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  • Worship at John Knox

    Worship at John Knox

    In worship we offer to God our praise, confessions, and attention.  In worship we receive God’s presence, pardon, and power to live out what we believe. In worship we celebrate the gift of community and the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Each week we have the chance to be addressed by scripture, supported by those around us, and reminded of our true identity and sacred story. 

    Please Join us!

    At John Knox, we have two worship services every Sunday at 9:30 and 11 a.m. For details about holiday worship, special events, and guest Pastors, you can view our entire worship schedule.

  • Education & Caring at John Knox

    Education & Caring

    We are students, every one of us and the moment we stop learning, something is wrong.  We seek to learn more about God and thereby more about ourselves.  In learning together we come to a deeper understanding of the Bible, we come to appreciate our reformed heritage (the church reformed, always being reformed), and we are encouraged by a community that keeps us true and connected. We also care.  We gather up the courage to ask for help when we need it.  We also find ways to offer help and train ourselves to be more effective in our care giving.

  • Outreach at John Knox

    Outreach

    We’re not just trying to preserve our well-being.  At the end of every service the pastor offers the following charge to the congregation:  “Go out into the world in peace; have courage.  Hold on to what is good and return no one evil for evil.  Strengthen the fainthearted, support the weak, help the suffering, honor all people, love and serve the Lord, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.”   Though we have encountered God in worship, we leave with God and head to our homes, our neighborhoods, and our world to put faith into action.  There is more to our faith than warmhearted sentiment.  The faith lived out in word and deed is bold, dynamic, and intense in its love and service.

Welcome to our Church

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 The congregation of John Knox Presbyterian Church welcomes you to this preview of our life together. We hope you will explore this site; but better yet, we hope you will join us. Our congregation is warm and welcoming, inviting all to worship, serve, share and explore the love of God known through Jesus Christ. May God bless you richly as you continue your personal journey of faith in Jesus Christ.

Rev. Dr. Tom MacMillan, Pastor

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Women's 2012 Spring Retreat

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This year's John Knox Women's Spring Retreat will take place the weekend of May 18-20 at Buelah Beach.  Click on the attachment below to view a brochure with additional information and registration form.

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Faith-at-Work Groups

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2012 Vacation Bible School

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Pastor's Page - May 2012

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    During the Honor Dinner a few weeks back we celebrated those in our congregation who are 80 and better. These saints enjoyed a great meal together in Trinity Hall and then made their way to the Sanctuary to listen to a recital by Craig Galinski. On the way I was pushing Nancy’s wheelchair, when Donna came up alongside us in her wheelchair. She leaned over toward Nancy and asked, “Wanna race?”

Maybe that’s why I love this crazy group. They have weathered numerous storms in our world and in our nation. They have watched our church stretch and grow. They have upheld their families and passed their faith along. They have endured countless surgeries and visits to the doctor and still they are feisty and filled with joy.

So rise up, all under 80, and follow their example. It may take them 3 hours to get ready for church but they are here. It might take them 20 minutes to make it from Trinity Hall to the Sanctuary (unless they are racing) but they are going to get there and talk with 15 people en route. They may not be able to come to night meetings, but they will be in circle meetings and Bible studies and service groups for long stretches of daylight. They may not be doing liturgical movement, but they are tracking birthdays, praying over the prayer list, remembering anniversaries, encouraging others through tough times and carrying forward the beautiful and enduring story of God’s faithfulness.

Paul conveyed this steadfast faith to the Corinthians long ago, “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed… So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight and momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure… For the love of Christ urges us on” (II Corinthians 4:7-9, 16-17, 5:14).

Thanks to all who are 80 and better. You inspire us and keep us steadfast in the faith.
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Monday Message 05-14-2012

I read an interview with Chef Charlie Trotter who is leaving the culinary business of 25 years and his famous restaurant in Chicago. “I can do this forever, and it’s most gratifying…that said, there are so many other things to do in life. Twenty-five years in this line of work is fantastic. It’s just time to step back, breathe deeply and do something different…When’s the last time I sat on a beach and read The Brothers Karamazov?”

It’s been interesting reading the reactions to this bold move from such a pioneering career. Some call it quitting or giving up. Trotter calls it a sabbatical. He plans to travel the world with his wife, Rochelle, and go back to school to study philosophy and political theory.

Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-2), may have felt a similar tension from those who wanted him to stay put. They had experienced his power to heal and wanted him to stick around.

“In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place and there he prayed. And, Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, ‘Everyone is searching for you.’ He answered, ‘Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came to do.’ And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons” (Mark 1:35-39).

Jesus could have established quite a community right there in Capernaum. But instead he chose to go elsewhere; to keep moving and preaching and taking the message to other people who needed to hear it. Jesus was not interested in building one community in one place. He is interested in building a movement that will go to all places.

Maybe we need to reclaim a sense of being travelers. Maybe we need to remember that we are called, sometimes in various ways - to various places. Someone once said that we are to be roadies for the reign of God. I like that.

But, though he ventured out, he also kept returning to sacred places; to synagogues, to the homes of beloved friends, and to deserted places for prayer.

So, make sure you have places marked and ready for your return.

And, make sure you’re ready to tour, in the Kingdom of God……to crazy places!

It might be the beach with Dostoevsky, a coffee shop with a relative you recently yelled at, or maybe a soup kitchen in Cleveland to make a dish you picked up from Charlie Trotter.

tom


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Special Announcements

For Future Planning

2012 Women's Retreat
May 18-20
Beulah Beach, Vermilion

Adult Summer Classes Begin
9:30 & 11:00 Services
June 3

Vacation Bible School
June 25-29

All Church Picnic
July 1

Women's "Kick-off" Luncheon
September 6 

Rally Day
Children's Church School begins
September 9

Adult Church Sunday Program
begins - September 16 

Presbytary Meeting @ John Knox
September 24 @ 3:30 pm 

Holiday Craft Show and Book Sale
Benefit JKC Preschool
Saturday, November 10
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Hanging of the Greens
December 2 

Christmas Tea
Trinity Hall @ 12 Noon 


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