O God, make the door of this house wide enough to receive all who need human love and fellowship.

The important thing is to draw on our experience of God’s provision for us in the past and present and trust that God is not through providing for us. It is enough for us to cherish what we have received and wait with a hope in a God who may very well surprise us with the next gift.

St. John’s history is a story of getting up and rebuilding after disaster, of reaching out beyond our walls to the community and world.