Upcoming Sunday: March 1

Lent Adult Formation Series: Beautiful Lent, Beautiful Life

Join us after the 9:30 service in the library for our Lenten adult formation series led by Fr. Ted Howard and Mother Barbara Crafton. This series will feature short DVD presentations and group discussion. This first session is entitled, "Prayer: Oriented Toward God, with Brian McLaren." Please note that these sessions will last 1-1.5 hours.

Interested in joining the Welcome Ministry?

Members of the Welcome Ministry will meet in the library after the 9:30 service, and anyone who is interested in learning more about serving in this ministry is invited to join. This group performs the important task of welcoming newcomers on Sunday morning and hosting the Newcomer’s Lunch in the spring. We hope you can join us!

Worship Service Updates

Lenten Weekday Holy Eucharist

Beginning Thursday, Feb. 27, St. John's will offer weekday Eucharist services in the chapel throughout Lent until Friday, April 3 (the week before Holy Week).

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, the service will held from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

On Wednesdays, the service will be from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Please consider adding one or more of these services to your Lenten devotional practice!

March Loose Plate Recipient Spotlight:

Flatirons Habitat for Humanity

Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is Boulder's leading builder of affordable home ownership residences in the area. They are currently building at two sites and have a strong pipeline that includes future sites in Boulder, Broomfield, and Louisville. Flatirons Habitat is also looking for new and creative ways to address the affordable housing crisis in our community. This includes partnering with the City of Boulder to complete construction at the Ponderosa community that will revitalize the mobile home park with potentially as many as 73 new energy neutral homes. They have also recently opened Cottonwood House in Broomfield, a beautiful, cohabitating affordable rental residence for ages 55+. For more information and how to volunteer, visit their website: www.flatironshabitat.org.

Family Faith Formation Updates

Vestry Updates

New Vestry Appointment

During the February meeting, the vestry appointed Ed Kase as our fourth new vestry member. He will serve from 2020 to 2022 to fill the seat of a vestry member who is stepping down.

Upcoming Adult Formation

Lenten Adult Formation Series:

Beautiful Lent, Beautiful Life: Sacred Practices

Upcoming Church Events and Announcements

Lost and Found

Our Lost and Found is filling up! If you have misplaced items at church, please visit the front office on Sunday after the 9:30 service or during our office hours. Any items that have not been picked up by Sunday, April 5, will be donated to the Soup Kitchen for those in need.

In addition, a parishioner is looking for his dark-gray London Fog dress wool overcoat (with a pair of black gloves and tinted sunglasses in the pocket). If you picked this coat up by accident on Sunday, Feb. 16, please return it to the front office.

Call for donations: St. John's needs a new bulletin-folding machine!

Have you noticed that lately the bulletins are sometimes crooked, crumpled, or just in a bit of disarray? We have a few dedicated volunteers that spend some of their own time preparing these bulletins. They sort, fold, and stuff these publications every week with a bit of help from a folding machine that we lovingly call "Martin." Well, it seems that Martin is on his last leg (hence all of the crooked disarray), and St. John's is tasked with replacing Martin, but we cannot do it alone... financially. Would you be willing to help share the burden of cost with us?

After much research we have found a machine that will do all of the tasks we need done with ease and, hopefully, much less frustration over paper jams, rips, tears, and crumples. The cost of a new machine is approximately $1,800. If you would like to contribute to the purchase of a new machine, please send a check to the office (or drop one in the offertory plate on Sunday morning) with "Folding Machine" written in the memo line.

Save the Date: Yoga in the Church

Join Pastor Susan and yoga teacher Sirena Dudgeon for Yoga in the Church on April 22 and 29 for vinyasa flow and teachings from the Yoga Sutras and Christian theology.

In April, the topic will be "Standing on Holy Ground: Yoga and Christianity Converse about the Divine in Creation." Join us as we stand on holy ground and explore what yogic philosophy and Christian theology and scripture have to say about the presence of the Divine in the world around us. Ancient texts and voices from both Hindu and Christian traditions converse with modern disciplines like quantum physics to show us where we might find and appreciate God, and what it means to steward Creation. Teaching and guided meditations will be interspersed with Vinyasa flow.

The session will be offered twice: on April 22 (Earth Day) and April 29 from 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The cost of the class is $10. Pre-registration is required by emailing Sirena at dudgeon.sirena@gmail.com or call the St. John's office at 303-442-5246.

Be sure to join our new Facebook group: "Come Union: Yoga in the Church."

Vernal Equinox Service at St. Brigit Episcopal Church

Come celebrate the return of spring in all its glorious unpredictability at St. Brigit Episcopal Church on Friday, March 20, at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Just as spring promises growth and change, so does life. Change requires growth. Growth can be painful, and safe places are needed in order to be refreshed for the journey ahead. St. Brigit invites you to such a place, where you can indulge in a time of spiritual sanctuary and renewal in celebration of the Vernal Equinox.

St. Brigit’s Vernal Equinox celebration is a part of its Áit Caol series. Áit Caol (pronounced atch qweel) is Gaelic for “A Thin Place.” These quarterly services are created to offer guests an experience of God through a unique liturgy, which combines ancient tradition with contemporary language. They include specially designed and engaging meditation areas, which bring scripture to life, and ethereal music with a Celtic sound.

Ancient people marked this day with thanksgiving for the return of light and warmth. Spring promised rebirth and hope. In the Christian Church, the Vernal Equinox is significant in that it is used in determining the date of Easter, the first Sunday following the first full moon after the equinox.

Older children are welcome at the Vernal Equinox celebration. Childcare will be provided for children under age six. Guests are invited to come early to walk St. Brigit’s outdoor labyrinth, weather permitting.

St. Brigit Episcopal Church is located at 110 Johnson Street in Frederick, about 20 miles east of St. John’s on Highway 52. Visit www.stbrigit.org or www.facebook.com/StBrigit for more information. You also may contact C.J. Joplin-Jack at jplnjck@icloud.com if you are interested in carpooling to the event.

Outreach Opportunities

Whittier Neighborhood Pantry

We appreciate all of your donations to the Whittier Pantry! We are in need of Kleenex and size 6 diapers.

St. Benedict Health and Healing Ministry Annual Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction

Please join us on April 25 for an inspiring event to benefit the medically under-served in Boulder County! There will be good food, lively music, fun games, friendship, and the knowledge that you are helping to provide a medical safety net for people in need in Boulder County. To purchase tickets, please call 303-380-3132 or visit https://st-benedict-health-and-healing-ministry.square.site/. Tickets are $55 before April 6 ($60 after), or you can opt to buy a table for six for $330.

When: Saturday, April 25, at 5:30 p.m

Where: Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder

Save the Date: Soup Kitchen Gathering in recognition of 30 years of ministry

Past and present Soup Kitchen volunteers of all ages are invited to gather from 5:30-7:00 p.m. for beverages and simple appetizers to mark 30 years of ministry, to share with one another how our participation in this ministry has shown us the living Christ among us, and to vision together for the future. Contact Pastor Susan or Mark Biggers if you’d like to help.

Prayers of Intercession for March 1 to 7

Please use this list today and throughout the week, praying with special intention for:

All who are suffering in the wake of violence or natural disasters, all who are serving in the military, all who are distressed in mind, body, or spirit, and members of our parish family including:         
Short-term: Teague Owings (Hogue), Kathleen Owings (Hogue), Stewart Kull, JoAn Aker (Morse), Wood Rigsby, Marty Spring (Molinaro), the Shipps family (Jackson), Caroline Burr, Richard Chant (McLaughlin), Canon Lucy Amerman, and Kathleen Woodward.
Long-term: The Rt. Rev. Kimberly (Kym) Lucas, Jan Treadwell, Randy Brock (Moore), Janet Brennan, JoAnn Brown, Millie Heitman, Don Shields, Brenda Kroge, Sarah Swank (Skala), Roma Ritenour, Pete Jackson, Bob Schaffner, Alan H. (Molinaro/Palmer), and Debra Maish (Bich).

We pray for the repose of the souls of: Jeffrey Caplitz; John Demaree Willyard II; Thomas Yuille Gorman, Jr.; and Laura Claire Carsey, and for the repose of the soul of John “Jack” McLaughlin.
We honor Christ’s light within those celebrating birthdays: Tom Nasky, Celia Reynolds, Paul Kofoid, Judith Nielsen, Julian Pagnotta, Ryan Clark/Lembitz, Logan Hernandez, Will Payne, John Black, Mary Griffin, Bill Ashworth, Barbara Ellen Sorensen, Dot Jackson, Jan Treadwell, and Melinda Wirsing.
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our brothers and sisters in Christ: Catherine Tillery, Steve and Sally Tilson, Adrianne and Chad Tracy, James Traut, Bill and Jan Treadwell, Kim and Jason Trenbath, Ronan and Katie Truesdale, Lynn and Ed Trumble, Spencer and Linda Turner, and Gordon and Karen Van Dusen.

Please notify Alex in the church office (303-442-5246 or agoodman@stjohnsboulder.org) if there are people who should be added to or removed from our prayer list.

Weekly Services

Saturday:

5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist with bluegrass music, chapel

Sunday:

7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, chapel

9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, church

10:30 a.m. Children's Eucharist, chapel

Monday:

12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, chapel

Tuesday:

8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, chapel

12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, chapel

Wednesday:

8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, chapel

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, chapel (followed by Bible Study)

6:00 p.m. Contemplative Evensong, chapel

Thursday:

8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, chapel

12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist and Service of Reconciliation, chapel

Friday:

12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, chapel

Bible Study: Each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. following the 10:00 a.m. Eucharist, St. John's hosts a small group adult Bible Study. We read, review, and study the themes and scriptures scheduled for the next Sunday. St. John's clergy take turns leading this group. All are welcome.
Contemplative Evensong: This service meets weekly from September through May. Participants are welcome to join the cantor in the beautiful, meditative chants. This service also includes short periods of silent prayer.