Outreach
Reformation Symphony
By Susan Shinn Turner As part of St. John’s Reformation celebration, the Salisbury Symphony will perform Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, “The Reformation Symphony,” in the Sanctuary at 7 pm Saturday, Sept. 23. Tickets are available in Seasons Gifts or online for $20 each. “This is quite a rare treat,” says Rob Durocher, St. John’s minister…
Read MoreMOM Dental Clinic Returns this September
By Susan Shinn Turner The third Missions of Mercy (MOM) dental clinic is slated for Sept. 15-16 at The Event Center at West End Plaza (formerly Salisbury Mall), and Krista Woolly wants YOU. Krista, executive director of the Community Care Clinic, is serving as community coordinator for the dental clinic, a ministry that was initiated…
Read MoreCheerwine Celebration
By Susan Shinn Turner People from all over Rowan County — and all over the country, too — helped the Ritchie family celebrate Cheerwine’s 100th birthday on May 20 in Downtown Salisbury. “We felt very privileged that everybody came out to honor the anniversary of Cheerwine,” says Mark Ritchie, a fourth generation of the Cheerwine…
Read MoreReformation 500 Symphony Concert
Dear St. John’s member, What an amazing opportunity for St. John’s to be able to host a truly magnificent collaboration between the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and the beginning of the new Salisbury Symphony Chorale along with the St. John’s Chancel Choir and Men’s Chorus to tie in with the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. This…
Read MoreAlabama – Bayou La Batre Day 5
Alabama Blog Day 5: (Sorry for the late post – we lost wifi access! Better late than never though!) “Today I worked on painting houses and cleaning an old food pantry, the work was very fun and interesting because of the conversations we had to get to know one another more. While we were painting…
Read MoreAlabama – Bayou La Batre Day 4
Alabama Blog Day 4: “Today we went out and did work projects and we worked on two houses and we painted both of them and scraped the second house and then painted over it. Then we went out tonight and go ice cream and drove around and we just had a good time and had…
Read MoreAlabama – Bayou La Batre Day 3
Alabama Blog Day 3: “The past two days we have been working at a church up the road painting and cleaning the church rooms. The hosts were so nice and welcoming to us that they invited us back today. They made and served us a huge lunch. In the end, everyone there was so thankful…
Read MoreAlabama – Bayou La Batre Day 2
Alabama Blog Day 2: “Today was awesome! After our service projects we went to Dauphin Island. We had so much fun swimming in the ocean and we just had a great time messing around. Today I saw God at the beach while being surrounded by his lovely creation and being with my friends.” Julie Kenny…
Read MoreAlabama – Bayou La Batre Day 1
Alabama Blog Day 1: Because it was primarily a travel day, we wanted to do a group post for tonight. Today we had a great trip down to Bayou La Batre even though we all had to get up super early. Some of us slept while others of us watched movies/videos; others ate a lot…
Read MoreKnoxville Wrap-Up
Well it’s been a few days since we returned from Knoxville and our mission trip with WOW Urban Ministries. Even though it’s been a few days, my thoughts are commonly returning to our time serving our neighbors there. This was my first experience with WOW Urban Ministries, and I can say that I am very…
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