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Beyond
Our Parish-Within Our World
Military
Ministries
Diocesan
Ministries and Opportunities
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Beyond Our Parish - Within Our
World
Bargain Box
Bargain Box of Wilmington is a not- for- profit thrift
store that is part of the outreach ministry of Episcopal
Church of the Servant. It accepts slightly used clothes
and household good which are sold in an attractive
boutique setting.
Habitat for
Humanity
Habitat for Humanity
International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing
ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and
homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a
matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites
people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build
houses together in partnership with families in need.
Through volunteer labor and donations of money and
materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent
houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families.
Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit
and financed with affordable loans. The homeowners’
monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more
Habitat houses.
For more information,
contact
Kitty Yerkes,
Resource Development Coordinator / 762-4744 extension 102
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Domestic Violence
To: The
parish of St John's
Thank you for
your support of Domestic Violence. Your gracious
donations will go to help victims and families who are
torn apart by this disease in our society.
Bill
and Barbara Culpepper,
for the Domestic Violence Shelter and Services
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Good
Shepherd Center
Good Shepherd Ministries thanks St. John’s for
its continued support – financially and through the
efforts of St. John’s Outreach Commission and volunteers,
including our youth. Over 100 men, women, and children
stay nightly in the overnight shelter. To reflect its
broad missions, the name has been changed to Good Shepherd
Center. Its work will remain the same – feeding the
hungry, sheltering the homeless, and fostering transition
to independence for those in crisis.
Helping the Homeless and Near
Homeless
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Each weekday at lunch,
Good
Shepherd
prepares a large salad for about 200 guests.
During the last few months, salad dressing has been
scarce or non-existent. If you would like to fill a
real need at the kitchen, donate a bottle or two of
salad dressing. Any flavor can be used except blue
cheese. These donations can be put in the closet at
the rear entrance. Inside the closet is a basket
marked Good Shepherd. Thank you for
sharing.
Linda Carroll |
Help the Hungry
Mother
Hubbard’s Cupboard is a
life-saving ministry that provides canned and dry foods to those
in need. We need YOU to assist
at the quarterly food drives on various Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. –
4:00 p.m. at the Food Lion at Market and Kerr. Please call John
Hoyt (256-5552) if you can donate an hour or two of free time.
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Unseen Guest provides homemade frozen dinners for individuals who are
unable to prepare nutritious meals for themselves. The 320
meals that are mad monthly by volunteers are for distribution
to recipients. Donations of brown
paper bags with handles would be very much appreciated.
Please call JoAnn Hoyt (256-5552) or Mary Lou Gerrish
(791-3015) to learn more about this ministry. Click
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United Thank Offering
November 9,2008
What we do in the United Thank Offering is first to
offer our prayers of thanks to God. This is the major
difference between us and other groups. The United Thank
Offering is prayer oriented. Then we give tangible thanks
for the blessing in the form of coins or bills. This money
is an offering, not a donation.
This is the word we always use - an offering. An offering
is not the same as a donation or a contribution. An
offering is a thanksgiving to God - always. Thanks be to
God.
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Military Ministries
Children Honor Wounded Warriors
The names and duty stations of active duty
military personnel
who are dear to St. Johns members are posted weekly on
Pastoral Care bulletin board in the back hall. If you have
any updates or additions for the list, please contact
Karen Shelly in the Parish Office.
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Diocesan
Ministries and Opportunities
Prison
Ministries
The Diocesan Prison Commission met at St. John’s
on Tuesday, October 31.
Plans were finalized for a major conference on prison
ministry, supported by the three Dioceses of North Carolina to be
held at Kanuga on Dec. 1 – 3.
Several St. John’s members who are active in both men’s
and women’s prisons, attended the meeting and some will be
attending the Kanuga Conference.
The support by St. John’s for this outreach ministry is
greatly appreciated.
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"I
was in prison and you visited me. Truly I tell
You, just as you did it to one of the least of these
My brethren, you did it to me.” - Matthew 25:36
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East
Carolina Prison Ministry Committee
members represent a variety of programs that serve inmates while
serving time in prison that assist their families, and
transitional programs that assist ex-offenders after release from
prison. St. John's members Joan and Alex McIlwraith represent
Kairos on the Committee.
Kairos/Kairos
Outside
Alex and Joan McIlwraith
Gordon and
Dee Keifer
Kairos is a three-day
interdenominational Christian weekend offered by volunteers
inside prisons with follow-up group reunions and meetings.
This program is based on the
Cursillo Movement,
and tailored to prison ministry. Kairos Outside is for
families of inmates and former inmates.
Other
links of interest include The
Matthew 25 Center and a letter from Dee and Gordon Keifer
about their experience at the "One Day With God"
camp.
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Church Periodical Club Collection
All throughout our country, churches give generously to
the Church Periodical Club, so that other less fortunate
seminarians, churches and individuals may have
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Begun in 1888 by Mary Ann Fargo, wife of Mortimer Fargo,
Mrs. Fargo and other churchwomen sent Bibles out west on
Wells Fargo stagecoaches.CPC is supported solely through
voluntary donations and the
primary source of funds
is collected in church pews on CPC Sunday.
Please help through this unique vehicle which
helps so many of the less fortunate in our Anglican
Communion. You may give cash or checks in the special
collection today. Make checks payable to ECW, Diocese of
East Carolina, and designate CPC Special Fund in the memo
portion of the check.
Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Joan
Diemel, CPC Chair |
Diocesan
Outreach
Cornerstones for
Mission is a Diocese of East Carolina pledge
campaign to raise funds for special diocesan programs.
Your contributions will help support Hispanic ministries,
new and small congregations, and Trinity Center.
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The
Diocese of East Carolina electronic newsletter contains the
Bishop's upcoming visitation schedule, upcoming events within the
Diocese and special interest stories from the Deaneries, Parishes,
Missions, etc. to include (hopefully) pictures. Volunteers
and financial support would be very much appreciated. to
learn more or to contribute items of interest to the
newsletter,
email newsletter@diocese-eastcarolina.org.
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