St. John’s News

Wow. What a summer! It’s hard to believe that our season is leaning toward fall, but it sure feels like that’s where we’re headed. The temperature’s dropping. I can see the leaves just beginning to show some different color, and our kiddos are headed back to school. What a summer! You’ve done some great work over the course of the last three months. You’ve been dreaming Big Dreams—together and on your own. Let me give Read more…

Wow, we’ve done some great dreaming work this summer. I hope it continues for each of you. Remember, you can always email us here with your dreams. Over the course of the next month, the leadership of our church, both staff and vestry will begin sorting through all the “Big Dreams” and “Great Ideas” we’ve captured this summer. We’ll sort them and begin to group together those dreams that are related. In the month of Read more…

Music is a joyous way to offer praise while finding the truth of what we sing. Music is essential to us at St. John’s, and we have proven that we value musical talent over the years. For 20 years, we have had the amazing and talented Pam Drews Phillips at our helm, but this fall Pam will pass along the torch of Music Director. We will miss Pam’s spunk and enthusiasm as we wish her Read more…

Join us on the green of St. John’s Church for music and merriment with Calle Mambo on Sunday, August 12 at 5:00 pm. Suggested donation is $15 for the Cuban-style meal. Beer, wine and mojitos will be available for purchase. All proceeds go to the people of Favorito, Cuba and our partner parish, Santa Maria Magdalena. This is an event not to be missed! Formed as the only premier Afro-Cuban, Latin, Salsa band in the Read more…

“The first time I listened to “Angel Down”, it really struck me. I found the melody and the instrumentation haunting and couldn’t resist singing along. Textually, the song asks two important questions. The chorus asks, ‘Why do people just stand around?” This question is asked in the context of violence, but it can apply to many occasions. Why do we, as people, just “stand around” and not do the good we have the opportunity to Read more…

Dear St. John’s Family, David and I want to share with you that after a great deal of prayer and soul searching, we have decided to leave Jackson and move to Idaho Falls. We sold our house in June and will be moving August 23rd to our new home. Leaving Jackson is not easy. This has been home for a very long time for both of us. David came to town in the fall of Read more…

The Reverend Gina L. Gore is our August chaplain at the Chapel of the Transfiguration. She comes to us from New York City where she is Associate Priest for Children & Family Ministries at St. Luke in the Fields. Additionally, she is an Honorary Assistant at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, and serves on the Bishop’s committee for church planting. Gina was ordained in Los Angeles in 2016. She and her family were early members of Read more…

By Kirsten Farney + Julie Tobiason We’re all familiar with the magical life-giving elixir that is coffee. For many of us, we wouldn’t even think about having a rational conversation in the morning until we’ve fueled up on the stuff. Let’s be honest, there’s an entire industry in our country that thrives on the fact that we rely on the energy buzz it imparts. That alone speaks volumes about our achievement driven value system…But in Read more…

A Message from Brian Nystrom I just got back from a walk along the Snake, down the dike from the Wilson Bridge. We’ve entered those beautiful, hot, dog days of August. The snow has melted from the high mountain passes in the backcountry, the river is running low and clear. Although the landscape is turning brown, it is a time of ripening. After a lush, green spring and early summer, things seem a little spare. Read more…