Beginning this Sunday (1/21) Fr. Jeremy will begin a Sunday morning class on use of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer. The class begins at 9am and will finish by 9:45 for four weeks (excluding 1/28 Annual Meeting).  The class will meet in the Atrium of Haut Gap Middle School.  We will focus on the history, daily use, Sunday use, and foundational functions of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer.  You may bring your own copy of the BCP or some will be provided to use. 

On  January 28, 2024 service will begin earlier at 9AM and be immediately followed by our Annual Meeting. We have five positions to elect for vestry this year.  We also need to elect four delegates for the 2024 Diocesan Convention.

Please prayerfully consider who the Lord is calling to be on Vestry.

Join us for a special presentation during our Sunday service from the teams who recently went to Uganda and Peru. Before and after the service, the members of both teams will have tables set up in the Connections Corridor. This is a great opportunity to personally talk to them about their trips and learn ways you can engage in global mission.

Haut Gap

• Help stock teacher rewards store 

Click Here for a PDF with donation suggestions. We plan to take items to the teachers on the last Tuesday of each month. 

• Help a family who lost everything to a fire over Christmas break

The family is asking for Clothing: uniforms, socks, and t-shirts for mom (Size 8/10 Juniors or Large in Pants and Shirts {Work attire/regular clothes}) and the two boys 11 years old (Size 16/18 Pants and Shirts {uniforms/regular clothes}) and 6 years old (Size 6/7 Pants and Shirts {regular clothes}).

• Tutor a student in Math or English

For more information or to sign up for one of these local missions contact Lori.

Each semester, St John's Parish Church has the honor of providing a dinner for The Citadel Cadets at St Alban's Chapel. This is part of our domestic missionary outreach.

We are looking for volunteers to help provide food and for servers on February 5. Click the link below for more infomation and to sign up.

Mens’ Group

Feb. 15 - Mar. 21
Thursdays at 7:30 PM

Womens’ Group

April 11 - May 16
Thursdays at 7:30 PM

The Library
Resurrection Hall
1811 Paulette Drive
Johns Island, SC 29455

For more information, contact Lori.

Join us for live music, chili, hot dogs, desserts, Christian fellowship and Richard Baldwin's oysters.
Your generous donations fund Uganda Clergy Children's Scholarships.

Click here for a PDF with more info on the Uganda Clergy Children's Scholarships.

At the Hocutts' - 2490 Hunting Rd Johns Island, SC 29455

If you indicated you would like 2024 Offering Envelopes, they will be available for pickup on Sunday in the Connection Corridor at Haut Gap or at Resurrection Hall. Please pick them up at your earliest convenience. 

If you don't see a box with your name and would like giving envelopes, please contact Sally Dixon.

If you have left over envelopes from 2023, please dispose of them and do not use them for 2024 giving.

The Ministry of Hospitality

Did you know that, according to Barna Research, 40% of visitors make up their mind about a church before they see the pastor, and within their first two minutes of a service they have already formed an opinion about whether the congregation is friendly?

Gracious hospitality is the heart of what it means to welcome people. Whether serving as a greeter who smiles and says good morning at the door, an usher who escorts a visitor to the right place, or a server of coffee and pastries, our first interactions will show people that the world is a more hospitable place because of Jesus.

The Hospitality team is in need of volunteers to help on Sunday mornings. Click the button below to sign up.

The flowers were given to the glory of God.

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If you would like to dedicate Altar Flowers in 2024 in honor or remembrance of a loved one, please contact Sally at sdixon@stjohnsparish.net.

We need three adult or young adult volunteers to serve our nursery and preschool children each Sunday. Would you consider signing up to help a couple of Sundays so we can continue to pour into the next generation?

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.