Whirrr, fizzzzz, whooosh. Hear that? That’s the sound of the brains belonging to the people who have been enjoying the October Speaker Series on Wednesday evenings. It’s been fascinating and challenging stuff. It’s also the sound of the robots looming over us, about to seize our jobs, our relationships, even our very souls. At least, that can easily be the fear of regular humans as we contemplate the seismic disruption of Artificial Intelligence.

St. John's Youth visited the Montgomery Fair this weekend and had a blast! EYC hosts weekly gatherings on Sundays and Wednesdays as well as special trips and events. For more information, contact jr@stjohnsmontgomery.org.

Adults covered dish supper Tuesday, October 14. Please bring your favorite covered dish and join us at the home of Helen Wells, 2332 Rosemont Circle, 36106. Soft drinks will be provided by the church, but you are welcome to bring additional beverages.

Worship with St. John's, wherever you are.

Each Sunday morning at 9 a.m., an email with a copy of the Sunday bulletin and link to the livestream service will be sent to everyone on the St. John's mailing list. Now you can easily worship online and follow along in the bulletin if you are not able to be here in person. If you do not receive the email, please call and let us know.

Dinner at 6, teaching & discussion at 6:30.

Main Street Montgomery serves as a bridge between businesses and residents in downtown Montgomery with the hopes of realizing a more unified and thriving community. The terrible events of October 4 have left hearts heavy for the grieving families and countless others impacted by this devastation.

Main Street Montgomery is conducting a public Community Dialogue on Wednesday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m. at Little Donkey (378 N Perry Street) across from EJI downtown. We will hear briefly from city officials, business ownners, law enforcement, the Chamber of Commercy, and community leaders before opening the floor to stakeholders and other guests.

This even is open to the public. All are welcome.

St. John's is honored to host the ECW Fall Conference on Oct. 17. More details to come. For questions and information, email Christine Kline at firefamily1991@gmail.com.

Learn more: https://www.alabamaecw.org/events

Come join us for a prayer bead assembly lunch in the St. John's parish hall on Monday October 20, 2025. Carrie Shaw and Will Hill Tankersley will have a brief presentation about Anglican Prayer Beads (and how they differ from Catholic Prayer Beads).  Then we will assemble prayer beads along with a local artist, Beth Wicker. These beads are to be provided to our fellow parishioners who are receiving services at home or are in assisted living facilities. Come join us for a healthy lunch and even healthier fellowship on 10/20/2025 at noon.

St. John's is honored to host Happening November 7-9, 2025!

We need help hosting participants at parishioners' homes Saturday and Sunday mornings as well as feeding the group throughout the weekend. Thanks to all those who have already signed up to help! Please email JR at jr@stjohnsmontgomery.org if you are able to volunteer in any way for the Happening Weekend. Learn more: https://www.happeningnational.org/about-happening

Bishop Glenda Curry will host a program at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Montgomery on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at 5 pm to celebrate Rosa Parks’ Weekend, and to honor the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. The program will feature Dr. Alcee Chriss III as organist performing music by black composers. Everyone is welcome.

St. John's is honored to be represented in "Alabama Hope," a new book from Birmingham photographer David Graves! The books will be available in the St. John's Bookstore starting next week, and the author will be signing copies for attendees of the ECW Conference Oct. 17.

Do you love to craft? Do you enjoy making things with your hands? The St. John's Arts and Crafts group is looking for handmade, unique items to be sold at this year's Bazaar. Whether you're into painting, woodworking, sewing, needlepoint, ceramics, or anything else, we'd love for you to join our group and share your talents with us. Some of our group do crafts at home bu we do meet frequently to do crafts as a group.

The Arts and Crafts group usually meets on Thursday mornings at 10 a.m.  We will not meet September 18 but will meet on September 23 and 25. All skill levels are welcome. If you know how to use a glue gun, come on! Interested? Contact Murray Bennett at 334-430-8660 for more details. 

The Bazaar will be here before you know it and Silent Auction needs your help.
Please consider donating items that will encourage competitive bidding. Paintings, signed prints, decorative arts, home accessories and jewelry are just a few examples of items that sell well. Because of space limitations, we cannot accept furniture.

Donations can be brought to the church educational building and left with a staff member or under the stairs on the first floor. Please mark the items as “Silent Auction”. Contact Jean Smyth, je@smyth3.com with any questions.

Your prayers are requested for the following parishioners:
The upcoming youth Happening event in November, Rick Durden, Dave Funk, Emily Crump Johannes, Bill Marks, Carma Marks, Richard McCrory, Pat McDonald, Eddie McDowell, Martha Collier Mosely, Cameron Napier, Bud Nason, Elizabeth Potter, Shirley Price, Hawthorne Ramsey, Debbie Steindorff, Barbara Wallace

Prayers are also requested for these friends: 
Emma Allshouse, Gail Alsobrook, Mac Burton, Willie "Bill" Carden, John Ferguson, Bob Geddie, Stephanie Holmes, Charles Lewis, Leslie Little, Margaret Moore, Karen Pacheco, Ron Skoneki, Madera Spenser, Chandler Taylor, Connie Thomas, Katherine Weidner, Frank Winkler, Sharon Carney Wright

7:30 a.m.
Lector: Fred Matthews
Usher/Greeter: Mark Chappell
Altar Guild: April & Brad Richardson

10:30 a.m.
Acolytes: Chloe Cumuze, Costa Cumuze, Burton Holmes, Anna Lynn White
Altar Guild: Chuck Moore, Debbie Schremser
Lector and Intercessor: Ken Kline, Ashley Roseboro

Eucharistic Ministers: Callie Dietz, JR Marshall 
Ushers/Greeters: Chuck Ocheltree, Liam McMullan, Ashley Roseboro, Cole Wise
Flower Guild: Jean Smyth, Karen Westhauser
Flower Delivery Team: Melissa Carter, Doris Ball, Linda Hutchinson
Videographer: Jim Cannon