Announcements

We are seeking to highlight our parishioner’s gifts of art and photography on our bulletin covers to better represent our St. John the Baptist community. We need your help! If you have any artwork or photos you would be willing to share, follow these guidelines and we may select your submission to grace the cover of an upcoming bulletin!

1. To keep in line with our parish theme of CARE, we ask that your artwork/photo reflect how we CARE for God, creation, ourselves and/or for one another through our parish home. Bonus points if it works with a particular Gospel/Liturgical season (i.e. Advent, Lent, Easter). Our September 18th bulletin included an article on page 3 highlighting our parish theme: Link to Bulletin
2. We will not be able to accept any images that are copyrighted or from the internet. They must be original artwork/photos.
3. You can drop off your submission at the front office (unfolded please!) or email us a copy at bulletin@sjtbcc.org. Please include the following:
   1. Name
   2. Contact Information
   3. 2-3 sentences describing your artwork/photo and how it highlights our theme of CARE. We will include this description and your name if your image is selected for a bulletin cover.
4. Artwork/photo must be no bigger than 8″x10″ if submitting a hard copy or a jpeg at 300 dpi if submitting an emailed copy.
5. There will be no compensation for submitting artwork/photos and being selected as a cover.

In the event that we do not receive a submission for a particular week, we will share a photo from some place around the parish campus. We encourage our bulletin readers to guess where at St. John’s that picture was taken. Correct submissions will be entered into a drawing for a prize and have their name included in the following bulletin. Happy sleuthing!

Join us as we celebrate the Season of Creation!

The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home. Pope Francis made the Roman Catholic Church’s warm welcoming of the season official in 2015.

The Season of Creation begins on September 1, World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and ends on October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations. Throughout the month-long celebration, we come together in an annual ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for our common home. For more information, please visit: https://seasonofcreation.org/.

In this year’s celebration, Christians around the world are invited to “Listen to the Voice of Creation” so that our lives, in words and deeds, proclaim the Good News for all the Earth!

St. John the Baptist Season of Creation Activities:

Saturday, September 3rd: Blessing of Marian Pollinator Garden

Weekend of September 17th: Waste Reduction Campaign Kick-Off

Sunday, October 2nd, 1 PM: Blessing of the Pets

Throughout Season:

• Parishioner “Flame” Commitments
• Donations of Fresh Produce during Mass
• Special Intentions during Prayers of the Faithful
• Bulletin Highlights

Registration is now open for our 2022-2023 Faith Formation programs, including sacramental preparation!

Registration Options:

• Print and complete the registration form, write a check and bring both to the church office M-F, 9am-3pm, or Sat. 10am-3pm.
• Print and complete the registration form and mail both to St. John’s at 25810 156^th Ave SE Covington WA.
• Print and complete the registration form and either scan or take a picture and email it to nancym@sjtbcc.org. Mail or bring a check to St. John’s. Checks made out to St. John the Baptist with FF written in memo line.

For more information: https://sjtbcc.org/education/registrations/

Beginning July 1, we will have a crate available outside the McMullen Center for donations of fresh produce. Donations can also be dropped off in the office during summer hours.

These donations can be store bought or from your own garden!

Fresh produce is higher in nutritional value but can often times be more difficult for families on tight budgets to purchase on their own.

Food banks depend greatly on these donations to be able to provide quality and varied food options to those in need.

The donations we receive will be delivered to the Storehouse Food Bank along with the produce we grow from the Garden of the Good Shepherd.

Thank you for your generosity!