Good Friday - March 21, 2008 at Noon and 7:00 PM.
At noon the Ecumenical community will gather at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, on Chestnut Street in Dover.
Extinguishing of light will punctuate our 7 PM (in our own sanctuary) experience of the darkness that the world experienced at the Crucifixion of Jesus on the cross. […]
Maundy Thursday - March 20, 2008 at 7:00 PM.
Will include communion as we recall the gathering of the disciples in the upper room and participate in the holy mystery that the faithful share in today.
February 21, 2008 St. John’s Church “News & Notes”
Dear St. John’s Church Family,
How wonderful you have been over the last couple of days (especially)!! Thank you for all the expressions of love, concern and support that you have extended to Wendy and me! We are very touched and blessed!
Let me fill you in on the latest […]
Dinner will be served from 4:30 – 6:00pm on Saturday, February, 23rd. Kick off your weekend by attending our monthly dinner in Hartford Hall. Spaghetti and Meatballs, beverage and Strafford County’s best dessert bar will be served at a cost of $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $3 for children.
We hope you will […]
Several of us have noticed that our subscription emails from StJohnsDover.org are landing in the spam folder on Yahoo or GMail. We’re working to identify the best solution for this. All mail from the St. John’s web site is mailed from our web server using the email address nobody@lexington.networkredux.net (isn’t that a true […]
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I goofed and left a notice off yesterday’s issue of “News & Notes.” That reminder is for those who picked up one of the Church World Service Heifer Project “Arks.” If you have one, it’s time to return it this Sunday!! Of course if you can’t be here this week, we’ll […]
Will St. John’s Church be my Valentine?
Happy Valentine’s Day, my friends!! I begin with some thoughts that aren’t particularly “valentine’s-day-ish.” But they’re good thoughts nonetheless.
“I strongly believe that the way we live is a consequence of the size of our God. The problem many of us have is that our God is too small. […]
Our members began 2008 by reading and discussing Jeffrey Lent’s “In the Fall” and Khaled Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns”. Our selections took us on generational journeys of post-Civil War America to the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years.
Some common themes ran through both novels, including violence against women. Yet another common theme […]
We return today, Sunday, 3/2/08, from our mission trip to Louisiana. Thanks for keeping us in your prayers!
Read full post...Pretzel Sunday is back! On March 9, the Sunday School will once again treat the congregation to delicious, fresh-from-the-oven pretzels! You won’t want to miss coffee hour that morning, so mark your calendar now and come hungry. Don’t know the story behind the pretzel shape? Be sure to be there for […]
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