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The motto of St. John is "As Christ came
to serve, so shall we serve." Each individual member of
this community of faith is encouraged to give evidence of our
gratitude for God's blessings by serving others as they encounter
them in their daily life. We also believe that God's blessings
fall upon the whole people of God gathered here, so we strive
to show gratitude by our corporate actions.
Currently, we are involved in these corporate
ministries:
- Senior Luncheon. Monthly, volunteers from St. John serve a warm meal
and provide entertainment and brief devotions for seniors. Open
to the public (first come, first served) we usually feed and
entertain between 80 and 100 senior citizens.
- Local food pantries. We regularly support the Acton Food Pantry and the
Acton Community Supper with financial contributions, personnel
and food collections. We also support other local food pantries
with financial contributions.
- Concord Prison Ministry. An ongoing ministry to those incarcerated at MCI
Concord, St. John has volunteers helping with a prison run Father's
program, and regularly participates in the Concord Prison Christmas
Shoebox Project.
- Habitat for Humanity. As part of the Boston Metro Conference of the New
England Synod, we have helped build a Habitat for Humanity house
in Boston. We raised over $20,000 at the beginning of the project,
and have since supported this project with volunteers who help
with construction.
- Parish Nurse Ministry. A fledgling ministry of St. John,
we currently provide trained nurse volunteers from the
congregation to visit, check blood pressure and provide general
assessment for elder members. We have also trained volunteers
to provide respite care for families experience long term illnesses.
- Labels for Schools. St. John members collect labels from sponsoring products,
and send them to a collective, which helps to purchase school
supplies for the Navajo Nation.
Other opportunities abound for the people
of St. John to give glory to God with their service, and the
congregation often responds to new opportunities as they arise.
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