by Rev. Anne Derse, Deacon Honoring our commitment to love and serve our neighbors, during Christmas this year St. John’s worked with the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ) to lead a fundraising campaign to purchase an urgently needed ultrasound machine for St. Luke’s Hospital in Nablus, West Bank. AFEDJ wrote a […]

Preregistration for Montgomery County residents ages 75 and up is now open. Click here to preregister now. This form is available in English and Spanish. If you have a family member, friend, or neighbor in Montgomery County who is now eligible for the vaccine, please consider reaching out to them with this information and helping them […]

Throughout December, we continue to encourage our church school members and all parishioners to join us in a Season of Service* to address local food shortages. Simply pull together a few nonperishable food items, or the Reverse Advent Calendar box of food, to benefit our own Nourishing Bethesda Coalition Family Food Distribution. You will have two opportunities to […]

by John F. Ross, Chair, Men’s Ministry Committee Owing to increased demand, we have increased our number of family food packages handed out every week from 200 to 250. We’re also packing a few more packages every week, as we we’re routinely getting 270-plus households coming every week. That means that we’re serving about 1,200 […]

In November and December, our traditional “Sunday of Service” will expand to a Season of Service* that will assist families lacking basic food items. We invite church school members and all parishioners to participate in a “Reverse Advent Calendar” to aid our own Nourishing Bethesda Coalition Family Food Distribution. This project is a simple, but meaningful […]

Friday, November 13 marks our 14th weekly family food distribution at the BCC Rescue Squad! We have delivered, on average, multiple meals worth of food to 1,000 food insecure people in Bethesda and surrounding communities each week. The BCC Rescue Squad has extended our stay for another three months. But the big news is that […]

Sunday rhythms have returned, with worship and education for all ages. Church School thrives, with classes meeting live via Zoom. To facilitate our new At-Home Church School, St. John’s logo backpacks were delivered to the over 80 children and youth registered for Church School. Each backpack contained an inscribed NRSV Bible, the translation used in […]

by John F. Ross, Chair of the Men’s Ministry Committee Work has begun on converting our youth room into a permanent missional space. Now, we look forward to welcoming our first occupant, Here2Help, in early October. As many of you know, Here2Help started during the pandemic when B-CC high school senior Lilly Behbehani grew concerned […]

by John F. Ross, Chair, Men’s Ministry Committee This week, St. John’s will offer its third family food distribution at the B-CC Rescue Squad. Thank you to the dozens of St. John’s parishioners who have already volunteered!  The Men’s Ministry Committee and the Social Advocacy Committee, with the able assistance of our Deacon, put together […]