News > 2010 Parish Life Notes > 10.06.27 Parish Life

Summer Day Camp - Important Notice

The registration deadline for St. John’s Summer Camp has been changed from July 4, 2010 to June 29, 2010. If your child is planning on attending, Jennifer Martin or Lisa Nikkel must be informed today. Registration forms are available in the Trendell Lounge after the service.

Summer Service Times

Please note service times change on Jul 4 (through to Sep 5) to our summer schedule. Service times will be at 8:00 am, 10:00 am and 6:30 pm.

St. John’s Family BBQ

Reminder that everyone is invited to a BBQ after the 10:00 am service on Jul 11. This should be a great time of fellowship and fun. See you there!

Legal Update

Last week, Geoff Cowper, our counsel from Fasken Martineau, came after the 11:00 am service to update us on the appeal of our court case. The hearing is scheduled for 4 days starting Sep 13 before a panel of three judges of the BC Court of Appeal. We will not know who the judges will be until very close to that date. The hearing will be public and we are welcome to attend. Typically the court renders judgment about 60 days after the hearing, though this can vary.
Please continue to pray for our faithful legal team, and in particular, Geoff Cowper and Stanley Martin, as they prepare. They have been a gift from God and continue to be diligent in their preparation and work on our behalf.
We are thankful to God for the giving to date to our Legal Fund. There is approximately $70,000 still needed for us to meet all our anticipated commitments this year. Please prayerfully consider your participation in this; our Trustees’ constantly pray for our unity, humility and submission to God’s will in all this.

Support for Men

Do you struggle with pornography or related issues? Have you tried to overcome this and asked God to help you, but, to your dismay, you keep falling back into it? You don’t need to struggle alone. Two men who have been there are willing to hear your story and walk with you towards hope and freedom. You can contact us by emailing supportformen@sjvan.org. All inquiries will be treated with utmost confidentiality.

Prayer time for the Youth Group

Every Sunday in June, between the services, parents, and others with a heart to pray for the youth of this parish, are meeting in room 200 between services (around 10:30 to 10:55) to pray for the youth and youth ministry.  Feel free to join us.

Thank You

Thank you to those who organized the “70 Up Club and Ladies in Waiting” Lunch. $4,900 was raised for the Banqueting Table, which needs to build a new kitchen. This was a lovely event. If you would still like to donate, please contact the Banqueting Table at 604.904.6944.

Service Time Change

Please note service times change on Jul 4 (through to Sep 5) to our summer schedule. Service times will be at 8:00 am, 10:00 am and 6:30 pm.

Pray for Youth Houseboat Trip

Please keep our graduating youth in your prayers this week as they are away on a houseboat trip. They will be gone from Wednesday to Saturday. Pray that God will teach them as they rest and enjoy fellowship with one another.

Parish Family News

Condolences
Please keep Dan and Cathryn Gifford in your prayers, as well as Dan’s brother, David and sister, Margaret. Dan’s beloved Uncle Bill Gifford was killed in a car crash on Jun 19 in California. His funeral will be held in early July.

Please keep Del and Betty Feller and family in your prayers. Del’s brother Levi died suddenly in his sleep last week. His funeral was held in Richmond this past Thursday.

Please keep Christine and Elmar, Sarah, Andrew, and Emily Klukas in your prayers. Christine’s beloved father, Teodulo Ong, went to be with the Lord Jesus on Jun 22 after a long battle with cancer. Also pray for Christine’s mother, Celia Aurora Tan Ong, and her brothers, Theodore, Christopher, and Herb, and their families. His funeral will be held on Fri, Jul 2 at 10:30 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 3900 Arthur in Ladner.

Community News

A Big Thank You From Living Waters
The Living Waters Book Sale held last Saturday at 10th Avenue Alliance Church was a success. It would not have been so without the significant help this church family gave. To everyone who gave books, helped sort and sell the books, or came out and bought books, we want to say how much we appreciate your support. You are helping to make a difference in the lives of many Christians in need of relational healing.

RATANAK - Monthly Prayer Meeting
DATE: Wednesday, July 7th (first Wed of each month)
TIME: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
LOCATION: Ratanak Vancouver Office
698 East 64th Avenue, Vancouver (At the corner of East 64th and Fraser Street, above the Tandoori King Restaurant)
MEETING DETAILS: Join us as we gather together to learn and pray about Cambodia and the work the Ratanak Foundation is doing there.

Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His love endures forever.

Today marks the 26th Sunday of the year; we are half way through the year and have mounting expectations of lazy summer days. Although the weather has not felt much like summer, there are indicators that summer is upon us here. Kids are out of school, teachers are ready for a good rest, and rumours of going to the cabin or on a vacation are about. Next week, July 4, we start our summer services, which means that the morning services change to 8 am for Holy Communion every Sunday throughout the summer and 10 am for Holy Communion on July 4 and 18 and Morning Prayer on July 11 and 25. Sunday school will continue through July. For the month of August and September 5, we will have 10 am Family services (with Communion on August 15 and September 5). God gives us summer and lazier days to rest and relax and enjoy what he has given us. It is an opportunity to reflect on how God is good in all seasons of the year and of life and to rest in the knowledge that his love endures forever.

As Dan announced a couple of weeks ago, our beloved Edie Rittinger will be taking the summer off and returning to us in mid September. Edie’s break has provided an opportunity for Rev. James Wagner to help St. John’s in the area of pastoral care, as well as in some preaching and service-leading. James served as assistant minister at St. Matthew’s, Abbotsford and planted Holy Cross Anglican Church, Abbotsford. In the past year, his family has relocated to Ladner and he has spent the year focussed on settling his family and helping out at St. Andrew’s ANiC Project in Ladner. James is an experienced, wise minister with a great passion and gift for pastoral care. Please welcome him during the summer.

In Christ,
Joanne Lawrie