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St. John's Episcopal Church |
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Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. |
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To my brothers and sisters at St. John’s: Let me once again say how happy and blessed I am to be your priest in charge! I am delighted and excited to be here! This is a fine, fine parish and I hope, with God’s help, to make it even finer! As priest in charge I am the Bishop’s appointed rector with the following “marching orders” from Bishop Bennison: increase worship attendance, outreach, numerical growth, spiritual strength and financial stewardship. St John’s has had a full-time rector for some time and it is my, and the Bishop’s, intention that we will return to that position. I will do all in my power to make that happen. I want St. John’s to grow and will pray and work to that end. It is a great blessing to get to know many of you as I minister here! What dedication and perseverance you all have and what loyalty you have to our Lord Jesus Christ and to this parish. I am in awe of the many ministries in which people are engaged. This is, in my experience, the most lay participation of any parish in the Diocese. Thank you for all you do to make St. John’s a warm, welcoming, worshipping and active congregation. A little bit about me: · I was born and publicly educated in Delaware County, PA · I attend Heidelberg College in Ohio and received my Master of Divinity from the Philadelphia Divinity School (now EDS) in 1969. · I was the rector of Holy Sacrament, Upper Darby (now Incarnate Holy Sacrament in Drexel Hill). Vicar and rector of St. Christopher’s Church in Oxford (1972-1999) and Assistant to the Rector of Church of the Advent, Kennett Square, PA June 2000-February 2007) · I have been active in Union Fire Co #1, Oxford (Station 21) June 1973-1997 where my son Christopher is now chief. He is the 4th generation Obenchain to be involved in fire fighting. · My hobbies are reading (primarily history), photography, fishing, light hiking and cooking. · I have two children – Chris, who works at Chester County Emergency Services as a dispatcher-Telecommunicater and Kathleen (Katie) who works in the export department at Herr’s Foods. Jack Colin is my only grandchild – born November 17, 2006. I am a clergy volunteer at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. I give lectures on “The Wall”, help people find names and counsel persons, as needed. Please feel free to stop in and chat when I am in my office (just call first). My office hours are printed in the calendar section of the leaflet each week. Feel free to share concerns, ask questions and discuss things as you have the need. God bless and may you have a thoughtful and prayerful Holy Week and a very joyful Easter. See you at the Sunday Eucharist. Faithfully, Fr. John U
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