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Clergy and Staff Update
posted on Jun 15, 2022 Welcome the Helms family to our family! The Rev. Dr. Travis Helms will officially join our staff on June 22. Introduce yourselves to him, his wife Gracie, and baby Helen when you see them. Welcome Adele! Our own Adele Erickson will be helpin...
Read MorePeace Like a River
posted on Jun 12, 2022 Dear Church, In the story we heard from church last week, the Pentecost Story from Acts 2, there's this part, after all the wild wind and fire stuff happens, where the narrator (Luke) says Peter, the rock, stands up and speaks with "bold urgency...
Read MorePeace Playlist
posted on Jun 12, 2022 God of Love, I ask you to bring peace to my life, peace to my family, Peace to our church, peace to our community, Peace to our nation, peace to our world. Make me a peacemaker and a love-spreader In all that I do. Amen.
Read MoreBelonging & Connection
posted on Jun 2, 2022 This is a part of our newsletter where we interview volunteers from around the church about why they love St. John's and finding belonging. Today, we're chatting with Christy Miele. She's from Orange County, CA, and has been in the Valley for mor...
Read MoreApril Showers bring (July) Flowers
posted on May 26, 2022 Summer will be here soon and the St. John's Flower Team is recruiting volunteers to arrange flowers for the altars in our three locations, St. John's Church, St. John's Chapel and The Chapel of the Transfiguration. No experience is necessary to p...
Read MoreLeading with Love
posted on May 25, 2022 Dear Church, I found myself with a few minutes to spare yesterday while waiting in the doc's office for my annual check-up. I did what so many of us do with a few spare minutes and opened the news app on my phone to discover the first wave of r...
Read MoreThis is (Trav) Us
posted on May 23, 2022 Meet our new staff person, Travis Helms .
From whence have you come?
I was born in 1983 in Houston, Texas, in the forepangs of Hurricane Alicia-to a mom who taught me the wisdom of a smile and the transcendence of The Beatles, and a f...
Read MoreCommunity Performances
posted on Apr 27, 2022 Check out these community spring performances and support local art in Jackson.
Jackson Hole High School presents Chicago . Join us to see your favorite high school thespians perform at the JHHS Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on the following dates:...
Read MoreA Beautiful Mess
posted on Apr 14, 2022 In case you missed it (ICYMI), here is Jimmy's reflection for the Easter season... I started a piece a few minutes ago using the metaphor of the Easter Brunch dining room table, and it was pretentious and smacked of privilege. Not that it wasn'...
Read MoreWelcome Helms Family
posted on Apr 14, 2022 Join us in welcoming the Helms Family to Jackson and Travis onto the St. John's staff. Travis Helms is a priest and poet with a deep love for exploring how creativity can draw us closer to God and one another. After serving in the Peace Corps i...
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