Biggerstaff Retreat Center

12/16/2022

https://www.stjohnswalhalla.org/bulletin/

12/09/2022

11/26/2022

The Advent 2022 Chimes Edition is available on the church website.
https://www.stjohnswalhalla.org/newsletter/

11/17/2022

Spirit of love, you have created us for community. You provide daily opportunities to share our life together. Give us a common vision and purpose to love one another as you have loved us. (Bread for the Day 2022, p. 345)

11/10/2022

St. John’s 2022 Fair Trade Christmas Market
In December, St. John’s will give you the opportunity to give a holiday gift that keeps on giving. We will be hosting a “Fair Trade Christmas Market.” You will have the opportunity to shop at our boutique and purchase handcraft items made by master artisans around the world. These unique gifts will be treasured by those who receive them. Your purchase gives the gift of income to help support the family of each artisan.

Each item is handmade with a story: “Fair Trade creates change, the kind of change that empowers women and children. Laxmi Meharjan excelled at weaving as a young girl. Her weavings were sold, but she never saw any of the money. All her earning went to her father and later to her husband. That all changed when Laxmi began working with SERRV’s partner in Nepal, India. For the first time in her life, she was able to take back her earnings into her own hands. She used her income to put her daughter Sudha through school. Sudha earned her master’s degree in social work. That is real change for future generations.”

SERRV is a nonprofit organization with a 60+ year commitment to fair trade. They ensure that the artisans are treated fairly and with the respect they deserve. A portion of the proceeds are donated back to our Advent Giving ministry for 2022. Some of you may remember the sale we had more than 10 years ago. This year we will be opening our sale to the community. Please bring your friends and neighbors. Spread the word.

We will be searching for volunteers to help with the sale. Risse Snelgrove has extensive background with SERRV sales and will be using her expertise to guide us.

The dates and times are:
Set-up Wednesday, November 30th and Thursday, December 1st- we need a team of people to work on setting out merchandise and creating attractive displays
Friday, December 2nd - sale open to St. John's members only
Saturday, December 3rd - 10am-7pm (we will be open during the Walhalla Christmas Parade)
Sunday, December 4th - 10am-1pm - St. John's members
Friday, December 9th - 6pm-9pm
Saturday, December 10th - 12 noon to 7pm (open during Walhalla Tour of Churches)
Sunday, December 11th - 10am-1pm - St. John's members
Monday, December 12th - close-down and pack-up

11/04/2022

The bulletins and taking faith home for the week of Sunday, November 6 are posted to the church website.
https://www.stjohnswalhalla.org/bulletin/

10/29/2022

Come join the fun. Corner of Main and Church Street.

Come out and join the fun.

10/21/2022

The bulletins and taking faith home for the week of Sunday, October 23, 2022 are available on the church website.
https://www.stjohnswalhalla.org/bulletin/

10/19/2022

Tickets available in the church office.

10/14/2022

The bulletins and taking faith home for the week of Sunday, October 16, 2022 are available on the church website.
https://www.stjohnswalhalla.org/bulletin/

10/13/2022

"O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him. O fear the Lord, you his holy ones, for those who fear him have no want. The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing" (Psalm 34:8-10).

10/12/2022

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).

10/07/2022

Please join us for our 11am outdoor worship service at Biggerstaff Retreat Center, this Sunday.

10/07/2022

The bulletins and taking faith home for the week of Sunday, October 9 are posted to the church website.
https://www.stjohnswalhalla.org/bulletin/

09/30/2022

Join us Sunday at 9am for Lakeside worship.

The bulletins and taking faith home for the week of Sunday, October 2 are posted to the church website.
https://www.stjohnswalhalla.org/bulletin/