St. John's Vancouver // Oct 27, 2019 News & Events

St. John’s Vancouver Things happening in the life of our church and in our community October 27, 2019

What’s up at St. John’s ARE YOU NEWISH?

LEARNERS’ EXCHANGE

We are running the Newcomer Sessions for anyone who considers themselves new to our church. We’ll cover a different topic each week and talk about what it means to be part of St. John’s. Each course will have a small cohort, providing participants with the opportunity to know one another over the four weeks.

Every Sunday in the Café Room at 9:00 am, Learners’ Exchange offers stimulating speakers and engaging discussions.

The course will run from November 3 to 24 after the 11:00 am service.

We’ll meet together for an hour and a half with lunch and childcare provided.

We have a limited number of spaces, so please register online if you’d like to attend. Registration will close mid-day, Thursday, October 31. If this session doesn’t work there will be another one early next year. We look forward to getting to know you!

CONDOLENCES Bob Upton passed away peacefully on Oct 19. His memorial service will be on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 2:00 pm at Harvest City Church. Please pray for his daughter, Valerie, her sister and their family as they grieves his passing.

MISSIONS LUNCH // NOV 10 Join us after the 11:00 am service for our missions lunch as Sharyn Thompson shares about her work in Burkina Faso.

Lunch will cost $5/person or $10/family.

KEEPING COMPANY WITH GOD // OCT 28 CANCELLED The Keeping Coming with God worship service scheduled for Monday, October 28 has been cancelled. We’d like to encourage people to attend the Artizo event meeting that same evening.

SUNDAY SCHOOL PARENTING SERIES Today we begin our three-part series led by registered social worker and parent consultant Rebecca Janke. The workshops will look at parenting with intention and are grounded in developmental and attachement theory as well as neuroscience. They will happen on Oct 27, Nov 24, and Jan 26 after the 11:00 am service.

For more information visit sjvan.org/events.

Today // Olav Slaymaker What does Paul mean by Scripture being God-breathed?

November 3 // David Lewis: My Trip to Kenya: Examining African Theology FUNERAL Sandra Clarke’s funeral will be held at St. John’s Vancouver, 5350 Baillie Street, on Tuesday, October 29 at 1:00 pm.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Next weekend is daylight savings. Change your clock before going to bed on Saturday night so you don’t come to church at the wrong time!

QUARTERLY PRAYER MEETING // RESCHEDULED The Oct 21 prayer meeting has been rescheduled for November 18.

Calendar ARTIZO EVENING Artizo will be announcing an exciting new program during the Artizo Evening coming up on October 28, but we aim to keep you in suspense until then!

If you’re not familiar with the work of Artizo, this is your opportunity to find out how God’s word is faithfully passed from one generation to the next, and how preachers become preachers of the gospel!

The event will be a wonderful casual time to catch up with current and past apprentices, and to meet our incoming first-year apprentices personally – and learn how you can pray for them and support them.

We warmly invite you and really hope to see you there.

Date: October 28 at 7:00 pm Location: St. John’s Vancouver, OAC Church Hall Dessert: Always Sign up: https://www.artizo.org/oct-28-2019/ LIFE EXPLORED We are running Life Explored, a seven-week video series that explores the character of God. We welcome anyone interested to join at any point of the course.

• Tuesdays at 6:00 pm (we start with dinner)

• Thursdays at 10:00 am (for women) 2 groups: ESL speakers, and English speakers Please register online, sjvan.org/events. Life Explored is taking place at St. John’s Vancouver, 5350 Baillie Street.

Prayer Points Women: Pray we would grow in love and humility before God and each other as we lead and learn together each week!

Praise – the women’s ministry conference in South Africa that Jan, Bron, and Irena were at went really well. The women were hungry to learn and were a racially mixed group, which was a huge answer to prayer! Pray for health and safe travels home for Jan, Bron, and Irena.

Youth: Please pray that new youth would find their home in St. John’s Vancouver youth.

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MONDAY, OCT 28 Little Years @ 10:45 am Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre 7:00 pm Artizo Evening TUESDAY, OCT 29 6:00 pm Life Explored WEDNESDAY, OCT 30 7:20 am Men’s Bible Study Ekklesia (18 6:30 pm to late 30s) @ UChapel THURSDAY, OCT 31 7:00 pm DivorceCare FRIDAY, NOV 1 6:00 pm Youth (grades 7-12) SUNDAY, NOV 3 Matthew 19:16-30 7:30 am Holy Communion 9:00 am Holy Communion 11:00 am Holy Communion 5:00 pm Catechism 6:00 pm Baptism Learn more at sjvan.org/calendar

Music for Remembrance Day

THE REQUIEM

BY JOHN RUTTER

Saturday, November 9 at 7:30 pm Kerrisdale Presbyterian Church 2733 West 41st Avenue

St. John’s Vancouver Choir Sophia Underhill, Soprano Erin Marks, Oboe Sarah Tippett Poon, Cello David Poon, Organ Terence Fullerton, Conductor A freewill offering will be taken St. John’s Vancouver Offices: 2325 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J2 | Phone: 604.558.4400 | stjohnsvancouver.org Stay informed: facebook.com/stjohnsvancouver | Engage with each other: facebook.com/groups/stjohnsvancouver