I’ve always felt like there is a meaningful connection between our being made “in God’s image” (Gen. 1) and being endowed with imagination. It feels like it is the work of the church – in every generation, and in every context – to continually reimagine what church looks like, and how we, as church gather. In many ways, the fact that St. John’s is a church that values and seeks to nourish approaches to ministry Read more…

We’re recruiting altar guild team members and volunteers in general (chalice, lector, ushers) for our summer services at The Chapel of the Transfiguration in Grand Teton National Park. We would love to have you with us one Sunday a month or what suits your schedule if you’d like to plug into a morning of service. We are always looking for servants at our campus in town too. Let us know if you are flexible where Read more…

Your used bicycle has the power to change lives! We are collecting bikes to start a women-owned bike shop in Uganda, on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Drop off your bikes on the back porch of St. John’s House anytime before May 12. The Hub Bicycles, St. John’s Church, and the Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole are collecting bikes in the coming weeks. You can also drop bikes off on Friday Read more…

You are joyfully invited to join us in a new experiment in how we gather as community — and in kindling connection, one story at a time. Sunday, May 21 | 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at The Virginian Saloon | 750 W Broadway CAMPFIRE reimagines how we gather as community. Each month, we bring in guest speakers for a multimedia storytelling experience, hosted in a subtly ritualized framework, to explore what drives, moves and inspires Read more…

Dear Church, I am writing this on Monday of Holy Week. Six days until Easter. When I think about Easter, I think of spring: everything coming back to life, grass beginning to green, blossoms beginning to bud on trees, animals poking their heads out into the sunshine. Today it’s snowing outside. There are several feet of snow on the ground. Really? I feel a bit blue, a bit discouraged, honestly. Will spring ever come? ….Yes. Read more…

We offered a course in February to explore the language that we use to understand and express our concepts of God. Conversations were thoughtful and rich, and we want to share a recap of the sessions for those of you who were unable to attend. Week 1: Jimmy used the story of the golden calf from Exodus 32 to illustrate the concept of idolatry and how tools for expressing our faith often become idols—the embodiment Read more…

Surrender sometimes means accepting help from others in our times of need. It sounds simple, and even obvious, but can be incredibly hard. There is a romantic notion in the West of rugged individualism. Each person to themselves. But the reality is, none of us gets through this life alone. And there are times in each of our lives when we need the love and support of others. More often than any of us would Read more…

Surrender. What a beautiful word, what a lovely concept. And what a terrifying proposition for most of us, me included. Surrender? Give up? Admit defeat? Not on your life, Buckaroo. Way too tough for that. It’s tempting to comment on the lessons our American culture has taught us about the value of persistence, drive, competition (well, winning at competition anyway), and “grit.” No need to comment though, we’ve all learned these lessons, their value seems Read more…

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 into on Easter Sunday morning. We’re delighted to announce our Lenten theme—Surrender. Each of us will get a white flag. So much of our culture Read more…