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.

Worship with St. John’s

Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Art by Scott Gustafson.

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.

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

Art by Rose Teyuthahukwa Malanik

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

Bishop and Server, fellow Brown alums!
A newly received Episcopalian with Chaplain Luis Garcia and The Rev. Shane Gormley
After 2 baptisms, 2 confirmations, 7 receptions, and 1 renewal of baptismal vows all received prayers, gifts, certificates and congratulations!