Please consider making a donation for Easter flowers in memory of or thanksgiving for a loved one. Envelopes for this special offering will be enclosed in the worship bulletins this Sunday. Also, you may mail your Easter flower donation to the office (27 Devens Street, Charlestown, MA 02129). Please be sure to include the names you would like to remember and note if the gift is given in memory of or in thanksgiving for the person or persons. Most important: please print the names clearly!

Scripture Lessons:

• Isaiah 43:16-21
• Psalm 126
• Philippians 3:4b-14
• John 12:1-8

Hymns for this Sunday (all from The Hymnal 1982):

• Processional: 398 Forest Green
• Gradual: 577 Ubi Caritas
• Presentation 313 Jesu meine Zuversicht
• Recessional 649 Dickinson College

Dear Friends,

Last weekend I had the chance to spend some time in the cellars beneath our buildings. Ken Stone, who faithfully tends to the care of our buildings, and Brian O’Neill our sexton, were each showing me where things were not working. Water in the cellar of the Parish Hous from all the rain, then a leak in the pipe that brings water into the building, and finally, sections of the heating ducts that bring hot air to the church which had fallen to the ground. Continue reading →

Scripture Lessons:

• Joshua 5:9-12
• Psalm 32
• 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
• Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Hymns for this Sunday (all from The Hymnal 1982):

1. Processional: 414 Stuttgart
2. Gradual: 686: Nettleton
3. Presentation: 449 Schmucke Dich
4. Recessional: 624 Ewing

Want to Learn More about St. John’s and our Life Together?
Come to the Sunday Forum on March 17th

Join our rector, Tom, and Senior Warden Louis Tompros, for an introduction to our life together. We’ll share some of the basics about St. John’s, the Episcopal Church, and the Christian faith. Though designed for those new to the parish, all are welcome to attend!