What's Happening
Racial Healing Eucharist
This Sunday, August 23 at 8am and 10am, we will be honoring we will be honoring Florence Nightingale, with guest preacher Dr. Tamara Zurakowski.
Discover St. John’s
Sunday, August 30 from 11:30am-1:30pm. Come learn a bit about the history and life of our parish.
First Nations Kitchen
Sunday, August 23, help prepare and serve indigenous To Go meals and organic produce for the community.
Art Opening and Reception
Celebrate the permanent placement of this series of paintings from Lent, Sunday, August 23 at 4pm.
Summer Forum Series
“What is the Church doing at Eucharist?” Sunday mornings beginning June 14
Discernment: Spiritual Practices for Sensing the Spirit’s Leading
2nd and 4th Sundays from 11:30am-1pm in the Fireside Room, beginning June 14.
Recent Sermons
Summer Liturgy Sermon
This tension between the now of our present needs for healing, and the promise of a future reign of God, is at the heart of Jesus’s command earlier in Matthew’s Gospel—in his Sermon on the Mount—that we “love our enemies.”
Mind-Altering Changes of Heart: Creating Medicine Out of Venom
Jesus experiences a mind-altering change of heart when this nameless Canaanite Woman has the fiercely tender courage to take his insult and transform it into the wisdom of dogs: unconditional love, steadfast loyalty, devoted companionship, boundless forgiveness, and liberating joy.
Step Out of the Boat
Much like the sea in this story, we live in a tumultuous time. Whether it be wars, some we started, climate change, or the erosion of our democracy, we can all identify threats to ourselves and those we love. What are followers of Jesus called to do in the midst of this storm? Should we too step out of the boat?
Check out the latest:
"E-vangelist" Articles
Why I Am So Excited about the Divine Feminine Art Opening
The Bible verse that truly started me on my journey away from my embedded theology was Genesis 1:27: “So God created humankind in God’s own image, in the image of God he created them.” If God created all of us in God’s image, then, if we diminish anyone (because of gender identity, race, ability, economic status, sexual identity, age, immigration status, religion) we miss out on knowing that part of God! And I think we also miss out on finding that part of God within ourselves.
There are Angels Amongst Us
“Progressive Christians were there even before the beginning of this country. You never know what your words can lead to.”
