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Please keep the following people in your prayers this week:
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St. John’s News and Upcoming Events
February 7, 2010
† 8:30 am TODAY there will is a General Congregation Meeting regarding the finances of St. John’s.
† 10:00 am TODAY is Father Phil’s last day here at St. John’s Parish. One service only. Stay for a reception in honor of Father Phil and Vicki.
† Feb. 15 the Church Office will be closed in observance of Presidents Day.
† Ash Wednesday Services (Imposition of Ashes and Eucharist) will be on February 17 at 12 noon and 7:00 p.m. This time of humble repentance is a very spiritual experience and the appropriate start for the forty days of Lent.
† First Communion Classes: Each Lent St. John’s offers five classes that give children, ages 6 (reading age) to 10, an understanding of Eucharist. Some of the children have not yet taken communion; others already do. All can benefit from the classes. They are then presented for “first” communion at the Easter service. If anyone wants to have a child take the class this year, the office needs to know ASAP. Classes would begin Feb. 21. Please call the church office 786-6911.
† Lenten Soup and Study Series starts Feb. 18. See insert for details. Sign up ASAP if you want a book ordered for you.
† Congregational Leadership Conference Feb. 20, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm here at St. John’s. See insert for details. Anyone interested may attend.
† Clergy Conference Feb. 22-24. Clergy will be at Diocesan Confernece. Please call the church office for pastoral needs; clergy will then be contacted.
† Feeding at the Gathering Inn. St. John’s crew will be preparing a delicious meal for the guests of the Gathering Inn at Alliance Christian Church at 5 p.m on Feb. 24th. Anyone who would like to see first hand what it takes to be a chef for Christ is invited to come and help. Contact Pat & Joyce Paterson 780-3396.
† Men’s Retreat is scheduled for February 26-28 at Springs of the Living Waters in Chico. Fr. Christopher Seal from Emmanuel Church in Nevada City is the facilitator. This retreat promises to be an excellent Christ-filled weekend filled with humor, good food and lots of fellowship. The cost is $180 for a single room, $135 for a double. A very limited amount of scholarship money is available. If you need scholarship money contact Russ Sherman or Pat Paterson.
† Cursillo weekend is coming up in mid-March 2010. This a jam packed weekend of listening, learning, and loving, along with a small amount of participation (if you want)...and it’s all about Jesus! Please talk to Debi Hart or Paul Frazee about attending Cursillo. It’s an experience you don’t want to miss.
† Young Adults (ages 18-35ish) are invited to join the Young Adult Bible Study at Trinity House 803 Figueroa St. Folsom, Ca. 5:30 to 7 pm Sunday evenings. Call 985-2495 for more info. No meeting on Feb. 7. Will resume next week.No Adult Ed TODAY due Father Phil’s Farewell.
Adult Ed resumes next week at 9:30.
Feb. 14 and 21 Adult Ed at 9:30 will be discussing Anne Rice’s novel Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. Rice has done her research well and you will learn much about the culture and history of the time period of the years in Jesus’ childhood. Join us for some fun discussions. What might Jesus’ childhood have been like? Haven’t you ever wondered?
† No Men’s Bible Study TODAY. It will resume next week.
† Needs: Anyone have a relatively small (like 19” or so) TV set with DVD capability that could be loaned or given to the church? It will only be used to play DVDs. Please call Pat Cannariato if you can supply this.
† West Park Book Club meets monthly. If a book intrigues you, read it and then join us for the discussion.
March 4, 6:30 p.m. at the home of Joyce Paterson. We will discuss The Alchemist by Paul Coelho. This is a simple fable based on timeless truths in a highly unique situation.
Santiago, a shepherd boy, dreams of seeing the world. Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers. The story has comic charm and dramatic tension as well as specific wisdom about becoming self-empowered and believing in dreams.
† Don’t know what’s going on? The February Newsletter is online. Go to www.stjohnsroseville.org. Don’t have access to the internet? You can pick one up at church or call the church office and we will mail you a copy.
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Please keep the following people in your prayers this week:
Louise (chemo), Dick (heart), Caleb (infant with digestive problems), Ruby and Milton (serious car accident), Irene (breathing difficulty), Marcia (diverticulitis), Jim (kidney stones), Jim (numerous health problems), Vera (brain tumor), Julie, Norm’s mother, Jim, Judy (brain disease), Mary Ann (heart problems), Patty (kidney), Dierdre (spinal cord injury), Germon (continued healing from multiple injuries), Isaiah (newborn with serious health problems), Polly, Michael (liver disease), Liz (severe rheumatoid arthritis), Rickey. Bob, Jean (COPD), Ken, Isaac (continued healing), Esau and Mark—new orphans in the orphanage (malnutrition), Prossy and Shekam (proper medical treatment).
Cancer cure for: Robert (stomach), Louise, Rich (colon-stage 3), Wyatt (brain), Ted, Ben, Frances, Lori, Anne, Denise, Marsha. Bob (bone marrow), Jean, Nicki (bone), Genie, Laura (sarcoma), Linda and Kayla (leukemia), Gene (bladder), Dan, Dennis, Robert (melanoma), Janis, Stephania, Pat, Robin, Judy, Diane, Melanie, Dottie, Debbie, Cindi, Doris, (breast), Chris (throat), Tom, Don, Chris, Marvin, Polly, Teresa & Carol-Lee (colon), Vicki & Andra (ovarian), Jeanette (islet cell), John, Lynne and Rich (pancreatic), Kathy, Barbara and Steve (lung), Eric, John, Richard, Ranny, Jim, Jeff (prostate), Roberta, Tracy & Melinda (lymphoma).
The Departed:
Release from addictions: Mike, George, (smoking), Doug, Heather (alcohol).Faith for: Erin, Sandy.
Reconciliation: Forgiveness and peace in families. Devenia and Kimberly.
Strength and Grace: Kimberly, Sandy and Ted, Gwen, Lois, Leta, Mary Frances, Megan, Barbetta, Melba, Melba’s family, Lori (constant medical problems), Kim, Roberta, Steph, Jean.
Comfort and peace for: Melissa, Irene, Gwen, Marla (loss of her brother), Margaret (custody case).
For Protection: Military: Michael Murphy, Steve Nichols (Army), Sgt. Andy Rudkosky (Army), Doug Arterburn (Navy), Brianna, Nicholas, Joshua (Army), Ashley Gaitan, John (Air Force), Lee Donny Shuk, Maj. Manny Diaz, Robert Young III, Chris, Brandon & Rudy Dan, Sean (Special Forces.) Kurt (Merchant Marines). (Locations of deployment intentionally not mentioned)
Civilian: Carol-Lee, Melba, Kigezi Diocese. All the AIDS orphans in Africa.
For Provision: Amber (place to live), Doug Clark (good job with benefits), Jobs for A.P. Thomas Construction and more hours for Prince. Job in the music field for Barbetta (with benefits). Churches and schools in Kigezi Diocese. All the AIDS orphans in Africa. Haiti.
Guidance for: Rick and April
Blessings for: Shepherd’s Love and the Twinomujuni Orphanage/Roseville Preparatory School in Uganda.
Salvation: Paul & family.
Thanksgiving for:
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The Collect for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Old Testament Reading Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13]
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said: "Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: "Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out." Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me!" [And he said, "Go and say to this people:
`Keep listening, but do not comprehend;
keep looking, but do not understand.'
Make the mind of this people dull,
and stop their ears,
and shut their eyes,
so that they may not look with their eyes,
and listen with their ears,
and comprehend with their minds,
and turn and be healed."
Then I said, "How long, O Lord?" And he said:
"Until cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is utterly desolate;
until the LORD sends everyone far away,
and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land.
Even if a tenth part remain in it,
it will be burned again,
like a terebinth or an oak
whose stump remains standing
when it is felled."
The holy seed is its stump.]
Psalm 138 Confitebor tibi
1 I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart; *before the gods I will sing your praise.
2 I will bow down toward your holy templeand praise your Name, *because of your love and faithfulness;
3 For you have glorified your Name *and your word above all things.
4 When I called, you answered me; *you increased my strength within me.
5 All the kings of the earth will praise you, O LORD, *when they have heard the words of your mouth.
6 They will sing of the ways of the LORD, *that great is the glory of the LORD.
7 Though the LORD be high, he cares for the lowly; *he perceives the haughty from afar.
8 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe; *you stretch forth your hand against the fury of my enemies;your right hand shall save me.
9 The LORD will make good his purpose for me; *O LORD, your love endures for ever;do not abandon the works of your hands.
New Testament Reading 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you--unless you have come to believe in vain.
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them--though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you have come to believe.
The Gospel Luke 5:1-11
Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets." When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" For he and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people." When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
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