What's Happening
Eco Fair on Summit
A free, family-friendly fair, Saturday, May 16 from 12-3pm at House of Hope.
Ecumenical Choral Compline
Thursday, May 14 at 7pm, featuring the choirs of St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas More Catholic, and St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran.
East Metro Mission Area Gathering
All Episcopalians are invited to our spring mission area gathering on Saturday, May 9 from 9am-12:30pm at Holy Trinity,
Faith Forum: Finding Courage in Community in Judaism
Our May faith forums are exploring how the three Abrahamic Faiths have found courage through communal spiritual practices of resistance, resilience, and restoration.
Church Office Closed for “May Day Strong”
Friday, May 1, a one-day strike calling for freedom, affordability, and safety.
First Nations Kitchen
Sunday, May 3, help prepare and serve indigenous To Go meals and organic produce for the community.
Recent Sermons
By Choosing God’s Love, We Are A Family: An Easter Vigil Sermon
The Holy Women teach us how to speak the joyful truth in love even when we feel afraid. We must ensure that women on the margins of dominant culture, who have survived the horrors of coloniality, can speak joyful truth in love, especially in the face of man-babies who are terrified of love and truth. Marginalized women have been proclaiming the joyful and life-giving Gospel truth for centuries.
A Good Friday Sermon
Jesus speaks the words that echo across history: “It is finished.” Not “I am finished.” Not “This is the end.” But “It is finished”—the work of love, the work of reconciliation, the work of bearing the world’s brokenness.
Love One Another
Teachers did not wash the feet of their followers. Jesus challenges a system that says some people are less than others. The Roman system required free men to demonstrate their superiority through speech and action. In the act of washing his disciples’ feet, Jesus very deliberately and profoundly transgresses gender expectations.
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"E-vangelist" Articles
The Gift of the Kingdom: Growing With Our Youth
Reclaiming the joy of church community does take effort. Forming a vibrant environment for our youth requires a conscious and challenging commitment to creating “safe space.”
Meet Staff Singer Phill Takemura Sears
Phill Takemura Sears has sung as a bass/baritone with St. John’s choir since the beginning of 2019.
