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…
There are two stories of Christmas, and I love them both. We tell the second story of Christmas every Christmas Eve. We do it in high style in Jackson at St. John’s. Almost always a fresh layer of snow, babies chirping, children squeaking, some families even put down feuds to stuff into pews in a packed church. We sing and pray and preach. We dim the lights and pass out a candle’s flame, as we Read more…
Explore History, Faith, and Racial Healing What is Sacred Ground? Sacred Ground is a transformative dialogue series that invites participants to engage deeply with the histories and realities of race and racism in America. Built around a curriculum of documentary films and readings, the series explores Indigenous, Black, Latino, Asian/Pacific American, and European American histories. It interweaves stories of family, economic class, and regional identity, helping participants peel back the layers of division and build Read more…
One of the things we do best as a church community is connect, whether it is on Sunday mornings, at meetings and gatherings or at special events. A database seems pretty mundane, yet good data allows us to connect with each of you in a variety of creative ways. Find us in Hansen Hall during coffee hour for our final Sunday this week. For most of you, although not all, we have basic contact information, Read more…
The eleventh of the 12 minor Hebrew prophets is a fella named Zechariah. It’s likely his granddad was the highest of high priests of the day during a particularly turbulent period in history for Israel (the people, not the country, y’all.) Turbulence for Israel usually signals a time when Israel is living for itself and becomes disconnected from or disassociated from God. Along comes Zechariah. He likely follows his granddad into the family business and Read more…