St. John's Ephrata

The Lord's Prayer is in English and Spanish in our bulletins. During the service, it's first read in Spanish (thank you, Miguel) and then in English. We also have some Books of Common Prayer with Spanish on one page and English on the opposite. Please join us for worship at 10 a.m. every Sunday. There are always refreshments after church too!

Our Senior Warden now has an official gavel! Call this meeting of the Bishop’s Committee to order!

Deacon James read "When You Have Love" as part of his sermon last Sunday. Although it's classified as a children's book, it has a message for all, regardless of age. ❤
"A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
John 13:34

There are opportunities for kids of all ages to participate in the service. They are a blessing to our church community.

Preparing for Holy Communion. All are welcome at the Lord's Table at St. John's. 🙏 Services begin at 10 a.m. Please join us. There are always refreshments after the service too.

FALL GATHERING is via ZOOM this year--Oct. 12.

Every fall we gather in our regions to share in formation and fellowship, learning and sharing. The time for this is always within 30 days of convention. It has never however, been the Saturday before, until now. But don’t panic! We will not be asking you to drive for a 5 hour meeting the week before convention, instead, we have a great opportunity to gather by zoom on October 12, from 10am- noon, to learn from Canon Stephanie Spellers (Canon to the Presiding Bishop) about engaging in deep listening and conversation. The program “From Many, One: Conversations across Difference is a program designed to help us learn how to engage our family, friends, and neighbors in meaningful ways that creates hospitable, respectful and generous space for story sharing. We will not gather in person this fall for gathering day, instead this zoom will be our gathering day. All are invited to join in this important learning. “Speak Lord, we are listening” – come learn another way to listen and love our neighbors on October 12, 10 am – noon.

For more info follow the link: https://www.spokanediocese.org/digital_faith/events/3189372 .tab=0

Thank you, Lord.

No service this evening—have a safe and happy Fourth of July!

***Our next Presiding Bishop***

Bishop Sean has been elected our next Presiding Bishop!

There will be no evening service tonight. See you Sunday at 10!

Aaron and Joe are walking in the Sage-N-Sun Parade in downtown Ephrata today! Starts at 11am along Basin Street. Come on down!

St. John's booth is LEFT of the stage. Stop by to race a duck and say hi!

St. John's Sage n Sun booth will be near the stage, to the right. Please stop by to see the duck races and say hi!

St. John's will have a banner in the 11 a.m. parade and a booth with duck races and "Welcome to St. John's" pamphlets (English and Spanish). If you'd like to walk in the parade, please meet with the group at 10 a.m. by the high school. The booth will be open from noon - 6 p.m. Please join us at the booth to say hi to visitors and watch the DUCK RACES!

Ephrata High School’s Baccalaureate Service is this evening (Tuesday May 28th) at 7pm in the Performing Arts Center. Join us in a time of interdenominational prayer and worship as we send the class of 2024 off with love!

There will be no Evening service tonight. See you Sunday at church!

We thank the The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane for these informative posts.

Diocesan Digest - May 2024 Check Out What's Happening Around The Diocese Diocesan | DIGEST Diocesan Calendar of Events   May 05/17-19 - Camp Cross: Labor of Love Work Session 05/19 - Episcopate Sunday 05/19 - Bishop's visit to

Help spread the word! This Sunday May 5th is Camp Cross Sunday in the The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane. That means: sign up for camp, apply to work or volunteer at camp, donate to camp, and/or print this flyer and post it at your church: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD6i6HZRG5N42vYoIrVlJNQA1jHhOI9F/view?usp=sharing

If you have any questions or would like to talk about Camp Cross, please be in touch with Alex Flannagan at [email protected] or 425-577-1217. Thanks!

From Mother Ashley:
Below and attached is the information that I announced at Clergy
Conference. Please send this to your lay folks who could benefit from
these training, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Save the date for Lay Trainings - May 11, 2024 (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.) at St.
Martin's in Moses Lake

These trainings will be for lay people who want to be trained as
Eucharistic Ministers, Eucharistic Visitors, and/or Worship Leaders.
Please see the below flyer for more information.

Prior to this training, attendees must complete online Safe Church, Safe
Communities (formally known as Safeguarding God's Children/People)
training. This is completed online and takes approximately 3 hours to
complete. Please bring a printed transcript of your completed training.
For information on how to complete this training, please visit the
diocesan website:
https://spokanediocese.org/Resources/about-safe-church.html .tab=0
[1]

For questions regarding Safe Church, Safe Communities training, please
email The Reverend Canon Susan Cleveley at [email protected].

To register for for the Lay Trainings on May 11, please register using
the following link: https://forms.gle/ZvVn6EECAhUuWuvG9 [2]

If you have any questions, please email The Reverend Ashley Mather at
[email protected].

In God's Love,

Ashley+

May the 4th be with you!

Due to technical difficulties and a schedule conflict, our evening prayer is cancelled this week. See you Sunday!

**Excerpt from St. Patrick's Breastplate Prayer**
Deacon James brought this for Fr. Jerome to use during the April 21 service. Thank you, Deacon and Father.
(Image from etsy.com)