St. John’s United Methodist Church

Dear St. John’s Church Family,
Remember how last week’s issue of “News & Notes” was long?  Well this week I think it’ll end up being quite short!!  So maybe I should take the extra time and space here, and try out this Sunday’s sermon on you?  Never mind!  Here’s the news.
We celebrated the life of Vern […]

If your interest in shawl knitting, crocheting or hand-stitching for the benefit of our church has you looking for folks with similar interest. You’ll be happy to know that all are welcome to meet with others who are working on projects that will be sold at our fall church fair or will be given […]

In anticipation of receiving new members into the church on All Saints Sunday, October 31st, Pastor Mark has set a schedule of classes.
There will be three classes covering the history of the United Methodist Church – our form of government – our beliefs – and some information about St. John’s Church, in particular.
The classes are […]

You couldn’t miss the excitement building yesterday from the minute the Sunday School children heard the story of how a pumpkin is like a Christian and how that all related to All Saints Day in the life of St. John’s UMC. After chapel time, they filed upstairs to Hartford Hall to carve their pumpkins, […]

Come and enjoy our annual Red Cross Blood Drive to be held Friday Oct 22 1 PM to 6 PM. Don’t forget you can call the Red Cross and make an appointment by calling 1-800-RED CROSS or visit www.redcross.org. This will cut down on your waiting time.
There will […]

Do you have a part of your body that is painful? Are you having trouble relaxing? Are you a caregiver and you need some rest? Are you going to have surgery soon or have you had surgery and your recovery just is not as you expected? Do you feel anxious or depressed at times? Would […]

Our next meeting will be October 4th at the home of Judy Strate. Our book is non-fiction, and is “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman. Our November book is “Peyton Place” by Grace Metalious and we are not sure where we will be meeting in November as […]

St. John’s Men’s Book Group will meet Monday, Oct. 11 at George Lamb’s house in Durham. The book selection is John Grisham’s Ford County. Please feel free to join us.
Questions? Contact Bruce McAdam. 742-1881 or brucemcadam@yahoo.com

The 2011 Katrina Mission Team returns to St Bernard Parish, LA during school vacation, from February 19-27.
Stop by Hartford Hall for information and authentic food between services on October 10. Natchitoches meat pies, muffaletta loaves, king cakes, pralines and beignets will be served.

Hello St. John’s Church Family,
This issue of “N&N” is quite long, so I’ll jump right in:
Last week our Outreach Committee heard the “story” of Operation Blessing.  A gentleman came to their meeting from the Operation Blessing organization, and “put flesh” on the organization for us.  A couple days later, Jim Miller took a tour of […]