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Please find linked below a useful resource to guide your family through the holidays using prayers, songs and practices which invite Jesus into your home throughout each season.

The Charleston County Juvenile Detention Center house 13-17 year-old males and females. The population is predominantly male with 1-5 females. St. John's Parish Church would love to point them to Jesus by blessing them with 40 Jesus bags of grooming items, snacks and Christmas cards. Click the link below to see a full list of how you can help bless them.

Thank you to everyone who donated guitars for the youth at the detention center. We have received enough and the students are loving the lessons.

If you have not yet turned in your pledge form for 2024, please put them in the plate this Sunday or drop them of at Resurrection Hall at your earliest convenience. If you never received one or have misplaced yours, use the link below to download a new one.

We are working on a complete overhaul of the website and phone app which will be launched in the next few weeks. As part of this overhaul, we are changing which service provider we are using. This means anyone using the app or recurring online giving will need to update these services. Do not worry though, we will have detailed step by step instructions for anyone who needs them. More info to come.

We will have our Annual Meeting on January 28, 2024. Service that day will begin early at 9AM with the meeting to immediately follow.  We have five positions to elect for vestry this year.  We also need to elect four delegates for the 2024 Diocesan Convention.

Please prayerfully consider who the Lord is calling to be on Vestry. Click the link below for more information on Vestry candidate qualifications.

Ministry Leaders, please submit your annual reports to Sally by January 15 as a word document. 

The Music Ministry at  St John's Parish Church desires to see each person worship God in spirit and truth. We seek to do this by the blending of contemporary worship music, traditional hymns and spiritual songs in a liturgical setting.

For more information  on the Music Ministry contact Rob Schluter or Sally Dixon.

Donations toward our future permanent space may be made directly to St. John’s Parish Church with “Building Fund” in the memo line or by giving online and selecting "Building Fund". Please remain in prayer that the Lord will help us to discern what He wants us to build.

Pam Hanckel compiled a book of beautiful pictures of our old property. It will be the kickoff for a fundraiser for the new building since — praise God — the land is paid for. This is a wonderful memory, including our journey from the old property to Haut Gap and the blessing of the new land of our forefathers.  The book is mainly pictures and verses. The pictures were taken in a span of about 30 years. Several miracles happened while she was putting the book together: being led to take pictures for so many years, taking a picture of our lay readers Bible which was opened to Proverbs 30:5-6 which alludes to our reason for leaving, and the inability for her to order until God had truly finished with it. Be sure to ask her about it. 

The books are available before and after Sunday service at Haut Gap or at Ressurection Hall during the week with a minimum donation of $50, though you may donate more if you feel so led. Envelopes are available which you can take when picking up a book and put the donation in the offering plate. You can also give online via the website or app. When giving online make sure to select "Building Fund" and put "Book" in the memo line.

As of November 30, $6,350 has been contributed to the building fund through this fundraiser.

Jay Withington has handcrafted and donated a limited number of crosses which are replicas of our altar cross. They are available for a donation toward the building fund. Get yours on Sunday or during the week at Resurrection Hall.

As of November 30, $10,380 has been contributed to the building fund through this fundraiser.

Dear Heavenly Father,  
Together we are united with the saints of the household of God;
built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ himself being the cornerstone.
In Christ alone our church is being joined together, and is growing into a holy temple of the Lord by the Spirit.
By Your wisdom may we discern what You want us to build;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit,
 Amen. 

We need three adult or young adult volunteers to serve our nursery and preschool children each Sunday. Would you consider signing up to help a couple of Sundays so we can continue to pour into the next generation?

Every Sunday before the worship service, we gather for fellowship and to study Scripture. We currently have two Adult Sunday School classes available, both open for anyone to attend.

November 12 - December 17
Haut Gap @ 9 am - in the Atrium
Led by Ben Dixon
Listed below is an overview of our six week curriculum.

Haut Gap @ 9 am - in the Classroom
Led by Walt Miller
The local population stopped Ezra building the foundation for 20 years. We will look at how that happened and how we restart the building of our foudation in Christ.