Welcome to St. John's Episcopal Church!
Sun, June 8 - Our usual two services of Holy Eucharist at 8:00 am (Rite I) and 10:00 am (Rite II) as we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. Today will also be the last session of Sunday School for the summer.
Sun, June 15 - Our usual two services of Holy Eucharist at 8:00 am (Rite I) and 10:00 am (Rite II).
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St. John’s Episcopal Church in Vernon is a vibrant parish that shares the love of God with our community while caring for those within and outside of our parish. We are a congregation that prays both with our words and our actions.
Please join us for worship in-person or online. Our Sunday services are usually at 8:00 and 10:00. We stream on Facebook live; the link is in the menu above. We hope to see you soon.
Zoe Vandermeer, St. John's Director of Music, will be presenting a free solo concert featuring her voice and harp-playing at 7:00 pm on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Zoe Vandermeer is playing harp solos and self-accompanying songs and arias with her 38 string Celtic harp was made by Triplett Harps in San Luis Obispo, 18th and early 19th century music by Handel, Edward Jones, Sophie Corri, harp solos by Irish composer O'Carolan, British harpist T.P. Chipp, and others, as well as selections composed by Zoe Vandermeer. Ms. Vandermeer is a coloratura soprano, Welsh triple harpist, and composer. Her program 'The Harp in Softly Pleasing Strains', presents songs, arias, and harp solos by Mozart, Handel, Sophie Corri, Edward Jones, and others, and music by Zoe Vandermeer.
Zoe Vandermeer is a prize-winning graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and she is currently engaged in a PhD music in research degree (online) at the University of Birmingham UK. She is on the Roster of the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism since 2011, and has been a recipient of numerous grants and awards. In 2024, she was a Quarter-Finalist in the World Harp Competition, and in 2023, she won Second Place in the London Classical Competition, Vocal Division. In 2014, she won First Place in the B. Alexander International Vocal Competition held in Carnegie Hall. Ms. Vandermeer has given soprano and harp performances at the Rio International Harp Festival Brazil, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Bloomington Early Music Festival, American Swedish Historical Museum Philadelphia, Pollok House National Trust Museum Scotland, American Harp Society, Somerset Harp Festival, and elsewhere. www.sopranoandharp.com
Life at St. John's
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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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