Dear Saints of St. John's Parish Church,

I wanted to let all of you know that Lori Moore and Agnes Dixon will be leaving the staff of St. John's Parish Church at the end of July.  

Agnes has accepted a full time teaching position at Mason Prep School, and will remain as a worshipping member of St. John's Parish Church. We are grateful for her service to our youngest members as Children's Ministry Coordinator since June 2023.  

Lori came on staff April 20, 2022, the same day the South Carolina Supreme Court ruling came to us. In her time here, she has helped grow the ministries of discipleship, Christian education, foreign mission, and hospitality. Lori is now entering a season of discernment and prayer for future vocational ministry. Please pray for Lori as she reenters this process.  

These two women have been a great help to our congregation throughout our transition. I appreciate them more than I could ever express.  

We will celebrate the ministry of both Agnes and Lori on July 27 after the 10am service. Please be on the lookout for ways to participate and thank them for their ministry.  

In Christ Jesus,
Fr. Jeremy+

Support the teachers and staff of Haut Gap Middle School by participating in this year's gift card drive to help them purchase supplies for the new school year. Donate $25/$50 gift cards for Amazon or Walmart and secure the receipt to the card when donating. Place them or a check with "Haut Gap" on the memo line in Sunday's offering or drop off in the office by July 27. This year we need thirty-eight $50 gift cards and twenty-two $25 gift cards.

We will give the gift cards to the teachers and staff at a breakfast on their first day back, Monday, August 4, provided by St. John's Parish Church. Please also consider showing your support by helping prepare one of the below items.

How can you help:

• Make biscuits and gravy
• Provide fresh-cut fruit
• Bake your favorite muffins

Contact Sally Frazier for more information.

The Daughters of the Holy Cross are some of our most fervent prayer warriors. Did you know they have a prayer box available for anyone to put prayer requests in? They pray for the requests put in this prayer box, regardless of how major or minor. This Sunday, feel free to drop a prayer request in the prayer box in the chapel. All requests are kept confidential.

Thank you to everyone who has already shown so much support for Townsend and Lori, as they are about to leave on a mission trip to Uganda. Please pray they will follow the Lord’s leading through the many challenges which accompany travel and mission abroad.

If you would like to contribute financially, leave a check payable to St. John’s Parish Church in the offering plate on Sunday or drop it off in the office. Or give online at: https://www.stjohnsparishchurch.com/give, and select “Restricted” for the fund. For both giving methods put “Uganda Mission: Lori and/or Townsend” on the memo line. 

This Sunday, we will have Sunday worship services at 8AM & 10AM at Resurrection Hall: 1811 Paulette Dr. Johns Island, SC 29455. We will continue to meet in Resurrection Hall until the end of the summer. The exact day will be announced once it has been determined.

Sign up to assist our nursery and Sunday school classes. They're loads of fun and all the materials are prepared for you ahead of time. All you need to do is show up and have fun with the kids.

Jesus calls us to mission. Jesus said, "All authority in Heaven and earth has been given to me, therefore, go and make disciples of all nations..." (Matt. 28:18-19). Whenever we obey God's call to be disciples who make disciples, we get to witness first-hand how the gospel makes a real difference in the world.

We have relationships with diocese in both Gulu, Uganda and Lima, Peru, and are about to send Lori Moore and Townsend Younce on a mission trip to Uganda with Christ Church Anglican of Kansas City from July 9-23. Please keep them in your prayers leading up to and during their trip that they may follow the Lord's leading and participate in the building of His kingdom in Uganda.

The flowers were given to the glory of God
and in loving memory of Jerry Harris
by Martha Harris.
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If you would like to dedicate Altar Flowers in 2025 in honor or remembrance of a loved one, please contact Sally at sdixon@stjohnsparish.net.

Dear Heavenly Father,

Together we are united with the saints of the household of God; built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ himself being the cornerstone. In Christ alone our church is being joined together, and is growing into a holy temple of the Lord by the Spirit. By Your wisdom may we discern what You want us to build; Through Jesus Christ our Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit,

Amen.

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