Posts by Angel Owens
August Sale at Seasons Gifts
By Gerrie Blackwelder There is going to be a sale. A SALE! At Seasons Gift Shop. Run, get there as quickly as you can. It begins Aug. 1 and goes throughout the month. This is big…very, very big! One of the most popular items, and especially great for the back-to-school college kids and high school…
Read MoreTrinity Living at St. John’s Kicks Off Aug. 13
By Susan Shinn Turner Trinity Living at St. John’s — the county’s first church-based respite care program — kicks off Aug. 13. A collaboration between Trinity Living Center and St. John’s, the program will be housed in The Pit, in the lower level of the Faith Center. Respite care is open to people ages 60…
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My bees didn’t make it this year. Call it bad weather, bad luck, bad beekeeping, or maybe the vicious assault of neighboring mustached bees that were remarkably coordinated in their attack. Bottom line: We won’t have honey this year. Which is a bummer. To be honest, I didn’t get off to a good start. Well,…
Read MoreTeachers Appeal to Raleigh for Additional Support
At least five members of St. John’s were among the thousands of teachers who filled Downtown Raleigh, May 16, in the “March for Students and Rally for Respect.” Here are some impressions of the day: “It was a wonderful day as teachers and supporters took a stand to rally for respect! So many people have…
Read MoreCarter Woolly to Serve a Year in Rwanda with ELCA Young Adults Ministry
By Susan Shinn Turner You’ve probably heard of the Peace Corps, but what about YAGM? YAGM stands for Young Adults in Global Mission, and in August, Carter Woolly will embark on a year-long adventure as a YAGM staffer in Rwanda. “It’s sort of like the Peace Corps,” explains Carter, who graduated in May from Lenoir-Rhyne…
Read MoreKnoxville Day 3
This morning my service project was with Mobile Meals. We went to a bunch of houses and we went up to the door and brought them hot and cold meals for the day. And at one of the houses we went to a lady invited us in. And when we went in she told us…
Read MoreKnoxville Day 2
So my favorite thing today was probably being able to help the growers at Beardsley Farm grow food to give to people that need food. So another high of my day, after we were done picking weeds at Beardsley Farm was throwing a baby potato around playing catch with it. For my second service project…
Read MoreKnoxville Day 1
First, I woke up and we went to Cafe WOW where we talked about this guy who was being bullied by football players and the coach stepped in and helped him. Then we had breakfast. Today for service projects we went to Beardsley Farm and picked raspberries, tomatoes, and then pulled a lot of…
Read MoreNew Respite Care Ministry to Begin at St. John’s
By Susan Shinn Turner In August, St. John’s is beginning an exciting new partnership with Trinity Living Center: a half-day, group respite program called Trinity Living at St. John’s. This program is designed to offer caregivers a break, while providing loved ones with a wide range of activities, according to Christina Joyce, executive director of…
Read MoreCarolyn Byrd Retries as Director of Senior Adult Ministry: Thank you, Carolyn!
By Susan Shinn Turner Almost four years ago, Carolyn Byrd became St. John’s first director of senior adult ministry. On May 30, she retired from that position. “We wanted to develop a program that focused on that group of people,” Carolyn explains. “We had the GO Club, and we wanted to expand that ministry.” At…
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