Midweek News

April 7, 2026

Dear People of Saint John's,

I hope you are still basking in the joy of our Easter celebrations on Sunday!  The church was glorious with flowers, the gleaming work of the altar guild, and the abundance of beautiful music, and our service was followed by a sumptuous reception and delightful egg scavenger hunt for the children.  Thank you for all who worked so hard to prepare this great liturgy, and for all who came and celebrated Christ's Resurrection!  For those of you who missed it, the service can be found online here.

Thursday night we resume our online Anglicanism class at 7 pm, and we will focus on the Oxford movement (with a little of the Cambridge architectural movement thrown in).  This was the mid-19th century liturgical, theological, and architectural movement that was so influential in the life of our own diocese.  A separate link will be sent out on Thursday.

I will be away attending a CREDO conference April 14th - 20th at the Episcopal retreat center outside of Jacksonville, Florida.  This is a holistic wellness retreat offered by the Church Pension Group of the Episcopal Church, designed for active clergy members to focus on spiritual, vocational, financial, and physical/psychological health.  This conference is recommended by the Diocese as well as my clergy colleagues, as an opportunity of reflection, refreshment, and renewal.  I am grateful for the opportunity, and I will pray for you!  As always when I am away, I will be checking my email daily.

We have no one signed up for coffee hour this weekend, April 12th! If you can provide something for us to enjoy on this Second Sunday of Easter, please call the office at (518) 274-5884.

And finally, the office will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday.

With gratitude in Our Risen Lord,

Mtr. Judith