Everyone in the Williams community is invited to St. John’s for the annual Blessing of the Animals on October 13, 2024 from Noon until 2 PM at St. John’s. Bring your pets – large and small (for example cats, dogs, hamsters, goldfish, goats, ducks, and even horses!). Please have your pets secured in either a carrier or on leash. Each pet will receive a blessing from Father Philip Shaw and also a St. Francis medallion for their collar or carrier. Continue reading
Our help is in the Name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. — Psalm 124
Please join us this Sunday for our Sunday worship service with Holy Communion/The Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. Fr. Philip Shaw will lead us in worship. All are invited and welcome at St. John’s. And by “all” we mean ALL. Continue reading
Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.’ — Mark 9
Join us this Sunday for our weekly service with Holy Communion/Eucharist. All are invited and all are welcome! Fr. Phil Shaw will lead us in worship this week and Sara Degenhardt will provide the music. After the service we will have our traditional and delicious coffee hour. The service begins at 10:30 a.m. and last about an hour. Continue reading
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork. — Psalm 19:1
Please join us this Sunday for our weekly worship service with Holy Communion/The Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. This week we have a guest priest with us, the Rev. Lynn Perkins, who will lead our service. All are invited and all are welcome to join us for our services at St. John’s. Continue reading
You are invited to join us for our weekly worship service at St. John’s at 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. We are celebrating the Season of Creation and also God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday this week. Leading our worship service will be Fr. Philip Shaw, and the service will include Holy Communion/The Eucharist. ALL are welcome at St. John’s. Continue reading
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. — James 1:27
Please join us this week as we begin the Season of Creation (September 1 – October 4), a time of opportunity for Christians around the world to celebrate with prayer and action to protect creation. The theme for 2024 is “To Hope and Act with Creation.” Part of our worship service will be the introduction of the hymn, “God, You Made Your Good Creation.” The service will include the Eucharist/Holy Communion and will be led by Fr. Philip Shaw. The service begins at 10:30 a.m. and all are invited and welcome. Continue reading
On Sunday, August 25th 2024, our Episcopal Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Jennifer A. Reddall led our worship service and also confirmed members of St. John’s and St. Luke’s (Prescott). In addition, she also blessed the reaffirmations of faith of several members of both congregations. All of this joy began a few weeks earlier with several baptisms at St. John’s, leading then to the confirmations. Below are photos of the joyous day, which we hope you will Continue reading
The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Reddall, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona
This Sunday, please join us as we celebrate the confirmation and reaffirmation of faith of members of St. John’s and St. Luke’s (Prescott) with our Episcopal Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Jennifer A. Reddall. This will be quite a celebration! Also joining us will the Rev. Marc McDonald, rector at St. Luke’s and former vicar here at St. John’s. The service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Continue reading
A Williams community handbell choir is forming under the direction of Dindy Harbeson. The choir will meet and rehearse at the Community United Methodist Church. The first rehearsal is September 5th, Thursday, at 6 PM and rehearsals were be for one hour. The choir plans on providing music at St. John’s in the future, along with other churches and community activities. Continue reading
Be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. John 6
Come and join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for our weekly worship service with Holy Communion/the Eucharist. Everyone is welcome and all are invited at St. John’s in Williams. Our worship service will be led by the Rev. Philip Shaw. Continue reading