Contents of this page:  
 o Are You Church Shopping?
 o Mon. Evening Bible Study 5/14, 5/21 at 7:30 pm
 o Mom2Mom Sale Sat. 5/19 from 9 am to 1 pm
 o Sun. Adult Ed: Greening Your House, 5/20 at 9:15 am
 o Pentecost on 5/27 - Wear Red & Read Gospel in Another Language
 o Baccalaureate Sunday 6/10: Grads - Let Office Know 
 o 2012 Vacation Bible School (VBS) Info/Registration
 o Worship Schedule 
 o May 2012 News & Views & Bulletin Inserts online
 o Gardeners - Help with St. John's gardens on 4th Sat.
 o New To You Resale Shop
 o St. John's Community
 o Pay Pledge with Your Bank's Automatic Bill Paying
 o New Marriage & Commitment Service Planning Guide
 o St. John's Stained Glass Windows Exposed
 o Driving Directions and Map to St.John's
 o Casualties of the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars
 o Additional Information

Are You Church Shopping?
     Great! We're glad that you are considering St. John's. We hope that you will find this website to be helpful in making your decision about your new church home. Click-on Church Shopping? for more information on St. John's. Use the menus on the left to access more detail on the activities at St. John's.
     The Easter pictures at the right from the top are: 1) kids at the altar getting their Easter flowers; 2) the Baker Girls and their Easter Hats and 3) the musicians who added to the lovely music in celebration of the Resurrection of Christ.

Sunday Adult Ed: Greening Your House, 5/20, 9:15am
    The Sunday Adult Ed at 9:15 am in the Library is as follows:
 o 5/20 - Julie Bricker, Director, Michigan Interfaith Power & Light, will give practical examples of how to become "greener". 

Mon. Evening Bible Study from 5/7 to 5/21 at 7:30 pm
    This Bible Study class will be on "Biblical Goodbyes" at 7:30 pm in the library. Reading Assignments are:
 o May 14: John 14:-17:26; Luke 22:28-38, 24:44-52; Mark 16:9-20; Matthew 28:16-20
 o May 21: Romans ch. 16; Philippians ch. 4; 1Corinthians 15:5-24; 2Corinthians 13:1-13; Thessalonians 5:12-28;1 Timothy 6:11-21; Philemon 17-25. 

St. John's Mom2Mom Sale on Sat. May 19, 9 am to 1 pm
    The May 2012 Mom2Mom Sale will be held Sat. May 19th from 9 am to 1 pm in Jatho Hall. There are 65 tables of items for sale and an area set aside for big items (strollers, cribs, etc.). We need volunteers to work the sale on Fri. 5/18 and Sat. 5/19.  There are sign up sheets in the Narthex. For more info click-on St. John's Mom2Mom Sale

Pentecost is Sun., 5/27 - Wear RED and READ the Gospel
     May 27 is the day we wear RED to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. If you would like to READ the gospel that day in another language please sign-up in the narthex bulletin board. A copy of the gospel your chosen language will be emailed to you.

Baccalaureate Sunday, June 10
    Graduates of high school, college and advanced degree programs; please notify the office at 248-546-1255 before Sunday, June 3, so you will be included in those honored. High school grads please indicate the college or other advanced school you will be attending. College grads please indicate the your degree (BA, BS, BFA, BSN, BMOC, etc.) and your major.  

2012 Vacation Bible School 7/9-7/13
    The Vacation Bible School (VBS) for 2012 will be held from Mon. July 9th to Fri. July 13 from 9 am to 12 noon. The "Sky" is the limit for kids entering kindergarten to 5th grade in this fun filled and inspirational week. Cost is $15. For more info click on VBS 2012 and VBS Registration Form. Volunteers are needed for the VBS and there is a sign up sheet in the Narthex.

Worship Schedule
 o Sunday, 8:00 am, Spoken Liturgy, Holy Eucharist, in the Sanctuary.
 o Sunday, 10:15 am, Liturgy with Music, Holy Eucharist, in the Sanctuary.
     Note: From May 27 to Sept. 2 this service will be at 9:30 am
 o 2nd & 4th Sundays of month at 5 pm - Celtic Service. All are welcome.
 o Tuesday, 10 am, The Circle of the Spirit Prayer Service in the Library
 o Thursday, 11 am, Healing Service, in the Chapel.

May 2012 News & Views and Bulletin Inserts online
     For the May 2012 News & Views newsletter click-on News & Views. For links to previous issues back to 2006 click-on Previous News & Views. Also click-on Bulletin Inserts to access the weekly bulletin inserts published by the Episcopal Church. The inserts have information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of the Episcopal Church.

Gardners - Help with St. John's Gardens on 4th Sat. of Month
    Spring is here!! It's time to clean up the grounds around St. John's. Just bring a rake or shovel.  The 4th Sat. of every month from now through October we start at 9 am.

New To You Resale Shop
     The normal NTY Resale Shop hours are Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4:30 pm, Mon. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, and Sat. 10 am to 1 pm. Enter from the parking lot entrance East of the church. The shop takes donations anytime the Shop is open and goods on consignment by appointment. For more information click on the "New To You Resale Shop" item to the left or call the NTY Shop manager, Kathy Williams, at 248-546-1722 during normal Shop business hours. Also call the Manager, Kathy Williams, for consignment appointments. If you have a few hours you would like to volunteer in the NTY shop please contact Kathy Williams at 248-546-1722 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Pay Your Pledge with Your Bank's Automatic Bill Paying
     We have investigated ways to pay your pledge online or automatically and the one method that does NOT cost the member or St. John's is through the Automatic Bill Paying service of your bank. For more info on this method of payment click-on Automatic Pledge Payment.

New Marriage & Commitment Service Guide
     The Vestry approved on Tue. 1/24 a new policy and fee schedule for marriages and commitment services at St. John's. To read these new policies and fees click on Marriage & Commitment Service Guide and Wedding Fees. The new policy is listed under the Pastoral Care item in the menu to the left as Marriage  Planning and Wedding Fees.

St. John's Community
     St. John’s Episcopal Church in Royal Oak is a parish of about 500 people, who come from all over the metropolitan Detroit area. We are a diverse community by age, ethnicity, marital status, sexual orientation, education and economic status. We are a welcoming and affirming parish. More info at About St. John's.

St. John's Stained Glass Windows Exposed
     Richard Leslie, Parish Historian, has writing a set of articles on the church's stained glass windows for recent issues of News & Views. To enhance your enjoyment of these articles, Richard's pictures of these windows will be loaded on the St. John's website and linked to his articles. To access the articles with links to the pictures and the pictures themselves click-on Stained Glass Windows. Currently the first four Apostle Windows (Luke, Barnabas, Philip and Nathaniel) above the Balcony discussed in the Jan. News & Views (p.8) are featured.

Driving Directions and Map to St. John's
     St. John’s is located at the southeast corner of Woodward Ave. and 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak. Enter the church from the parking lot off 11 Mile Road behind the church (east of the church). The address is 26998 Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak, Michigan 48067 and phone is 248-546-1255
    Map to St. John's. More driving directions...

Casualties of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
    As a reminder that we are still fighting the Afghan war after 10 years, we are publishing a War Casualties page which gives weekly information on the US casualties (deaths) in the Afghanistan War and in Iraq. During the lastest week, Dec. 10 16 there were casualties in Afghanistan. The Iraq war officially ended on Dec. 18 and the last Iraq casualty was on Nov. 14, 2011.The total since Jan. 1, 2011 is 54 in Iraq and 411 in Afghanistan. The US troop casualties are listed individually and only the numbers of other casualties are given.

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