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Diocesan Missioner: Meet Ryan Zavacky

Ryan Zavacky is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Alma and has recently begun discernment for ministry. This July, he has join with the YASC (Young Adult Service Corps), an Episcopal organization, to assist with a mission trip in Grahamstown, South Africa....

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Leadership Profile: Chris Schaub

Chris Schaub is a member of our vestry and a life-long Episcopalian.  Although this is her first term on vestry, she has been involved in church for most of her life.  Her parents, who were raised Baptist, came to the Episcopal Church as adults when they became...

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The Seeds of Spring Become the Growth of Summer

Isn’t it funny the way the life of the church often seems to run parallel to the patterns of the natural world around us? We’ve come through winter’s dormancy and the growth of spring and we are now in that season of summer. We are in that time when things planted are...

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God Breathes Life

In the Biblical stories of creation from the book of Genesis, human beings become fully alive only when God breathes the breath of life into their nostrils. Later in Scripture, in the book of Acts, on the day of Pentecost, the scriptures say that God’s Holy Spirit...

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Adopt-A-Plot

Do you have the gift of gardening? St. John’s is calling those among us, individuals and groups, with green thumbs to “adopt” a patch of the grounds surrounding our building. Whether it’s planting and weeding or trimming and pruning, you can help make St. John’s look...

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Vestry Profile: Melanie Hollman

Melanie has been a member of St. John’s for the past 25-30 years, but has been an Episcopalian all her life, fulfilling the label of “cradle Episcopalian”. While she has fond memories of growing up in the Episcopal Church and attending youth camp, she has remained...

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