He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” — Mark 4
Please join us this Sunday for our weekly worship service with Holy Eucharist/Communion at 10:30 a.m. The service will be led by the Rev. Philip A. Shaw. All are invited and welcome to this service at St. John’s … and we do mean ALL. Continue reading
“With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.” Mark 4
You are invited to join us at St. john’s this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for our weekly worship service with Holy Communion/Eucharist. The service will be led by the Rev. Philip A. Shaw. All are welcome – and we do mean ALL! Continue reading
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4
You are invited to join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for our weekly service with Holy Eucharist/Communion. All are welcome, and we do mean ALL. Fr. Phil Shaw will lead our service and encourage everyone who did not get to meet and greet him last Sunday, to take an opportunity to do so this Sunday. Continue reading
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
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.
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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
“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
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
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
“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