Lenten Study
This year's Lenten study will be a six-week video series tiled "Jesus – The New Way." It is produced by Vision Video and offers a compelling journey into the life, words and world of Jesus and what they mean for our world today. There will be two sessions per week, on Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. and on Wednesday morning following the mid-week Eucharist. You can attend either. Each video is approximately 30 minutes long and will be followed by a period of discussion. Topic information will be in the Tower and in future weekly bulletins.

Sunday, March 7, 2010 (see also March 28)
Say Cheese!
Tom Billups will be available to take photos after each service for the new rector photo album.

Sunday, March 7, 2010
Celebrate with Jim
4:00pm
There will be a special service of Holy Eucharist in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Jim's ordination to the priesthood. The Rev. Gordon Stenning will be the guest preacher. The service will be followed by a reception in Field Hall.

Friday, March 12, 2010
Easter Feast
6:30pm
St. Andrew's School
Federal Road
Barrington, RI
A Special Fund Raising Event - The Outreach Committee of St. John's Barrington is delighted to invite you to an Easter Feast like no other.

Two of our parishioners -- Anne Sage, who is a trained Cordon Bleu chef, and her husband Jesse Sgro, a wine expert -- will be sharing their passion for extraordinary food and wine. Tickets are $30 per person and should be purchased in advance.

Due to space limitations we are only able to accommodate 50 people, so tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis. Please send your check to:

Lyn Cleary
For St. John's Church
6 Ferncliff Rd.
Barrington, RI 02806

Please mark your check with the words "Easter Feast" in the memo line. When your check is received your tickets will be mailed to you or given to you at church.

Sunday, March 14, 2010
Episcopal Charities Parish Campaign
Please join us as we kick off our Episcopal Charities Parish Campaign. Our co-chairs for this campaign are Priscilla Givan and Joyce Marabello. They will be set up in Field Hall on March 14, 21 and 28. Take your pledge for Episcopal Charities.

Saturday, March 27, 2010
Save the Date for an "All Parish Clean-Up"
9:00am
We are going to hold our annual "All Parish Clean-up" the day before Palm Sunday. We plan on working outside the church to clean and prepare for Holy Week and Easter. If working outside in the flower beds or grounds is your thing, bring your weeding tools, a shovel, rake and wheel barrow if you have one. We will rake leaves and debris off the flower beds and weed them. Also bring some push brooms for cleaning up the sand in the parking lot. This is not only an opportunity for us to save some money, but a great opportunity for some fun and fellowship.

Thursday, April 1, 2010
Would You Take Part in a Maundy Thursday Vigil?
"So, could you not watch with me one hour?" (Matthew 26:40) Jesus asked this question of Peter, James and John in the Garden of Gethsemane on Thursday evening after he had eaten his last supper with all the disciples. He took his chosen three with him to the garden where he was to pray to God. He said, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me." After praying and promising to obey God's will for him, Jesus found the three asleep. He admonished them and went away to pray again. Again he returned to them and found them sleeping. And again a third time they could not remain awake as he prayed.

If we can sign up enough people to do this, we would like to have a vigil in church on Maundy Thursday beginning at the end of the service until 6:00 a.m. Friday morning. We are asking people to volunteer for one or two hour time slots to simply sit in the church in silence, reading and meditating on Jesus' passion and impending death. There will be a sign-up sheet on the board in Field Hall. If we do not get at least two volunteers for each time slot by Tuesday in Holy Week (March 30) we will not hold the vigil.

Please speak to Jim or Susan for more particulars.

Sunday, March 28, 2010 (see also March 7)
Say Cheese!
Tom Billups will be available to take photos after each service for the new rector photo album.

April 18-24, 2010
Are You Up for a Mission Trip?
We would like to try to organize a family oriented Mission Trip to take place during the school vacation week. We have a tentative arrangement to help out at the North Country Outreach Center in upstate New York. We are trying to make this a "family oriented" trip because of the Safe Church Guidelines we must follow. With parents along we don't have to have so many Safe Church trained chaperones. Also, it will help with sleeping arrangements if we have to split up and be hosted by local church members in the area. We are also hoping to include some fun during the week. The ride is about a 5-hour ride from Barrington. We would drive up on Monday, relax for the night and then work at the Outreach Center on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday we are looking at arranging a white water rafting trip on the Upper Hudson River Gorge.

If you would like to be part of this trip please let Father Jim know by March 20 as there are many arrangements that have to be made. Give him a call if you have questions.