St. John’s News

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…

Meet The Rev. Canon Lisa Burns, our first chaplain at The Chapel of the Transfiguration this summer! Since 2018, Lisa has served as the Canon for Wellness and Care in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, overseeing programs that foster and protect ministry integrity, clergy support, and healthy relationships. Daughter of an Episcopal priest, her professional journey began as an attorney and continued as a kindergarten teacher and administrator in an Episcopal School before entering the Read more…

Join us for a special adult formation series for the next few Sundays at 9:00 a.m. called Consider the Ravens. (Luke 12:24-28) How do we communicate our love of Creation? How do we engage you, our beloved people, in this conversation? Come to the Underground as each priest leads a conversation during adult formation. This week Travis will be leading us in the final conversation.

May 24 | Christian Wallowing Bull Returns to the Virginian Saloon for Screening of Lone Wolf Short Film, Followed by Live Concert 6:30 p.m. In collaboration with the Virginian Saloon and Filmmaker Dave Herring, St. John’s Episcopal Church is thrilled to welcome indigenous singer-songwriter Christian Wallowing Bull back to Jackson for a special screening of Lone Wolf, a short film based on Christian’s life and music, recently nominated for the Wyoming Film Festival, on Friday, Read more…