St. John’s Daily
April 10, 2020

 

Please join St. John’s in the Mountains and Stowe Community for a service of the Last Seven Words of Christ today at 12n. This one hour service will include reflections from clergy and lay leaders from both faith communities and beyond.

Please enter the service in silence and do not “unmute” yourself, yet making sure your volume is on.

I look forward to having you with us.

Fr. Rick Swanson
Rector, St. John’s in the Mountains Episcopal Church

Good Friday Community Service 12 noon

Join Zoom Meeting on your computer:

 

https://zoom.us/j/6166139067?pwd=cmM4bFRwS0JCeUcxOUM3N1VIVy9kdz09

 

Meeting ID: 616 613 9067

Password: StJohnsVT

 

Join Zoom meeting on your mobile phone:

929-205-6099

Meeting ID: 616 613 9067

Password: 007528

 

Join Zoom meeting on your home phone:

929-205-6099

Meeting ID: 616 613 9067

Password: 007528

 

Zoom Step-by-Step Instructions

Zoom is a “web-based” program that is fairly simple to use for video-conferences. You do not need to have Zoom downloaded on your computer – no software required.

We invite you to log in at 9:00 am. Morning Prayer will begin at 10:00am.

Directions if you are on a computer
(If you want to join by phone, please see instructions below.)

Please follow these steps to help you log on and join in worship on your home computer (desktop, laptop, IPad).

1. Press the link (blue letters) where it reads “Join Zoom Meeting”

2. You will see a new webpage open on your computer. Do not worry, this is normal.

3. You will see a smaller box appear on your screen that reads, “Join with computer Audio”. Press that button. If you have a webcam, there will also be a prompt that reads, “Join with computer video.” If you want to be present via video, then press that button.

4. You should then see yourself and others in small picture frames. This is where you need to be.

If this process is not clear, or as happens on some computer systems, the process described above is not what you are experiencing, please call one of the folks below for assistance.

Nat Kinney 802-730-7574
Roger Nicholls 603-236-1120
Fr. Rick 802-760-7787
Zarina 802-535-7117

Next steps once you are in the video “Church” to help everyone focus and engage in our worship.

1. Once you are in the “room” say hello. Once people have greeted you, please press the “Mute” button on the bottom, left hand corner of the screen. Please leave the mute button on until Fr. Rick asks you to turn it off. Don’t worry, he will!

2. The bulletin for the service will also be seen on your screen once the service begins. It is designed in our traditional manner – all bold-faced text is for everyone to say together.

3. We will not be singing or have music.

4. If you wish to speak during the announcement time, please raise your hand and Fr. Rick will invite you to speak.

5. There is no capability to share the bulletin with individuals on the telephone. You will know some of the prayers and responses, so please join in as you are able.

If you have a camera, you can turn it on so the group can see you, but you can also keep it off. Please respect each person’s choice.

LITURGICAL MINISTRY SCHEDULE

To Be Announced

 

Greeter
Ushers
Lectors
Inter/L.E. Min.
Acolyte
Organist
Altar Guild
Flower Guild
Counters
Coffee Hour
Copley Woodlands Rides

 

 

Greeter
Ushers
Lectors
Inter/L.E. Min.
Acolyte
Organist
Altar Guild
Flower Guild
Counters
Coffee Hour
Copley Woodlands Rides

 

 

Greeter
Ushers
Lectors
Inter/L.E. Min.
Acolyte
Organist
Altar Guild
Flower Guild
Counters
Coffee Hour
Copley Woodlands Rides

 

 

Greeter
Ushers
Lectors
Inter/L.E. Min.
Acolyte
Organist
Altar Guild
Flower Guild
Counters
Coffee Hour
Copley Woodlands Rides

 

 

Greeter
Ushers
Lectors
Inter/L.E. Min.
Acolyte
Organist
Altar Guild
Flower Guild
Counters
Coffee Hour
Copley Woodlands Rides

 

Please see the List below if you find that you are in need of a replacement for your scheduled time. When you find a replacement, please contact Sally in the office with the information as soon as possible. Thank you for any assistance you are able to provide with the liturgical scheduling.

Greeters/Ushers	Lectors	Intercessors/Eucharistic Ministers
Barbara Baraw	Barbara Baraw	Barbara Baraw
Bernice Binginot	Hal Morrow	Sandy Duncan
Susu & Gordie Brown	Bernice Binginot	Susu Brown
Leslie Lindig	Jan Tichansky	Rich Reed (Intercessor. Only)
Fred Harries	Deb Clark	Bidi Wheelwright
Tim Heath-Swanson
Pete Johnson	Pete Johnson
Jean O’Rourke	Bidi Wheelwright
Nancy Collins	Rich Reed
Emily Bland	Susu Brown
Joyce Manning	Rick Oden (2nd)
Ethel Merwin	Jean O’Rourke (2nd)
Patty Oden	Belle Sanders
Bidi Wheelwright
Bill Robinson
Crucifer/Acolyte	Torchbearer	Flowers
Jan Tichansky	Nathaniel Wells	Ethel Merwin	Deb Clark
Tom Younkman	Griffin Johnson	Maggie Morrow
Rachael Wells	Ewan Davies	Jean O’Rourke	Jill Witten
Tom Younkman		Berta Pykosz
Nathaniel Wells

 

Altar Guild	Counters (2)	Sunday School
Barbara Baraw	Maria Davies	Maria Davies
	Jean O’Rourke	Pete Johnson
Susu Brown	Barbara Baraw
Joyce Manning	David Hobart	Maryellen Sullivan
Patty Oden	Ethel Merwin	Audrey Coty (on req’d days)
	Sandy Duncan	Ethel Merwin
Bernice Binginot	Joan O’Keefe	Emily Bland
	Barbara Cunningham	Jennifer Mauro
	Bill Robinson	Lesley Hobart
	Mark Vandenberg	Mark Vandenberg
Nursery Care
Carole Younkman

For immediate release to the St. John’s on the Mountains Congregation – an important update!

After an emergency meeting of the Vestry held last Wednesday on March 11, (all meetings by Zoom) and a work session held on Friday, March 13, we had an emergency meeting at 6 PM on March 17, 2020, that was attended by the full Vestry, our Priest, our Theologian in Residence, our treasurer and assistant treasurer, three members of Outreach, one additional member of the Congregation and a guest, Greg Stefanski, from Capstone Community Action.

The upshot of all of the meetings was the conclusion that, consistent with the St. John’s in the Mountains Mission, that we should make every effort to help mitigate the income loss that many in our Lamoille Communities are suffering because of the current health crisis. In that effort:

1. We approved a working relationship with Capstone Community Action (CCA) and approved a $20,000 grant from the Ann Orlov Outreach Endowment Fund to establish a “Community Fund to Mitigate Income Loss due to the Coronavirus in Lamoille County” for income reimbursement due to the current health crisis
2. CCA will evaluate all applications and pursue appropriate background research to determine assistance needed to cover household costs (utilities, food, etc.) and determine loss of employment and reason for loss for the basis of Community Fund grants.
3. All sources of assistance (need-specific, federal and state funds, unemployment funds, etc.) will be used before Community Fund monies would be allocated.
4. CCA will reach out to other community partners (faith-based and secular) and individuals to invite them to contribute to the fund with the understanding that our gift is the seed monies of the fund.

Your Vestry: Dick Kraemer Sr. Warden, Bill Robinson People’s Warden, Members, Courtney Olmsted, Maria Davies, Jerry Wood and our Priest, Father Rick Swanson