I’m a little brother. This means a good portion of my childhood energy was directed toward catching up to my older brother, Reed. Folly, right? I can recall during childhood a time when Reed could see the Big Dipper, but I just couldn’t see it. He and the rest of the older kids would point toward the night sky, and say unhelpful things like, “See? It’s right there! It’s just right up there. Just look!” Read more…
Working with The Telos Group, Mary will be taking 15+ people on a pilgrimage of discovery through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama this fall November 6-13, 2024. This immersive, one-of-a-kind, communal journey into the peoples, realities, and cultures of conflict/post-conflict spaces offer the kind of experiential learning that can transform us—both personally and systemically. If you are interested in joining us on this transformational pilgrimage, please email Mary or join us after church in the Underground Read more…
With thanks to our God, the Standing Committee announces The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori will serve as Assisting Bishop in the Diocese of Wyoming. Jefferts Schori was the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church from 2006–2015. From 2017 to 2019, she was an assisting bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. Since 2019, Jefferts Schori has been one of the assisting bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Jefferts Schori Read more…
All card enthusiasts are welcome to join our St. John’s Card Club, which meets Fridays at 6:30 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room. We play “Bid Euchre.” It is an easy card game to learn and there is a group of players who are eager to help you play. Card Club is a great time for socializing and light refreshments are available. Contact ron@stjohnsjackson.org if you’d like us to save you a seat at a Read more…
Meet Roger Reeves our July Chaplain at The Chapel of the Transfiguration. Reeves is the author of Best Barbarian (W.W. Norton & Co., 2022), a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and Griffin Poetry Prize. His debut collection is King Me (Copper Canyon Press, 2013), a Library Journal Best Poetry Book of the year, and winner of the Larry Levis Reading Prize, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Read more…
St. John’s Church is blessed to have many visitors, summer homeowners and regular attending parishioners who sing well that are sitting in the pews. If you have a desire to spread love by sharing your vocal talent with our congregation, you’re invited to join the choir to sing at a Sunday 10:00 a.m. service. This can be a one-time event, or it can be every week. Just show up at the Sunday morning 9:00 a.m. Read more…
!Welcome Father Rody + Bienvenido Padre Rody! This Sunday, June 16, we have the immense honor of welcoming Father Rody Peréz Risco as our guest preacher at the 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. services. Fr. Rody is the head priest serving our partner parish of Santa Magdalena in Favorito, Cuba, as well as the nearby congregation of Itabo. A priest with extensive leadership experience serving in the Episcopal Church in Cuba, Fr. Rody has a Read more…
Meet The Rev. Paul Walker, our second June chaplain at The Chapel of the Transfiguration. Paul was called to be the 12th Rector of Christ Episcopal Church on September 23, 2009. He was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Paul graduated from the University of Virginia in 1986 with a degree in English and received his Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary. Previously, he served as Associate Rector at Christ Episcopal Church, as Canon Read more…
He said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And can any of you by worrying Read more…
In April 2023, we hosted our first CAMPFIRE gathering at the Virginian: an experiment in reimagining how we gather as community. Our featured conversation partner was Zahan Billimoria, a renowned mountain guide with Exum. “Z” holds numerous mountaineering records, including the fastest ‘link-up’ ski of the south, middle, and grand Tetons (10h 39m, a number that still astounds me). Yet of all the endless things that inspire me about Z and his resumé, it was Read more…