We welcome back the Rev. Stephanie Spellers for one week only on Sunday, August 24 at The Chapel of the Transfiguration. The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers is one of the Episcopal Church’s leading thinkers around 21st-century ministry and mission. The author of The Church Cracked Open and Radical Welcome, she recently wrapped up nearly a decade as canon to the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. She currently serves as Canon in Residence at St. Read more…
In our effort to move from a staff-driven to a people-led ministry model, we have assembled an amazing family ministry team to lead new programming efforts for kids 0-18 years old! Check out the following children’s, youth, and family ministry events — and reach out to Travis at travis@stjohnsjackson.org or Jean at jean@stjohnsjackson.org to get involved. Kids Night Out + Middle School Night Out | Beginning this fall, kids 5th grade+ are invited to join us for special breakout Read more…
CAMPFIRE presents: Matt Daly + Nanci Turner Steveson with young authors reading | Aug 10, 6-7:30p at the Virginian Courtyard (all ages!) A conversation on the lift of writing and teaching with two celebrated local authors and educators. Matt Daly is the author of The Invisible World and Between Here and Home (Unsolicited Press) and the chapbook Red State (Seven Kitchens Press). He edited the chapbook Untrapped for Wyoming Untrapped. Matt is the recipient of a Read more…
Now is the time to roll up your sleeve and become a part of the lifesaving mission of the American Red Cross and the loving mission of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Join us on Wednesday, September 3, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. An estimated 38 percent of Americans are eligible to give blood, but of those, less than 10 percent actually donate each year. Just one unit of blood donated saves three lives, and there Read more…
Our Centennial Celebration at the Chapel of the Transfiguration was a beautiful thing indeed. So much love, food, music. So many beautiful people gathered to celebrate 100 years of love at the heart of this church and the heart of this valley. Well done, all who made it happen and all who attended. I was having a conversation with a couple guys before dinner, one relative newcomer to the valley, one old timer. The newcomer Read more…
AMOS Health and Hope in Nicaragua is dedicated to reducing preventable deaths and improving the health and well-being of people who suffer from the unjust conditions of poverty. AMOS’ programs empower local leaders to build upon their strengths and respond to the needs they identify within their communities. Since 2023, St. Johns has sent a mission team annually to work with AMOS to help support this work. Clean water is essential to health, so we Read more…
Meet our early August summer chaplain at The Chapel of the Transfiguration. The Rev. Becca Stevens is a nonprofit leader, entrepreneur, priest, survivor, and founder of Thistle Farms. She has founded 12 nonprofits and justice enterprises, mentored another 70, and has raised over $75 million to support them. Becca has authored 12 books and sold over 300,000 copies. She has served as chaplain at St. Augustine’s Chapel on Vanderbilt’s campus for almost 30 years. Becca Read more…
Meet Bill Knutson, our July chaplain at The Chapel of the Transfiguration. The Rev. William Knutson is priest-in-charge at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ojai, California. A graduate of Occidental College and Episcopal Divinity School, he is passionate about discipleship rooted in care for place and planet, and about embodied spiritual practices that integrate breath, movement, and contemplation. He is a founding member of The Abundant Table, a farm-based ministry rooted in food justice and Read more…
From June 30 – August 8, One22 Resource Center is collecting school supplies to help local students return to school ready to learn! You’ll purchase items through One22 Resource Center’s Target registry or drop off supplies in the bin at St. John’s or at One22’s new office at 180 S. Willow Street. One22 will also need volunteers to assemble backpacks the week of August 11. Email cindybartz@one22jh.org for information on volunteering, and find a link Read more…
In Memoriam: Flo McCall This last week of June, I was in Tahoe for a poetry conference — studying with poets I love, and generating work among a huge-hearted community, in the incomparable grandeur of the Sierras. The day I arrived, in the middle of our orientation, I missed a call from Jimmy. When I texted to ask if I could call back later, he replied with the message, “911.” As he told me that Flo Read more…