Sunday Worship with St. John's
Join us virtually every Sunday at 8 a.m. or 10 a.m. Link to the bulletin and music, and Zoom and Facebook viewing instructions below.
Advent – A time for light and hope
We are celebrating seven weeks of Advent, preparation for God with us, in our hearts and in our world. Join us each Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. for a short prayer, song, and the lighting of candles.
November 10, 17, 24, December 1, 8, 15 and 22
Zoom Meeting ID: 842 4739 7204 Passcode: 3857
By phone: 312.626.6799
Giving to St. John’s
Thank you for thinking about St. John’s during this difficult time. We are planning to continue to pay our employees and our bills so we appreciate all donations. There are four ways to give to St. John’s while we are quarantined.
This fun video shows all the ways you can give to St. John’s! Or read the details below:
- You can write a check and mail it to the office: 3857 N Kostner Ave. Chicago, IL 60641. The cost to you is the envelope and the stamp about $.51!
- If your bank offers on-line bill payment you can schedule a reoccurring payment. You just need the name and address of the church. If you have a pledge number please add it to the memo line. The bank will generate and send the checks to St. John’s. There is no fee for this.
- If you use Zelle or Quick Pay you can schedule a donation to St. John’s by using the email treasurer@stjohnschicago.com There is no fee for this.
- You can donate on our website. Click on the red “donate” button at the top of the screen and enter in your debit or credit card number. The fee is 3.95%. For example, if you donate $100 it will charge you $103.95.
If you have questions contact Lisa at parishoffice@stjohnschicago.com or call her at 773.725.9026. Thank you!
Thanksgiving
Thank you to our 74 Thanksgiving volunteers! 135 delicious boxed lunches with turkey sandwiches, corn salad, cranberry sauce, sweet breads, potato ships and water made (only one eaten by a squirrel), preparers and guests safely masked and distanced, 134 people served (including a few vegetarian and gluten free lunches), and all cleaned up by 2:15 p.m. (a record for the books!)
Latinx Book Group
This group met from September 2019 – June 2020 and again in the fall of 2020. Please email the Parish Office if you are interested in joining when the group reconvenes.
So far we have read these books:
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomajor
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Native Country of the Heart by Cherríe Moraga
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education edited by Jennifer De Leon
When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
Thanksgiving Prayer
Thank you God for all the gifts you have so freely bestowed upon us, for the beauty and wonder of your creation, in earth and sky and sea.
Thank you for the Indigenous peoples of this land, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa who welcomed the Ho-Chunk, Fox, Sauk, Miami, Kickapoo, and Illinois confederacy tribes and offered assistance to the first Europeans to travel here, and who are our neighbors today.
Thank you for all people who in their daily lives reveal to us the image of God, for our daily food and drink, our homes and families, and our friends.
Thank you for minds to think, and hearts to love, and hands to serve, for health and strength to work, and leisure to rest and play.
We pray for those who go without today, for the brave and courageous, who are patient in suffering and faithful in adversity.
Thank you for all valiant seekers after truth, liberty, and justice, for those who have died, in all times and places, who are alive in our memories and hearts.
Thank you God for this food, for those who labored to produce it and the hands that have prepared it. May this meal strengthen us this day, and give us hope and health in the days ahead. Amen.
Adapted from The Book of Common Prayer, page 837
Evening Bible Study
Our next Bible Study meeting is Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. Please email parishoffice@stjohnschicago.com for the Zoom link.
February-May: The Gospel of John
October – January: Romans
September 2020: Four Prophets: Joel, Amos, Obediah and Jonah
July and August 2020: The book of Exodus.
May and June 2020: Reflection on the book of Genesis, Part I and Genesis Part II
April 2020: Reflection on the book of Job.
March 2020: Reflection on the book of Esther.
February 2020: Reflection Guide for I Corinthians.
January 2020: Reflection Guide for the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
November 2019: Reflection Guide for the Gospel of Matthew
