Contents of this page:  
  o  Are You Church Shopping?
  o  Parish Annual Meeting Sun. 1/29 after 9:30 Service
  o  Red Cross Blood Drive at St. John's Mon. 1/30 
  o  Mon. Night Movie/Book Discussion 1/30, 7:30 pm
  o  Inquirer's Class on the Episcopal Church, Next on Sun. 2/5 at 9:15 am  
  o  Looking for Work Group meets next on Mon. 2/6 at 8:30 am
  o  Thanks to all Pageant participants + photos
  o  Winter Worship Schedule 
  o  New Blue Hangings and Vestments
  o  Jan. 2012 News & Views & Bulletin Inserts online
  o  New To You Resale Shop
  o  St. John's Community
  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. For basic information on the Episcopal Church's use of the Bible, organization and history, attend the  Inquirer's Classes Sunday at 9:15 am in the library Feb. 5, 12 and 19, 2012.  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 picture at the top of the page is from the four baptisms held on Sun. Jan. 15th.  

Inquirer's Class on the Episcopal Church 1/22, 9:15 am
     To learn more about the Episcopal Church or to be received or confirmed by the bishop take these remaining classes on Sunday at 9:15 am in the Library:
 o Jan. 8: Jesus in the creeds;
 o Jan. 15: Sacraments of the Church: Baptism & Holy Eucharist;
 o Jan. 22: How to use the Book of Common Prayer;
 o Jan. 29: Parish Annual Meeting after single 9:30 Service - No Class;
 o Feb. 5: Episcopal Church's use of the Bible;
 o Feb. 12: How the Episcopal Church is organized;
 o Feb. 19: Short History of the Episcopal Church. 

Mon. Night Movie/Book Discussion 1/30, 7:30 pm
     Monday Night at the Movies continues Jan. 30 at 7:30 in the Library with more watching & discussing Mitch Albom's "Have a Little Faith" - Trailer.

Parish Annual Meeting Sun 1/29 after 9:30 am Service
    The Parish Annual Meeting will be after the 9:30 am Service on Sunday, Jan. 29.  There not be an 8 am service on this Sunday. On 1/29 Godly Play Sunday School will begin at 9:30 am. There will be a continental breakfast served.

Red Cross Blood Drive Mon. 1/30, 2-8 pm 
    The Red Cross will hold a blood drive at St. John's on Monday, Jan. 30 from 2-8 pm. Please sign up for a time on the bulletin board in the Narthex.  Your blood can be used to help three different people. 
    
Looking For Work (LFW) Meets Next on Mon. 2/6 at 8:30 am
     LFW provides support for those who are unemployed or underemployed and is now meeting the 1st Monday of the month at 8:30 am in the library. All folks looking for work are invited to attend the meetings whether members of St. John's or not. More information is available on the LFW Facebook page.

Thanks to all Pageant Participants
     We thank all of the students, parents and grandparents who participated in the Christmas Pageant on Jan. 8.  A special thanks goes to Paulynn Auger, Sue Tower and the parents for sheparding the sheep, etc.  It was a good show and great fun. There are a couple of photos from a cell phone on this page.  If you have any photos or video please email them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will put selected ones on the website. The current photos are of the three kings with their camel preparing to enter the sanctuary and the smallest sheep. More photos are on the St. John's Facebook page.

Winter 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.
  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. 
 
New Blue Hangings and Vestments
   The photo to the right shows the new blue seasonal vestments on Rev. Linda Northcraft.  Above that is the new blue altar cloth. Below is a hanging for the lectern. The entire set is a gift in memory of Marcia Baker given by Claudia Osborn.  We thank her for this generous gift.  They were designed and created by Collette Pariseau.  For more info on the set and an explanation of the change from Purple to Blue for the Advent Season by the Rev. Linda Northcraft click on Blue Vestments & Hangings. 

Jan. 2012 News & Views and Bulletin Inserts online
     For the January 2012 News & Views newsletter click-on News & Views. For links to previous issues back to 2006 click-on Previous News & View.  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.

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 .

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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