Welcome to St. John's Episcopal Church!
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.
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)
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):
Life at St. John's
Have questions that are not answered on this site? You can use the website's "Contact" page shown on the tab above (https://www.stjohnsvernonct.org/contact ) or send a message directly: HERE
BENEFIT CONCERT
to aid the people and animals impacted by recent weather-related events
Zoe Vandermeer and her students and guest performers are giving a special benefit concert on Friday, May 2, 2025 at 7 p.m. as a fundraiser for the many people and animals who have suffered from recent hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, fires, and earthquakes. Come and enjoy the glorious sounds of singing, flute, harp, and piano with Janet, Elizabeth, George, Cory, Shane, Kimmie, Lilly and Zoe. You will enjoy the beautiful and fun music of musical theater, baroque, and classical composers.
The suggested donation is $20 with all the proceeds going to relevant charities.
For more information about service and fellowship opportunities, please click on the "Ministries" tab above or click HERE.
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)
Sermons
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The plain blue dots are addresses of many of our members. The blue dot with the white outline in the center is the church.