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Rector's Welcome
elcome
to Saint John's, a parish church in the Diocese
of Upper South Carolina. We belong to the Episcopal
Church USA, and are members of the worldwide Anglican
Communion. My hope is you will find this website as hospitable and
interesting as you would our church and all its members, were you to visit
in person.
Saint John's was formed in 1912;
our church building dates to 1926. We are located in a lovely residential
neighborhood called Shandon, just a mile or two from the State House in
South Carolina's capital city of Columbia.
We are a congregation numbering
about 1,300 baptized members of all ages, roughly 800 of whom we consider "communicants. " Our many ministries seek to serve our Lord Jesus
Christ and his people, and to bring glory to God our Father, under the
guidance and power of the Holy Spirit.
Read on and explore this site
to learn more about our worship, our music, our children's and youth ministries,
and much more. The wardens and other vestry members, and the dozen or
so who make up my excellent staff, join me in welcoming you to Saint John's.
Yours faithfully,
J. Fletcher
Montgomery+
Tenth Rector of Saint John's
Play
Ball!
Basketball Camp for Boys and Girls
Basketball Camp
for boys and girls rising 3rd - 6th grades will be held Tuesday - Thursday,
August 12 - 14. For more information and registration forms, see
our web page on
the Camp. Bring a friend! Contact: Hope Komar, 738-9286.
St. John's & Youth Home Works

So, our group just got back from the Junior High Home Works Mission trip
to Augusta, and it rocked! Go here
to check out the youth mission blog. It has some pics and lets you know
what we did each day. We'll try to do the same for each of the other two
trips as well (internet access willing).
Thanks to Steve McMillan and Hope Komar for going along with us and providing great adult leadership and guidance. They were awesome! We think every adult parishioner should go on the Junior High mission trip. It would surprise you how great they work and behave. Check out the youth mission blog; we'll have more pictures and slide shows up in the next few days.
Men's Summer Reading:
Blue Like Jazz
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
by Donald Miller
is the topic of this Summer's Reading by the Tuesday Morning Men's Bible
Study started June 24. But you can still grab the book and join
us for some or all of the next several weeks! (School's out, dads,
no excuses!) Preview and purchase the book at Amazon
or at the Happy Bookseller. (Books reserved under the name "Badgett.")
For more information, contact Gordon Schell, 790-5329. Check out the reading
schedule, then join us on Tuesday mornings.
Encore! Hear Chancel Choir's Anthems Again
Enjoyed the anthem sung by the Chancel Choir?
Hear it again! Director of Music Ministries, Celia Tolar-Bane
has posted recordings of the Chancel Choir's anthems from recent
Sundays. Hear choir anthems and duets from recent Sunday services
by clicking here.
On-line donation for altar flowers available
Altar Flowers are given in honor or memory of a friend or family member. You may now make your contribution for altar flowers on-line by completing a form and paying by PayPal. If you prefer to mail in a check and order form, that form is posted on-line, too. Open dates July 13 and 20. To find out more and even make donation for altar flowers, click here.
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grow in faith and serve Christ in the world.
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MOMS
meets twice this summer
MOMS will be
meeting on Tuesday, July 1 and Tuesday, August 5, 9:30 am - noon in
the parlor. MOMS will resume meeting weekly on September 2.
Childcare is provided. Contact: Cope Fralick at 256-7749.
From
Your Servant Ministry
Please bring canned and boxed foods for
Harvest Hope every Sunday. You can put the items
in the bin in the narthex. Every first Sunday, please bring used clothing
for the Cooperative
Ministry. You can put those items in the
bin by the door to the Barr Center.
School
Supplies Collection for the Cooperative Ministry will be
from now until July 7. Collection boxes are in the narthex, the lobby
of the Barr Center and the first Floor hall of Heyward Hall. Supplies
needed include notebook paper, pens & pencils, spiral notebooks,
highlighters, erasers, pocket folders, markers, boxes of tissue, hand
sanitizer, Expo Dry Erase Markers, glue sticks, etc.
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