Greetings to the St. John's community! We are so pleased to be back at St. John's to serve as your long-term supply clergy over the next several months until your Vestry selects a priest-in-charge. While the authority for this congregation lies with the Wardens, we have been sent by the Bishop to be in charge of liturgical life and pastoral care. 

One of the opportunities of this transition period is to rethink and expand the liturgical vision to include some new possibilities. Starting this week we will streamline the 10:00 service so that it is shorter, especially for the rest of the summer. We also use a different Eucharistic Prayer, approved by the Episcopal Church, but outside the Book of Common Prayer., Please note, the 8:00 service will remain unchanged and retrain the beauty of Rite I.

This week Fr. Dan will preach. A question raised by this week's Gospel reading is whether in times of anxiety we choose to isolate or anchor ourselves in partnership with the promises of God. What an appropriate theme as St. John's enters this time and looks to what God has in mind for your future. 

Blessings,

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Fr. Mark and Fr. Dan