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Monday Message December 14, 2020We are in Advent, heading to Christmas, so there are some special opportunities to gather this week!Tuesday December 15h at 11:00 a.m. - Advent Bible Study with Seminarian Jessica CONTINUES!: ALL ARE WELCOME On Tuesdays December 1, 8, 15, 22, at 11:00a.m. (PST) our Seminarian, Jessica Harman will offer an online bible study that goes deeper into the Advent Gospel text from the previous Sunday. Topic: Advent Bible Study - St. John's, Lodi Time: Dec 1, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time:? Every week on Tuesday;?Dec 15, 2020 11:00 AM ? ??????Dec 22, 2020 11:00 AMAttached to this email are the discussion?handouts for the next 3 weeks of the bible study. You can also go to:?? get these handouts.? Whichever is easier for you!?Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:?? ? Or Telephone：203-432-9666 or 646 568 7788? ? Meeting ID: 916 5748 9331Jessica Harmon,?jessica.harmon@yale.edu???????????? ?? December 15th – 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Walmart: Salvation Army Bell Ringers: Deacon Tom & Fr. Peter – Come visit your clergy at the Walmart on Lower Sacramento Road, and throw some spare change or bills into the bucket to help support the work of our local Salvation Army. Wednesday December 16th – “Posada” – Diocesan Event with a Stop at St. John’s, Lodi!?– The Diocesan Facebook Page is hosting a “Posada” a bilingual, cultural event. Las Posadas commemorates the journey that Mary and Joseph took to Bethlehem. This service includes a Mariachi band, virtual “stops” at many of our parishes and much more! One can watch on Wednesday December 16th at 6:30 p.m. via the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin Facebook Page - ?Friday Noonday Prayer on Our Facebook Page?- On both the “Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi, CA Facebook and YouTube Pages” this short service will premiere. If you wish to follow along and say responses, the service begins on page 103 in The Book of Common Prayer (you can still follow along in the service without one).???Sunday December 20 (Advent IV) Worship at 9:30 a.m. – Our worship will stream to your home live via our Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi CA Facebook Page, from our Worship Team who will broadcast live from the church. The service will get posted later in the morning to our YouTube page. Christmas at Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi California Christmas Eve In THREE Parts:Part I – Short Live Stream at 3:00 p.m. where Fr. Peter will Consecrate Eucharist Wafers – Bishop Rice refers to Christmas Eve during Covid as an “Extraordinary Event,” and thus has directed his priests, for this one event, to consecrate am distribute wafers (we will do so at our drive throughPart II – Drive Through 4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. – Come experience a little bit of the Season, with some members from our Staff, Vestry and their Families – Socially distancing and masked – we will be accepting your canned good donations for charity, your financial gift to God through our parish, and receive, a communion wafer (if you wish) and a gift (each while supplies last)! Part III - At 5:30 p.m. Streaming to Our YouTube and Facebook Pages: – A pre-recorded Worship Service that includes our Christmas Pageant directed and cast by our seminarian. The Vestry agrees that even if the color code changes, more than 100 people might show up if we tried to do an in-person service that night. As I have said to others “Christmas Eve is the wrong night to turn people away telling them that there is ‘no room in the Inn!’” Once the “premiere” of the service stream concludes you can watch it at any time. So, if you prefer to sit down and “worship” later, the stream will be available for you to do so.The combination of a drive through experience along with a service with pageant streamed to our homes seems like the best way to embrace the season in a special way for 2020.Christmas Day- 9:30 a.m. Worship Service Live Streaming – As we will do on Sundays in Advent, the Worship Team will gather inside the church and present a service that will be streamed live. The Sunday After Christmas: Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. – Streaming Online: We will have a pre-recorded Children of All Ages Service posted to the Facebook and YouTube Pages. ................
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