WH AT ’S UP AT S T. JOHN’S PIONEER CAMP VOLUNTEERS Do you have a week or more to serve this summer? Would you like to spend that week on Thetis Island which is located in the beautiful Gulf Islands? Pioneer Pacific Camp is desperately needing more helpers for their weekly camps. They are looking for helpers in the capacity of kitchen helpers and cabin leaders. Please contact Andrea Gall agall@ pioneercamp.ca or camp@pioneercamp.ca. OUT & ABOUT JUNIOR EDITION | AUGUST 19 After the 10:00 am service on August 19 we are planning to eat lunch together in the church courtyard, picnic style, then head over to the Kerrisdale Play Palace at 5670 East Blvd in Vancouver (the Kerrisdale Ice Rick facility). For more information visit sjvan.org/events. COMMUNITY GROUPS DIRECTOR We are looking to hire a new Community Groups Director for August. This person will oversee community groups at St. John’s. For more information, and a detailed job posting, visit sjvan.org/jobs. The application closes on July 31. DAHLIA GARDENERS NEEDED Helping Point has had dahlia fundraisers for Johla Children’s Home for the past five summers. We need Gardners to help with weeding and maintenance of the dahlia garden in Richmond throughout the summer. If you would be able to help once, twice, or many times contact Sarah Senn (sarahsenn@hotmail.com or 778-709-2766) for more details.
HELPING POINT - MISSIONS TRIP Do you like curry? Are you up for an adventure? Do you have a desire to see and participate in God’s work in another part of the world? Read on… The deadline for applications for the 2018 Helping Point Missions trip has been extended to Aug. 5th, 2018. The exact dates of this trip will be determined by the team once formed. Team participants will have the opportunity to work to their strengths as a group. Activities may include visiting various projects, attending church services, playing games and teaching songs to the children, encouraging staff members, teaching sessions in the school, etc. If you would like an application to join the team please send an email to team@sjvan.org. Questions about the trip can be directed to Jamie Turner at jturner@helpingpoint.org. For more information on their work, visit the Helping Point website at www.helpingpoint.org.
NEXT WEEK SUNDAY SERVICES JULY 22 | 2 Timothy 3:14–17 8:00 am Holy Communion 10:00 am Morning Prayer 6:00 pm Evening Service Get our weekly email with all events happening in our community by subscribing to the parish email list at sjvan.org
MISSIONS LUNCH ON JULY 22 | JEREMY AND KRISTA CURRY We live in a truly historic hour. The Gospel is penetrating the unevangelized regions of the earth with greater power and speed than at any other time in history. Yet with over two billion people who have never heard the gospel, much work remains. In many of these places, intense persecution accompanies the spread of the gospel. In few places is this more apparent than in Nepal. This former Hindu Kingdom now has the fastest growing church in all of Asia! Five years have passed since Krista and I were commissioned out of St. John’s to Nepal. Today the mission team we lead has grown from five to over fifty long-term missionaries from many countries including Canada, Australia, USA, Norway, Fiji, New Zealand, India, and Nepal. Apart from study to gain fluency in Nepali, these missionaries and indigenous workers daily give themselves to prayer, Bible training, Bible distribution, and sharing of the gospel amongst remote tribes and inner-city slums. To date over 27,000 homes in three districts have received Bibles and the Gospel. At the mission luncheon next Sunday, we look forward to sharing in greater detail what God is doing and thanking you for your support. Lunch will be held in the fellowship hall after the 10:00 am service ends. The cost of the meal is $5/person or $10/family. For our latest prayer letter, email us at curryj@protonmail.com.
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