: The Way to Live and Lead for Christ. 7PM Thursday nights beginning January 8. Led by Curry Smoak, Lynn Gervais, and Ginni Quisenberry. Get the book on Amazon. 

G@P will kick off 2026 with its first gathering on January 18, from 12-1pm in Resurrection Hall. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Patti or John Sosnowski.

Mark your calendars for our Annual Meeting on Sunday, January 25th, 2026. Our worship service will start an hour earlier at 9AM and the meeting will immediately follow. During the meeting, we will elect new vestry members and elect delegates to attend the diocesan convention. We will also discuss what 2026 will look like for St John's Parish Church.

Is God calling you to serve? Or is there someone else He's put on your heart to ask? Prayerfully consider who God is calling to serve on vestry this next year. We have four vestry members rotating off and need replacements. Fill out the vestry nomination form and send it and a short bio to Sally Dixon no later than January 12th. Please be sure to ask those you'd like to nominate before submitting their name as a nomination.

It's time for us to turn in our Ministry Reports for our annual meeting in January. Ministry leaders, this is an opportunity to share with everyone in the congregation what you and your ministry did in 2025. Please turn your report in to Sally Dixon as a Microsoft Word document no later than January 12th.

Mark your calendars to join us on February 17 for Shrove Tuesday. We will have a fun night of Pancakes and Bingo in Resurrection Hall starting at 6PM with prizes for the whole family.

Philip Bryan has hand crafted several wooden boxes to help raise funds for building on the new property. They are available for pickup at Resurrection Hall with a donation to the Building Fund. Come take a look while supplies last. All proceeds go directly to the Building Fund.

2026 Parish Calendars are here and currently available! See Debbie Hawkins in the Connection Corridor on Sunday or Resurrection Hall during the week to get yours. Each month features a different photo of our parish family, and the back features the Parish Photo we took on Pentecost Sunday. Suggested minimum donations are $50 per calendar, and all proceeds go directly to the Building Fund. Get yours while supplies last.

We offer our sincere thanks to the parents and families who support our Children’s Ministry Program and to the children who participated in our Christmas program on December 21 and on Christmas Eve. With each child in costume and singing sweet Christmas carols, the children made the services truly special and joyful! Special thanks to Susan Baker, Sally Dixon and Julie Stroble for sharing their time and talents. Julie lovingly created the children’s costumes, while Susan and Sally provided music and leadership for the children’s choir. As we move into the season of Epiphany, our Children’s Ministry team will focus on Jesus’ early life, emphasizing God’s love revealed to the world through a child.

The Lay Readers serve during our Sunday service as well as any other worship services we have throughout the year. Most Sundays we have two Lay Readers to read the lessons and psalm as well as lead us in the Prayers of the People. This ministry often goes hand in hand with being a Eucharistic minister to help with communion; however this is not always the case. For more information or to express interest in becoming a Lay Reader, contact Sally Dixon.

The flowers are given to the glory of God
and in loving memory of James & Claudia Withington
by Jay & Paulette Withington.
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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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