St. John’s News

Changing Lives through Loving Our Community

by Cora Ligori I’ve witnessed lives changed throughout our community. I have seen our youth experience the gospel and learn how to serve one another, the way Jesus led us to do by example. In the summer of 2007, I married Jim Ligori and he immediately moved me from my generational home in Western North Carolina to his hometown of Jackson. We naturally attended St. John’s on a regular basis. Jim has been a part Read more…

Faith in Goodness

The same weekend that we were enjoying the last few sunny days of summer here in Jackson and gathering our church together on Consecration Sunday, we watched as Houston and other Texas Gulf Coast communities came apart under the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey. Many of you have asked me about my mom, who lives in Houston. Thank you. She’s fine and was spared from the devastation that fills our social media feeds and television Read more…

YEP! Youth Weekend

Young Episcopalians Playing and Praying (YEP!) Join youth in grades 9 – 12 from across the state for a weekend of fun. Activities include time at Tree Top Adventure at the Snow King Mountain Resort, movies, worship, fellowship, & food! Things kick off on Friday evening with supper at 6:30 PM (or whenever you can get there) followed by icebreakers, games, and a movie. Saturday includes time swinging from trees at Tree Top Adventure. On Read more…

Bishops Visit and Dinner

Join us in welcoming these visiting Bishops to Teton County and to St. John’s Church. Join us for Taizé worship service at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, September 4 with a catered meal following at 6:30 p.m. Please RSVP today if you are able to join us in greeting these Bishops! Content Block: Form

Infinite Possibilities

by Brad Abrams What does it mean to be an Episcopalian? What does it mean to be a member of the St. John’s community in Jackson? These are questions that struck me this past weekend as we attended the Sunday service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ouray, Colorado. This St. John’s is a beautiful little stone church in the heart of the San Juan Mountains. Ouray is a quaint old mining town that has Read more…

Ponderings

By Nancy Porthan In thinking about how I want and ought to give of my resources, my heart, soul and mind first encourages inner clarification of what I get. I think it is human nature to do so. CONNECTION: “a relationship in which a person or idea is linked or associated with something else. Interconnection, interdependence.” Call it family. Call it friends. Call it community. Know it as understanding and non-judgmental acceptance. Experience it as Read more…

Finding Community Through Church

By: The Rev. Suzanne Harris My granddaughters recently asked their mother why they had to go to church. They pointed out that their cousins (our other grandchildren) do not go to church, and they are still good people. We have three families of grandchildren: only our daughter Amy’s family, goes to church and Sunday school at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina. The other two, our sons’ families, live in the San Francisco Read more…

Park Cleanup Day

Be there on Saturday, August 26 from 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. to clean up our National Park! Meet at the flagpole at the Moose Visitor’s Center at 12:30 p.m. with gloves, and we’ll be given a specific trail. Join St. John’s Outdoors as we assist Grand Teton National Park in the post-eclipse clean up. Content Block: Form

Simple Gestures

By Cindy Bartz As a person who last year packed up a home and a family and moved it all to a town with a reputation for brutal winters, I’ve spent much more time on the RECEIVING end as opposed to the GIVING end of the love and care of the St. John’s community. Though we’d mastered the art of Jackson Hole living as tourists, we Bartzes were total rookies at Jackson Hole living as Read more…

Tamale Cooking Class

In Mexico, everyone gathers in the kitchen to enjoy each other’s company and to assemble a mountain of tamales. In this class we’ll show you everything you need to make these festive treats part of your own repertoire, from making fresh masa (dough) and classic fillings to wrapping techniques and tasty sauces. Join us on Wednesday, August 9 in Hansen Hall at 5:30 p.m.