Welcome to St. John's Episcopal Church!
We worship the Almighty, are filled with the Spirit, and find Jesus in each other. . . . Won't you join us?
Upcoming Services
Wed, Nov 4 - Mid-week Eucharist with Monthly Healing Service @ 10:30 am
Sun, Nov 8 - Holy Eucharist @ 8:00 am (Rite I) & 10:00 am (Rite II). Fr. Gary Sturni will return to celebrate and preach at both services.
Wed, Nov 11 - Mid-week Eucharist @ 10:30 am
Sun, Nov 15 - Holy Eucharist @ 8:00 am (Rite I) & 10:00 am (Rite II).
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.
Our Organic Gardeners have been busy this season
These are the week-by-week harvests!
We have a very active organic garden with a dedicated group of parishioners who tend to it. These are pictures of the harvest that have been produced each week. All of the harvest goes to Cornerstone's Community Kitchen
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 ("Contact") or send a message directly: HERE
HOW WE SERVE
We believe serving is both a privilege and an act of worship.
For more information about service and fellowship opportunities, please click on the "Ministries" tab above or click HERE.
In no particular order, here are some of the things we have done recently to benefit those around as Our Savior has told us to do:
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)
This is where we live . . . .
. . . . won't you join us??
The plain blue dots are addresses of many of our members. The blue dot with the white outline in the center is the church.
Our church is fully handicap accessible
We have recently renovated our church building to make it ADA-compliant handicap accessible. The access is through the north (upper) side of the building. There are designated parking spaces there with an appropiate ramp. There is also a compliant restroom on that level. Also, service animals or those in training are welcome. Our parish hall is also accessible with an accessible restroom as well. We look forward to you joining us!