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As the number folks suffering from food insecurity grows by the day we at St. John’s plan to help the community respond to that growing need.

Starting in May, on the first and third Wednesday of every month, we’ll be collecting donations of food at the church and taking them to the Food Bank at New Milford Social Services (on the first Wednesday) and to Our Daily Bread at the United Methodist Church (on the third.)

Here’s how it’ll work. We’ll have a van or truck parked on Main St. in front of the church from 10 AM to noon on those days.

Bring your donations in the trunk or rear compartment of your car, pull in behind the van, or as close as possible, and volunteers will do the rest.

You won’t need to leave your car or open the window (though friendly waving is encouraged!)

We, of course, will need people to make this happen. It’s not a big time commitment and the more volunteers, the more we can spread it out.

Please consider helping out and if you decide this outreach opportunity is for you, please call or email Pastor Jack.

For those who choose to donate food, here’s a shopping list from the New Milford Food Bank.

St. John’s is providing meals every Monday for Emily Lee and her family,

As you probably know, Emily is undergoing chemo. She and her family are thankful for our help with meals right now.

Lise Smith is coordinating this loving outreach. She has all the details of dietary restrictions etc and has a thorough system in place.

Please contact her by phone or email, 860-354-0325 or lisecsmith0325@google.com, to receive available dates and details.  

If you would like to be part of this ‘no contact’ helping hand, there are several ways to help. You can:

1. Prepare and deliver a meal, 

2. just do the cooking, 

3. be a driver to drop off a meal someone else prepared,

4. donate a monetary contribution for a special treat meal.

If you choose to help, please know it is accepted with heartfelt gratitude.

Our dear friend John Roger passed from this life on Good Friday, April 10th. It is hard to imagine our life at St John’s without our wise and caring Patriarch.

A service of Christian Burial will be held when it is safe to gather again. 

John’s life was remembered in a recent edition of the local weekly, The Spectrum. You can read the story here. And you can read John’s obituary here.

If you would like to give a gift to St John’s Book of Remembrance in John’s name, please write J Roger in the memo line of your check and mail your remembrance to St John’s Church, 7 Whittlesey Ave., New Milford CT 06776

We’re planning an online Coffee Hour for Palm Sunday morning. Find out how to “attend” and more ways to keep in touch with your friends at St. John’s in the latest issue of our newsletter St. John’s Connects.

Here are some options to stay spiritually connected during these unusual times. We hope this is helpful.

Sunday Morning Prayer: Pastor Jack will continue to tape and upload to the internet Morning Prayer on Sundays. You can see these prayer sessions on the St. John’s Facebook page and on our website. 

ECCT Daily Morning Prayer/Compline: During the weekdays, the ECCT is providing Morning Prayer and Compline via the online meeting site ZOOM. Morning prayer is at 7:30 a.m. Compline is at 8:30 p.m. Here’s a link to the conference calls.
Please click HERE for meetings, cancelations, updates and more news across the ECCT along with important self-care resources!

Northwest Region Daily Prayers: Morning Prayer and Compline. Morning Prayer is at 7:30 a.m. Compline is at 8:30 p.m. To join the conference calls click this link or dial 929-205-6099. The meeting ID is 489 161 8328.
They will be using the readings and collects each day provided by the Mission of St. Clare, found here.

NW Region Tuesday Afternoon Bible Study
Rev. Martha Tucker will lead a NW Region Bible Study on Tuesdays at 4PM! We will be looking at the Gospel of John! The zoom link is below. Please contact Dylan Mello with any questions at dmello@episcopalct.org.https://episcopalct.zoom.us/j/836528308

https://episcopalct.zoom.us/j/786414686
Phone:646-558-8656 Meeting ID: 786 414 686

NW Region Bible Study Thursday Mornings: St. John’s in Pine Meadow is offering Dwelling in the Word on Thursday mornings at 10:30 AM. They will look at the Gospel for the coming Sunday! Please contact Dylan Mello at dmello@episcopalct.org for log-in information.

NW Region Wednesday Healing Services:
10:00, Rev. Joe Shepley of St. Paul’s in Brookfield will offer a Morning Prayer with a litany of healing with prayer requests. This will be done over Facebook Live. 
12:30 p.m., Rev. Tara Shepley of St. George’s in Middlebury will offer noonday prayer with a litany of healing with prayer requests. This service also can be found on Facebook Live,

National Cathedral: You can view the live stream of the Sunday morning service at the cathedral here or here. Or watch on Facebook, The service is at 11:15 a.m. See the weekly schedule of online services at the cathedral by clicking here.

The Bible App for Kids: It’s available for both Android and iOS, and is a free app that offers illustrated and interactive games for children ages four and older. (We saw this in an article on CNET. Pretty sure it’s non-denominational but you may want to test it out before you let your kids have a look.)

A Special Prayer: Jen Pollock Michael of Christianity Today composed a prayer addressing the concerns of this trying time. You can see that here.