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DearBrothersandSistersinC

hrist,

Atvarioustimesoverthepastfew

yearspeoplehavebeeninterestedintheideaofaparishm

issiontrip.Whilethe

confirmationclasseshavetraditionally

donesometypeofpilgrim

age,wehave

notdoneanintergenerational,parish-widem

issiontripinanum

berofyears.

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llSaintsDay(N

ovember3),w

ewillhaveaguestw

ithus,theReverendBobO

fferdahl.PastorOfferdahlisaPresbyterian

ministerw

horecentlyretiredafterservingchurchesintheYoungstow

narea.Formanyyears,hehasdonem

inistrywiththe

DakotaIndians,includingleadingm

issiontripsofvarioustypes.Sincehisretirem

ent,hehastransferredtoofficiallybepartoftheDakotaPresbytery(theequivalentofanEpiscopalD

iocese).He

willbespeakingtousaboutw

hatGodisdoingw

iththeNative

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ericansaintsheworksw

ith.Inadditiontopreachingthatday,hew

illalsoofferashortfilmbetw

eenservicesaboutthehistoryofC

hristianitywiththeD

akotapeoples.Ihavebeenpartofapastors’prayergroupw

ithBobforanumberofyears,and

findhimaw

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ithagoodsenseofhum

or.Hem

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ithforournextparishm

issiontrip.

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illalsohavepresentedanacadem

icpaperataconferenceforthefirsttimesincesem

inary.Throughoutm

yministryIhavem

aintainedamem

bershipintheSocietyforBiblicalLiterature,andIhaveaninterestinissuesoftranslation,textualhistoryandinterpretation.A

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Don’t forget! The deadline to submit articles for the

December newsletter is Friday, Novem

ber 15. Please send articles to the church at: stjohns@

stjohnssharon.org

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monlife.Thepurposeofthesurvey,how

ever,istoidentifytheareasthatneedm

orefocusatthistimetohelpuscontinuetodevelop

andgrow.

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eananyparticularkindofreligiousdevotions,butitreferstofactorssuchasexperiencingG

od,passionforourchurch,passionforourpersonaldevotionsandspiritualinterconnectednessam

ongourmem

bers.Thisareadoesnotlookatw

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ethinkaboutandrelatetoG

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FatherAdam

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ayswecanim

proveourspiritualdevotionsasaparishinthecom

ingyear.Ifyouareinterested,pleaselethimknow.

(atrambley@

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orcallthechurchoffice).

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manyactivitiesavailableatSt.John’sto

eitherparticipateortohelpout.SundaySchoolforallagesisavailable,ifyou

haven’tdoneso,pleasejoinoneofouragespecificclasses.TheYouthG

roupeventsarelistedbelowwithlotsoffunand

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ndmeaningfulcanbefunaswell,aswe

willbepoppingandhandingoutKettleCornattheH

olidayExtravaganzainSharononN

ovember30,sharingw

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henwegather.We

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illbepresentedonChristmaseveattheearly

service.Ihopeyourfallseasonwillbeblessedandencourageyou

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unityandthefunwehavetogether.

Youth Group Schedule:

Novem

ber:N

ovember 9th: 3-5pm

•RollerbladingattheOlym

picFunCenterforbothYouthGroups.Thecostis$5andscholarshipsareavailable.

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Sunday

M

onday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

November 2013

1 Diocesan Convention at Pogue Center at Edinboro University Hosted by St. Augustine, Edinboro

2 Diocesan Convention 11am

~1pm ~ Com

munity

Lunch served in Allen Hall 1:15pm

~ Soaking Prayer Service

3 AL

L S

AIN

TS

DA

Y 8am

~ Holy Eucharist

9am ~ Sunday School

10am ~ Sung Eucharist

11:30am ~ Sharpsville

Presbyterian Church packing bags at ECS

4 7pm

~ ECW Steering

Comm

ittee Meets

5 6 11am

~ AA meets

7pm ~ Choir Rehearsal

Bu

lletin Item

s Du

e

7 10 am

~ Holy Eucharist

10:30am ~ 12:30pm

~ ECS Food Pantry Distribution

8

9 11am

~ 1pm ~ Com

munity

Lunch served in Allen Hall 3~5pm

~ Youth Group Roller

blading at Olym

pic Fun Center

10 8am

~ Holy Eucharist

9am ~ Sunday School

10am ~ Sung Eucharist

11 Veterans Day ~ P

arish O

ffice Clo

sed

7pm ~ Vestry

12

13 11am

~ AA meets

NOO

N ~ WHM

Luncheon in Allen Hall 7pm

~ Choir Rehearsal B

ulletin

Items D

ue

14 10 am

~ Holy Eucharist

15 New

sletter Deadline

16 11am

~ 1pm ~ Com

munity

Lunch served in Allen Hall 12:15pm

~ House Group 1

lunch at Comm

unity Lunch then study

17 8am

~ Holy Eucharist

9am ~ Sunday School

10am ~ Sung Eucharist

Blessing & Coffee Hour in the upstairs dining room

following the 10am

service

18 7pm

~ Healing & Prayer M

inistry

19

20 11am

~ AA meets

7pm ~ Choir Rehearsal

Bu

lletin Item

s Du

e

21 10 am

~ Holy Eucharist

10:30am ~ 12:30pm

~ ECS Food Pantry Distribution

22

23 11am

~ 1pm ~ Com

munity

Lunch served in Allen Hall

24 8am

~ Holy Eucharist

9am ~ Sunday School

10am ~ Sung Eucharist

4pm ~ Youth G

roup In- House m

eeting

25

26 Bu

lletin Item

s Du

e

27 11am

~ AA meets

28 10am

~ Holy Eucharist

Parish O

ffice Closed

29 Parish O

ffice Closed

30 11am

~ 1pm ~ Com

munity

Lunch served in Allen Hall