Twice a year, St. John’s provides a week’s worth of meals to the Interfaith Works Rockville Women’s Shelter. Our next week will be August 11-17, 2019. St. John’s Outreach Committee is seeking numerous volunteers, including families, to help provide meals for this week. We need help cooking and serving dinner at the shelter as well […]
Read moreDear St. John’s, I am delighted to announce to you the upcoming ordination of Todd Thomas to the diaconate on Saturday, June 15, at 10 am at the National Cathedral. This will be the first of two ordination services for Todd, as we look forward to his ordination to the priesthood six months later on […]
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The opportunity to sign up for Education for Ministry (EfM) for September 2019 to May 2020 is open now. We meet Wednesday nights at St. John’s, starting at 6:30 with dinner and ending promptly at 9:30 p.m. This is a seminar program, meaning that each person contributes their thoughts, experience, and ideas. It is also […]
Read moreI had a part-time job at a music store many years ago during seminary. At the time, it was a great place for me to get to know people outside of my almost exclusively Christian academic circles. I remember one conversation in particular that I had with a co-worker – a gay man, and the […]
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Dear St. John’s, Many of you may recall that in the summer of 2017, I availed myself of the first half of my Sabbatical (3 out of 6 months) to re-start my doctoral studies at Virginia Theological Seminary. Since that time, I’ve completed nearly all my required course-work and have begun writing my thesis […]
Read moreThis past Sunday, I invited us to reflect together on a question that Bishop Mariann recently posted on her blog: “Why are you a Christian?” I loved hearing many of your responses as I passed the microphone around from person to person at each of the four services. Many of you responded by saying that […]
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Did you know that St. John’s has a YouTube channel? We do, and this is where you will find past forums that you may have missed. Most forums are recorded and posted on our channel sometime in the week following the event. You may find St. John’s channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/StJohnsNorwood/, or click on the YouTube […]
Read moreDear St. John’s, Last month, at both the Candidates Forum and the Annual Parish Meeting, we informed you of our continued efforts to identify the next junior warden. To allow additional time for this important search, former Senior Warden Roxy Wolfe, graciously agreed to run for election for this position at the Annual Parish […]
Read moreLeaving a Legacy: Planned Giving at St. John’s Have you ever considered what your legacy will be when you’re gone? Do you ever think about how you might make a lasting difference that will extend generations beyond you? For most of us, there is a deep, God-given desire to see those things we value and […]
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On Tuesday, April 30th, St. John’s hosted a very successful community forum on gun violence – the first in an interfaith series. Rob Wilcox On Tuesday, April 30th, nearly 70 people came to St. John’s for a forum on The Growing Threat of Gun Violence, the first in a series of three interfaith forums on […]
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