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Worship Service, Sunday March 29, 2026, Palm Sunday

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” — Matthew 21

You are invited to join us this Sunday for our Palm Sunday service, which begins at 10:30 a.m.  This week we will begin our service in our fellowship hall with a special liturgy and distribution of palms to everyone.  Then we will process together into the sanctuary singing, All Glory Laud and Honor! Continue reading →

Worship Service for Sunday March 22, 2026, the Fifth Sunday in Lent

Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” — John 11

You are invited to join us this coming Sunday, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, for our weekly worship service that begins at 10:30 a.m.  Our service will be led by Fr. Phil Shaw and Deacon Dale Gallup.  All are welcome at St. John’s! Continue reading →

Worship Service for Sunday March 15, 2026, Fourth Sunday in Lent

For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light— for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. — Ephesians 5

Please join us as we worship together this fourth Sunday in Lent at 10:30 a.m.  Our service will be led this week by Fr. Phil Shaw and Deacon Dale Gallup.  All are invited and welcome at St. John’s.  We will celebrate with the sacrament of Holy Communion, and all are welcome at the Lord’s Table.  Continue reading →

Worship Service for Sunday March 8, 2026, Third Sunday in Lent

well water

“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty.” — John 4

This week we hear the Gospel story of the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well with Jesus.  Join us as we hear this and the other Lessons and sing beautiful hymns together.  Our service begins at 10:30 a.m. and will be led by Fr. Phil Shaw and Deacon Dale Gallup.  All are invited and all are welcome at St. John’s. Continue reading →

Worship Service for Sunday, March 1, 2026, Second Sunday in Lent

I lift up my eyes to the hills;
from where is my help to come?
My help comes from the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth. — Psalm 121

You are invited to join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for our weekly service at St. John’s.  Our service will be led this week by Deacon Dale Gallup.  Our service will include Holy Communion, and all are welcome at the Lord’s Table. Continue reading →

Worship Service for Sunday, February 22, 2026

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. — Matthew 4:1

This Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent.  Please join us for our weekly service at 10:30 a.m.  We invite everyone to join us and hope that all will feel welcome at St. John’s.  Our service will be led this week by Fr. Phil Shaw and Deacon Dale Gallup. Continue reading →

Worship Service for February 15, 2026, Transfiguration Sunday

Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. — Matthew 17

This week is called Transfiguration Sunday because of our reading from the Gospel during our worship service.  Come hear the Gospel story along with the other scripture readings at 10:30 a.m. All are invited and all are welcome.  Our service will be led by Fr. Phil Shaw and Deacon Dale Gallup. The service is followed by a time of fellowship in Walker Hall with beverages and treats. Continue reading →

Worship Service for Sunday February 8, 2026

Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. — Matthew 5

Please join us this Sunday for our weekly worship service that begins at 10:30 a.m.  Our service is about one hour in length and it includes Holy Communion.  The service will be led by Fr. Phil Shaw and Deacon Dale Gallup.  All are welcome at St. John’s and we hope that you will feel God’s love as you worship with us. Continue reading →

Worship Service for Sunday January 25, 2026

He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. — Matthew 4

Fellow followers of Jesus Christ, you are invited to join us for our weekly worship service this week at 10:30 a.m.  Our service this week will be led by Fr. Phil Shaw and Deacon Dale Gallup.  All are invited.  All are welcome at this affirming and open church. Continue reading →

Worship Service for Sunday, January 18, 2026

… as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” — John 1

You are invited to join us this week at St. John’s for our weekly 10:30 a.m. service.  Everyone is welcome at St. John’s, no matter where you are on your spiritual journey, and no matter what your faith background may be.  All are welcome! Our service will be led by Fr. Phil Shaw and deacon Dale Gallup.  Continue reading →