Second Sunday after Christmas • January 3, 2021 Reverend Karen’s sister, Jo, is in the hospital being treated for COVID. Please keep Jo and her family and Rev. Karen and her family in your prayers. Let us pray: O God, the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers: Mercifully accept our prayers, and […]
Merry Christmas to you and yours! St. John’s is featuring two Christmas services this year: • the recording of the Family Christmas Eve livestream service is right here. • the recording of the Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols livestream service is right here. On Christmas Day at 10 a.m., Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce led a multilingual […]
Christmas service information right here!
Winter solstice, when the northern hemisphere sinks into its deepest point of darkness, creates the longest night of the year. Tonight, the Women Driver’s Interfaith Group and Hope 4 Restoration are honored to present a meaningful interfaith service to remember the 329 homeless children, women and men who died in 2020 in Orange County, without […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent • December 20, 2020 Christmas is a season of celebrations and special times. I hope you are able to recall when you were a child, awakening early on Christmas morning to the surprises left for you under the tree. The pleasures of now seeing your children – and perhaps grandchildren – repeat […]
Our fabulous Youth Group finished 2020 with this week with a reading of the Nativity story, online games, and the promise of a winter retreat in 2021. Mrs. Patti’s suggestion to YG members to read different versions of the Nativity is a good one for all of us. “So much comes alive for me when […]
Three hundred vulnerable and homeless children, women, and men died on the streets of Orange County this year from various causes. That’s the highest number of homeless deaths recorded in any year in our area. Their lives will be remembered and honored at the “Night of Remembrance Candlelight Vigil” livestream service on Monday, December 21 […]
Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2020 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. These words, meant to lend support and comfort during the age of pandemic, have long been a motto for us at St. John’s, albeit using different words. This Sunday we have […]
The RSM Cares Food Pantry always needs extra hands to volunteer on food distribution day which is today, Wednesday, December 2! • Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church, 30605 Avenida de las Flores, RSM. • Help needed all day — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. — or for just an hour or two! • […]
First Sunday of Advent, November 29, 2020 Beloved people of St. John’s, So here we are! After a long eight months, we begin a new church year this Sunday, November 29. Happy Advent! Happy New Year! While it seems impossible that we have not worshipped together in our sanctuary since Lent, we have discovered new […]
Our Youth Groups focus on outreach ministry in November and December. This month’s outreach was buying groceries for the Thanksgiving Food Drive sponsored by the RSM Cares Food Pantry. Their purchases contributed to helping feed 435 families for next week’s holiday. By 3 p.m. yesterday, the food pantry was well on its way to handing […]
Today’s RSM Cares Food Pantry provided 435 families with enough groceries for a full-on Thanksgiving dinner! The super efficient distribution asked recipients to enter a drive-thru line to receive their food bags packed to the brim with Thanksgiving treats, a turkey, and a $25 gift card. Behind-the-scenes scores of volunteers prepped bags, loaded them onto […]
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost November 15, 2020 Almighty and ever-living God, source of all wisdom and understanding, be present with those who take counsel in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles for the renewal and mission of your Church. Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory. Guide us to perceive […]
Okay, it’s rubber meets the road time! Bag-packing day for our Thanksgiving Food Drive is this weekend. Here’s where we are: • Goal: 400 bags • Bags in-hand: 200 (from St. John’s members and from nearby churches) • We have a lot to go, but we’ve got this, St. John’s! The St. John’s Youth Group […]
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost November 8, 2020 When I started writing this morning on November 7, the country was still in ‘electoral limbo.’ Now, I toss aside what I started to write in order to address an important matter that lays before us. It has felt like I have been walking on eggshells for the […]
Middle School and High School/College Youth Groups are meeting regularly on Tuesday and Wednesday Zoom calls, and this week the topic was the from the learn portion of The Way of Love. The Way of Love comes to us through The Episcopal Church and, as you know from St. John’s participation in its teachings, is […]
All Saints’ Day November 1, 2020 One of the reasons I love praying Morning and Evening Prayer with you is the inclusion of the Apostles’ Creed. For me, it provides a different historical perspective on the faith of our mothers and fathers, and a different rhythm than the Nicene Creed (which we use on […]
Our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive is here! We have the great honor to help provide Thanksgiving meals for our neighbors in need. We hope you’re able to pitch in and buy food, help pack bags, and hand out meal bags on distribution day in mid-November. Our goal this year is to provide 400 meals through our […]
21st Sunday After Pentecost October 25, 2020 And Jesus answered him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it:” ‘You shall. Love your neighbor as yourself.’ From the Gospel […]
In middle school, high school, or college and looking for a place to connect? Or are you a parent or grandparent looking out for young family members? Check out St. John’s two Youth Groups: middle school meets on ZOOM on Tuesdays, and high school / college meets on ZOOM on Wednesdays. Here’s what happened in […]