We are trying something new this year in preparation for our Annual Vestry meeting on February 19.

This year, EVERY MEMBER OF ST. JOHN’S is encouraged to be part of the Nominating Committee.

We are asking each of you to prayerfully consider the positions that need to be filled for 2012.
The positions include: People’s Warden, People’s Deputy Warden, 2 Parochial Tribunal Members, Lay Delegate (and alternate) to Synod, and Coordinators for 5 Key Ministry Areas.

Job descriptions for these positions are posted with the nomination forms at the church and are also available by clicking here .  Please carefully read the job descriptions for each of these positions, and if you know of people whose skills/strengths might be appropriate for particular positions, approach them and ask them if you may nominate them.  If they agree, write their name (and yours) on the nomination forms that will be at the back of the church. Here is an example of what the forms look like. 

At our Annual Vestry meeting, we will vote to decide who will fill each of the positions. 

Please get involved. Take part. Make your voice count.

The A.C.W. will be holding their Thursday lunches in the Church Hall this year beginning in the season of Lent. The lunches start February 23rd and occur every Thursday for 6 weeks from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. The cost is $5.00 per person. To reserve, please call 705-652-8302.

As usual, each week a speaker will give a short talk following the lunch. The speakers are:

Feb. 23      Rev. Munroe Scott, St. John's Anglican Church
March l      Rev. Terry Ingram, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
March 8     Rev. Bob Hartley
March 15   The Venerable David Peasgood
March 22   Rev. Phil Brown, Lakefield Baptist Church
March 29   Youth Unlimited Lakefield

Mark your calendar for March 4th 2012 when professional actor Matthew Gibson -- named by The National Post as one of the best actors of 2004 -- brings The Gospel According to Saint Mark to vivid life at a 10:00 AM  interdenominational service at St. John’s, Lakefield. Gibson gives what is considered the oldest of the Gospels a dramatic two-hour solo performance, bringing the text alive through a unique blend of storytelling and theatricality with the text of the performance being the entire Book of Saint Mark from the King James Bible of 1611. For more information about this performance click on this link.