ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST June 25, 2020
Inside the e-bulletin: + Pastoral Council Elections + OUTDOOR MASSES THIS WEEKEND + Drive-Through Confessions + Food Bank + Town Hall for Senior Citizens + Just Mercy Watch Party
Every Spring, you are asked to vote for new Pastoral Council members. This is how we refresh the Pastoral Council each year with new gifts of service and new ideas. Your input is needed and greatly appreciated. Please vote at www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZRRV6XY
You are asked to register for the mass to assist with planning as well as to ensure our ability to assist with contact tracing, if neccesary. Please sign-up before Saturday 4pm. Space will be limited.
You will recieve a confirmation e-mail when complete. Please register all those who will attend with you. If you regiestered as 1 but are coming as a family, please go to your registration confirmation e-mail, find the green MODIFY button, and list out each person.
If you are coming alone, please look for special seating near the white barricade poles and trees on the plaza.
SJERC Outdoor Mass - Sunday, June 28
Wilde Lake Interfaith Center parking Lot
8am Mass
10am Mass
If you are reading this email from a connection through our webpage or facebook page, the registration will not likely work for you. Register above through this flocknote email!
We will still be offering our streaming Masses at 4:30pm Saturday and 10:30 am Sunday as well as la Misa en Espanol at 12:15pm. You can find these at sjerc.org/streaming...
Please be advided that, as we are following CDC recommendations, there will be no congregational singing at these masses. Mass parts will be spoken.
“Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.” Ludwig van Beethoven
This weekend, we celebrate Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. If we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. The Lord invites us to take up our cross and follow him, responding to all those in need.
You can review this weekend's scripture readings as well as consider this commentary. Masses can be found this weekend at www.sjerc.org/streaming at 4:30pm Saturday, 10:30am Sunday y en espanol 12:15pm Domingo, AND 8am and 10am outdoors at Wilde Lake Interfaith Center
The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available through Drive-Up Confessions next Saturday, June 27 in the Wilde Lake Parking Lot between 10am - Noon
There will be grive-up confessions, next Saturday, June 27 from 10am - Noon
Donations of non-perishable items and personal hygiene items can be left in a tote outside the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center Office. For more information about the food banks and other programs of the Columbia Community Care (CCC) go to http://columbiacare.live (in English y en Espanol).
Howard County Office on Aging and Independence (OAI) will host a teleconference TOWN HALL meeting for older adults, caregivers and interested community members on Monday, June 29th at 4:00 p.m. This teleconference will provide updates on the County’s COVID-19 response as it relates to older adults. Those interested in joining the meeting are encouraged to pre-register at https://bit.ly/3cVwO6I.
Just Mercy is a 2019 American legal drama film starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson. It tells the true story of Walter McMillian, who, with the help of young defense attorney Bryan Stevenson, appeals his murder conviction. The film is based on the memoir of the same name, written by Stevenson. In these challenging times, it illustrates the injustices that might be faced by African-Americans within the justice system. You are invited to a Zoom Call on Sunday, July 5 starting at 6:45pm. We will briefly interrupt the movie for so brief conversations related to this “based on real life” story and conclude in prayer. ZOOM Link for July 5 at 6:45pm. The flm is rated PG-13, here is why.
