During the season of Lent, we slow things down, we open things up, we become softer in our expressions in worship. We hope to become human beings who are a bit more open. Open to the suffering that we encounter on Good Friday, open to the mystery that we stumble Read more…
Meet Chandler, our newest staff member. She is a loyal 8 o’ clocker and loves to attend each Sunday with her grandmother, Diana Brown. She started in November 2022 and is excited to be a part of the amazing staff at St. John’s Church. In her role, she assists the Read more…
Dear Church, Let’s be honest. We’re not wearing flip flops around here until June. Winter does what winter does and our work, as year-round residents of this beautiful place, is to find ways to live together with the cold and the snow and the ice and the gradual degrees of Read more…
Our 2022 Story of Mission, Love and Connection. Check out our Annual Report. Church, it was a great year for us! We want to express our sincerest gratitude for your generous year-end support of St. John’s. You are a wonderful, loving, generous faith family who does so much for each Read more…
Dear Church, Coming out of COVID has felt a lot more like climbing Gannett Peak than climbing the Grand. (Brian would know.) While the apex of the Global Pandemic is in our rearview mirrors, it’s taken an awfully long time to get back to normal. 2022 has felt like that Read more…
Y’all! What a joy it has been to continue building out a vision for family, youth, and children’s ministry in this community of love-spreading difference-makers. Our ministry team (Travis & Chandler) are hard at work dreaming up new collaborations for fun and meaningful ministry possibilities with partner organizations in 2023. Read more…
We interview volunteers from around the church about why they love St. John’s and how they’re finding belonging. Today, we’re chatting with Parker Gotham. Parker is brother to Hanna and son of Matt and Pam. He serves as an acolyte once monthly and is inspired by the folks of St. Read more…
There’s a busyness in the office these last few days. It’s not a stressy or frenetic busyness. It’s a good busyness. Just now passing through our office kitchen I joined Stephanie to put fresh batteries in the last few candles that will light the ice luminaria on our church campus Read more…
At Christmas, we honor and remember loved ones with poinsettias. We invite you to join us in remembering… Julie and Dan Matzke…let there be Peace on Earth Nancy Ayers in loving memory of Doug Ayers In loving memory of our dearly beloved father and grandfather, James A. Barlow, Jr. From Read more…