This Week's AnnouncementsAnnouncements: Week of August 29, 2010Worship Notes: Through Sunday, Sept. 5, the morning Communion Service takes place at 9:00 a.m.
The Liturgy Advisory Group will meet on Wednesday, September 1st at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall to discuss liturgy (how we worship) from September 19th until Advent. All are welcome to attend. This is your chance to make your opinions known! The Thursday Bible Study will resume Thursday, September 2, in the Library from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. The Facebook Bible Study Discussion group will also continue. Labor Day Weekend: We will celebrate "Labor in the Pulpits: Putting Faith to Work for Justice" at the services on Sunday, September 5, at 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. We will use the readings for Labor Day. New to Christianity, the Episcopal Church, or St. John's? Chaplain Jeffrey Deutsch, with Pastor Teresa Danieley, will lead a 10 week course called To Travel Together this Fall, on Sunday mornings from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. This course is for people potentially interested in confirmation, baptism, or reception into the Episcopal Church, or reaffirmation of baptismal vows. The dates of To Travel Together for this fall will be October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21, 28, and December 5. Contact Jeffrey at jeffreydeutsch@charter.net or Teresa at teresa@towergrovechurch.org for more information. A Program Calendar for August, 2010 - June 2011 is now available on the Calendar of Events - it will be added to throughout the year. Prayer Requests - Please pray for fellow parishioners, their family & friends throughout the week. The Peace Meal Project continues every Saturday, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. To sign up as a volunteer, please contact Scott Splater at ssplater@yahoo.com or 314-497-1050. A full shift is from 2:00-6:30 p.m. and a half shift would be 2:00-4:30 p.m. (food prep and cook) or 4:00-6:30 (serve and clean up). Small groups: Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Are you interested in meeting once a week for food, prayer, support, discussion, and laughter? This is a great way to get to know your fellow parishioners on a deeper-than-coffee-hour level. We will be rotating between the homes of several parishioners in the neighborhood. Please contact Muffin (krowlyk@yahoo.com or 314-412-2438 for this week's location. New members are most welcome! Join us anytime. "The Heat is On!" In August & September, Isaiah 58 needs extra donations of canned goods to deal with the increased demand brought about by high unemployment. The "Give a Meal a Month" menu for August is: Tuna, Boxed Potato Mix, Corn, Pineapple, Graham Crackers or Nilla Wafer. Thank you! Notes on Give a Meal a Month: One way we can carry out the ministry of Jesus is by contributing to Isaiah 58 Ministries' food distribution program. The ministry provides a suggested shopping list each month to assist those contributing and to ensure that they have an adequate assortment of food for those in need. Contributions should be in bags labeled "Isaiah 58" and can be dropped off in the big, blue bin in the entrance of the main church at any time during the month. A member of the Service & Advocacy Working Group will deliver them to Isaiah 58 Ministries. Please remember that all fruit and vegetable suggestions are to be canned. Diocesan and Community Events:Two Events to Benefit the LGBT Center of Metro St. Louis: (1) "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - An Afternoon Garden Party *FREE Admission* Sunday Afternoon, September 12, 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the William A. Kerr Foundation Building, 21 O'Fallon Street, St. Louis, MO 63102 (A totally "green" building - very cool!) (2) SAVE THE DATE - A Concert on Saturday Evening, October 9 with The Gateway Men's Chorus, Charis, and Band Together, $20.00, at the MCC Church in Soulard. For more information, please contact Pastor Teresa at teresa@towergrovechurch.org. Got your tickets yet for Episcopal City Mission's annual dinner "Moment in Time" benefitting young people in detention? Your invitation will be in the mail soon for the dinner Sept 24 at at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 7750 Carondolet Ave, Clayton. You don't want to miss out on a dynamic speaker, Scott Larson, founder and president of Straight Ahead Ministries, a faith-based organization that works with thousands of juvenile offenders in 15 states. There will be a delicious dinner, live entertainment and an auction that features a weekend getaway, aspa package and an entertaining and elegant evening of dining cooked up by ECM's executive committee. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m. Dinner's at 7 p.m. Tickets are $125 and will be available at the ECM office, at Christ Church Cathedral, starting Aug. 11. For information or to make a reservation, call314.436.3545 or go tohttp://www.ecitymission.org/ Praying the Eucharist: A Contemplative Workshop 8:30 AM registration RSVP for conference by email to Dan Handschy or call 314-843-0123 by Fri., Sept 17. RSVP for child care by email to Mike Kinman due Sept. 17. On Saturday, September 25, 2010, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. presenters the Rev. Richard Valantasis and Doug Bleyle will lead this workshop which is sponsored by Christ Church Cathedral and Church of the Advent. Valantasis and Bleyle co-direct the Institute for Contemplative Living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. There will be Two Performances of C.S. Lewis' "Screwtape Letters"at the UMSL's Touhill Theater on Saturday, September 25, at 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. http://www.touhill.org/default.asp?touhill=51&objId=594
 
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