Sunday School Update: Lessons in love from MLK

Dear St. John’s familes,

This week we are offering a one room schoolhouse in the Pre-K room for MLK Day.

Martin Luther King offers an important lesson about love for our children.

This holiday is a great opportunity to talk to children about important values Dr. King emphasized, like love, peace, and racial and cultural equality. It’s also a good time to talk about simple ways that kids can help keep his dreams and wisdom alive. And you’re never too young to start a life of activism.

In the spirit of Martin Luther King’s life of service and activism, we invite you to participate in the St. John’s day of service for School on Wheels this Monday, Jan. 20th. Limited spots remain! Ages 5+ (with a parent) are welcome.

School on Wheels provides educational support—including tutoring, mentoring, and school supplies—to Massachusetts students facing homelessness and poverty. Over 11,000 students in the Bay State have received backpacks and school supplies from School on Wheels. More information about the organization can be found at sowma.org.

You can help in two ways: sign up via the link below to volunteer Jan. 20 at their site in East Bridgewater and/or donate NEW books and school materials. Books for children grades 5–12 are particularly needed! (Buttonwood has a wonderful selection!)

Donations can be left in the bin at the side entrance or in the donation bin in the narthex.

Thank you for your support!

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Supplies Needed:

• New books for kids K–12 (Grades 5–12 are especially needed)

• Quality backpacks for kids K–12, 17” or longer

• Pencil boxes and zipper pouches

• Dixon Ticonderoga pencils

• Hand sanitizer and face masks

• Jumbo pencils and large erasers

• Safety scissors for children (must be blunt)

• Glue sticks

• Large covered pencil sharpeners

• Blue, red, and black pens

• 8-pack sets of washable markers

• 12-pack sets of colored pencils

• Flexible plastic rulers

• Highlighters

• Pack of index cards (100 count)

• Square root and scientific calculators

• Shiny Pocket folders

• Composition notebooks

• Doodle pads

• Single subject, wide ruled notebooks

• 1” binders and dividers

• Crayons and fun pencils

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Alexis MacElhiney

Sunday School Director & Youth Coordinator

Warrant of Annual Meeting

Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Episcopal Parish of St. John the Evangelist, the Annual Meeting of the Parish shall be held on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in the Church Parish Hall immediately following the 10 a.m. service.

• To receive reports of the Priest & Wardens, the Officers, and Chairs of Committees, and other organizations of the parish;

• To elect members of the Vestry;

• To receive the budget for 2025;

• To receive and act upon resolutions and to transact such other business that may be brought before said Meeting.

With the concurrence of the Rev. Edward Thornley, and Wardens, Jody Jones Turner and Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn.