Message from the Rector
  Welcome to St. John's, Southampton. We are a lively parish made up of various groupings of people ranging from year around residents to weekenders from New York City and beyond. We offer a variety of worship services: the traditional quiet service of Holy Communion at 8:00am; a family service at 9:00am, which includes Sunday School and Holy Communion; followed by an 11:00am service of Morning Prayer with Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month. The 11:00am service is suspended during the summer months while St. Andrew's Dune Church is open. While there one can again experience the familiar words of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, as well as the 1940 Hymnal. A schedule of St. Andrew's services is included elsewhere within this website. I hope that when traveling through the Hamptons of Long Island you will take a moment to visit St.John's either joining us for worship on Sunday; or by stopping by just to say a prayer. The front door is always open. I'd be most happy to hear from you. To send a message to me just click here .
Church School
Children attend the first fifteen minutes of the 9am service each Sunday, then march off, following a crucifer, to various classrooms in the parish house. Approximately 25 students from pre-kindergarten through seventh grade are accommodated according to class size. Chairman Dana Ficara and her able staff, including Carla Fresco,  Liz Deneny, Ellen Greaves, Gloria Dios, Haley Willis and Doug de Groot, set the curriculum and programs from late September through May.

Annual Summer Fair
    St. John’s Country Fair held Saturday, June 24,2006, resulted in a profit of over $18,000 which will be given to various charities. The Fair features activities for all ages, games, pony rides, hot dogs, ice cream and soda, plus a luncheon served in the undercroft dining room. Adults shopped for flowers, plants, books, baked goods, home and kitchen items, toys, furniture and clothing plus collectibles and antiques.
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Senior Warden Dana Ficara and her mother Barbara Ireton working at the 2006 Fair

Study Group

    A book group meets on Tuesday mornings during Lent and Advent. This year the ladies studied and discussed The Gospel of Mary Magdelene and works by Madeline L’Engle.

Christmas Gift Tree

    Over a hundred paper stars decorate a tree in the entry of St. John’s on the first Sunday of December. Each star lists gifts for a specific, but unnamed child and parishioners  adopt stars, returning bags of gifts two weeks later. Debbie Robinson organizes the collection and all gifts are distributed through the local ecumenical  Human Resources Program.

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Annual Art Show
    St. John's 37th Annual Art Exhibition and Sale of Paintings, Sculpture, Photography and Crafts opened Saturday evening, 7/27, to a goodly crowd enjoying one of the best displays of locally produced art that we have seen.
All money raised from the Art Show will be used for the support of St. John's oputreach programs.

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Ira and Anita Kornbluth, with Sheila O'Malley Fuchs in the middle.
Mrs. Fuchs was Co-Chairmen of the 2004 Annual Art Show
 

Outreach Committee

    The Outreach Committee headed by Dot Wilson meets throughout the year to research and recommend charities to the vestry for its approval. During the past year over 25 local, national  and worldwide charities have received grants  including Episcopal Relief and Development Projects, Oxfam, Heifer International, Doctors Without Borders and Smile Train, to name a few


This Week's Bulletin

THE FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR this morning are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Frederick Rolston by Dr. Florence Rolston.

 

THE CANDLES on the altar during the month of February have been given in loving memory of Nick and Betty Klemuk; Cindy, Robert Vutch and Andrew; Margaret Semerjian; Marvin C. Baldwin; the Nolan Family; the Sugarman Family and Dr. Savaijian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the Day

If they move the ball in golf, they’ll probably move the ball in business.

 

 

 

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR this morning are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Yervant Yahiayan by his nephew, Jacob Yahiayan.

 

THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING will be held immediately following the 11:00 A.M. today.

 

IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE to attend the Annual Meeting this Noon in the Undercroft, you may register as a communicant of this Parish and vote at the table in the Parish House.

 

 

NOMINATED TO SERVE ON THE VESTRY ARE:

 

Vestry (3- year term)

Patricia Griffith

Fred Kollhopp

 

 

THE RECTOR'S ANNUAL SUPER BOWL PREDICTION will be given at all three services next Sundayÿplease come with an open mind.

 

Thought for the Day

The average pencil is 7 inches long; with just a half-inch eraser…in case you thought optimism was dead.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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