Come as you are! Everyone welcome … In-person or on Zoom.
R E A D I N G S
🔆Psalm 16 🔆 1 Peter 1:3–9 🔆John 20:19–23
S E R M O N
🔆“We are a Resurrection People” – Elizabeth Conway
M U S I C
PRELUDE … Prelude and Toccata on Kingsfold, Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954)
INTROIT … Great and Glorious Day, Part I, Todd Jolly (b. 1961)
HYMN … Today We are called to be Disciples
ANTHEM … Great and Glorious Day, Part II, Todd Jolly
HYMN … Jesu Jesu Fill Us With Your Love
OFFERTORY … Christ lag in Todesbanden, Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
ANTHEM … Adoro te devote, Everett Titcomb (1884-1968)
HYMN … That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright
POSTLUDE … Puer nobis nascitur, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Join us for Coffee Hour immediately after the service.
To subscribe to the weekly newsletter, click here.
To join the Zoom weekly Service, click here.
A N N O U N C E M E N T S – – – – – – –
Berkeley CROP Hunger Walk
The annual Berkeley CROP Hunger Walk in happening on Sunday, April 19 at St. Mary Magdalen at 1:30pm. The Berkeley CROP Hunger walk supports Church World Service (CWS) and Dorothy Day House. These non-profits operate food programs, emergency response assistance, as well as longer-term solutions like enhancing food security and providing sustainable safe water supplies. You can register and learn more about the walk by visiting the walk’s website: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/chw/team/st-johns-presbyterian-church-3 or by contacting Greg Rising.
Earth Day Prayer Meditation
Join the California Interfaith Power & Light organization on this Earth Day for a special Interfaith Earth Day Prayer as part of Faith Climate Action Week. On Wednesday, April 22 at 12pm, people of many faiths will gather in reflection, prayer, and shared commitment to care for our common home. Across traditions, spiritual communities are rising to meet the climate crisis with moral courage and collective action. Together we will honor the sacredness of Earth, lift up prayers for healing and justice, and reaffirm that people of faith are leading the way in protecting creation for future generations.
Many of you are already preparing for Faith Climate Action Week: April 17th- 26th, and hundreds of faith communities around the state will be holding climate focused worship services and events that week.
On the 30-minute Zoom gathering, we’ll take a moment to slow down and be together in a reflective space. In addition to the interfaith climate prayer “We Hold the Earth” that we have used for about a decade now, we’ll have prayers from the Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, and Jewish traditions. Click here to register.
From SJ members Pricilla & Henry Couden: ‘Sara Sings’ concerts
Dear Friends and Family … I want to catch you up with Sara’s latest ongoings: Since Christmas, and the Messiahs, Sara sang around the country. She sang in the Detroit Opera’s Handmaid’s Tale and came back at the beginning of March to sing for Portland Baroque. Returning to the Bay Area, she sang a magnificent Bach St. Matthew Passion with many other wonderful soloists and the San Jose Symphonic Choir. In early April, Sara will be travelling to New York and Boston to sing. Locally, here are her performances:
April 26 – Berkeley’s Cantata Collective at St. Mary Magdalene, 5pm.
May 3 – Arias Kidding – a joint project with soprano Kate Offer at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, San Francisco, 1:30pm.
June 19, 21 – Festival Opera – Handel’s Alcina – Berkeley
August 2, 8, 15 – West Edge Opera – Handel’s Rinaldo – Oakland, 2pm & 8 pm.
Looking forward to the Fall, which will include Suor Angelica with Livermore Opera, Mozart Requiem, and Ars Minerva’s Andromeda! We hope to see you at as many of these events as possible! Looking forward to a great year! – Priscilla & Henry Couden.
QR Code for Giving Money to St. John’s
One can now donate via PayPal for weekly giving and special events. Simply scan the PayPal QR Code in our bulletin or church lobby. All donations are tax-deductible. Thank you for your continued support.
Upcoming St. John’s Sunday Forum – SAVE THE DATE
Take a break after worship for 5-10 minutes, then come back for a conversation:
May 31 – AI & Humans.: How Will We Relate? Spend an hour with Dr. Braden Molhoek, Director, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), and Ian G. Barbour, Assistant Professor of Theology, Science, Ethics, and Technology at the Graduate Theological Union.
AI is changing our relationships (including humanity’s relationship with God and with the rest of creation). How we think theologically about AI inspires new questions of ethics, virtue, and creation. For example, is AI made in the image of God or of humans? What would its designers say? What do we say? What implications does the answer to this question have for our future and our relationship to AI? Come learn more in an engaging and timely Education session.