At St. John's Episcopal Church we host a variety of services related to using our special facilities. Because we need to respect the needs of all of our Parish and the Community please carefully read the instructions for each Service Area.

We are always delighted to help you with any questions you may have or special needs you may have.

About Our Facility St. John's Episcopal Church provides space for our congregation to meet and worship. St. John's also has a number of spaces available for commercial or non-profit rental.

Classrooms A classroom space set-up with a large boardroom table. May accommodate up to 25 persons depending on the type of usage required.

Buckenroth Room A living room type set-up that may accommodate up to twenty persons.

Hansen Hall Includes a kitchen and may accommodate 100-125 people depending on the use.

Nave Our Nave is a Sacred Space. This is a wonderful area for contemplation, worship, and celebration of the Spirit. Concerts may be held in the Nave, provided a detailed request of the proposed use is submitted and approved a month prior to the scheduled date of the event. Those using the Nave must agree to the following to ensure the space is respected and honored:

The P.A. System may only be used if a St. John's staff member is present to run the equipment

Use of the organ or piano is approved by St. John's Music Director

Under no circumstance should Nave fixtures, furniture, or piano be moved unless approved in writing by a St. John's staff member. Sacred Spaces shall be respected and not decorated.

Abuse of any of the above by a non-profit organization will result in the organization losing its reduced rate status with St. John's.

Scheduling Space is rented on a first come basis. To balance the use of our facilities with our internal needs and the needs of the community, spaces are not available on Saturdays or Sundays. Party-type events are not allowed in any space. Scheduling for all of our public rental spaces is managed by the St. John's Church Staff in the Administrative Office and scheduled or projected Church activities take precedence over outside groups desiring to use the facility.

Equipment St. John's has a PA system available for audio needs of renters.

Rental Rates and Fee Structure

*Note: Please include set-up and take-down time

Payment Payment is due in full upon submission of reservation and all required documentation must be provided at that time. If you wish to use a credit card, please use our online payment form.

Set-up and take-down St. John's Staff is responsible for set-up and take-down of all equipment. Set-up is based on set-up sketch provided at the initial reservation. Renters are responsible for clean-up of all materials and refuse.

Non-Profit Rental Rate To qualify for the non-profit rental rate the organization need to possess a current 501-c-3 tax exemption certificate. Parishioners of St. John's Church may qualify for the Non-Profit Rental Rate of facilities if those requesting the non-profit rate are a pledging and contributing member of St. John's for the preceding and current year. Non-attending children of those members are eligible until the age of 25 and after this age must also be a member in good standing. There are no exceptions.

Non-St. John's affiliated organizations may not use any space for fundraising activities.

Co-Sponsorship Non-profit rates may be waived if the organization names St. John's as a co-sponsor of the event and includes St. John's in any and all pre-event advertising. Co-sponsorship of events must be pre-approved by St. John's administration.

Please use the following when sending Press Releases or other information: "Special thanks to St. John's Episcopal Church for donating the meeting space for this event."

Childcare St. John's takes great pride in protecting any child who is on the Church campus. Any renter using St. John's facilities and providing childcare services in conjunction with the rental event will agree to three policies included in the application form. The policies outline the renter's agreement to utilize childcare persons who have been trained in the "Safeguarding God's Children Program." St. John's also has a list available of trained professional child care providers. If a person desires to become trained in the "Safeguarding God's Children Program", we offer training twice a year and welcome anyone interested.

There are no exceptions to our childcare policies and renters include all groups and organizations housed on the St. John's Campus.

Insurance Renters of St. John's Episcopal Church facilities may be asked to furnish, prior to the use of the facility, and event liability waiver on insurance in the amount not less than $500,000 for each person injured or deceased and property damage insurance not less than $500,000 for each occurrence and/or reasonable bond or cash deposit.

Procedures for all Weddings:
The Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole would delighted if you chose us to be the place you begin the next portion of your life's journey. Please read the enclosed information sheet carefully to avoid any confusion or disappointment. Note especially the following:

The sooner you complete your application and return it to St. John's the greater is the likelihood that we shall be able to accommodate your request. Please do not assume the building or the clergy are always available. Until the application is completed, including the non-refundable deposit, your wedding is not entered onto the parish or clergy calendars. Click here wedding information and guidelines and click here to submit your deposit and other fees via credit card.

These procedures have been carefully developed over many years and many weddings. They are not suggestions, but an explanation of how weddings take place at this parish. We appreciate your reading them carefully and following them in your planning. Please make two copies, keeping one, signing and returning the other with your application.

Our Facilities:
The Chapel of the Transfiguration: The chapel is located near Moose, Wyoming in Grand Teton National Park in the shadow of the Grand Teton Mountains. The window over the altar frames a view of the mountains. The Chapel will seat 65 people with additional seating outside (limited view), weather permitting. This is a very rustic building, built in 1925, with rough-hewn pews. It will accommodate small, simple weddings. We have a small bride's cabin, with restroom available for the bride and her attendants.

Availability: The Chapel of the Transfiguration is available for weddings from Memorial Day through September 30. Only two weddings per day can be scheduled at the Chapel, at least two hours apart. All days depend on the availability of our clergy. The Bride's cabin is available to the bride and family one hour before the wedding; the church and grounds are closed to the public at the start of the wedding for one hour Sundays are not available.

The wedding rehearsal: Rehearsals are conducted at St. John's Chapel in the town of Jackson (the corner of Glenwood and Gill, one block north of the Town Square).
Flowers: Only two small vases of flowers allowed at the altar. Bouquets must not be taller than the altar cross, which is 18 inches tall. Simple flower arrangements may be placed in the windowsills. Flowers or other decorations may not be placed on pews, walls or door of the Chapel or the bell tower. For safety reasons, runners are not permitted down the aisle. Additional candles, arches and stands are not permitted.

St. John's Church:

• St. John's Church is located at 168 North Glenwood and was constructed in 1995. The Church is built of logs and offers a beautiful setting for weddings. The seating capacity is 225 to 250. Additional seating capacity may be obtained by using the choir seating and chairs behind the back pews.
• Availability: St. John's Church is available for weddings year round, based on the availability of our clergy. Weddings may be scheduled during Lent only under special circumstances. Two weddings are allowed per day, and are scheduled at least two hours apart. Sundays are not available for weddings.
• Flowers: No more than two vases or baskets of flowers on the flower pedestals near the altar. Any other decorations must be such that they may be easily set up during the first fifteen minutes or half hour of time provided for building use. Thumbtacks, tape, etc. are not allowed. For safety reasons, runners are not permitted down the aisles. Additional candles, arches and stands are not permitted without written permission at least 30 days in advance.
• The wedding rehearsal: All rehearsals are conducted at St. John's Church.

St. John's Chapel:

• At the corner of Glenwood and Gill streets in Jackson, the Chapel was built in 1915, of logs and listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. The beauty of St. John's Chapel provides a lovely setting for weddings. The seating capacity for the Chapel is approximately 100.
• Availability: St. John's Chapel is available for weddings year round, based on the availability of our clergy. Weddings may be scheduled during Lent only under special circumstances. Two weddings are allowed per day, and are scheduled at least two hours apart. Sundays are not available for weddings.
• Flowers: Two small altar vases of flowers are appropriate. Simple flower arrangements may be placed in the windowsills. Nothing may be attached to the walls or door of the Chapel. Thumbtacks, tape, etc. are not allowed. For safety reasons, runners are not permitted down the aisle. Additional candles are not permitted without written permission at least 30 days in advance.
• The wedding rehearsal: All rehearsals are conducted at St. John's Chapel. The staff of St. John's has many different obligations and request that rehearsals begin promptly at the scheduled time.

Church fees: The fee for a wedding at St. John's Chapel is $1,500; The Chapel of the Transfiguration is $2,500 (full time residents of Teton County, $1,500); the fee for St. John's Church is $3,000. A non-refundable deposit of half the wedding fee is due at the time of application to reserve your wedding. A separate fee schedule of $800 is available when either the bride or groom is a pledging member in good standing of St. John's Parish in Jackson Hole. The remaining fee is due no later than 60 days prior to the wedding date; if it is not paid in full by then, the date will no longer be held. You may submit any payments via online payment form.

The fee covers the cost of the organist's basic fee, cleaning and rental of facility. Please make the fee payable to St. John's Episcopal Church and send it with the wedding application and signed wedding information packet. If you prefer, please use our online Marriage Application and payment forms. If permission for your wedding is not granted, we will make a full refund.

Photos: Because the wedding is first and foremost a worship service, NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHS are permitted during the wedding, either by the professional photographer or by wedding guests.

Church membership: It is not required that you be a member of the Episcopal Church to be married at the Chapel of the Transfiguration or St. John's. The canon law of the Episcopal Church requires that at least one of you must be a baptized Christian.

Advance notice: Episcopal Canon Law requires at least 30 days advance notice before the scheduled date of a wedding. The 30 days are counted from the date we receive the completed application forms and fee at our church office. In cases where an applicant is divorced, 60 days advance notice is required.

Premarital counseling: is required. The counseling may be done by your clergy or a professional counselor.

Marriage license: The marriage license must be issued in Wyoming. There is no waiting period by the state, and a blood test is not required. The Teton County Clerk's Office is at 200 S. Willow Street in Jackson and is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The mailing address is: Teton County Clerk, P.O. Box 1727, Jackson, WY 83001. Marriage licenses may be obtained in another Wyoming county and brought to Jackson with you. We cannot perform a wedding unless the license has been presented to the officiating clergy.

Clergy: The officiating clergy will be the Rector or associate clergy of the Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole. Episcopal or Lutheran (ELCA) clergy may officiate with permission of the Rector and the Bishop. Clergy of other denominations may assist at the service when a written request is included with your application and permission is granted by the Rector. This privilege is also extended to clergy from the Anglican Communion, the ELCA, United Methodist, and Moravian Churches, and international bodies in communion with the Episcopal Church. When visiting clergy are involved in a wedding, we make every effort to enable them to function in the manner desired by the couple and their families. Please contact the Rector at least 30 days in advance of the rehearsal if you have any questions about the above, also the Officiant will not be assigned to the wedding until 30 days prior. If you request a certain clergy member please have it writing. Please note that your payment to the church does not include the $200 honorarium to the priest, either St. John's clergy or guest clergy. 

Photographers, florists and wedding consultants: Make sure the persons you employ are familiar with the regulations for weddings at our facilities. All communication concerning the wedding must be done between the couple and the church office. We have a list of photographers and florists from which to choose.

List of Florists:
Albertson's Floral 307-733-5950
Blooms and Greens 307-734-0480
Briar Rose 307-732-1222
Char-Ral Floral 307-733-2500
Creative Botanicals 307-739-9092
Lily and Co. 307-732-2211

List of Photographers:
Ashley Wilkerson 307-520-9416
Broadway Photo Center 307-733-6453
David J. Swift Photographer 307-733-0906
The Seen-Cameron R. Neilson 307-734-9775
W. Garth Dowling Photography 307-739-2281
Digital Dreams Photography 307-690-6485
Ila Rogers Photography 307-733-3654
Florence McCall Photography 307-733-0746
Swope's Mountain Photography 307-733-0791

Rehearsals: A rehearsal, although optional, should only be omitted when no music and/or no more than two attendants are desired. Rehearsals are usually scheduled for the day before the wedding. All rehearsals will start on time; if you or your attendants are more than 15 minutes late, the rehearsal will be canceled.

The Wedding Service: The form of service is the "Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage" as contained in The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, 1979. Please make a written request for any additions or changes. Changes must be requested in writing thirty days prior to the wedding; there are no exceptions.

Music: Music is chosen in consultation with the officiating clergy. If you wish the organist to play a special selection, you must make your request in writing and provide the sheet music. Musical selections must be approved by the church organist at least 30 days in advance of the ceremony.

Refreshments: No food or alcoholic beverages are permitted on church properties unless a pre-planned reception following the ceremony is scheduled in St. John's Hansen Hall. It is a good idea to bring bottled water for your wedding party and your guests.

Unity candle: We do not include the lighting of a unity candle in our wedding service. For those desiring to light a unity candle, we suggest it be done at the wedding reception, or perhaps at the rehearsal dinner as a symbol of intention.

Flower petals: Flower petals, rice, birdseed, confetti and other objects are not to be strewn anywhere inside or outside our buildings. Flower petals stain the floor surfaces; rice and bird seed pose a safety hazard to tourists and other guests, and all items present a cleaning problem for staff. Please do not distribute bubble-blowing kits to your guests, as the bubble mixture leaves a slippery and dangerous soap residue on the ground and/or sidewalks.

Candles: The Altar Candles are the only candles permitted at the Chapel of the Transfiguration. The Eucharist (Communion, the Lord's Supper, Mass) is available. Please notify the church office that you want communion and the number of people partaking.

How to Schedule Your Wedding: Complete and submit the online Wedding application. Or complete and return the (print application), including a signed copy of this information form along with a non refundable $500.00 Wedding fee. If you prefer to use a credit card, you may use our online payment form. If you are divorced please provide a copy of final divorce decree. The church office will contact you to confirm your date/time.

Funerals:
For non-members, the following Funeral/Memorial Service Fees apply:

These fees include:

• use of the worship area selected
• the honorarium to the officiating clergy
• services of our organist
• services of the sexton

The use of Hansen Hall and Kitchen for receptions is available at the usual fee schedule.

There is no discount for using a musician or organist who is not the parish's musician. An outside musician must be approved by the parish's organist.

Graveside services do not include any of the above items, with the exception of the honorarium. The fee for graveside is $300.

Religious rites are celebrated according to the Book of Common Prayer, except in those cases in which The Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole provides on-going hospitality to a
worshipping community of another tradition.

Officiating clergy are members of the staff of the Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole.
Episcopal and ELCA clergy may officiate with permission. Clergy from other traditions may assist. Worshipping communities of other traditions that receive on-going hospitality from this parish are exempt from this requirement.

Funeral/Memorial Service Meal Options
During this difficult time, we would like to assist your family in planning hospitality for the funeral or memorial service here at St. John's. We have developed the following options for you to choose from. You can decide what is best for your family and call us at the church so that we can set things up for you with the help of our members. If you have something else in mind, we will do our best to accommodate you.

Option 1: Service only; no additional arrangements needed.
Option 2: Desserts, coffee, beverages provided and served by volunteers.
Option 3: Church volunteers provide a meal for the immediate family.
Option 4: Church makes arrangements with a caterer for the number you request. (The caterer will bill you directly.) Volunteers from the church help serve the meal.

Please call Joni Weed at 733-2603 extension 102 with your decision. Thank you, and may you find comfort in the days to come.

Pastoral Care Team
The Pastoral Care Team is a group of individuals from St. John's Parish who have committed themselves to be companions in Christ for people who are struggling with significant changes in their lives.

The members of this team have undergone months of training on the dynamics of grief and loss; confusion and disorientation; anger and recrimination. They have learned to listen and encourage their care receivers to come face to face with the dark times in lives. They have practiced what to say, and even more importantly sometimes, what not to say. They have learned to pray with you and for you and to be your companion for the next part of your journey home. If, in your quest for wholeness, professional help becomes warranted, the care giver will refer you to a member of the church's professional staff for further conversation or referral to the appropriate health care provider.

Within a few weeks a member of the Pastoral Care Team will call and invite you for a cup of tea or a conversation in the park or simply to share how you are faring. I urge you to take an hour or so to remember your beloved and invest in your healing. Everything shared is completely confidential.

In the darkness, you are not alone. It would be our honor and our privilege to accompany you through this valley of tears.

"See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children - - and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God. My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall become like him, because we shall see him as he really is."

1 John 3:1 & 2

Columbarium:
The columbarium is operated by the Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole. St. John's Columbarium operates under the guidelines of the St. John's Columbarium Trust, is supervised by the St. John's Columbarium Trustees and is licensed by the State of Wyoming Insurance Commission.

Interment within the church for the cremated remains of loved ones is available in St. John's Columbarium. St. John's Columbarium is located in a quiet chapel on the north side of the sanctuary. This sacred space within the confines of our church provides a special place of remembrance. The niches are located behind beautiful fossil rock squares, each concealing four spaces.

Upon the death of a columbarium holder, the rector arranges with the family of the deceased for interment of the ashes. An urn is obtained through the church office. No other items may be placed in a niche. After interment, the name will be inscribed on the stone face-plate of the niche. The columbarium is accessible when the church is open, and at other times by arrangement. The columbarium is maintained by St. John’s in a manner conducive to prayer and meditation.

Fees
$1,200 each person, with no interest and payment plans available. All fees for a columbarium niche as established by the Trustees shall be paid in full to the Trust prior to the issuance of the license for interment. Fees include the urn and the perpetual maintenance of the columbarium. If you wish to use a credit card, please use our online payment form.


Holy Baptism:
Arrangements for a baptism may be made through the parish office. Sufficient time should be given since the church requires some instruction for parents and godparents prior to baptism. Download the application at the top of this page, fill it out and mail it to the address at the bottom of the page.

Parents should keep in mind that godparents represent the Church and should take great care in selecting them. Godparents should be practicing, baptized Christian. In keeping with the tradition of the Church, the sacrament of Baptism should take place in the context of one of the regular Eucharist services on Sunday mornings. It is a wonderful and moving experience when the whole worshipping community renews its own baptismal vows and joins in the prayers of welcome for its newest member.

Click here to download the Baptism Application or here make a credit card payment online.