Come as you are to St. John’s. Everyone is welcome.
Services throughout the year~
Sunday worship is at 8 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. (the Holy Eucharist or Communion), with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.
Although children of all ages are welcome at all of our services, we also have a nursery attendant (pre-screened, warm and experienced) who provides childcare for infants and toddlers (through age three) from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. every Sunday. Those in Sunday School classes are brought to the sanctuary to be with their parents and receive Holy Communion in the middle of the service.
Ash Wednesday February 17
~ The Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes
6:30 am 12 Noon 7 pm ( with music)
First Sunday in Lent February 21
8 & 945 Holy Eucharist
Sunday School 9:30
Choir Anthem "O Savior of the World" by John Goss
Family Service First Sunday of the Month:
The 9:45 Holy Eucharist, with all children in church with their families from the beginning of the service
Weekday Eucharist & Bible Study* 10:00 am Thursdays
Evening Prayer is read every Thursday at 5 p.m.
*Other Bible Studies take place in homes. Please see the bottom of the Home Page for details
St. John’s Sunday Worship: What to Expect
When visitors come to St. John’s they are greeted at the door and then may take a seat in any pew. Our late Sunday service involves singing hymns and songs. We listen to short bible readings, including the psalms. We offer prayers for our own needs and those of others. The form of our service is found in our Prayer Book, with much variety and adaptation. There is Holy Communion at both Sunday services. All baptized persons from all church backgrounds are welcome to receive the sacrament with us. After the service there is a coffee hour in the parish hall.
The Sacraments
Baptism
Baptism is the initial sacrament of incorporation into the Christian Church. Parents wanting a child baptized at St. John’s should regularly attend Sunday worship. There will be a session of preparation for the parents and godparents of children who will be baptized.
Adults are prepared for baptism by a longer program. Individually, adult candidates for baptism meet with the priest for a period of time and with a sponsor for bible study and an introduction to the basics of Christian prayer and living. There is a group formed every January to prepare for Easter baptisms, and this group meets at least 11 times before Easter.
Baptisms are normally celebrated on Easter, Pentecost (50 days later), near Nov. 1, and the Sunday after January 6. Other times are also available. If you are interested in baptism at St. John’s contact Father Mark Miller at 360-568-4622.
Communion or the Holy Eucharist
Our weekly Sunday services are always the Holy Eucharist. (It means "Thanksgiving") This form of worship is fundamentally about communion, with God, and with each other in God's love. It is at the same time the regular and continually repeated personal affirmation of being baptized. The scriptures are read and preached, and we pray for the needs of the world and our local concerns. The bread and wine, the stuff of the earth and the product of human work are taken to the Altar and "given". God is thanked for all of God's love for us, and the Gifts are returned to us as communion with God and God's own gift of himself to us. This joyous sharing is expressed in hymns and music, beauty, stillness and symbol.
Confirmation
In the course of our Christian development Baptized Christians can renew their Baptismal vows. Those baptized at a young age may, after instruction, make a mature public affirmation of the responsibilities of their Baptism.
Youth Confirmation classes are held in anticipation of the Bishop's visitation to the parish, every 18 months. These reaffirmations are made in the presence of the Bishop, representing the larger church, and the bishop confers the laying on of hands with prayer.
Those baptized as adults normally also make this baptismal affirmation before the Bishop, and receive the laying on of hands. Likewise, those coming to the Episcopal church from other Christian traditions which do not practice confirmation, also are presented after due preparation.
All Christians may, at important turning points in their Christian life, want to reaffirm baptism, and also can come before the Bishop for prayer and blessing of the laying on of hands.
Adult Confirmation, as with adult preparations for Holy Baptism, is a longer process, but concludes with an eleven-week series of classes prior to the Easter Vigil each year. They are confirmed by the bishop the following week.
Marriage at St. John’s
For more information about the celebration and blessing of a marriage at St. John’s, please call Father Mark Miller at 360-568-4622 to make an appointment. Guidelines for weddings at St. John’s are available on request at info@stjohnsnohomish.org.
Visits and Sacraments for the Sick
The sacraments may be brought to someone who is ill at home or in the hospital. Call the church office at 360-568-4622 to make arrangements.