We extend the welcome and love of God to all who come to church. Our worship is something we do together. The complete service each Sunday is printed in a program – no book shuffling or seemingly secret ways to get the hang of – and your voice is welcome and necessary. Worship is rooted in Scripture, which we take seriously but not literally, and follows the rhythm of The Book of Common Prayer, although we often use other prayer sources. Most Sundays there is Holy Communion and the table is open to any Baptized person and every seeker of Christ. Following worship, there is coffee, treats and socializing.
The front door is accessible from the driveway, and an elevator goes to the basement, where there are restrooms. The sanctuary is air-conditioned in the summer.
Worship on Sundays at 10:00 AM
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To Know and Be Known
"O LORD, you have searched me and known me." — Psalm 139:1
The psalmist here describes a God who knows our sitting and rising, our thoughts, our words before we speak them, and the paths we travel. This is not merely God's awareness of our behavior. It is an intimate knowledge of our whole lives.
One of the most beautiful insights in Scripture is that we can risk being known by others because we are already known by God. Faith is not merely a private relationship between an individual and God, but a life we share with one another.
We come to church hoping to encounter God, and in the process, we encounter one another: our joys and sorrows, our questions and convictions, our gifts and vulnerabilities.
To know another person is to become curious about their story, to listen beyond the surface, and to recognize the image of God in them. To be known is to risk allowing others to see something of our authentic selves, trusting that we will be met with grace rather than judgment. If God knows us so completely and still holds us within God's presence, perhaps we can learn to meet one another with greater honesty, compassion, and grace.
A worshipping community can be a place where people are not reduced to their beliefs, their mistakes, their accomplishments, or their outward appearances. It can be a place where we learn to see one another as God sees us— perhaps not as completely, because we cannot, but with growing patience, curiosity, compassion, and love.
The invitation is not to become a community in which everyone knows everything about everyone else. It is to become a community in which no one has to pretend to be someone else in order to belong.
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Weddings
We welcome the weddings of same-sex and opposite-sex couples alike. You may also have a civil union blessed.
Thank you for considering having your wedding at St. John’s. Before scheduling a wedding, we ask all couples to come to a Sunday service. There you can meet our clergy and other leadership and experience a typical liturgy.
You do not need to be a member of the Episcopal Church to have a wedding here. We welcome the weddings of same-sex and opposite-sex couples alike. You may also have a civil union blessed in the church.
Baptisms
We welcome people of all ages--babies, children, teens, adults, and elders-- to receive the sacrament of Baptism.
Baptism is full initiation, by water and the Holy Spirit, into Christ's Body, the Church. We welcome people of all ages--babies, children, teens, adults, and elders-- to receive the sacrament of Baptism. The baptismal rite occurs in the middle of the service on Sunday morning, after the sermon and before Communion. Because Baptism is about joining the community, we do not do private services.
Funerals
You do not need to be a member of our church to plan this important aspect of the dying and grieving process.
Burial of the Dead is an act of mercy, and St. John’s is active in the ministry of ritual burial. You do not need be a member of our church, or any church to plan this important aspect of the dying and grieving process at St. John’s.
The church seats about 110 people, and we have a full kitchen, tables and chairs in the basement for a reception. Our worship team will also be part of a graveside service or help scatter the ashes of the departed.