• New Sunday School Unit for Lent - see announcement
  • St. John's 200th anniversary May 23, 2020
 

Welcome

St. John’s Church is an Anglican/Episcopal, Christian community worshipping through the power of the Holy Spirit for over 200 years.

St. John’s is much more than a Sunday morning worship experience. It is a family that worships, prays, serves, studies, and has fun together and we invite you to join us in making our family, your family.

If you do not have a church home and would like to make St. John’s your parish of choice; or have a need our church family can help with,  please contact our Parish Administrator, Jeannette, at the church office (315) 393-5470 

Announcements

  • Sunday Service, March 30th - Morning Prayer

    Please join us at 9 am on Sunday, March  30th for our Morning Prayer service. This is the Fourth Sunday in Lent also known as Rose Sunday or Mothering Sunday. Rose Sunday provides a brief break or "lightening" in the solemnity of Lent and we traditionally place roses on the altar. In the English church, this is also Mothering Sunday acknowledged by the sharing of Simnel cakes -- there will be cakes served at Coffee Hour. Sunday School continues their unit for Lent - "The Mystery of Easter".

    We continue our fellowship at Coffee Hour following the service in the Parish Hall.

    If you cannot join us in person, you can watch our service on  Facebook Live. Click to access our page.  You do not need a Facebook account to view the service. You can also use the link to connect with previous, saved services.

     

  • Sunday School Unit - "The Mystery of Easter"

    Following a modified "Stations of the Cross", this Sunday School Unit will help the children understand the season of Lent as they travel through Lent towards the excitement and the mystery of Easter. The schedule is:

    • March 16 - Drama
    • March 23 - Music
    • March 30 - Story
    • April 6 - Crafts
    • April 13 (Palm Sunday) - Kitchen

     

  • Thursday Service in the Chapel @ 9:30 for Morning Prayer

    Morning Prayer services in the Chapel are offered on Thursdays at 9:30 am.  March 27th marks the Thursday in the Third Week of Lent.You are also invited to check the  links below to listen to a recorded Morning Prayer service or simply read the service using the link to the Book of Common Prayer.  

    Daily prayers or "offices" are included in the Book of Common Prayer. They are part of a long Christian tradition of taking time throughout the day for prayer.

    The Episcopal Church daily offices -- Morning and Evening Prayers along with prayers for Noontime and evening Compline are available in the Book of Common Prayer.

    The Episcopal Church in Garrett County Maryland offers a podcast for each day that includes a reading of Morning Prayer with the appropriate lessons and psalm for the day presented in a quiet, meditative way. Link here (you may need to scroll down to find today's date).

  • Bible Study on Thursdays at 10:30 am in the Parish Hall

    Bible Study meets on Thursdays at 10:30 am in the Parish Hall.  Having completed our study of the gospel of John, we will now take time to read John's letters.

    For Bible Study on March 27th, we will focus primarily on the second chapter of the first letter. You will find all five chapters of John's first letter linked below:

    1 John 1:1-10 1 John 2:1-29 1 John 3:1-24 1 John 4:1-21 1 John 5:1-21 

    Everyone is always welcome. The discussion is lively and enlightening. We are using NT Wright's study guide for John's letters and also spend time in our discussion considering these three questions:

    • What word or phrase stood out to you?
    • What question(s) arose as you read?
    • What emotion did the reading evoke?

  • Lent: 40 Acts - Do Lent Generously

    After an hiatus because of COVID, Stewardship UK has brought back their popular program for Lent - 40 Acts: Do Lent Generously.

    Use the link to sign up and receive in your email, a daily reflection, prayer and suggestions for how you can mark this season with simple acts of generousity. This is a very meaningful way to mark the season of Lent both in reflection and in actions that can make a difference in your life and the lives of family, friends and your community. 

  • St. John's Book Club Winter Reading Selection

    Cozy up inside during these cold snowy weeks and read this short book - The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer by Julie Lane-Gay and then join us in April for an interesting discussion.

    Lane-Gay first attended an Anglican church in British Columbia by happenstance while on vacation, later beginning to attend St. John's Anglican Church in Vancouver on a regular basis. Intrigued by the "red book" in the pews, she spent time with the Book of Common Prayer and discovered that it was designed just for this: rooting Christians in the riches of God's grace. Not a manual or a history of the BCP but rather a personal story of the ways and times she has found God's grace in the pages of the book.

    The book was published by Intervarsity Press in 2024 and is available through Amazon or Bookshop.org. If you would like assistance to obtain a copy, please see Nancy Alzo.

    We will gather in late April to consider our responses to the book. Date to be determined.
     

  • Food Pantry Distribution Day -Tuesday March 25th

    On the last Tuesday of each month, St. John's hosts a distribution of food to those in need. With the suspension of services at the Salvation Army, there is tremendous need in Ogdensburg.

    Basic staples -- canned vegetables, instant potatoes, soups, stews, pasta and sauce, cereal and peanut butter -- are always welcome to help fill our shelves. Financial support will be used to purchase necessary and perishable goods. 

    Note:  Next distribution is Tuesday, March 25th and will include home made "Soup to Go"!

    To visit the food pantry come to the parking lot off Franklin Street and enter the Parish Hall via the deck. Please bring identification.

    Can you help on distribution days? Please see Rose Sovie or Donna Burdick. 

  • New Ministry - Soup to Go! Continues in the New Year

    Bev Patchin and Terry Casella have been awarded a Diocesan Ministry grant to support a "Soup to Go" ministry in coordination with our Food Pantry. In addition, St. John's Massena has supported the project with additional monies from their local outreach fund. Soup to Go will distribute homemade soup during Food Pantry in November, December and January. 

    This is a unique opportunity to expand our Outreach efforts while also providing an opportunity for members of our congregation to increase their involvement in outreach -- the grants have given us the financial support; now we need to tap into the time and talents of St. John's members. 

    The next distribution will be held together with Food Pantry on Tuesday, March 25th from 9:30 to 11:30 am

  • Online Giving

    We offer the option to make your giving donation online.  Link here to make a donation.  Donations are made using PayPal but you do not need a PayPal account.  You can use any debit or credit card to complete the form.

    This is a convenient way to maintain your giving to St. John's especially if you are away.

    If you would like to make a pledge and/or would like envelopes, please use this form.

  • Web Site

    Do you have a news item to share on our announcements? Is there information you would like to add to any of the categories? For anything related to the website, you can click on the "Email web admin" link at the top left of the main page to contact us.

  • Prayer Request

    If you would like St. John's Prayer Team to pray for you, please submit your request using this form.

  • Moving Forward - Parish Sustainability

    At our annual meeting in February 2023, the parish family determined that given our current financial situation we would commit to identifying a sustainable path forward.  To that end, the vestry has written a charter, (a  document that states our mission, goals, and objectives) to for us to realistically look at our options.  The charter provides focus and helps tune the message for everyone in the parish and the larger community.

    See the Parish Sustainability tab in the Navigation Bar for detailed information as we move forward.