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Winter 2020 / 2021
Christmas Worship at St. John's Christmas Eve Thursday, December 24 4 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Epiphany Celebration Wednesday, January 6 5:15 p.m.
INSIDE this issue
Virtual Hymns in Hauser page 2
Holiday Traditions page 3
Epiphany Celebration page 5
Journey Through East Carolina Page 9
Virtual Hymns in Hauser
Dates for Office Closures The church office will be closed on the following dates. Please be sure to mark them in your calendar. November 26-27 December 25 January 1 Please also note: There are no Wednesday services or activities on November 25, December 23 and December 30.
THE EPISTLE ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 302 Green Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 Founded in 1817 in Fayetteville, N.C., and today a worshipping community of more than 700 parishioners
Clergy, Staff, & Officers
Rector The Rev. Robert M. Alves Sr. Warden John Holmes Jr. Warden Amanda Klinck Clerk of Vestry Judy Brown Treasurer Dohn Broadwell, Jr. Director of Music Ryan Pagels Administrative Coordinator Trishia Medema Bookkeeper Sue Strickland Preschool Director Donnie Winston Parish Cook Bob Jenkins Sexton Lonnie Pipkin Sexton James Henderson
The Vestry
John Holmes • Amanda Klinck • Kenneth C. Lancaster, Jr. • Julie MacRae • Jewel Prichard • Heath Privette • Ronald Schooler • Grant Steffan • Shelby Doyle • Angela Packer • Zachary Parisian • Lizzie Shepherd 2
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By Ryan Pagels, Director of Music
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n order to keep with some of our traditions at St. John’s, at least in some capacity, I will be hosting our annual “Hymns in Hauser” online. It will be Friday, December 11, at 6 p.m., in place of the weekly Hymn Sing. As per tradition, I will put together a list of hymns, talk about the history or other interesting facts, and you will be able to sing along in the comfort of your home. That being said, if there’s a Christmas Carol or Advent Hymn you would like included that I haven’t used before, let me know! I do have a nice collection of hymnals from several denominations, so we are not limited to the one we use at St. John’s.
Poinsettia Memorials Remember your loved ones and donate a poinsettia. The memorial poinsettias will adorn St. John’s during Christmas. Poinsettia memorial forms are due Sunday, December 20. Forms are inserted with this newsletter. Forms are also available across from the elevator and outside the chapel.
Rector’s Letter
Holiday Traditions
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carcely a year ago, I was asked to write an article on holiday traditions for the faith section of City View Magazine. In the article, I spoke of the importance of inperson holiday traditions that bring family and friends together and the reality that the timing and shape of these traditions has necessarily changed over time. This year, we face the necessity of refraining from many of our holiday traditions in order to safely observe the holidays, or holy days, during COVID-19. I plan to travel to Alabama during Thanksgiving Week to see my mother, but we will not partake in the extended family gatherings that have become central to our holiday tradition. While we have returned to in-person worship in St. John’s, we chose not to include the deanery in the Veterans Day Service, and we will refrain from gathering for the Community Thanksgiving Service this year. I will miss gathering with the clergy and people of our deanery and our downtown churches. I fervently hope to return to the full observance of these traditions in 2021. Your vestry and worship leadership have determined that we are unable to safely hold the Nativity Pageant or to install the Rood Screen this year. Due to restrictions on worship, we will not have choral or congregational singing. We will miss these traditions that have become central to our observance of Christmas at St. John’s. In this edition of the Epistle, your vestry has worked hard to communicate the plans we have made through January 2021. Your vestry will meet
in early January to plan the way we will observe Lent and Easter. In lieu of the annual Christmas Hymn Sing in Hauser Hall, Ryan Pagels will host a Christmas Hymn Sing on Friday, December 11. In lieu of Operation Christmas Child, The Rev. Robert Alves parishioners will be encouraged to support the Episcopal Farmworkers 6, for a service. January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as Old Ministry’s Christmas Toy Drive. Christmas. It is the day that we I will continue to deliver poinsettias remember the wise men offering to parishioners who are homebound gifts to the Christ child. At 6 p.m. in early December and offer greetings families will gather in Hauser Hall. at the door. (Please see the article on page 5 for We will observe an adapted details.) Thanksgiving Sunday on November As we live through the challenges of 22, where we will continue the 2020, let us remember that the Holy tradition of completing our pledge Family endured challenges as they cards and offering them to God by prepared for the birth of the Savior. placing them in the baptismal font. Let us also remember all who have observed Christmas amidst the joys and challenges of life over the last two thousand years. As Christmas comes again in 2020, let us hold fast to the knowledge that in Christ, God became flesh and dwells among us We will hold a parish meeting on the in this time and for all time. May the first Sunday in December and elect joy of this season bring peace and new vestry members. hope in your heart and throughout We will hold two services on the world. Christmas Eve at 4 p.m. & 10 p.m. In lieu of the Christmas Pageant, Faithfully, the youth of our parish will take leadership roles at the 4 p.m. service and we will distribute gifts to the children of our parish during the The Rev. Robert M. Alves service. The 10 p.m. service will be an adapted version of our traditional service. Deborah Greene will provide kits for those who wish to make Advent wreaths at home as we will not be able to safely gather in Hauser Hall this year.
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Vestry Elections - December 6, 2020
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he Annual Parish Meeting for the election of new members of the Vestry will take place on Sunday, December 6, 2020. Parishioners who are present at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services will be eligible to vote for new Vestry members. The nominating committee has compiled a list of nominees whom the Vestry is nominating to serve three-year terms. Brief biographies of those nominated by the Vestry will be published in Tuesday Headlines and our service bulletins. Our thanks to those who are rotating off, having served their three-year terms: Ken Lancaster, Heath Privette, Jewel Prichard, and Ron Schooler.
Worship Continuing Worship Plan By Grant Steffan,Worship
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fter seven months without in-person services, St. John’s held its first indoor in-person service at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, followed by indoor in-person Sunday services at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on October 25. The services allowed parishioners to greet one another and experience live services while maintaining social distancing. Services will continue at these regular times through most of November in the sanctuary. There will be no Wednesday service on November 25, the day before Thanksgiving.
In accordance with COVID-19 guidelines, there will be no congregational singing this year; however, look for a special on-line Christmas hymn sing with Ryan Pagels on Friday, December 11th, at 6:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve services will be different this year. There will be a service at 4:00 p.m., led by the congregation’s youth. There will be a service at 10:00 p.m. featuring instrumental music. Both services will provide a worship experience that differs from our traditional services but that incorLooking forward to Advent and Christmas, in-per- porates social distancing and makes the services son Sunday services will continue at the regular safer during the pandemic. 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. times. The four Sundays Two traditions missing from St. John’s this year in Advent begin November 29th and continue are the rood screen and the children’s Christmas through December 20. Wednesday services will pageant. Both events require preparation that continue at the regular 5:15 p.m. time in Decem- cannot reasonably be done while maintaining ber, except there will be no Wednesday service on social distancing. We look forward to resuming December 23. these traditions next year.
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Epiphany Celebration 2021 By The Rev. Robert M. Alves, Rector
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n Wednesday, January 6, 2021, we will gather to celebrate the first feast day of 2021. Epiphany, also known as Old Christmas, marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas. On this first feast day of 2021, our focus will be drawn to the story of the visit of the three wise men to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. 2020 has taught us to be adaptable. We anticipate that we will still be living under COVID-19 restrictions in early January. Thus, we will refrain from our traditional Epiphany King’s Cake Celebration on a Sunday near the Epiphany. We will gather to celebrate the Epiphany on the evening of Wednesday, January 6. The regular Wednesday night service will begin at 5:15 in the church. At 6 p.m., following the service, families with children are invited to gather in Hauser Hall. Fr. Alves will offer brief reflections on the Epiphany, when the wise men brought gifts to the baby Jesus. Gifts will be given to children who were unable to attend the 4 p.m. Christmas Eve service. And, families will be
invited to share stories of the way Christmas traditions have been observed during these extraordinary and challenging times. While families wishing to attend both the service and the family gathering in Hauser Hall are encouraged to do so, the family gathering is designed to be a separate gathering.
Thanksgiving Sunday SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Join us as we commit to return a portion of our time and treasure to God for what he has given us.
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AdVent Wreaths November 29th is the first Sunday in Advent. As I write this article, we plan not to gather to make these beautiful wreaths. However, the infrastructure you will need, such as the wreath frame, candles, and candle holders, along with “how to” instruction and an advent booklet with devotions, will be made available for you to pick up . . . Where? At St. John’s Episcopal Church in Hauser Hall When? Sundays, November 22 and 29, 2020, Time? 9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. Share a picture of your finished wreath and family together. Send it to me via text or e-mail. I will see that they are displayed on the children’s bulletin board in the hallway on your way to worship for all to see that Covid-19 CANNOT and WILL NOT steal Christmas from us! In hope, peace, joy, and love, Deborah Greene 910-987-5905 dbhgreene@aol.com
Forward Day by Day By The Rev. Robert M. Alves, Rector
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his Epistle includes a description of our in-person worship plan through the remainder of 2020. We will wait until sometime in 2021 to return to in-person fellowship and Christian formation. During the coming months, please remember that copies of the daily devotional, Forward Day by Day, are available near the entrance to the Parish Hall. Please contact the parish office if you are unable to come to the church, and we will be glad to mail them. Please know that Forward Day by Day and other devotional resources may be accessed online through the following links: Facebook: www.facebook.com/forwarddaybyday/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fwd_mvt Website: https://prayer.forwardmovement.org/
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Outreach Commitment to Outreach Endures By Ken Lancaster, Outreach
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utreach is one of the primary ways for St. John’s to remain a viable member of the church community, but also, the community at large. I have been blessed to have been the Vestry Liaison for the last three years. The support I have received from volunteers has made my tenure extremely gratifying. I entered this role very anxious as I was following in the steps of some excellent past leaders, especially Sybil Sasaki, who preceded me, and held my hand from start to finish constantly encouraging me. While 2020 activities were limited by the virus, the church still managed to remain relevant and involved in our community. As Rector Alves wrote in the Fall Epistle, the church’s commitment
to Outreach endures. During 2020, the Church has made significant financial contributions to organizations such as Connections of Cumberland County and Trinity Center and numerous other non-profit organizations. Going forward we will continue to support Connections, Operation In As Much, Episcopal Farm Workers Ministry, Luke 14 Banquet, Operation Christmas Child and others as the Covid Rules will allow. I close by thanking all the wonderful volunteers who always answered the bell when I needed your help. I look forward to working with the next Outreach liaison and prayerfully, in 2021, we can get back on track. Have a wonderful, safe Holiday.
Toy Drive for Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry Dear St. John’s Family, This has been a different year for us all and it is wonderful that we are finally returning to in-person services. I was appointed as our liaison to the Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry (EFWM) in January. This is a vital ministry serving a very hard working, underprivileged population. Covid hit this population hard and they are in need. Due to Covid, we as a congregation are not participating in the Christmas Child Shoeboxes,so I asked Father Alves if we could help with the EFWM Toy/Present Drive. The answer was YES! Please find it in your hearts to purchase a toy or present (at least $20 value) for a child 0 -17 yrs. of age and bring it unwrapped to the church. A collection table will be placed in Hauser Hall. The deadline to drop off your gift is December 1. Attached is the information from the EFWM. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
“TOY / Present DRIVE FOR THE EPISCOPAL FARMWORKERS MINISTRY (EFWM). EFWM staff has registered 400 children (ages 0-17) for this year’s Christmas Event, which will take place on December 12. Usually, they have an in-person celebration for the children, but this year it will be a drive-through style. We are collecting new presents (with a value of at least $20) for the children. Please help make this event a success.”
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EYC/Jr EYC: Episcopal Youth in the Church Most Unusual Year By Lizzie Shepherd, Vestry Liaison for the Youth
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he youth of St. John’s have experienced a most unusual year, from suspended sports and school schedules to reduced interactions with friends and family. This ‘pause’ has trickled into all aspects of our youth’s lives, to include activities and offerings at St. John’s. Our youth need your prayers and encouragement now more than ever. Though programming is still suspended, youth are acolyting and reading during services. The Family Service on Christmas Eve will be predominately youth-led... which is quite fitting for celebrating the birth of the Christ child. If your child is interested in participating and having a role in the Family Service, please contact me; there’s room for everyone!
Please be in prayer for the young people of our parishthat this time of pause will have a positive impact on them and help them grow; that they may focus on the skills and relationships that have blossomed instead of those that haven’t. It is our sincerest hope that as the virus gets under control, our comfort levels rise and the health risks diminish, that St. John’s youth can gather regularly and meaningfully again. If you have ideas on how we can have fellowship in the meantime, please reach out. Lizzie can be reached at 910-527-6205 or lizziebenshepherd@gmail.com.
Inreach / Welcoming
In-Reach Vestry Update By Zachary Parisian, Inreach / Welcoming
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ewel Prichard and I have spoken several times regarding plans as we gradually return to corporate worship. I am especially grateful for our volunteers who have answered the call to act as greeters to our inperson worship services. Our greeters serve a crucial role in ensuring the continued safety of our fellow parishioners, and ensuring that safety guidelines are being followed as worshipers are met at the door. Though most of our committee activities have been put on hold, we are still deeply appreciative of the
commitment from all of our committee members and will continue to remain in touch. I intend within the next couple of months to reach out to our committee members to inquire as to any needs or concerns that any member or committee may have, as we begin developing and implementing plans for when we can once again gather together as a congregation. May God bless and continue to keep you all safe and healthy.
Looking Toward the Future By Jewel Prichard, Inreach / Welcoming
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e are thrilled to inform our church family that we have a new person that will take over our knitting, crocheting, quilting, and hand embroidery committee.
to our church as soon as possible. Interested members can return and meet to organize this In-reach ministry, and this group of stitchers will be a wonderful ministry for St. John’s. It will be a time to renew and make new Please Welcome Nancy Aucliar, who recently moved acquaintances in our church. This committee will to our area from Maine. Nancy was a member of a decide on a name for their ministry. At the present committee in her previous Episcopal Church called time I will refer to them as “God’s Angels.” Please “God’s Girls.” Here at St. John’s, we are extending email me at jprichard002@nc.rr.com and sign up for an invitation to men and women that like to do this exciting ministry. Can’t wait to hear from you! needlework. All of us are looking forward to returning REMEMBER: A stitch in time saves nine. 8
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Journey Through East Carolina By The Rev. Robert M. Alves, Rector
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ishop Skirving has invited all members of our diocese to join in a Journey Through East Carolina. The journey will include engaging in four disciplines including; Move, Learn, Pray and Give. The journey will be a hybrid virtual and physical experience. It will run from the First Sunday of Advent through Diocesan Convention. Please visit the website for the Journey
to learn more about the journey and to register to participate. This creative exercise is designed to offer each person the flexibility to participate as we are able. The journey will also offer a way to stay connected as we prepare to engage in discernment around the mission priorities of our diocese. Please join as you are able.
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EPISCOPAL SHOPPE NEWS
Author Conversations on Zoom
Episcopal Shoppe in partnership with Episcopal Booksellers Association is hosting monthly conversations with authors on Zoom. Registration information is available on Episcopal Shoppe’s Facebook page under Events. The registration link is also in our Tuesday headlines. If you need help with signing up or have any questions, please email Melene at melene@episcopalshoppe.com or call her cell, (910) 527-7732. Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Amy-Jill Levine will be coming up in January and February, respectively. Need a book? We are happy to deliver locally right to your door. We miss seeing everyone, and we look forward to opening the store to in-person shopping as soon as we get the go-ahead.
Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD Re-Enchanting the Earth: why Al needs religion Thursday, January 14, 2021 7:00 PM
Amy-Jill Levine, PhD Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven Thursday, February 11, 2021 7:00 PM
Dr. Ilia Delio and Greg Hansell, the Executive Director of the Center for Christogenesis, will have a conversation about the challenge of reconciling evolution and religion. They will discuss how evolution works for religious systems, as physical reality and spiritual reality are intertwined.
Amy-Jill Levine and EBA will have a conversation about The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7, and how these teachings speak across the centuries to listeners today and how, if we pay careful attention to his words, Jesus provides us a road map to living as God would have us live.
Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD is a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC and American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion. She is the author of 20 books including ReEnchanting the Earth; Birth of a Dancing Star; and Unbearable Wholeness of Being. Dr. Delio is a rare theologian with doctoral degrees in both science and theology. She is a teacher at heart. She longs for her reader to see what she sees… the vast interconnectedness of human beings, God, and the Universe. 10
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Amy-Jill Levine is a professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is an internationally renowned scholar, teacher, and author of numerous books including Short Stories by Jesus; The Misunderstood Jew; and The Meaning of the Bible. Professor Levine has done over 300 programs for churches, clergy groups, and seminaries. A selfdescribed Yankee Jewish feminist, Levine has a MA and PhD from Duke University and eight honorary doctorates, including one from Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest.
Calendar Roundup - December 2020 & January 2021 Thanksgiving Sunday
Epiphany Celebration
We will celebrate Thanksgiving Sunday. At both services, we’ll distribute pledge cards, and every adult parishioner will have the opportunity to join with our church family to offer our pledges of financial support of St. John’s in thanksgiving for all the blessings in our lives.
2020 has taught us to be adaptable. We anticipate that we will still be living under COVID-19 restrictions in early January. Thus, we will refrain from our traditional Epiphany King’s Cake Celebration on a Sunday near the Epiphany. We will gather to celebrate the Epiphany on the evening of Wednesday, January 6. Additional information can be found on page 5.
Sunday, November 22
Advent Wreaths
Sundays, November 22 and 29, 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m., in Hauser Hall The infrastructure you will need, such as the wreath frame, candles, and candle holders, along with “how to” instruction and an advent booklet with devotions, will be made available for you to pick up. Additional information can be found on page 6.
Annual Parish Meeting / Vestry Elections
Sunday, December 6, 8 & 10:30 a.m. Attendees of the 8 a.m. and the 10:30 a.m. services will complete a ballot for new vestry members.
Virtual Christmas Hymns in Hauser Hall Friday, December 11, 6 p.m.
Additional information can be found on page 2.
Christmas Eve Services Thursday, December 24, 4 p.m.
In lieu of the Christmas Pageant, the youth of our parish will take leadership roles during this service.
Thursday, December 24, 10 p.m.
An adapted version of our traditional service.
End-of-Year Giving
If you have any questions regarding your 2020 pledge or end of the year giving, please contact Sue Strickland in the Church office at 910-483-7405 or email bookkeeper@stjohnsnc.org. Please make sure all end of the year gifts are dropped off or post marked by December 31, 2020. Sue will be in the office December 29 & 31 from 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday January 6, 5:15 p.m.
Zoom Conversation with Author: Ilia Delio, OSF, PhDd Thursday, January 14, 7:00 p.m.
“Re-Enchanting the Earth: why Al needs religion” Dr. Ilia Delio and Greg Hansell, the Executive Director of the Center for Christogenesis, will have a conversation about the challenge of reconciling evolution and religion. They will discuss how evolution works for religious systems, as physical reality and spiritual reality are intertwined. Additional information can be found on page 10.
Ways to Stay Connected
Visit the website for additional information and videos: http://www.stjohnsnc. org/online-worship-and-fellowship.
Online, Periodic Offerings
Evening Prayer offered Monday through Thursday at 5:30 by General Theological Seminary. Join on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheGeneralSeminary/.
Sunday Morning Messages (In-Person & Live Stream)
December Birthdays 1 Wilson Jones IV 2 Tricia Walker 3 Ben Sasaki • Laura Kastner Sarah Short 4 Harvey Wright II • Angela Haynes • Virginia Heckerman 5 John Hermann • Justine Bier 9 Anne Nimocks • Sally Holt 11 Bill Thetford 12 Charlotte Broadwell 14 Chika Okafor 15 Christel Haworth • Erin Blair Janet Holt 16 Jane Peacock • Timothy Edwards • Lara Smith Cottle 18 Iona Christian 17 Hunter Hedgecoe 19 Jonathan Elliot • Cam Stout Stephen Klinck 20 Blair Alligood • Grace Gonzales Rebecca Mendelsohn 21 Billy Kelly 22 Urijah Quincy Baucom 23 George Webb • Zach Richardson 24 Carol Haigh 27 Paula Zellner • Deven Short 28 Dohn Broadwell, Jr. • Alison Thetford 29 Carol Stephens 31 Tyler Nimocks December Anniversaries 6 Sun & David Vroom 20 Emily & David Barrett 22 Dottie & Neil Lowell
For those who are not yet able to return to worship, the service will be livestreamed and recorded, and posted on our website. Please know we are still awaiting the new livestream equipment which will improve the live stream capabilities. (Only the 10:30 Service will have a livestream option.)
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Calendar Roundup Continued January Birthdays 1 Nancy Bryant • Chidera Ejeh Arinzechukwu Ejeh 4 Jeff Baker • William Neff 5 Chip Stewart, Jr. Kirkland Moore 6 Susan Bender 9 Drew Young II Richard Player III 10 William Thomason Caroline Elliot 11 Gary Chandler 12 William Clark • Joyce Moore James Sutherland III 13 Daisy Boldt • Larry Pomeroy Marty Baldwin 14 Neil Lowell 15 Annette Dunlap • Kim Johnson 16 Buntie Russ • Bruce Daws Lizzy Haynes 18 David Bock, Sr. 19 Myra Elliott 21 Bill Orr • Gary Badzinski 22 George Bender • Heath Privette 24 Heather Sisk • Dillon Broadwell 25 Sun Vroom • Andy Privette 26 Vic Dawson III • Josh Nimocks 27 John Dawson • Caitlin Farmer Becky Clevenger 28 Ricky Evans • Madison Jones 29 Christian Haworth Connor Haworth Billy Jordan IV Kep Baucom III Campbell Shepherd 30 Joel Christian 31 James Alves January Anniversaries 12 Melene & Ben Hatcher 13 Drake & Barry Neff 14 Tami & Kenneth Nettles 16 Aimee & David Watson 18 Laurie & Bill Byrd, Jr. 22 Anne & Ricky Evans Mary & Harvey Wright II 25 Virginia & Ramon Yarborough 26 Caroline & Jason Dosher
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Wednesday Worship
in person at St. John’s in the Sanctuary at 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday Evening Prayer - Facebook Live Event Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
The Diocese of East Carolina is hosting Evening Prayer through Facebook Live. Evening Prayer will continue each Wednesday in “Ordinary Time” with Bishop Skirving and others leading from Rite II of the Book of Common Prayer (1979). For those without a copy of the BCP, here’s a link to the text of the service that we will use: https://shrtm. nu/aVv6. All are welcome to join us live, or to use the recording afterward. To join the event go to www.facebook.com/dioec/.
Interactive, Live Hymn Sing Fridays, 6 p.m.
Music Director Ryan Pagels offers an interactive hymn sing via livestream on Friday evenings on the church Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/watch/ stjohnsfaync. For those without a Facebook account, you’ll be able to watch the video by heading to stjohnsnc.org/online-worship-and-fellowship and clicking the direct link posted next to “Interactive Hymn Sing.”
Parish Office Hours
If you need to come to the office for any reason, please call ahead (910-4837405) and be advised that, for the safety of our parishioners and staff, all persons entering the building are required to wear masks and maintain physical distancing. The office hours for phone and email communication are 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Trishia Medema: communications@ stjohnsnc.org Sue Strickland: bookkeeper@stjohnsnc. org Fr. Alves: rector@stjohnsnc.org. Fr. Alves is checking his voicemail at church 910-483-7405 ex. 104. Fr. Alves can also be reached at home (910)223-7836 in case of pastoral emergencies. Please send all postal mail to: St. John’s Episcopal Church PO Box 722 Fayetteville, NC 28302