I am moving toward Easter this year (not just the Sunday, rather the whole season) with a particular measure of gratitude. As most of you know, I’ve been away recovering from surgery treating my prostate cancer. While there were some days that were unpleasant regarding the surgery and my recovery, the arc of the experience bends toward love. The movement of the story we live by reenacting the plot of the sacred narrative which begins Read more…
A reflection on the meaning of Holy Week by Senior Warden, Brad Flynt As Holy Week approaches, it has given me an opportunity to reflect on how meaningful the Holy Week services are at St. John’s. Last year, Adair and I attended our first Maundy Thursday service and were blown away by its beauty and humility. The word “Maundy” derives from the Latin mandatum (which translates to “command”), a reference to Jesus’ instruction to love one another, Read more…
You’re invited to our annual Easter brunch on Sunday, April 5 at 8:45 a.m. The church will provide a honey baked ham as the main dish and ask you to bring a side dish or dessert. Sign up to help! Enjoy watching the kiddos run around for an Easter Egg Hunt at 9:30 a.m. sharp! May God’s light shine on you this Easter as we celebrate the Resurrection.
Join us to make palm crosses on Saturday, March 28 at 9:00 a.m. in Hansen Hall. The palm branch is a symbol of victory, triumph, peace and eternal life. Palm branches were laid across the road during Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. We will also decorate the church for Palm Sunday.
Join the flower team on Saturday, April 4 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. to decorate the sanctuary and the chapel. It’s an especially striking and beautiful way to symbolize the new life that emerges on Easter morning. Just show up and we will enjoy this tradition together of decorating our worship spaces for Easter Sunday.
Now through Monday, March 30, 2026. On Easter, we will place flowers in worship spaces. As a symbol of purity, hope, innocence, and peace you may donate these in honor or memory of loved ones and take the plant home with you after the service. Follow the link below to recognize a loved one or use the sign-up forms around the church! Fill out the online form.
Take a mindfulness break and join the fun as we fill nearly 1,000 eggs with fun sweets and treats for the Easter Egg Hunt. Thursday, March 26 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. in the Donnan Room Stop by for 20 minutes or the whole time, bring your own brown bag lunch. Contact jean@stjohnsjackson.org if you plan to help out.
Holy Week is here! April 2, Maundy Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Worship, Livestreamed. Please join us for the Stripping of Altar service with foot washing. Those who wish to participate may come forward to have their feet washed. April 3, Good Friday: 12:00 p.m. Worship | 6:00 p.m. Worship, Livestreamed. Enter the mystery of Good Friday at St. John’s Church, with services at 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM, in person and livestreamed. In stillness and shadow, we Read more…
In reflecting back on 2025, I intend to carry forward our Advent theme and use the symbols of fire, whirlwind and water, while also looking through the lens of our ten-year strategic plan we launched this summer under the categories of Rooted, Reaching, and Leading with Love. 2025 was a difficult year and some of those challenges follow us into 2026. The year demanded we tend fire without letting it consume us. It demanded we Read more…
“But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;” — 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 Please take a tiny clay jar token with you today during church or when you are on campus next Read more…