
St. John’s Composts!
See the poster below and inform yourself on what goes in the green compost bucket!
We use Wastenot Compost. Check out how you might use their services.
We also collect natural corks – the carbon cost of recycling was too much, but we can compost them!

Holy Week and Easter at St. John’s

Children’s Holy Week Wednesday, April 5
6:00 p.m. Interactive worship; Supper included. If you have not yet RSVP’d please text Kara at 773.960.1889.
Maundy Thursday April 6
Download the bulletin for Thursday, April 6, 2023
7:30 p.m. A beloved service with foot washing, the stripping of the altar, and the watch in the Garden
Join via Zoom. Meeting ID: 865 4187 9057 Passcode: HolyWeek or watch via Facebook live
Good Friday April 7
12:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross
Gather in the garden, walk in the neighborhood is about 2 hours (not online)
7:30 p.m. Good Friday choral service with the adoration of the cross
Download the bulletin for Friday, April 7, 2023
Join via Zoom. Meeting ID: 865 4187 9057 Passcode: HolyWeek or watch via Facebook live
Easter Vigil April 8
8:00 p.m. RSVP to carpool to St. James Cathedral by texting Kara at 773.960.1889.
NEW! THREE SERVICES ON EASTER SUNDAY!
Easter Sunday April 9
8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m.
Download the bulletin for Sunday, April 9.
Peanut-free Easter Egg Hunt in the garden following the 9:30 service! Please bring an empty basket.
Join via the usual Sunday Zoom link. Meeting ID: 882 2966 1337 Password: 3857 By phone: call 312.626.6799. Enter the Meeting ID and #. Enter the Password and #. OR Watch on Facebook live on our public page.
St. John’s Concert Series
Missed the concert? You can listen to a recording here. Music begins at the seven-minute mark.

Chicago Recorder Trio
Sunday, March 12 at 3:00 p.m
Featuring Lisette Kielson, Mirja Lorenz, and Patrick O’Malley
Free and open to the public. Join us in person or watch via Zoom (Meeting ID: 878 8575 2024 Passcode: 3857) or Facebook Live.
Worship with St. John’s
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Ash Wednesday Worship at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Download the bulletin for 5:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday.
Download the bulletin for 7:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday.
For In Person Worship Masks are optional. Childcare provided at both services.
For Online Worship Join with the Zoom link. Meeting ID: 812 9424 2540 Password: Ashes By phone: call 312.626.6799. Enter the Meeting ID and #. Enter the Password and #. OR Watch on Facebook live on our public page.
Mardi Gras is February 18!

Reckoning and Reconciliation with our Indigenous Neighbors
A reading list
Recommended reading and resources for parish study groups and book clubs from the Peace & Justice Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
The Red Nation: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth (2021)
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous leaders, Dreamers and Changemakers from the Past and Present by Adrienne Keene (2021)
Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance (2nd edition) by Edgar Villanueva (2021)
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 (Study Guide available)
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2014)
The Four Vision Quests of Jesus by Steven Charleston (2015)
Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder by Kent Nerburn
The Night Watchman a novel by Louise Erdrich (2020)
Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder North America by Micahel Johnson Witgen
Videos available from “Indigenous Ministries” on The Episcopal Church website: 1. “Native Voices: Speaking to the Church and the World” (37 min.) 2.“Doctrine of Discovery” (14 min.) 3. “Native Voices: A Response to the Episcopal Church’s History with Indian Boarding Schools” (1 hr. 33 min.)
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Article from Sojourners: “Will Christians atone for church boarding schools?”
Bexley-Seabury Course by Mary Crist:
Report calls church to address harms of white supremacy, colonial and imperial legacies; create $2 million healing coalition by David Paulsen
Bishop Visitation!
The Feast of the Baptism of our Lord
Sunday, January 8



