Images: Bishop George Sinabulya of Uganda and his wife Edith

Adult Education and Formation

Passages

Thank You To Mary Gorbatenko and Avis Watkins

Former Parishioner To Be Ordained

Photo Directories

Bible Readings

Vestry Hilites

Families Inc. Summer Playdates

Agape Update

Safe Church Training

Spring Rummage Thanks

Images: Grilling For the Easter Feast

Images: Mississippi Outreach Trip

Read This: A New Manitou Days Event!

Manitou Days Grand Parade and All Parish Cookout June 23

Manitou Days Pet Parade and St. Francis Blessing July 1

Living in the Spirit of Pentecost: A Call to Healing and Wholeness

African Friends in Need Network (AFINNET)

Thank You To The 202 Families Who've Pledged to the 2006 General Operating Fund!

June Birthdays

St. John in the Wilderness Student of the Month

Children’s Ministry

Images: Confirmation Banquet

Youth Voice

Graduating Class of 2006

Thank You to Our 2005-2006 Christian Education Teachers of Youth and Children

Lay Ministries Schedule

The Rector’s Page June 1, 2006

The following is offered as a quick-guide (not a set of rules) to the sacramental rites of the church. No such guide can anticipate all circumstances, so if you have concerns or questions, please speak to the clergy directly.

Please be aware that due to current confidentiality laws, clergy cannot be informed by health care professionals of the need for pastoral care without your written consent.

If emergency pastoral care is needed in the case of crisis, death, or severe illness, please call the parish clergy either at home or the office. Phone numbers are listed in the parish directory.

By Canon Law, all baptized persons, regardless of age or denominational affiliation, are welcome to receive Holy Communion.

The sacramental rites of Reconciliation and Holy Unction are available upon request either at a public service of worship or by appointment.

Holy Baptism is normatively reserved for the four baptismal feasts of the year — The Great Vigil of Easter (or Easter), Pentecost, All Saints, and The Baptism of Our Lord — and the Bishop’s visitation. Prebaptismal preparation is required.

The sacramental rites of Marriage or Holy Union are available upon request. Pre-marriage or union counseling is required. To receive a wedding customary detailing liturgical, process, and financial issues, please speak to the parish administrator, Maureen Vruno, or download it on our parish website.

In the event of impending death, or of death itself, please call the clergy directly, so that the sacramental rites of the church may be offered.

Holy Communion is available for those who are ill or homebound, upon request or on a regular schedule. Lay Eucharistic Visitors exercise this ministry under the day-to-day oversight of the clergy.

Bishop George Sinabulya and his wife Edith, of Uganda, recently visited St. John in the Wilderness to promote the African Friends in Need Network. See the article below to learn more about AFINNET.

Part of our spiritual journey must be a ceaseless exploration of who God is, what God asks of us, and what God desires for us. During June, we continue a ten part video series Living Faith (additional link), covering the essentials of Christianity. Whether you are a newcomer to Christianity or a cradle Episcopalian, if you seek a renewed, deeper, or more mature understanding of the Christian faith, please join us Sundays in the Parlor from 9 to 9:50 am!

Each meeting consists of a 25 minute video with Anglican bishop and theologian Tom Wright, followed by discussion among ourselves. Bishop Wright taught New Testament studies at Oxford University, Cambridge University, McGill University and Regent College for 20 years. He has written over 30 books and has received both academic acclaim as well as praise for the transparency of his popular writings. Christianity Today named him as one of the top five theologians in the world. The third volume of his magisterial series Christian Origins and the Question of God won the 2003 Theologos Award as the book of the year.

On June 4, the Sunday following the Fellowship outing to see The Da Vinci Code, we will take on some of the claims in the book and movie and put them to the test of history and current scholarship. We will meet in the Parlor from 9 to 9:50 am.

In his best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life, Pastor Rick Warren reminds us we were planned for God’s pleasure, formed for God’s family, created to become like Christ, shaped for serving God, and made for a mission. On June 7, Father Mark will complete this six part Wednesday evening series on the ways these simple truths should change our lives.

  May 28 no meeting

  Jun 4 Tackling the DaVinci Code

  Jun 11 Living Faith #6: A Brief History of Christianity

  Jun 18 Living Faith #7: Christian Doctrines and Beliefs

  Jun 25 Living Faith #8: Other Religions and Beliefs

  May 31 The Purpose Driven Life #5: You Were Shaped For Serving God

  Jun 7 The Purpose Driven Life #6: You Were Made For A Mission

  Jun 14 please check the Small Voice

  Jun 21 please check the Small Voice

  Jun 28 please check the Small Voice

www.StJohnAdultEd.Org includes series information, our schedule, and downloadable prior presentation overheads or PowerPoint slides.

Comments, questions or suggestions? Interested in joining the Adult Education and Formation Committee? Please contact David Monyak: phone 651/481-8697, or .

  Ethan Francisco Herrera 4/26/2006

  Edward Rodman Titcomb IV 5/7/2006

  Ellen Elizabeth Anthony 5/13/2006

  Spencer Charles Cossalter 5/13/2006

  Ashley Rose Delamater 5/13/2006

  Emily Cait Hammond 5/13/2006

  Katie Noel Larson 5/13/2006

  Sarah Sue Larson 5/13/2006

  Elizabeth Ann Mahoney 5/13/2006

  Peter Craig Schneider 5/13/2006

  Samuel Eaton Todd 5/13/2006

  Ann Stevenson Watson 5/13/2006

  Richard Kamla 5/15/2006

  Meghan Marie Gordon & Eric David Gadbois 5/20/2006

  Matthew Truman Gardner 5/11/2006

Thank you to Mary Gorbatenko and Avis Watkins for organizing the Wednesday evening light suppers throughout the program year!

All are invited to attend the ordination of former parishioner Mary Catherine Enockson to the Diaconate at St. Mark’s Cathedral on Thursday, June 8th at 7 pm.

If you were photographed for, or submitted your own photo for the parish directory, your copy awaits you! Vestry, Committee Chairs and Group Leaders will find theirs in their mail slots. All other photographed parishioners will find theirs alphabetized on tables in the Parish Hall.

Wear something red!

Acts 2:1-11

1 Corinthians 12:4-13

John 20:19-23

Psalm 104:25-32

Exodus 3:1-6

Romans 8:12-17

John 3:1-16

Canticle 13 (S231)

Ezekiel 31:1-6, 10-14

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Mark 4:26-34

Psalm 92:1-4, 11-14

Job 38:1-11, 16-18

2 Corinthians 5:14-21

Mark 4:35-41

Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32

The Vestry met on May 9, 2006.

The following motions were passed:

  1. The Vestry gives the Wardens the authority to contract for cemetery survey completion not to exceed $9,000.

  2. The Vestry approves that the church begins to offer automatic transfer for giving by church members.

  3. The Vestry accepts the resolution concerning the sale of real estate in Mesa, AZ for not less than $150,000.

  4. The Vestry moves to support Fr. Mark in the initiative to create a relationship with the African Friends in Need Network.

The Vestry meets next on June 13, 2006 at 7 pm in the Church Parlor.

Do you and your children need something to do this summer? Join us on Thursdays at about 10 am with your own picnic lunch. Children of all ages are welcome!

  June 1 Podvin Park-1700 9th St WBL

  June 8 Como Zoo-Meet outside Visitor Center main entrance ~ 9:45 am. Zoo opens at 10 am.

  June 15 Memorial Beach Park-4980 Lake Ave N. Meet at playground equipment across the street, then we'll move to the beach.

  June 22 Podvin Park

  June 26-30 Vacation Bible School at St. John’s, no playdate this week

If it rains, we’ll meet in the church nursery. Call Beth with questions, 651/490-0477.

A very large thanks to all those who participated in the preparation of the Easter Eve meal: Amy and Chris Hawley, Amy Okaya, Bari and Ed Chilton, Sarah Chilton, Kate Miller, Nancy Jagusch, Gayle Kasmani, Krista Sullivan, Mary Gorbatenko, Beth Hyduke-Kelm, Nance Purcell, John Vruno, Joann Smith, and Janet Kelber.

Thanks also to all the behind the scenes workers who helped with the clean-up, and anyone else I possibly missed. To all those who shared this meal with your friends and neighbors, thanks. It was indeed a privilege to serve such a great family.

George Gorbatenko

Alison Feigh will co-lead Safe Church training at St. Luke's in Minneapolis on Saturday, July 7th, 2-5 pm, for all new Music Camp staff. Any St. John's member wanting to receive training, please sign up with Alison Feigh. There is a $10 cost to cover materials and background check.

Hey everybody, did we have a successful spring rummage sale, or what? We netted about $1,800, more than we have in years! Thanks to everyone who donated good stuff, chairpersons, workers who sorted and priced, and especially to soup makers, Beverly Boyle, Joann Smith, and June Bennett. Special thanks to Sexton Jim Knauss, whose efforts went above and beyond the call of duty.

Chris Hawley (Warden) and John Vruno (Property) grilling lamb for the Gorbatenkos’ Easter Feast. The All –Parish Cookout will have excellent fare with them & Jason Knauss (Fellowship Chair) at the grill again as last year!

A St. John’s Outreach crew drove to Ocean Springs, MS on May 11 to re-roof the home of a hurricane Katrina victim over a long weekend.

Watch your Small Voice each week for details as they develop around a wonderful new Manitou Days event! A Lighted Boat Parade at dusk on Wednesday, June 28th has inspired us to bring our 7 pm Eucharist outdoors at White Bear Lake (weather permitting) followed by our clergy offering Boat Blessings prior to the parade.

If you can help with the use of a pontoon boat docked on White Bear Lake, or on a working trailer (we’ll find the truck to tow it), please contact Maureen ASAP by or 651/429-5351 ext. 10.

Thank you for your support!

Come join the fun and excitement on Friday afternoon, June 23rd. Grill-masters Chris Hawley, Jason Knauss and John Vruno will have grilled food, buns, condiments & beverages ready for your enjoyment at 5:30 pm. Please bring a bag of chips or package of cookies to share with fellow parishioners. Let’s keep it simple; no one really wants to do dishes and miss the parade!

The Grand Parade is rain or shine. We are looking into towing a flat-bed trailer in our unit this year for our participants who might enjoy a rest from the long walk of the parade route. Of course, we’ll have plenty of candy available to distribute to spectators along the route. Our line up spot is yet to be determined, but Parish Administrator Maureen Vruno has requested of parade organizers that St. John’s unit lines up right in front of the church. The parade will begin at 6:30 pm sharp.

Clergy & Staff, Music & Liturgy, Fellowship, Young Adults, Youth, and Families Inc. are already actively involved, and it’s not too late for any other individuals or parish groups to become involved too!

Traffic and parking will be very challenging. Please carpool, arrive early, and drop a vehicle ahead of time if possible. We are brainstorming possible drop off locations west of Hwy 61 to ease getting vehicles in and out of downtown before the parade.

Watch the weekly Small Voice for details, and RSVP to Maureen Vruno by or 651/429-5351 ext. 10. so we have an accurate head count.

A Pet Parade and St. Francis Blessing are again featured Manitou Days events this year, thanks to Town Life Magazine in partnership with St. John in the Wilderness. Parade registration begins on Saturday, July 1st at 10:30 am on Clark Avenue beginning at 2nd Street.

The parade will proceed southbound toward the lake on the west side of the parkway, then turn back north along the east side of the parkway and in front of the church. We have asked all our clergy to be present for the St. Francis blessings for all those desiring such. Pets will be judged following the St. Francis blessing, if desired by their owners, in fun categories such as smallest, largest and most unique pet, best pet costume, and pet & owner who most resemble each other. Judges are Ramsey County Commissioner Victoria Reinhardt, Fire Chief Tim Vadnais, Mayor Paul Auger, & Town Life Publisher Catherine Carey. All staff have been asked to be on hand as well. We need volunteers to provide ice-cold lemonade for hot and thirsty pet owners as we did last year.

Everyone in the parish is invited to participate in the parade with a pet (or Teddy Bear) or help in a variety of ways to make this a wonderful community event and showcase our beloved parish in its best light. To help with event logistics or hospitality, please contact Maureen Vruno, Parish Administrator, by or 651/429-5351 ext. 10. Youth volunteers, please contact Alison Feigh, Youth and Children’s Minister, by or 651/429-5351 ext. 12.

It was a time of transformation from fear to action. The followers of Jesus had watched Him ascend into heaven. Afterwards, they had retreated, confused and fearful, to an upper room in Jerusalem. There they hid and prayed and waited “to be baptized by the Holy Spirit,” as Jesus had promised.

It was a sudden baptism of fire that they experienced on that Pentecost morning as recounted in Acts 2. The experience propelled the disciples out of hiding and into a community life of prayer, of teaching, of fellowship, of laying-on of hands, of anointing, and of healing.

These were the practices of the early Church, and it is to these practices that we are called today.

Prayer, forgiveness, community worship, hands-on healing, and anointing are all God-connections. Through each of these, we walk in love and light with Him who embodies both. “God is light,” John reminds us in his first letter to those in the early Church. “In Him, there is no darkness at all.”

And yet, all of us, at times, slip into darkness. We lose our balance of body, mind, and spirit. We are overwhelmed by sadness, by sickness, by work, by worry. We lose our connection with God. We find it difficult, if not impossible, to pray.

We need others to help us regain our balance and our God-connection. We need the healing power of the Holy Spirit. In our needs and in our reaching out to others in our faith community, we are no different from those who shaped the earliest Christian communities by gathering together to pray and to lay hands upon each other.

Every Sunday morning and every Wednesday evening, re-connection to God through prayer and the laying on of hands is available to everyone. On Sunday mornings, you can come to the narthex before or after receiving communion. Members of the healing team, both clergy and lay, will listen to your needs, lay on hands, and pray for you—or for healing help for someone else you name. What you express remains between you and God, from whom all healing comes. Healers are present to convey God’s love and to help you release whatever is blocking your connection to God.

If you can’t express what is on your heart, don’t let that keep you from seeking healing. Ask for prayer to discern what troubles you or ask that healers lay hands on you in silence. What’s important is that you ask and that you open yourself to God’s healing grace.

Worship, prayer, communion, healing, sharing—these are the life rhythms of the early Church that we are reclaiming today. I invite you to share in all these practices.

I also invite you to pray for the first four lay healers whom we will commission this month: Sherri Afryl, Cathryn Bashore, Dianne Del Giorno, and Colleen Johnson. They will join clergy in the laying-on of hands at our Wednesday night healing services and during our Sunday morning services. Please keep them in your prayers as they grow as healers and work together with clergy to build the healing ministry at St. John’s.

Rev. Joanie

The African Friends in Need Network (AFINNET) became a fully registered Voluntary Christian Development Organization in 2002 in Uganda to benefit women, youth and children in rural areas. Its Headquarters is in Mityana in the Mubende District, about 30 miles SW of Kampala.

Uganda is the smallest East African country, but with a population of over 20 million in over 40 different tribes and cultures, it is one of the most densely populated and poorest countries in Africa.

AFINNET has a Christian background, yet cooperates with people and organizations of all cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Uganda obtained independence in 1962. For 30+ years since, civil wars and dictatorial rule severely disrupted the country's religious, socio-economic, cultural and political institutions, throwing the population into unprecedented poverty. The adverse effects of political upheavals: tens of thousands were killed or displaced; many women and girls were victims of rape; fields were abandoned; personal property was destroyed; hospitals, health centers, clinics, schools and infrastructure were laid to total waste.

Though there is now a bit of political stability and acknowledgement of the problem, support to poor rural dwellers is limited. There are no survival opportunities for youth, especially girls, or young women and their children. Sub-Saharan African women are undervalued and over-worked. Women’s low status results in the neglect of daughters, and a cycle of women, wives and mothers who are mistreated and uneducated. The primary role of women is seen as childbearing, and a woman's status is reflected by the number of children she has. The education of females is often disregarded, and girls often marry young, uneducated and unhappy.

Despite strong Christian influence, there are many polygamous marriages, especially in more rural areas. Women agree to become a man's 2nd or even 3rd wife for fear of being left unmarried and socially excluded.

Ugandan women rise at sunrise and work until night-time, responsible for farming, cooking, childcare and most other household duties. Husbands have few responsibilities and many spend their days drinking in local bars.

AFINNET advocates for the rightful place of rural women in the society, and fights their exploitation and violence against them.

To learn more about AFINNET, visit the website at http://www.afinnet.net.

Bruce Ackerman

Joseph Afryl

Andrews Allen

Jack Ambler

A. Anderson

Barbara Anderson

Gladys Anderson

LeRoi Anderson

James Anthony

Geraldine Babcock

Fred Baborsky

Jim Bartley

Cathryn Bashore

William Beebe

June Bennett

Joan Berry

Bradley Boyle

Fosten Boyle

Therese Branby

Lisa Brock

Nancy Brown

John Brunner

Priscilla Campbell

Bruce Canterbury

Bradford Carpenter

Michael Carpenter

Shirley Chapman

Edward Chilton

Karla Collins

Debra Cossalter

Nancy Cottle

George Crockett

Gretchen Davidson

Joan Delamater

Dorothy Dokmo

Karen Dufresne

George Earl

Gregory Eick

Virginia Ellis

Keiko Farrar

Alison Feigh

John Fennig

Richard Fiddle

Ivan Fletcher

David Gadbois

Eric Gadbois

Patricia Gagin

Jacquelyn Gardner

Joan Gardner

David Gehrenbeck

Jeanne Gilbertson

Karl Glander

The Rev. George Glander

George Gorbatenko

Jeremy Gulbranson

Richard Gwynn

Dorothy Haas

Richard Halbert

Timothy Hammond

Andrew Harding

Louise Harding

Bill Harholdt

Sara Harker-Olson

Michael Harnois

Louis Harris

James Hartmeister

Christine Hauser

Mary Jo Hawkinson

Christopher Hawley

Karen Herrera

Anne Herron

Nancy Hess

Lois Hildebrandt

Junice Hochbrunn

Margaret Holper

Peter Holtz

Matt Hoover

Mark Hosfield

Richard Hovland

David Hyduke

Robert Jagusch

Philip Jemielita

The Rev. Andrew Jensen

Christopher Johnson

Colleen Johnson

John Johnson

Stephen Johnson

James Johnston

Christopher Karp

Gayle Kasmani

Sally Keep

Stan Kegler

Janet Kelber

Mark Kelm

Charles King

John Kissel

Jason Knauss

John Korth

Barry Kostyk

Max Kraning

James Kroesch

Richard Kyle

Helen LaBarre

Eva Jane Larson

Mary Larson

Richard Larson

Victor Lee

John LeFevre

Geraldine Letourneau

Nathan Lief

Alma Limbach

Doris Long

Thomas Long

Sharon Lund

Roberta Lutgen

J. MacKenzie

William MacNally

Lawrence Mahoney

Albert Maiers

James Marier

Gladys Marquardt

James Matko

A. James Matson

Ruth Mattlin

Gene McAlister

Will McBride

Edwin McCarthy

Alice McClaren

John McLean

Jean McMillan-Rowland

Sean McVay

Tom Medd

Barbara Merrill

Kathleen Miller

Glenn Monson

Lyles Monson

Robert Monson

David Monyak

Priscilla Moody

Wendy Muscanto

Eugene Napiwoski

Amy Okaya

Richard Oswald

Kenneth Paddock

Kenneth Peatross

Robert Peck

Cheryll Peterson

Joan Piasecki

Verne Pickering

Marjorie Polanek

Lucille Popp

Charles Power

Joanne Power

Sterling Price

Robert Prochnow

Nancy Purcell

Michael Purnell

John Reed

Nancy Rice

Terry Rooney

Ward Sanford

Harry Schlieff

Gregory Schmit

Timothy Schmuck

Katheryn Schneider

Richard Schradle

David Seitz

Marc Senjem

Martha Shaffer

Paula Sherman

Bette Smeed

Joann Smith

Sandra Stevenson Watson

Charles Stuck

Donald Sulentic

Burnett Sullivan

Robert Sullivan

William Swanson

Steven Swisher

J. Dixon Tews

Dennis Thoemke

Margaret Thor

Richard Todd

Brent Torgerson

Elizabeth Uppgren

John Uttermark

David Valentine

Chuck Van Steen

Amanda Vickstrom

John Vruno

Kern Walker

Janet Waller

Margaret Wangensteen

Nathaniel Watkins

Ronald Weide

Doris Weinhagen

Elizabeth Whillock

Kenneth Whitney

Lee Wilson

Diane Wingfield

Barbara Youngblood

James Zinter

If your name did not appear, or to make a pledge, contact Parish Administrator Maureen Vruno via , or telephone 651/429-5351 ext. 10.

1 Karla Collins

1 Charles Stuck

2 Mark Hosfield

3 James Anthony

3 Janet Kelber

3 Joann Smith

4 Dorothy Haas

4 John Korth

5 Marjorie Allen

5 Brendan Boyle

5 James Marier

6 John Kobinski

9 Haley Gilbert

10 Jasmine Cox

10 Teena Fletcher

13 Dustin Reichert

14 Madeline Lee

14 Katheryn Schneider

15 Stephanie Sulentic

16 William MacNally

16 Teri Moertel

17 William Lindbeck

17 Devin Truchon

18 Spencer Cossalter

18 Marjorie Polanek

18 Nancy Rice

18 Elizabeth Schmit

19 Ashlyn Brown

21 Pamela Burg

22 Bernice Weide

23 Lindsey Lee

23 Amy Okaya

24 Abigayle Hoover

24 Benjamin Plocher

27 Ron Domin

27 The Rev. George Glander

27 Sara Kraning

27 Victoriya Kuechle

27 Rochelle Ware

28 Julia Monyak

29 Trey Titcomb

29 Diane Wingfield

30 David Gehrenbeck

30 Helen Swanson

If you have a birthday this month but are not listed above, please or telephone the Parish Administrator at the church office. Records are not always complete.

Thank you.

  Name Katie Noel Larson

  High School/Grade Forest Lake High School, 10th grade

  School/Community Activities International Club

  Church Activities Acolyte, Usher, Youth Group, Great North Teens Encounter Christ

  Favorite Song Crazy by Simple Plan, or Letters to the President by Hawk Nelson

  Proudest Moment helping out at the San Diego mission trip at the give away

  Collections Stuffed Animals, Friendship Bear stuff

  Favorite St. John’s Memory the San Diego mission trip, the whole thing, no real specifics

  Favorite Movie Pirates of the Caribbean

  Last good book you’ve read Blade Silver by Melody Carlson

  Best advice you’ve been given One minute of anger or sadness is 60 seconds wasted happiness.

  Where you hope to be in 10 years finishing up medical school to become a pediatrician dermatologist

  If you could have dinner with any person, whom would you choose? Pierre, the lead singer of Simple Plan, my favorite band

  How can church become more youth friendly? It couldn't. Alison, Max, and Rich have made it the best it can be. Heck yes!

Invite a friend and join us for our Jonah’s Journey Summer Bible Camp to be held June 26 – 30. It is open to preschoolers - 5th graders. Interested 6th - 12th graders may participate as students or assistants.

Days begin at 10 am with games, singing, crafts, and story discussion. A group lunch will be served at 11:30 am. Pick up time is noon.

For children entering 3rd grade and up, an optional afternoon arts experience will take place from 12 – 1 pm. Music and dance will highlight this time.

Cost for the camp is $15 per child or $45 max per family. Financial assistance is available. Registration forms are located on the Children’s Ministry Board in the Parish Hall. Space is still available.

The Confirmation Banquet in the Parish Hall the evening of Sunday, May 7th

Congratulations to our youth who completed the 2-year Confirmation preparation program and decided to receive the sacrament of Confirmation or Reception. These youth were Confirmed/Received on May 13th: Ellen Anthony, Spencer Cossalter, Ashley Delamater, Emily Hammond, Katie Larson, Sarah Larson, Libby Mahoney, Peter Schneider, Sam Todd, and Ann Watson.

We have a block of tickets reserved for the July 16th 1:10 pm game. We’ll leave St. John’s following the 10 am service. Those in the Youth Program (entering grade 6+ next fall) who want to attend, sign up in the Parish Hall. Tickets are $15, due by June 16th. We need chaperones/drivers for this event.

We invite Senior High youth (entering grades 9+) to a 1980s- themed lock in on Saturday, June 17th at 6 pm. We’ll watch Senior High’s favorite 1980s movie, “Catch Me If You Can,” and have plenty of “Punky Brewster” & “21 Jumpstreet” on hand. We encourage youth to wear excellent 1980s attire. The lock in will end after we attend the 10 am service. If families have Father’s Day plans, youth may leave after attending the 8:00 service.

All NYC mission trip participants: plan to attend an informational meeting on Wednesday, June 21st from 6:30-8 pm. We’ll hand out information packets & itinerary, and go over trip details. Please talk to Alison if you or a family representative can’t attend.

All youth please come to church on Friday, June 23rd for BBQ and to represent St. John’s in the Manitou Days parade. We have had a great time at this the past 2 years. We’ll provide more information closer to the parade date.

Sixth-twelfth graders interested in helping with VBS the week of June 26th-30th, please talk to Alison. We need song leaders, craft helpers, and small group leaders. Please consider providing a great week of faith formation for our youngest parishioners.

Spaces are filling up quickly for EYMC, August 13th-19th at Camp Heartland in Willow River, MN. Campers get musical instruction while still having time for traditional camp activities.

Please see Alison for more camp information, registration materials, or to provide needed financial support to this program.

“When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.” Charles L. Allen

Lara Delamater will begin study at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities this fall. She plans to pursue an Engineering degree from the Institute of Technology.

Rachel Ford will graduate from Mahtomedi High School and will attend the University of Minnesota - Duluth, where she will major in music.

Muriel Gilbert will attend Century College in the fall. She hopes to pursue a career teaching high school students.

Rona Johnson will graduate from St. Anthony High School and in the fall will attend the University of Wisconsin - River Falls. She will major in Elementary Education.

Sarah Larson will graduate from Forest Lake High School and attend Bemidji State University in the fall. She is looking into pursuing a major in Social Work or Accounting.

Anne Moertel will be at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to pursue her growth as an artist in various media.

Thank you to our 2005-2006 Christian Education Teachers of Youth and Children: Katheryn Schneider, Kelly DeSmet, Max Stevenson, Alison Feigh, Rich Oswald, Joanna Torgerson, Gretchen Brunner, Emily Hammond, Christine Karp, Lisa Brock, Kate Prochnow, Dawn Saks, Beth Whillock, Sarah Larson, Barb VanSteen, Jeanne Thoemke, and Jody Eick.

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