Many Upcoming Events At St. John's Church!

SPRING RUMMAGE SALE

Thursday, May 9
& Friday May 10

9:00 am to 3:30 pm

All proceeds benefit this historic church

• Clothing
• Dishes
• Small Furniture
• Household Items
• Much more
• Hot Dogs for Lunch
• Soft Drinks

CHURCH OPEN TO PUBLIC

Part of the New York State Sacred Sites Tours

Saturday, May 18 & Sunday, May 19

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

This is an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of this historic colonial church expanded by Edward Tuckerman Potter.  Many of Yonkers Historic Families are memorialized in the beautiful windows and monumental plaques of this church.  The Cobb memorial baptismal font is particularly notable as are the high altar windows.

MANOR AND CHURCH TOURS

Philipse Manor Hall and St. John's Church Collaboration

Saturday, June 8

11:00 am to 4:00 pm

There will be tours of the church, of Philipse Manor Hall, and of the walk between the two sites.  Tours may start at the Hall or at the Church.  You will learn about Yonkers past beginning with the founding of the Van der Donck Saw Mill in 1649, the Revolutionary War Hospital, the commercial prosperity of late 1800's, to the present day. 

Holy Week Schedule

We invite everyone to come to our Holy Week Services.  If you would like a schedule of services you can download it is available by clicking here.

Palm Sunday, March 24
8:00 & 10:00 AM Liturgy of the Palms and Eucharist.

Maundy Thursday, March 28
5:30 PM Preparation for the Agape
6:45 PM Agape (Please RSVP if possible)
7:30 PM Holy Eucharist with the "Mandatum"

Good Friday, March 29
12:00 Noon  Liturgy of the Cross and Meditations.
This service ends around 3:00 PM

7:00 PM Liturgy of the Cross

Saturday in Holy Week, March 30
10:00 AM  Liturgy of the Word
10:30 AM  Preparing the Church for Easter
05:30 PM  Carpooling to the Easter Vigil at St. John the Divine

Easter Sunday
8:00 & 10:00 AM  Easter Day Eucharist
11:30 Egg Hung

Irma Crew is 98 Years Old

On Father John's last visit to Irma it was the day after her 98th Birthday.  She wanted Father John to say "Hello" to everyone, but he offered to make a video instead.  Guess who said "Yes!"  We also want to wish Cecelia Ziegler who also recently turned 98!

The February Newsletter: Lent Begins

Please Read the February Newsletter.  This is one of the important ways we all stay connected to our mission here at St. John's.  There you will find the parish calendar, the schedules for readers and Eucharistic Ministers, and Last but by no means least, a description of our Lenten Programs for this year.  If you would like to contribute articles for the next Newsletter which will be published in March, please contact Father John.  The next deadline for submissions is Monday, March 4.  Blessings ~ Father John

Bishop Dietsche makes mention of Yonkers in his Installation Sermon

He asked us to put a candle in the window.   Well, it may be we took him literally.  Here is a short youtube video commentary Father John made on the Installation and it's sermon.

Recipe for Joy!

So, lots going on!

The moon off the belltower

The January Newsletter has been published and you can see it here.  Inside there is some interesting insights about New Year's Resolutions drawn from the recent best seller "The Power of Habit" by journalist Charles Duhigg.  You can also see the latest weekly announcements here.

A Recipe Book is in the cooking and if you would like to share recipes you will need to get them to Trudy Byrns ASAP.  Byrns39@aol.com.  There is going to be some good stuff in that book.  If you doubt me just think back to our last Pot-luck!

Pretty soon there will be some major Bible reading, Song singing and praying taking place in the Guild Room.  We are going to have an evening to share ideas how to give our children a spiritual life under the shelter of our own roofs!  Come join us on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 7PM.  We will all be going home promplty at 8PM so as not to stay up too much past bedtime.

Do you get the (nearly) weekly announcements from St. John/s?  They go out each week to your email address.  You can sign up to get them on this webpage... see the link to the right.

God bless us all as we journey with Christ further into 2013.

BTW...Father John is still waiting to hear an answer to the question he asked in the Newsletter.

May the Blessings of Christ Fill You with Joy!