Parish Picnic 2007
After our 10 a.m. service on Sunday, June 17, St. John's Parishioners
enjoyed outdoor refreshments, games and fellowship at our 2007 Parish
Picnic. A water balloon toss, log-sawing contest, parachute game
and a checkers match featuring volunteers as checkers pieces were all
part of the fun.
 
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Garden Improvements
Claude and Shirley McCormick
work on our garden at the corner of Queen St. and Temperance St.
A new church sign at the same corner has been sponsored by two families
for a month each to help promote events at St. John's
Rachel Johnson Speaks on AIDS & HIV
in Africa
On June 10, 2007, Rachel Johnson was the guest speaker at St.
John's. She discussed the challenges of AIDS and HIV in Africa,
from the perspective of her travels to South Africa where she worked as
a nurse. Rachel is shown here with Incumbent, Christopher Greaves and
also with Mary Tillcock, who presented her with flowers on behalf of
theAltar Guild. Her mother, Ellen, supports Rachel by helping to
sell hand made bags from South Africa.
St. John's Youth Present Skit and
Praise Team Selections
Thanks to the St. John's youth group for recently leading the singing
at our 10 a.m. service with their praise band and also for presenting a
skit about adiction. The skit, featuring the misadventures of
Milard the Monkey, examined the problems of addiction.
 
175th Anniversary Dinner
Close to 100 parishioners and friends of St. John’s gathered for the
Gala 175th Anniversary Dinner held at Knox Christian School May
12. Special guests included Bishop Michael Bedford-Jones, Durham
MPP John O’Toole and Clarington Mayor Jim Abernethy. Performers from
St. John’s provided a program of musical entertainment following the
dinner.
Impressions of Spring Concert
A classical music recital featuring Joanne Averill-Rocha – Flute,
Marianne Turner – Piano, Kristen Moss-Theriault – harp, and Kristine
Dandavino – Soprano was held Saturday, May 5, as part of our 175th
Anniversary Celebrations. Special thanks to each of the musicians for
an outstanding program.
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WHO-Fest Yard Sale
Saturday, May 5, offered perfect weather for the St. John's
Yard
Sale and Bake Sale held outdoors and hosted by the WHO (Women Helping
Others) group.
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Fashion Show 2007
Close to 200 attended the 175th Anniversary Fashion Show held at
Bowmanville High School Auditorium on Thursday, April 19th.
Thanks to the
models, to Monica Rose Fashions, to David and Sheila Rempel, and to all
those
who ensured the success of this event. Enjoy the photos!
Sharon Maddock, Lucy Butler,
Catherine Elliott, Sharon Kosloski,
Dianne Greaves, Deb Smith, Sheila Rempel (event organizer),
Sharron Lindsay, Beverly Lawrence-Bonnici, Joan Middleton
at BHS Stage, Thursday, April 19, 2007
MC David Rempel, assisted by Chrisopher Greaves, announces door prizes
Alpha Snaps
During the winter, the Alpha Course and Via Media Course have been
offered at St. John's. Photos below are from the final evening of
the alpha program.
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175th Anniversary
(Photo below at left) Incumbent, the Reverend Christopher Greaves, with
Dr.
George Sumner, Principal of Wycliffe College, during his visit to St.
John's for our 175th anniversary celebrations. Photo at right is
of the Very Reverend John vanNostrand Wright, Executive Director of The
Anglican Foundation of Canada with his wife, Mary, and Incumbent
Christopher Greaves.
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Green Road is now Greener!
St. John’s adopted the south end of Green Road from Hwy 2 to Concession
Rd. Our second Bi-Annual Clean-up took place on Earth Day (Sunday,
April 22). After a short safety talk and hotdog lunch, safety vests and
gloves were issued to each volunteer and we car-pooled to the
site. This spring we picked up 31 bags of garbage, 2 tires, 4
toilets, a box of paint cans, 3 election signs and various other stuff
thrown to the side of the road. We received a very nice phone
call from a resident of Green Road who praised our efforts and said he
and his neighbours very much appreciated our time spent on Green
Road. A special thank you to Sharron Lindsay and Kaye McOustra
for supplying goodies for lunch and to Barry Wheeler, coordinator of
the Spring Clean-up.
Our first road clean-up took place on
Saturday October 14 with 12 enthusiastic parishioners participating.
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