This Week's Announcements

Announcements: August 28, 2008

Summer Worship Schedule:

• Sundays through September 7: 9:00 a.m. in the Main Chuch & 5:00 p.m. in the Chapel
• Homecoming! Sunday, September 14, at 10:00 a.m. in the Main Church, followed by a picnic and games in Tower Grove Park
• The Wednesday morning Eucharist will resume on Wednesday, September 3, at 7:30 a.m. in the Feehan Chapel (enter through the playground). Please note earlier time.

THIS WEDNESDAY - "Young Adult" (20s/30s) Game Night - Wednesday, September 3, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. at Jon Danieley's house - 3843 Juniata (1st floor) between Spring & Gustine. Pizza, salad, and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided. (BYOB) Games: Apples to Apples, Euchre, Trivial Pursuit, Uno, and more! RSVP to Pastor Teresa at teresa@towergrovechurch.org OR JUST SHOW UP!

Update on Childcare at the Morning Service (9 a.m. til 9/7, 10 a.m. starting 9/14): Thank you to all of the volunteers who have offered to help with childcare this fall! August 31- Rowlyks, September 7 - Steibels, September 14 - Brower-Tolands, September 21 - Michelle Bowles & Jon Danieley, September 28 - Malones & Allyce Bullock. More volunteers are welcome! All volunteers need to fill out a basic application and attend a "Safe Guarding God's Children" Workshop. Hopefully, we'll have a date for "Safeguarding God's Children" in the next week or so. Please contact Muffin Rowlyk at krowlyk@</p>

The "Fun" Service continues to grow! An Interactive Service especially for Kids continues on each first and third Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the Main Church. The next "Fun Service" will take place on Sunday, August 31 at 5 p.m.

On September 28th, we will be having our first solemn Choral Evensong at 7:00pm. We would like to do this once a month, on the last Sunday. Evensong is a meditative service of Psalms and Scripture. We ask that you think about committing to attending through November, so that we have a degree of stability while we get this off the ground. If you would like to sing in the choir, please talk to Director of Music Michael Shirk- this is an opportunity to sing even if you feel you can't do every Sunday morning at this time. wmichaelshirk@gmail.com or 314-223-9783.

Morning Prayer: Director of Music Michael Shirk is coordinating Morning Prayer in the Feehan Chapel at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday through Friday mornings. (Enter through the playground.) Anyone interested in attending and/or officiating is encouraged to contact him. wmichaelshirk@gmail.com or 314-223-9783.

Choir Recruiting The Choir is always open to new members! As we get back into the usual routine in September, I encourage everyone to concider whether or not they could offer their voices to God through the particular ministry of the Choir. Even if you don't read music, or don't consider yourself a singer, you may yet have much to offer. Contact Michael Shirk for more details - wmichaelshirk@gmail.com or 314-223-9783.

DeLyle Bowen and Jeffrey Berkbigler are pleased to announce our plans to wed on November 15, 2008 at 1:00 PM here at St. John's. Following the wedding mass, a cake and punch reception will be held in the fellowship hall. Anyone who wishes to contribute desserts or pastries for the event please contact DeLyle or Jeffrey at 314-962-3929, or just grab one of us after church! Thank you! - Jeffrey and DeLyle

Volunteer Opportunities: If you are interested in volunteering to help with specific Administrative Tasks, please contact Pastor Teresa at teresa@towergrovechurch.org or 314-503-7415. Volunteers for specific tasks including (but not limited to):

·Staffing the office on Tuesday morning

·Mailings - regular and special

·Posting Special Event Fliers on S. Grand

·Filing help for both Pastor Teresa & Michelle Bowles, Treasurer

OTHER: The Grand Opening of the Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis will take place on Friday, August 29, from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. The new Center is located at 625 Euclid, Suite 420, St. Louis, MO 63108. 314-367-1166, www.findmycenter.com, info@findmycenter.com

Looking for a web developer? Contact Pete Rowlyk at pete@parallelrift.com or 314-707-5912. www.parallelrift.com or www.peterowlyk.com

DIOCESAN ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Two Upcoming Events Hosted by Diocese of Missouri's Episcopal Church Women (ECW)

1) An informal gathering on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Charles beginning at 9am with refreshments followed by morning prayer and then the gathering. I am invited at least one representative of each parish/mission to attend. The topic for the day is: "What direction or path would you like to see the Diocese of Missouri ECW take?" The Board is looking forward to hearing from each parish/mission. For questions or comments, please contact Karen Birr, President at 314.831.7728 or 314.518.4794 (cell) or email at ksbirr@charter.net

2) Diocese of Missouri ECW Annual Meeting and Conference will be held on Friday evening, October 24 with "Girl's Night Out" with a trolley tour of historic old St. Charles and then a dinner. On Saturday, October 25 the annual meeting and conference will resume beginning at 8:30am-9:30am with registration and light refreshments. A worship service, workshops, lunch, a wonderful guest speaker, and short business mtg will follow. Please mark your calendars now. The Board will look forward to meeting and greeting you all. Every woman (including clergy) is invited to attend. For questions or comments, please contact Karen Birr, President at 314.831.7728 or 314.518.4794 (cell) or email at ksbirr@charter.net

Episcopal City Mission’s Moment in Time V event for 2008 is scheduled for Wednesday, September 10th. Dr. Gerald Early, noted author, essayist, and Director of the Center for Humanities at Washington University, who has also served as a consultant on Ken Burns' documentary films on baseball and jazz which have aired on PBS, is the guest speaker. Please join us for dinner at the Starlight Room of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in the Central West End Tickets are $150, [$100 for ages 35 and under] with proceeds going to help ECM in providing chaplaincy to youths in detention in St. Louis City and County. Go to www.ecitymission.org to purchase them online at the ECM Store, or call 314-436-3545 to reserve a ticket.

The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri and The Episcopal School for Ministry proudly presents the

Third Annual Making Disciples Conference

"Discerning God's Delight: A Theological Life of Spiritual Discernment"
Saturday, September 13, 2008
9:00am - 3:00pm
Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis
Special Guest: The Rev. Dr. Mark Mc Intosh

1st Talk: "Alive to the Mystery of God"
2nd Talk: "Distinguishing the Spirits"
3rd Talk: "Discerning God's Will"

The talks endeavor to open our life as a Christian people to the mystery of God's life in which we exist and find the deep truths of our callings. Seeing our life (including our life as Church) in all the wonder of its theological depths becomes easier and livelier when we practice attunement to God's inexhaustible joy or beatitude - which we call the Trinity. The first talk envisions the communion with divine mystery within which a theological life of discernment takes place. The following talks weave together a discussion of the history, practice, and theology of two central forms of spiritual discernment: discerning the spirits that animate our life now, and sensing something of that infinite goodness God intends for us to share forever.

Speaker information: The Rev. Mark A. McIntosh, Ph.D. holds degrees in History and in Theology from Yale, Oxford, and the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including the new Church's Teaching series volume on Christian doctrine, Mysteries of Faith, as well as Discernment and Truth: The Spirituality and Theology of Knowledge (2004), and most recently Divine Teaching: An Introduction to Christian Theology (2008). He teaches and researches at the intersection of Christian spirituality and theology. He served for six years as a chaplain to the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, also as canon theologian to the 25th Presiding Bishop and Primate. After sixteen years as a faculty member of the Theology Department at Loyola University Chicago, he will take up in Fall 2009 his new appointment as the Van Mildert Canon Professor of Divinity at Durham Cathedral and University, in the United Kingdom. He and his wife are the parents of two children, currently in middle school and high school.

Registration deadline is Monday, September 8. Registration fee: $25 per individual or $100 per Congregation (unlimited attendees per parish). This cost includes lunch. Please note if child care is needed. For information and registration: contact Cory Hoehn at 314-231-1220 x1383 or at choehn@diocesemo.org

METRO II KICKBALL! Metro II Convocation is proud to announce the First (we hope) Annual Kickball Kontest & Potluck Repast!  Open to all parishioners in Metro II parishes, the game will commence at 4:00 PM in Tower Grove Park on Saturday, October 4.  Our playing field is on Arsenal, 7 blocks west of St. John's, directly across from Portis Avenue (which dead ends into the park).  Kickballs & bases will be provided, but bring your own folding chair (if desired) and some food to share at the après game 5:30 potluck supper & Evening Prayer @ St. John’s.  For more information, call St. John’s (772-3907) or Holy Communion (721-7401).  In case of a rain-out, come to St. John’s @ 5:30 for Evening Prayer & the potluck.

CHURCH ARCHIVES WORKSHOP - Free. Saturday, October 4, 10 - 12 noon - Oral History Workshop with Jacqueline Dace, Curator of African American Collections at the Missouri Historical Society. 12 noon - Lunch (included free). 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Church Archives Workshop with Sue Rehkopf, Diocesan Archivist. Done in time for Kickball! Please RSVP to Sue by September 26 at srehkopf@diocesemo.org or 231-1220.