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…
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…
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…
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…
Opportunities to learn more about our Rooted, Reaching and Leading with Love Vision will begin on Sunday, July 13. Through 2024 and early 2025, vestry and staff have prayerfully built a Vision and Map for the Evolution of the Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole, 2025–2030 document. We hope it will guide St. John’s and The Chapel of the Transfiguration into its second century of mission and ministry with purpose and direction. Bringing this vision to Read more…
This summer at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jackson and The Chapel of the Transfiguration in Moose, we’re embracing the theme of Rewilding—a return to the untamed beauty of God’s presence in our lives, our shared story, and our worship. Rewilding invites us to strip away what is overly domesticated and rediscover the raw and challenging grace at the heart of our biblical narrative—the God who meets us on mountains, rivers, and under open skies. We’ll explore how Read more…
Join us on Sunday, June 8 for our Family Reunion. We’re welcoming our summer parishioners in style with a family reunion party on the lawn after services. We’ll also reveal our summer theme and send you home with a gift. Let’s break bread together with a meal and games on the lawn. Bring your favorite lawn chair or blanket to enjoy the festivities. Church 8:00 a.m. in the Chapel Church 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary Read more…