Teton Valley Laundry Love

The Laundry Love program in Teton Valley, Idaho began as an experiment to spread more love from St. John Church. Deb and Kevin Hinkley, owners of General Laundry Co. in Victor are generous hosts, providing crock pots of chili in the cold months and treats to enjoy. We began in Read more…

An Extra Hour of Love

Dear Church, An extra hour of love? Are you kidding me? Don’t you know how busy we are during the holidays? This is what came to me when we began tossing around the idea of “an extra hour of love” for Advent 2022. Asking each of us to step outside Read more…

Calling All Acolytes

The next acolyte training takes place on Sunday, December 4th at 9 a.m. in the church. If interested, please contact Pam. Definition of acolyte: ac·o·lyte 1: one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties Acolytes are important participants who help in the Read more…

Belonging to a Team

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 JR Dalby. JR lives in Jackson and has been in the valley for 12 years working as a security professional. He serves as the Junior Warden on the Read more…

Love is the best ingredient

Sometimes I feel, and maybe you experience this too, that we move from Halloween straight into Christmas. As soon as the pumpkins come down, our stores are full of Santa and his helpers, reindeer, stars, and trees. I know as a church staff we feel the same compulsion! Our Christmas Read more…

Music Notes

Adult Choir | The choir is beginning to learn music for Advent and Christmas and if you like to sing, now is the time to join our choir. We need both experienced singers to help fill out our choir sections as well as those who think of themselves as being Read more…

Meet Gracie Helms

From whence do you come? I come from a long line of Texans and fierce Texas Longhorn fans (Hook ’em!). I bopped around a bit as a young child (born in Baltimore, brief stint in Melbourne, and then a few years in Cleveland) before settling into Houston. Fun fact: Jimmy Read more…

Longing for Home

During the last week of September, I traveled to New Haven, CT, to curate a series of poetry and spirituality events at Yale Divinity School. Though I love New Haven and my alma mater; as I touched down in Laguardia I immediately and keenly felt a longing for Jackson, my Read more…

Pilgrims in Place

Pilgrims in Place—our Stewardship theme this year. What can this possibly mean? It seems to be self-contradictory, an oxymoron, a paradox, and it is, and I kind of love the fact that it is. Like many things we have faith in (a fully incarnate God come to mind, the trinity, Read more…

Connection via Volunteerism

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 Carol Harvey. She and her husband Stew live in Jackson, and have been here since 2019. Carol is the blood program leader for St. John’s for the American Read more…