Sunday Morning
Services
10:30 am
 Healing
Touch. The theme of healing within the
United Church and throughout the Christian community at large has
taken on significance in recent years. At St. John’s, the Healing
Touch Group has been one way in which the Church has responded to
the need for healing, both individually and collectively.
The members of the St. John’s Healing Touch
Group are Susan Allen, Paul Healy, Ilga Leja, and
Bonnie Murray.
Intergenerational Knitting Group. Over the years many members of St. John’s have knitted scarves, mittens, socks and other articles for church sales and community projects. The time and creative energy that have gone into these gifts for the church and wider community have been greatly appreciated. Until recently the ‘Mitten Tree”, which is sponsored by the Social Action Committee every Christmas season, has been the most visible knitting project supported by the congregation. Last fall, a group of knitters at St. John’s formed the St. John’s  Intergenerational
Knitting Group to support a knitting community at our church
by working on group projects together, sharing knitting skills,
and reflecting on how our projects are part of the ministry of our
church. We hope people of different ages, genders and knitting abilities
will join us. Current projects we are working on include
knitting prayer shawls for the ministry of the Pastoral Care Team
who take the shawls to people who are shut-ins, in the hospital
or receiving medical care. This is an ongoing project as
shawls will be given out by the pastoral care team throughout the
year. Another project is knitting scarves for youth at Phoenix
House for the Christmas season. We are also knitting
squares for an afghan for Bryony House which is a long
term project. Again, this year the Social Action Committee will
have the ‘Mitten Tree’. Beginner knitters are welcome – instruction is provided. A pattern for the prayer shawls is available: click here. There is also some yarn available at the church for the project. Knitters are welcome to come to our knitting meetings or to knit independently at home. Donations of yarn are welcome. St. John's Book Club.  We meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm, in the chapel. New members always welcome! United Church Women. The Women's Association and the Women's Missionary Society joined together to form the United Church Women in 1962. At the present time St.John's UCW has two units, The Gilchrist Unit and The Mary Todd Unit, who meet in members homes once or twice a month. Five times a year some of the members meet in the Ladies Parlour at the Church for a devotional time and business meeting followed by refreshments and social time. Our UCW used to hold two fund raising projects each year but due to the increasing years of our members we now limit our services to serving refreshments as receptions following funerals held in the church. We also help out at any fund raising projects the St. John's Church hold. Donations are made to the General funds of the church and to the Mission and Service fund. We also save Sobey's tapes and the money realized is split between local organizations such as:- St. Andrews dinners, Camp Kidston, Phoenix House, Marquerite House, Adsum House, and replacing items for the kitchen .We also collect items for the Prison ministries and the Fellowship of the Least Coin. Our members take an active part in the life of St.John's as members of Session, Board of Trustees,Committee of Stewards, Membership Committee, Senior Choir, Bell Choir and Official Board. Members are also very active in the Community. So far as we know at this time St. John's UCW is the oldest Women's Group in Halifax Presbyterial. THE PURPOSE OF THE UNITED CHURCH WOMEN is to unite the women of the
congregation for the total Mission of the Church and to provide a
medium through which they can express their loyalty and devotion
to Jesus Christ in Christian Witness, Study, Fellowship and Service.  Women's Spirituality Circle. We offer a place for women to explore the different ways faith and spirituality are expressed in our lives. We take turns leading our meetings. At different times we've explored prayer, talked about women in the Bible, learned about healing touch and discussed various books and films. We have a 1- or 2-day annual retreat in the quiet time of January or February and a wonderful pot-luck dinner party in June. We meet the 2nd Monday in each month. New participants are always welcome - please join us! For more information, e-mail Martha Martin at marthamartin@eastlink.ca |
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