•  Invitation
• Calendar of Events:
• Thursday, June 25:  6-8 pm, Summer's Eve Garden Party.  Please click on this link to respond to the invitation.
• Sunday, Septermber 12:  10-11 am, Wlecome Back Sunday and Open House
• Sunday, September 27:  9:30-10 am, Ecumenical Blessing of the Animals in Thomspson Square
• Friday, October 2:  7 - 9 pm, Sacred Sight: A Look Back at Mid-Centry Charlestown through the Lens of Mr. Cutler
  
• Coffee Hour Hosts - Sign up in the Parish House.  Partner with an "experienced host" if it is your first time.
• Altar Flowers - See Nancy Armstrong if you would like to donate flower in memory of a loved one.
• Formation
• Adults interested in being confirmed or received should talk to the rector (rector@stjohns02129.org or 617-930-3728).
• Godly Play and Youth Group will resume in the fall.
  
• Mission
• Harvest on Vine -   Tuesday 5/26/09 was volunteer night at Harvest on Vine. 
• Non-perishable items will be collected every Sunday (we are especially concentrating on 2 lb bags of white rice) for Harvest on the Vine food pantry.  
• Volunteers are needed and if you are interested, please email Rosie Sprague.  
• Challenge Drive & Renovations:  We are currently renovating the church.   If you wish to donate toward the painting and plastering of the sanctuary, please make your checks payable to St. John's Church with a note in the memo line for "Renovations".  We have raised $44,000 in the quiet phase.  We are beginning to reach out to the wider community to continue in a the good work that has begun.  If you are interested in contributing, please contact the rector at rector@stjohns02129.org.or 617-930-3728)
• Renovations have been completed on the upper and  lower balcony, as well as the vestibule.
• Painting/plastering of walls & ceilings are in process.
• Reordering of the sanctuary has begun with the renovation of the original altar, the removal of the high platform, the refurbishing of the oak and floors and a ramp to make the altar accessible to all.
  

Ongoing Events

• Early-Riser Eucharist -- Sundays, 8:00 a.m.  The service is generally held inside until weather permits a service in the garden.  
• Sunday Eucharist with "Godly Play" Sunday School -- Sundays, 10:00 a.m., followed by coffee hour.  Childcare provided in our well-equipped nursery.  
  

Community Events at St. John's

• Alcoholics Anonymous meets in the Parish House on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. (youth meeting), Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. (closed meeting), and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. (open meeting).   
• Group Psychotherapy meets in the Parish House on Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. (closed meeting). 
• Convivium Musicum meets in the Parish House on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. 

Directions and Contact Information
Directions and contact information are available at this link.