Second Sunday After Pentecost
E-Postle
June 14, 2020

“The Parish of St. John the Apostle is called to be
*             A Spirited Community at the heart of Port Moody
*             transformed through the experience of the presence of Christ
*             and sent out to share God’s Love”

 

THIS ISSUE AT A GLANCE

• Upcoming Dates
• Stewardship: Stewardship Reflection, Community “Phone a Friend”
• Worship: National Pentecost Worship Service Video
• Parish Matters: Rector Away, Delaying Parish Opening, From the Wardens – Parish Giving, Ongoing Updates Pages, E-Postle Submissions
• Parish Ministries: Anglican Church Women (A.C.W.) Zoom Meeting, Food Bank Temporary Suspension & Ongoing Support Needed
• Community News: Pastoral Letter on Racism from the Archbishop
• Weekly Devotions: Prayer Cycle, Scripture Readings
• Important Contact Information

 

UPCOMING DATES

***Note: All gatherings below take place online via Zoom unless otherwise indicated.***
(Visit https://www.stja.ca/2020/program-updates/ for connection information)

Sunday, June 14                     8:30am & 10:00am – Sunday Morning Prayer

Meeting ID: 542 312 325
Password: 010729

Sunday, June 14                     following 8:30am and 10:00am worship – Informal Virtual “Coffee Hour”
Tuesday, June 16                    10:15am – 12:00pm – Bible Study
Tuesday, June 16                   7:00pm – 8:00pm – Prayer Group
Thursday, June 18                  7:00pm – 8:00pm – Anglican Church Women (A.C.W.) meeting
Sunday, June 21                     National Indigenous Day of Prayer
Tuesday, June 30                   7:00pm – 9:00pm – Parish Council meeting

 

STEWARDSHIP

Stewardship Reflection

From Sunday by Sunday: Reflections on Stewardship, prepared by the Ven. Dr. Michael Pollesel:

Matthew 7:21-29
The words of today’s gospel tell us plainly that, as the familiar Christmas song puts it: “Words are not enough!” The faithful steward is the one whose actions reflect the words. In other words, the faithful steward is the one who not only “talks the talk,” but who “walks the walk.”

 

Community “Phone a Friend”

Your St. John’s Stewardship Team have set up a “phone a friend” service for us all to keep from feeling a bit disconnected during these days of physical distancing. We have set up phone teams to call each week to “check in” and help relieve some of the loneliness that is inevitable in the current circumstances.

We would like to make sure no one out there is left out, so email or call Kristin (bobandkristinkuhn@gmail.com or 778-957-8987) or Natasha (freefromfear101@gmail.com or 604-961-6630) if you are not receiving a call and would like to, or if you are interested in helping to make these phone calls, and we will make sure you get hooked into the service.

We know that the caring community that is St. John’s will not leave any of its people feeling more separated than is absolutely necessary. “Distance means so little when people mean so much.”

-Your Stewardship Team

 

WORSHIP

National Pentecost Worship Service Video

On Pentecost Sunday, the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada released a special video worship service of songs and prayers in multiple languages. More than 200 members from both churches, including the Indigenous Anglican Church, took part.

View the video, as well as an interactive map of Canada showing each individual video submitted for the project at https://anglicanlutheran.ca/pentecost/. You can also read more about the making of the video at https://www.anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-lutherans-gather-online-in-multilingual-pentecost-video/

 

PARISH MATTERS

Rector Away

Vivian is taking a (virtual) spiritual retreat and some vacation time from Monday, June 8 through Monday, June 15. Please connect with Ruby or Geri at peopleswarden@stja.ca or rectorswarden@stja.ca for routine parish matters during this time.

For pastoral emergencies, to be connected to the on-call priest, please call Ruby.

We are grateful to the Rev. Michael Chin, serving as officiant, and the Rev. Anne Anchor, serving as preacher, at Zoom worship services on June 14.

 

Delaying Parish Reopening

Please see the Parish Council statement to parishioners, that outlines our discernment to not yet reopen St. John’s buildings for in-person worship on June 14 at  https://www.stja.ca/2020/5-22-20-parish-council-statement-on-re-opening.

For more details on the diocesan requirements for reopening, please see https://www.vancouver.anglican.ca/news/documents-available-phased-re-opening-for-in-person-worship

 

Financial Status up to 30th April 2020

We append below the Parish financial status for March and April for your information. We thank everyone for your continuing support for the church, as well as in our ministries to the larger community in a time when need is more keenly felt than ever.

Statement of Income and Expenses 30^th April 2020

	March Actual	March Budget	April Actual	April Budget	YTD Actual	YTD Budget
Income	$12,554	$ 19,083	$15,127	$19,083	$60,942	$76,333
Expenses	$ 18,291	$ 19,083	$3,347	$19,079	$ 67,320	$76,232
Surplus (-) Loss	$(5,737)	$ 0	$11,780	$4	$(6,378)	$101

 

FUNDS	March Actual	March Budget	April Actual	April Budget	YTD Actual	YTD Budget
General	$ 8,806	$ 15,408	10,984	15,408	$ 43,374	$61,633
Property	$1,073	$ 0	$1,473	$ 0	$ 5322	$ 0

 

Notes by Treasurer:
In February, some annual expenses such as insurance get paid, which may make it appear as though our expenses are far more than budgeted. There were also a few unbudgeted larger expenses that happened earlier this year, like snow removal. This resulted in a YTD deficit of $12,277 as of February 29^th.

March income took a dive as our last in-person worship was on 8^th March. Expenses remained close to our budgeted amounts.

April’s income improved as donations came in via PADs, cheques, and e-transfers. Expenses were reduced significantly as the Rector salary was paid for by the Diocese, as well as our Parish Assessment. These combine to a savings of $11,288, which will continue in May.

Those that share our space have also continued to contribute in these difficult and uncertain times.

Also worth mentioning is that we do not have an Administrator at the present time.

 

From the Wardens – Parish Giving

Thank you to all who have continued with your offerings via PADs and cheques. If you are interested to e-transfer your contributions directly to the church account, please contact Amalia treasurer@stja.ca or Ruby at peopleswarden@stja.ca for more details.

 

Ongoing Updates Pages

There are 2 important pages on our parish website which will be updated regularly as we have new information (links to both pages can also be found at the top of our homepage www.stja.ca):

1. Program & Worship Updates/Links – https://www.stja.ca/2020/program-updates/ – current information on programs, including Zoom meeting information and the bulletin and scripture readings for Sunday worship.
2. Updates on Covid-19 at St. John’s – https://www.stja.ca/2020/updates-re-coronavirus/ – a collection of all special correspondence from Archbishop Melissa and from our parish re: actions that St. John’s and our greater diocese are taking with the Covid-19 virus.

E-Postle Submissions

If you have submissions for the E-Postle, please email them to Kathy by Wednesday at 9:00pm at news@stja.ca.

 

PARISH MINISTRIES

Anglican Church Women (A.C.W.) Zoom Meeting

Sadly, our usual annual wind-up dinner in June has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. We have decided to have a regular business meeting on Zoom on Thursday, June 18 at 7:00pm.  The meeting will focus on our future plans for the Fall and the Fall Bazaar.

Please contact acw@stja.ca for meeting connection details.

-Ann Adair-Austin

 

Food Bank Temporary Suspension & Ongoing Support Needed

The St. John’s Food Bank is not able to operate until further notice due to the COVID19 virus and the many restrictions that are in place for the safety of all our community and beyond. The Food Bank will resume when safe to do so and will continue to rely on the generosity of our parishioners.

Since this ministry to our community is a priority for St. John’s, Parish Council has decided at our March 31 meeting to use funds that would normally have gone into purchasing food for our own Food Bank to support others who are able to continue to serve our community in this time. We will be giving $1000/month for April-June to SHARE Food Bank. Please continue to give generously to our Food Bank ministry so that in this time of great need we can continue to support this important work for the most vulnerable among us.

In the meantime, we have been informed about 2 local food programs that are currently still operating if you are interested in inquiring about other ways to help.

1. SHARE Food Bank – https://sharesociety.ca/news/share-covid-19-update
2. Club Freedom, a meal program run by CityReach Care Society, Broadway Church, and Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship – https://www.cityreach.org/clubfreedom. (To volunteer or donate food for Sun/Tues/Thurs contact Craig Savage at craigs@cityreach.org or 604-253-2700. To volunteer or donate food for Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat—contact Debbie Fell at debbiefell@shaw.ca or call 604-942-5622)

COMMUNITY NEWS

Pastoral Letter on Racism from the Archbishop

Archbishop Melissa has written a pastoral letter reflecting on Pentecost and the topic of racism which can be found at https://www.vancouver.anglican.ca/news/pastoral-message-regarding-racism.

 

WEEKLY DEVOTIONS

Prayer Cycle

The Anglican Church of Canada – the Most Rev. Linda Nicholls, Primate, and the Most Rev. Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop.

The Diocese of New Westminster – the Most Rev. Melissa Skelton, Archbishop, and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of BC and Yukon.

And this week:

• Holy Trinity Cathedral, New Westminster – The Venerable Richard Leggett,
• The Reverend Carole Neilson, The Reverend Tasha Carrothers
• Holy Trinity, Vancouver – The Reverend Karl Przywala
• Holy Trinity, White Rock – The Reverend Paul Richards
• St. Alban, Richmond – The Reverend Paula Porter Leggett
• St. Alban the Martyr, Burnaby – The Reverend Gregory Jenkins
• Our partner Diocese of Northern Philippines, Bishop Brent Alawas, and especially the people of our twin church at St. John the Evangelist Mission, Balugan;
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada – National Bishop Susan Johnson, BC Synod Bishop Greg Mohr;
• The brothers and sisters who share our worship space: The Port Moody Korean Presbyterian Church

 

Readings for June 14, 2020 – Second Sunday After Pentecost

Genesis 18:1-15; Psalm 116:1, 10-17; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:23

 

Readings for June 21, 2020 – National Indigenous Day of Prayer

Isaiah 40:25-31; Psalm 19; Philippians 4:4-9; John 1:1-18

IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION

Rector	The Rev. Vivian Lam	rector@stja.ca	604-936-7762 (church voicemail) / 604-723-5029 (cell)
Deacon	The Rev. Anne Anchor	deacon@stja.ca
Parish Office		administrator@stja.ca	604-936-7762
(Office is closed at this time, but email and voice messages will be checked Tuesday – Friday)
Rector’s Warden	Geri Grigg	rectorswarden@stja.ca
People’s Warden	Ruby Ng	peopleswarden@stja.ca
Treasurer	Amalia McGlashan	treasurer@stja.ca
Envelope Secretary	Sheila De Vaal	envelopesecretary@stja.ca
Parish Council	Kristin Kuhn, Secretary	parishcouncilsecretary@stja.ca
Altar Guild	Brenda Binns	altarguild@stja.ca
Anglican Church Women	Alma Oldenburg	ACW@stja.ca	604-788-2562
Bible Study	Lynne Milner	biblestudy@stja.ca
Building Repairs / Maintenance	Brian McGlashan, Building Coordinator	property@stja.ca
Children’s Ministry/Godly Play	Christina Anchor	children@stja.ca
E-Postle	Kathy De Vaal	news@stja.ca
Food Bank		foodbank@stja.ca
Parish Visiting Ministry	Joanne Walton/Alma Oldenburg	pastoralvisits@stja.ca
Prayer Circle	Sue Elliott	prayer@stja.ca
Prayer Shawls	Rosa Weisensel	administrator@stja.ca