Weekly Bulletin: Staying connected as a church - 5 June 2022

Kia ora St John’s whānau,

This Sunday the Church around the world celebrates Pentecost!

Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would come and, sure enough, on the Day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit came as God’s presence with us in a whole new way.

So we celebrate PENTECOST this Sunday… in RED-INESS:
Red is the colour the Church associates with Pentecost, so please come wearing something red: t-shirts, scarfs, ties, …even a red flower.

If you want to read the Bible readings before Sunday, they are: John 14:8-27 and Acts 2:1-21

We will be commissioning Jemma August as a Youth Intern in the first part of the service, and then we have peer groups for St J’s Kids and Youth Group in the St John’s Centre.

If you want to join the worship service via Zoom, here are the details to access the live-stream:
Zoom Meeting ID: 370 260 759
Passcode: worship
 
The link to join the Zoom worship service is below.
 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/370260759?pwd=b2ZkajZ5d28rTy9EN1VKZDJUM3N4dz09 

If using your phone: dial 04 886 0026 (Meeting ID: 370 260 759#, Passcode: 1560107#)

This is the link to the printable Service Sheet is below

OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT

PENTECOST

This Sunday we also celebrate the Birthday of the Church in the evening with a Combined Pentecost Service with our neighbouring churches: St Mary of the Angels and St Peter’s. We will host this service at St John’s in the City, starting at 7:30pm with combined choirs and a supper afterward. Please bring some food to share.

ST JOHN’S VISION

The last two Sundays we have heard about a new Vision for St John’s that we pray God is using to help us reform, restore and rebuild us as a Church.
If you missed this introduction, or want to hear it again – you can watch it on YouTube:

The Vision Document will be available soon as we discern where God is leading us.
We will have a discussion on the Vision with the whole St John’s Church whānau on Sunday 12th June. We will have a shared lunch on this Sunday, so please bring some food to share.

BEING A CONNECTED COMMUNITY DURING COVID-IN-THE-COMMUNITY

Some of us are having to isolate because we or someone in our household tests positive for COVID-19. If you are in this situation and find you need help (e.g. food or supplies dropped off), please let us know through the St John’s in the City Office. We are able to help one another.

Even if we have to physically isolate, we want to stay connected as a faith community. To help us, we have Online Devotions every Thursday at 11am.
Please join with others for fifteen minutes of spiritual reflection together.

The link to join via Zoom is below.
If using your phone, dial 04 886 0026 (Meeting ID: 150 457 018, Passcode: 333)

BAPTISM & CONFIRMATIONS DISCUSSIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

The Baptism and Confirmation Conversations will start on Sunday the 19 June after the Sunday service. Light lunch will be provided. If you would like to take part in this, please let Ino know. e.pasullean@stjohnsinthecity.org.nz
"Can I be baptized again, even though I've been baptized when I was a baby?", "Why should I be baptized?", "Can I be baptized on the beach?"

ART INSTALLATION AT ST JOHN'S: LUMINARY - HE TINANA TIRETIERA

The Dawning of Dreams Aotearoa New Zealand Church & Cathedral Tour 2022
Sunday 31 July to Sunday 7 August, 2022 Opening Hours: 10am to 4 pm (except Sundays start at 1pm)
Cost: Free St John’s in the City Church, Corner Willis St & Dixon St, Wellington
Karin Sewell is a significant Auckland artist, recently returned from this year’s Venice Biennale where her work was featured as a collateral part of the 2022 Venice Biennale. The work shown below is touring New Zealand in Cathedrals and Churches.
St John’s is showing this work both to showcase it as a fascinating artwork and to offer an opportunity for the wider Wellington community to connect with St Johns, seeing our Church and what we do as well the art.
We need members of the Congregation to help by opening the Church for 3-hour periods while the work is on display. Please let David Galt know if you can help: david@galt.net.nz or 022 0321143.

SOUPER SUNDAYS ARE BACK - THIS IS YOUR INVITATION

Over May, June July and August Marg Gilkison is organising a team to host Souper Sundays.
The yummy soup and bread, tea and coffee is provided and you are invited to bring something to share with the tea and coffee after our soup ( eg: slice, biscuits, fruit). It’s as simple as that, and there is no cost!

We have divided the congregation alphabetically into four groups
29th May (A-F )
26th June (G-L)
31st July (M-R)
28th August (S -Z)

Please come another time if you can't make it on your designated date. All visitors are welcome to please join us.

ST JOHN'S CHURCH CAMP

After having to defer the Church Camp because of covid, we are excited about having this special weekend this year. Please SAVE THE DATE for the St John’s Church Camp:
16th – 18th September 2022
The theme is ‘Journeying Together’. Not to be missed!

STUDY THEOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO

The Theology Programme at the University of Otago offers many opportunities for the study of Theology, Biblical Studies, Church History, Ministry, and Pastoral Theology (including Chaplaincy). You can study either on-campus or across Aotearoa New Zealand through our distance study programme. They are committed to serving Christian communities throughout the country.
Semester 2 starts on July 11th and new enrolments are due by June 25th.
For details of papers go to: https://www.otago.ac.nz/theology/study/papers/
To enrol go to https://www.otago.ac.nz/study/enrolment/