by Amy Simons | Apr 2, 2013 | community, devotions
After 40 days of Lenten fasting, we get 50 days of Eastertide feast! But how do we make joy and rebirth of the Easter season last when the chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chicks are eaten? Home Movies In the days of iPhones, Flip recorders and other digital...
by The Rev. Pam Renna | Feb 27, 2013 | community, devotions
During the season of Epiphany, Father Daniel and I had the honor of doing six house blessings for our parishioners. Truly, it was just as much a blessing for us as for the people and the homes involved. We enjoyed being able to sit and chat before beginning the...
by Amy Simons | Jan 5, 2013 | communications, community, parish life
Our parish newsletter strives to connect our members and friends with each other, our neighboring parishes and the Anglican communion at large. Staff and members alike work to contribute articles that touch us as individuals and as a community through news, devotions...
by Amy Simons | Nov 28, 2012 | community, episcopal identity
Of course, Santa is real! Since there is no definitive evidence that flying reindeer live or don’t live at the North Pole, we’ll just have to keep an open mind. However, Santa Claus, or rather St. Nicholas, was very real indeed! Before he became a saint, Nicholas...
by The Rev. Pam Renna | Sep 30, 2012 | community, outreach
As Father Daniel said in a recent sermon, “St. John’s is not a ‘me’ church.” It is a church that reaches out to all people in the name of Jesus Christ. An excellent example of this statement is the active Eucharistic Visitor Ministry that...
by dcannon | Sep 25, 2012 | community, episcopal identity, outreach, parish life
“FOR HIS SAKE – I am but one; But I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. What I can do, I ought to do. What I ought to do, By the grace of God I will do. Lord, what wilt thou have me do?” I ran into this saying from the literature...