Welcome to St. John's Episcopal Church!
We worship the Almighty, are filled with the Spirit, and find Jesus in each other. . . . Won't you join us?
Sun, Apr 6 - Holy Eucharists at 8:00 am (Rite I) and 10:00 am (Rite II) with a special visit by Bart Geissinger, the Director of Camp Washington, the Diocesan Camp & Retreat Center.
Sun, Apr 13 - Holy Eucharists at 8:00 am (Rite I) and 10:00 am (Rite II) as we celebrate Palm Sunday.
Our schedule of services for Holy Week and Easter is below.
Information about weather-related service cancellations will be posted here and on WFSB - Channel 3: https://www.wfsb.com/weather/closings/ .
Episcopal Relief & Development Lenten Meditations
Episcopal Relief & Development is again releasing a series of daily meditations starting on Ash Wednesday, March 5th. The entire set can be accessed as they become available by clicking HERE .
They can be a wonderful addition to your Lenten prayer discipline.
Here are recent meditations (Click on the date to be taken to the meditation):
Holy Week and Easter at St. John's
Sun, Apr 13 - Palm Sunday - Usual two services of Holy Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:00 am
Mon, Apr 14 - Online Compline - 7:30 pm
Tues, Apr 15 - Holy Tuesday - Evening Prayer - 3:00 pm
Wed, Apr 16 - Spy Wednesday - Holy Eucharist - 10:30 am
Wed, Apr 16 - Online Compline - 7:30 pm
Thurs, Apr 17 - Maundy Thursday - Holy Eucharist - 7:00 pm
Fri, Apr 18 - Stations of the Cross with Communion from Reserved Sacrament - 3:00 pm
Sat, Apr 19 - Proper Liturgy for Holy Saturday - 9:00 am
Sun, Apr 20 - Easter - Holy Eucharist (Rite I) - 8:00 am
Sun, Apr 20 - Easter - Holy Eucharist (Rite II) - 10:30 am (Note later time than usual)
Life at St. John's
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HOW WE SERVE
We believe serving is both a privilege and an act of worship.
For more information about service and fellowship opportunities, please click on the "Ministries" tab above or click HERE.
In no particular order, here are some of the things we have done recently to benefit those around as Our Savior has told us to do:
We have offered our time and talent through service or in-kind contribution
Weekly serving Sunday dinner at Cornerstone Community Kitchen . . . Helping Hands Ministry providing small repairs, transportation, errands, etc. . . . Our Emergency Food Pantry . . . Holiday Bazaar to support various agencies such as MACC Charities and Cornerstone . . . Undie Sunday - Undergarments sent to MACC Charities and the 5 Vernon elementary schools . . . Hosting American Red Cross Blood Drives . . . . Christmas Toy and Coat collection . . . Many pounds of organic vegetables from our garden to Cornerstone Community Kitchen . . . Diaper drive for Gentle Love Diaper Pantry . . . Collection of backpacks and school supplies for local students and teachers. . . . Delivery of Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets for food-insecure families . . . Volunteering at MACC; food pantry, thrift store and community kitchen
And we offered our treasure
Food share . . . Cornerstone. . . Episcopal Relief & Development . . . St. Vincent School (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) . . . Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem . . . Tri-Town Fuel Bank . . . Camp Washington . . . Chrysalis Center . . . Hands on Hartford . . . Hawkwing (Cheyenne River Lakota Indian Nation) . . . Interval House . . . Hartford Habitat . . . KidSafe of Connecticut . . . . Arm-2-Arm (Haitian refugees in the Domincan Republic) . . . Friendship Soup Kitchen . . . IRIS . . . Mid-West Food Bank . . . Cougar Pantry (Manchester Community College) . . . Family & Comm. (East Hartford Schools) . . . Tree of Life (to support World Central Kitchen) . . . MACC Charities . . . Women’s League Child Development Center . . . Project Hope (formerly Windham Area No Freeze Project) . . . Gentle Love Connections . . . Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance . . . Red Hawk Food Pantry (at Manchester High School) . . . Bennet Academy Family Resource Center (Manchester Public Schools)
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This is where we live . . . .
. . . . won't you join us??
The plain blue dots are addresses of many of our members. The blue dot with the white outline in the center is the church.