The parishioners of St. John's Episcopal Church invite you to join us on a spiritual journey. St. John's Church is a eucharistically based faith community of neighbors and families celebrating different understandings of the Christian faith within the Episcopal Church. As we attempt to live out our call to be the body of Christ in the world, we strive to be a beacon of justice-seeking and creativity, and to honor St. Benedict's teaching: "Let all who enter here be received as Christ." St. John's, a community of individuals from many religious backgrounds, is located at the intersection of Revere Street and Roanoke Avenue in the Sumner Hill section of Jamaica Plain.

Please join us for Sunday worship at 10:30 AM each Sunday (includes Sunday School and child care). Visitors are warmly welcomed to coffee and conversation following the service.

Each Wednesday at 6:30 PM During Lent:  Every Wednesday evening during Lent there will be an intimate service with Eucharist. Please join us!

Every Day During Lent:  In this season of Lent, Anne will be posting meditations each day for all to ponder. They will be posted by Saturday night for entire week that follows, just in case you want to read ahead :-). Please use the link under Spiritual Reading on the left hand side of this home page to get to the Lenten Meditations Calendar.

Saturday March 13th, 10AM - 1PM:  Do you now or have you ever felt alienated from a religious community? Do you have difficulty trusting religious leaders or members of religious communities? Do you ever struggle with... |Read more|

Thursday, March 18th (in Natick, MA):  Our own Reverend Anne Fowler will be reading from her new chapbook What I Could at Gallery 55, 55 So. Main St. in Natick, MA. Doors open with music, wine and snacks at 7:00. The feature begins at 7:30, usually for about 30-40 minutes. There's a brief intermission for refills and chat. Then an open mic follows. For more information, please click here.

Saturday, March 20 at 10:30 AM:  There will be a children's music event at St. John's coming up: Circle of Songs with Hugh Hanley. Tickets are $5 at the door, and the program will benefit Horizons for Homeless Children. Hugh Hanley provides a hands-on music program for young children and their families. Toddlers Welcome!! Please see flyer.

Sunday March 21st Sermon:  we will have as our guest The Very Reverend Jep Streit, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. Jep will preach, and will happy to speak at Coffee Hour about plans for a redesigned Cathedral.

Ongoing:  St. John's has a new arts outreach program, fueled by the increbible energy of Ken Brooks and Peter Terry, called JP Concerts. This is music for the whole community, so they are trying to make concerts accessible to everyone. Many are free, and the others are cheaper than going to a movie. The venue just can't be beat - our own beautiful sanctuary! To learn more about JP Concerts and its upcoming events, visit the JP Concerts web site.

Sunday Evenings at 7PM, Through May 2010:  Night Song is resuming for its second season at St. John's, and will continue every Sunday evening through the Feast of Pentecost 2010. Night Song, directed by Jamaica Plain resident Daryl Bichel, is a joint ministry of St. John's Episcopal Church and the Society of St. Margaret in Roxbury... |Read more|

Ongoing:  St. John's has brought to Boston a new low cost food outreach program. Angel Food is a program designed to help everyone with good quality food on a monthly basis. Order by mid month, pick up your order the last Saturday of the month. AFM accepts, cash, money order, Credit/Debit and EBT/SNAP (food stamp) cards. More info on the Angel Food Program at St Johns. Or order online at Angelfoodministries.com

A Half Day Each Month:  Parish Work Days are a great way to get involved, meet other parishioners, and help the Church save money as we struggle to maintain our beautiful space. For information on upcoming Work Days, please click here.

SUMNER HILL -- Jamaica Plain has a new music venue open to the public with a dramatic ambiance and excellent acoustics, according to music event organizers. St. John's Episcopal Church, at the corner of Roanoke and Revere streets, is now hosting for two music series--JP Concerts and Night Song, live music often performed by local musicians...|read more|

Five years after same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts, the local Episcopal bishop yesterday gave permission for priests in Eastern Massachusetts to officiate at same-sex weddings... |read more|

Marie Campbell, who has spent the last nine months at St. John's as our Micah Intern, grew up in Georgia in a Southern Baptist community. There she was able to experience one Christian viewpoint; but as she matured, she felt a longing to experience others as well. That desire eventually brought her up to New England and to Boston, where she has spent this year discovering the "St. John's" approach to faith and community. To read more about her spiritual journey over the course of this year, and her self-described "introduction" to the Parish as she closes out her time with us, please read on by clicking here!

Tuesday, February 24th:  Having just now finished digesting from the marvelous fete on Shrove Tuesday, we have finally found time to post some fun pictures from the Pancake Dinner! Click here to check them out. Also, if you haven't done so already, please fill out a Web Site Photo Permission Form, so we can respect your wishes on use of photos of you and your children on the web site.