Children’s and Youth Ministry: How are we doing?
On Youth Sunday, our senior preachers expressed deep thanks for the love and faith shared with them in our church. We saw young people take important roles in our worship
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On Giving into the Hand of the Poor
This past weekend at Kanuga, we reflected on generosity. I thought I might distribute some of the teaching to the church this way. When you read through Scripture, generosity is
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Warp & Weft: The Fabric of Ministry
Four members of our Vestry recently shared their thanksgivings to have been raised at St. John’s and to share in its ministry as adults. Think of our common life as
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Generation to Generation – Conclusion
Our theme for stewardship this year is “from Generation to Generation” drawing on third chapter of Ephesians, “Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than
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Generation to Generation in the Feast of Lights
Receiving and renewing Christian tradition from generation to generation is a mark of the church, a trait that is strong in the common life of St. John’s. This year we
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Little Lambs: Sharing Faith from Generation to Generation
I was blessed to grow up in a house where Sunday morning meant you got up and went to church. It didn’t matter if you had a busy day, were
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From Generation to Generation
Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in
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Invitation to Wednesday Night Program: Five Lenses for Reading Scripture
Sometimes reading the Bible can feel like standing on the outside of a bustling city with a great big wall. We know that there is a world of activity inside
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Mt. LeConte: A Spiritual Experience
Our group of 10 Mt. LeConte hikers departed Columbia on July 15, after church. Our first night was spent at Lake Summit, NC, where Cope Fralick’s parents, Johnny and Tracy
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Members of Each Other: On Hannah Coulter, our Summer Reading
Reading Wendell Berry’s short novel Hannah Coulter has been a balm this summer, for me and for many participating in our Sunday morning book conversation. The book is narrated by Hannah as
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