High, Low, baseball Sunday- Rector's Rambling for May 4, 2025

What a blessing it has been to have TWO Sundays in a row with lots of guests at St. John’s!  What wonderful worship that we had on Easter Day with the full choir, brass, and so many guests and friends joining us.  This is always a highlight to the Church year!  Kudos to Dr. Lewis, Grace Jackson, and the Choir for the wonderful musical offering that day.  And also a hearty “thanks be to God” for all who pitched in in  the sacristy, sanctuary, narthex and undercroft (Altar Guild, Servers, Readers, Ushers and Coffee Hour Hosts).

The Sunday after Easter is referred to as Low Sunday, anticipating lower attendance.  The Choir had the day off, and we did our best to sing without their leadership.  But because it was our Tiger Baseball Sunday we actually had 50% MORE people in Church than our normal 10 AM Service attendance because of guests joining us for worship, lunch, and then to go over to the game! One parishioner alone had 38 friends buy tickets for the game!  Thank you John Barge for your diligence in spreading the word about our Sunday Baseball Outing.

We do have a few things scheduled in the coming weeks in addition to our regular Worship.  Today we have a special collection in support of the Bishop Biggers School in Malawi, next week is Mothers Day (no better way to honor mom than Church), and the week after that we will be hosting a baby shower in support of Pregnancy Aid, a crisis pregnancy center on Detroit’s east side.  On June 1st we will be having the recipients of our Outreach Giving joining us for worship so that we can recognize them and the good work that they are doing.

Planning is also underway to put together a regular general Sunday Social Outing and also one for a revival of our 20s/30s group.  Stay tuned for more details soon!

Lent, Eastertide and beyond, every Sunday is a good Sunday to be at St. John’s to glorify God, be nourished by His Word and Sacrament, and encouraged in parish fellowship .