St. John’s Episcopal Church presents and evening with Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, human rights and peace activist on Saturday, November 23rd at 7:00 pm. A five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish has been crossing the lines in the sand that divide Israelis and Palestinians for most of his life — as a physician who […]

Welcome and hospitality are hallmarks of St. John’s, and every spring and fall, we love to recognize and celebrate new members in our community with our Liturgy of Welcome (LOW). The LOW is a brief liturgy during the service at which we introduce you and welcome you to the parish. This fall, we will welcome […]

On Monday, October 14th at 7:00 pm, St. John’s will host the first concert in an exciting series called “If Music Be the Food…” The performers donate their time and talent, St. John’s donates its beautiful acoustic space, and the audience brings as “admission” a non-perishable food item or money to help the hungry through […]

On Sunday, September 29, the Rev. Sari Ateek will lead a prayer vigil for victims of gun violence from 3:00 – 4:00 pm in the Nave. We will remember all those killed and wounded by the growing epidemic of gun violence in our country: In 2017 (the most recent year for which data are available), […]

What is justice, and why should we pursue it? St. John’s has a wonderful speaker line-up on just this topic for the Fall 2019 Adult Forums to explore just this question. Join us on Sundays at 10:00 am in the Parish Hall to be a part of the conversation.

As summer draws to a close and everyone returns from vacation, we’re looking forward to having everyone back at church! There’s a lot going on at St. John’s that we want YOU to come be a part of. Consider becoming a leader in our Sunday liturgies by joining one of our four musical ensembles or […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]