St John’s Great Summer and EpiscoGolf 2023!
8/25/23
Like many in the NH lakes region, summer is typically the busiest season for The Episcopal Church of St John the Baptist (StJB) in Sanbornville, NH. Under the leadership of Parson Kit Wang and Vestry team, St John’s is having an especially great and eventful summer.
For starters, our 'little white church on the hill’, built in the carpenter gothic style in 1877, needed some work. The soaring green steeple and roof saddle required major restorative and cosmetic work, amounting to a hefty $37,000. Thanks to a most generous anonymous ‘angel donor’ within our parish, who offered a 2-for-1 match, and many contributors, we were able to raise the funds in 4-6 weeks to pay for the much needed work. Thankfully, the steeple and roof work were completed in mid-August and looks wonderful!
StJB has also focused on community building and community outreach this summer. Known for welcoming and feeding ALL well, St John’s has (or will) host 5 terrific community BBQ dinners and 3 pie sales between May to Sept 2023. St John’s popular holiday pie sales – always held the Sat (9 am) prior to Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day – typically sell out 75+ homemade pies in 30-60 minutes. StJB’s next Pie Sale will be on Saturday, September 2nd (9 am) and St John’s next Community Dinner will be a Ham & Bean supper on Saturday, September 16th at 5 pm. Like all St John’s dinners, it is open and FREE to all who need it. For those that can afford it, a suggested donation (just $10 adults & $5 kids) is gratefully accepted to help cover food costs and fund StJB community programs.
Last, thanks to many generous supporters, StJB’s EpiscoGolf 2023 outreach efforts just brought in $11,600 (including donations) to help local Children’s Charities. St John’s is most grateful for the backing of our key community partners, including Eastern Propane & Oil, Poor People’s Pub, Key-Day Builders, Peaslee Funeral Home, E.F. Dolaher & Sons, Tumbledown Farms, William Krause, CPA, and Seven Lakes Realty. St John’s Vestry, parishioners and friends were also major contributors. Even our 2023 grand prize winners, Dave and Pam Tyler, of Rochester, NH, graciously gave back half of their cash prize this year.
Since 1995, 100% of the St John’s signature outreach program – EpiscoGolf’s collective proceeds of almost $120,000 – have gone to help local kids in need. As such, EpiscoGolf has become a vital resource for local charities helping kids in need, including End 68-hours of Hunger (Milton), Secret Santa (Wakefield), Families in Transition (Rochester), Schools Out! Program (Ossipee), Homeless Center Strafford County (Home for Now; Rochester), Wakefield Food Pantry (Wakefield), ChiPs and CASA of NH (all of NH). So, once again, it’s now time for local organizations that support kids in need to submit their simple 1-page grant application (deadline 10/31/23) to St John’s. For more information and download the application, please see the application following this article.
Interested in checking out St John’s and how we proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ in worship, fellowship and outreach? Please drop by 118 High St in Sanbornville, NH on any Sunday for our 9 am service (in person or via Zoom) and stick around to chat (and eat well) at our coffee hour that follows or visit: www.stjohntb.org. We welcome and affirm all. Have a happy, safe & blessed end-of-summer!
episcogolf grant 2023 applications
Deadline is October 30, 2023
Contact Maureen at mgillum.m@gmail.com for any questions/concerns.
STJB EPISCOGOLF 2023 CHildren’s charity RAFFLE
July 2023
Dear Friends of St John’s EpiscoGolf,
It’s time again for St John the Baptist (StJB)’s annual EpiscoGolf Children’s Charity. Since we left the actual golf tournament on the Covid fairway in 2019 in favor of a raffle, we’ve thought of relabeling it StJBs EpsicoUNGolf, but our familiar name’s been around 28 years and our goal is constant: raise funds to help our local kids in need!
Last year’s St John EpiscoGolf Raffle raised $11,844 and we hope to exceed that this year. Since 1995, 100% of StJB’s EpiscoGolf proceeds – collectively, almost $120,000 – has supported local NH charities which help kids, including End 68-hours of Hunger (Milton), Secret Santa (Wakefield), Families in Transition (Rochester), School’s Out (Ossipee), Wakefield Food Pantry (Wakefield), ChiPs, and CASA of NH. These and many other groups – most our community partners -- depend on us each year. Please consider supporting StJB’s EpiscoGolf outreach efforts:
• Buy a StJB EpiscoGolf 2023 Limited Golden Raffle Ticket. Only 100 tickets ($100 each; buy solo or split) will be sold for a chance to win up to $2,000 (20% of raffle intake). Don’t delay - we’ve sold lots already!
• And/or be a StJB EpiscoGolf 2023 Sponsor (ideal for business) or Personal Donor (any amount welcome): __ Platinum ($1,000+); Gold __ ($249-$999); __ Silver ($100-$249); $__ Bronze ($25 to $99) $_____ (other)
Remember, no contribution is too small -- or too large. Together, we can & will make a collective difference to help our local kids. Please visit: www.stjohntb.org/episcogolf or contact me directly (mgillum.m@gmail.com or 603-494- 8466) for more info – or just fill out the slip below & mail it back to StJB by August 15th.
We also hope to see you at St John’s (118 High St. Sanbornville, NH) for our tasty StJB Community Chicken BBQ onSaturday, August 19, 2022, 5 pm. At the BBQ we’ll draw the 28th EpiscoGolf grand prize raffle winner (up to $2K!) around 6:15 pm (winner needn’t be present). Please come enjoy some summer yum and fun for the whole family.
Thank you and God Bless,
Maureen Gillum
StJB EpiscoGolf Ministry Team Lead
EPISCOGOLF 2023 GOLDEN TICKET RAFFLE
Get your own Golden Ticket
or share a ticket with your family, friends, book group...
Support local Children!
Win up to $2,000!
EpiscoGolf 2023 raffle is officially launched with good momentum — as of mid July we’ve already sold almost 25 of our limited 100 tickets & received $1,000 in sponsorship/donations!
Please consider buying your raffle ticket or donating soon to support StJB’s major outreach program (100% benefits local childrens charities) & your chance to win up to $2,000.
Click on the ticket image to enlarge and print…
StJB EpiscoGolf 2022 Benefitting Children’s Charities:
Wakefield Food Pantry: Supplies food for families/kids in need in Wakefield, Effingham, Newfield, Milton & Brookfield. Supported WFP’s FIT program for Kids.
Wakefield Secret Santa Program: Fund to purchase Christmas gifts for needy children.
End 68 Hours of Hunger, (Milton, NH): Stock shelves - purchase food to feed students
identified as not having enough food
School’s Out! Program (Ossipee, NH): Scholarships for free/reduced lunch & after
school programs; Helps serves ~200 Ossipee kids.
Hazel MacBrien Nursery School (Sanbornville, NH): School supplies; partial tuition relief
to low income families – Kindergarten prep
Catie’s Closet: Provide free clothing, toiletries & essentials to students in need at school
(75K kids now in 115 schools in NH & MA).
Homeless Center for Strafford County (Home for Now): (Rochester, NH) Local shelter
providing safety, support, and self-sufficiency. Education and enrichment for littles.
Children of Incarcerated Persons (ChiPs): (Concord, NH – serves all NH) Purchase gifts
for the children of those incarcerated in NH State prisons
CASA of NH (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children); (Manchester, NH; serves
state) Help abused & neglected kids (served 1,538 kids in 2022) across NH.
Wakefield Parks & Rec Help fund children’s sports & rec programs. Fee assistance.
Families in Transition, (Rochester, NH) Help provide clothes & supplies to at risk &
homeless children in SAU54