Get ready to refresh your summer wardrobe at our annual Pop Up Swap on Saturday May 17, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., in support of GAP! Girls Actively Participating. We’re looking for kind and capable volunteers to help make this event run smoothly — both before and during the swap. If you're interested in helping organize donations, price items, or assist during the event, please sign up for a slot. Find primarily higher-end women's and Read more…
Last Sunday, my sermon spoke to a simple truth: in the face of anger, fear, pettiness, toxic ideologies, polarization, discrimination, and narrow-mindedness, only radical love will prevail. At St. John’s, we witness this love in action every day, from warm winter jackets hung on tree branches, to our unwavering support for vital local ministries—One22/Jackson Cupboard, Habitat for Humanity, Wyoming Immigrant Advocacy Project, the Recovery Community, CLIMB Wyoming, the Period Project, Laundry Love in Idaho—tangible expressions Read more…
We love our neighbors as ourselves at St. John's Church and these community partners are standouts in our minds. Wind River Indian Reservation One22 Resource Center Teton Habitat for Humanity Community Prevention Coalition of Teton County Sage Living Review our measurables in the post, Church, and keep on caring for our community!
Over the past six months, Maren, Jimmy, and Travis have been engaged in a process of reimagining our approach to youth and family ministry. We are delighted to share that we are ready to test-drive aspects of our new vision over the spring and summer. Check our calendar of events for the most up-to-date happenings. We will continue to offer beloved, proven programming (Kids Night Out, Family Worship, Children's' Chapel, Confirmation Classes, seasonal offerings) and Read more…
Campaign Steering Committee leaders have been informed that an anonymous parish member has made a $500,000 challenge grant to the Legacy of Love Capital Campaign. We are inviting our community to help secure the Challenge Grant. Each new contribution will be matched dollar for dollar until we secure the match. Many parish members made a gift to the campaign, but that may have been in 2023 or 2024. John Goettler announced the Challenge Grant on Read more…
How far is God from us? And how near? The question is one I think all people contemplate, though they often may not realize it. How close is God? The question, I believe, is one that we carry in a unique way as people living on the doorstep of the Tetons. Six to nine million years ago, the earth’s surface spread and stretched, creating stress along the fault line that runs south to north from Read more…
Meditation Candles in Prayer Rustic Prayer Wall Flower Ministry Home-Cooked Meals Review our measurables in the post, St. John's, and keep on praying and caring!
Many of you frequently ask about our work on the Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR). Both Brian and I have been deeply engaged in a variety of ways over the past several years. One of us serves at St. David's in Ft. Washakie and Our Father's House in Ethete once a month. This has been an incredible, life-giving experience for both of us, helping us to create deep and meaningful relationships on the WRIR. Brian Read more…
Every Tuesday morning the staff of St. John’s gathers up for a meeting, to spend a couple hours together in the same room, to plan for the upcoming week’s and month’s events, to assess how we’re doing as a staff and a church. To open things up Jimmy (or one of us, in his absence) always brings a short reading for us to reflect on. This is what he brought last week: “In theory there Read more…
Our 2024 Story of Life Together. Check out our Annual Report. Thank You for helping to embody this great, loving adventure that is The Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole. What a privilege it is to serve alongside and with you. Gah! What a gift you are to each other and to our community. We need more of this around our country and globe, and I love to serve alongside you, leaders, making a love-spreading difference Read more…