Many of the members of St John’s are involved with nonprofit organizations in the region that are helping our neighbors, protecting Mother Nature, and especially helping the homeless and the hungry. We are going to start bringing their work as loving Christians to your attention through posts here and on our Facebook page. Continue reading
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Rev. Cheryl Fox’s Retirement Party
Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated Pastor Cheryl’s last Sunday with us. Everyone brought amazing dishes to pass to the party, and we all enjoyed the chocolate cake! While we are very sorry to see her leaving us after five years of ministry, we are also so happy that she is embarking on some truly deserved down time with Tex. Travel is up next and some golfing! Thank you, Pastor Cheryl, for your years of service to St. John’s.
Continue readingWorship Service for Sunday June 2, 2024
He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. — Mark 3
Please join us this Sunday at 10:30 am for our worship service with our new interim vicar, The Rev. Philip A. Shaw. Fr. Phil begins his ministry with us on June 1st! We want to extend a loving welcome to him and hope you will join us. Continue reading
Worship Services for Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. “ Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3
You are invited to be a part of our Trinity Sunday services, which will also be the final services to be conducted by the Rev. Cheryl Fox at St. John’s. Pastor Cheryl will begin a greatly deserved retirement starting June 1st. And we will begin our our interim period with Father Phillip Shaw. So if you can, Continue reading
Services for Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2024
And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. — Acts 2
Worship Services for Sunday May 12, 2024
Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. — John 17
You are invited to join us for our weekly Sunday morning service at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s. All are welcome at our affirming and inclusive church. If you are unable to join us, please join Pastor Fox on our Facebook page on Sunday morning with her recorded video service. Below you will find a link to the full-text of that service, including complete scripture readings, prayers and liturgy of the day. Continue reading
Worship Services for Sunday, May 5, 2024
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” — John 15
Please join us this week, the 6th week of Easter, for our 10:30 a.m. worship service at St. John’s, or you may view our recorded service on our Facebook page on Sunday morning. Both services are led by our vicar, the Rev. Cheryl Fox. The video service’s bulletin is the linked file below, which includes the full scripture readings, prayers, and liturgy for the day. Continue reading
Worship Services for Sunday, April 28, 2024 and Programs
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. — John 15
Please join us this coming Sunday for our weekly worship service at St. John’s, which includes Holy Communion/the Eucharist. Our service is at 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. followed by a time of fellowship in Walker Hall with coffee, tea, and treats. We will have a recorded video service on our Facebook page (the bulletin for the video service is the attached file below) on Sunday morning if you cannot be with us in-person. Continue reading
Worship Services for Sunday, April 21, 2024
Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” –John 10:11
Please join us this Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, for our weekly service with Holy Communion (the Eucharist) at 10:30 a.m. We welcome everyone and extend a special invitation to those who may be visiting our historic city and the Grand Canyon National Park, and those who may be searching for a new home church.
Worship Services for Sunday, April 14, 2024
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. 1 John 3:1
You are invited to join us for our in-person worship service this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s. And if you cannot join us in-person, please view our recorded video service with the Rev. Cheryl Fox on our Facebook page, which will be posted by Sunday morning. The bulletin for the video service is the link below. The bulletin contains the liturgy, prayers and scripture Continue reading