What’s Happening:
Christmas Eve Service with Shadow Puppet Nativity
This service is almost 22 minutes long. It includes prayers, music, and – in lieu of a pageant – the telling of the Christmas Story with shadow puppets. You can click here for just the Shadow Puppet story, which is 10 minutes long.
Click Photo for Virtual Lessons & Carols!
We post all of our services on our YouTube channel. Click here for our channel, and subscribe while you’re there!.
Hang Your Prayers on Our Prayer Tree!
We put our Christmas tree up outside this year, and we thought the BEST way to decorate would be with YOUR prayers and wishes! Come by any time! The box of supplies is on the bench by the atrium door – or bring your own! Hang a bow while you’re at it! The world needs your prayers!
Music & Homily for 4th Sunday in Advent
Music & Homily for the 3rd Sunday in Advent
Homily & Music for the 2d Sunday in Advent
Homily & Music for the 1st Sunday in Advent
Trinity Sunday Reflection
Pentecost Reflection by the Rev. Gini Gerbasi
This reflection for the feast day when the church marks the coming of the Holy Spirit is an offering of lament for everything the church has done – and left undone – in a world full of suffering. In the words of the Litany of Penance (starting on page 267 of the Book of Common Prayer), we confess our unfaithfulness, hypocrisy, and pride; our exploitation of other people; our blindness to human need and suffering, and our indifference to injustice and cruelty. Click here, or on the photo to experience the Litany of Penance through the eyes of The Rev. Gini Gerbasi, Rector of St. John’s, Georgetown, and the music of Samuel Carabetta, Organist & Choirmaster, and soprano Margot Rood.
Special Morning Prayer Service for Earth Day
Our Care for Creation Team put together this gorgeous service for Earth Day, including prayers from the New Zealand Prayer Book, from the Pope, and from our own prayer book. The service includes some of your favorite hymns, and excerpts over the credits of a gorgeous piece of music by composer Ludovico Einaudi. It also features lots of birdsong, azaleas, and other gorgeous signs of spring as our team shares their readings and prayers from the great outdoors. Join us for a glorious celebration of God’s good creation!
Virtual Services and Easter Message
Click here (or on the photo above) for a Video Easter Message that includes a short homily, and gorgeous music recorded live by our choir. You will be singing along, and you will not want to miss it!
And click here for our Maundy Thursday reflection or here for our Good Friday meditation, which includes a reading of the Passion, a stripping of our altar, and a beautiful rendition of “Were You There” by our music director, and two members of our choir, who recorded from their homes.
We have Virtual Morning Prayer services every weekday, which you can access by clicking here for our YouTube channel. If you hit the “subscribe” button, you can get notice every time we post a service!
We also have a Eucharist service by Zoom every Tuesday evening at 5:30. We’d love to have you join us! Email for the link! (Kurt or Sarah at stjohnsgeorgetown.org)
We are also doing regular Compline, or Night Prayer, services. On Wednesday nights, you can find a FaceBook live version led by one of our parishioners. Email us (Kurt or Gini at stjohnsgeorgetown.org) for details. And click here or on the image for a beautiful virtual compline service by our choir. (And be sure to watch to the end for an adorable outtake!)
Prayer
We are also still praying, and we are here to pray for and with you. During this time of community anxiety and concern, know that our prayers are with you, and that God is in this. If you would like to send in a prayer request, click here, or on the “Prayer Request” image and we will get our prayer team on it! And if you need some help or support, please feel free to call the office, and our phone system will patch you through to one of us.
Engage
We still want to help you engage with the big stories of our faith which can help you find meaning and insight in these stressful times. One of our tools is our podcast, The Irreverends, where we dig into the Bible readings for the coming Sunday. Episodes are about 30 minutes long, and are usually posted on Thursdays. To listen to the Irreverends, click here (or any time you see our logo).
Helping others is another great way to engage with your faith and with the community. St. Theresa of Avila reminds us that God has no hands on earth now but our’s. So we are working to be some of God’s many hands during this pandemic. We have folks organizing grocery runs, sewing masks, and doing other things to serve our community during this crisis. Click here or the button below to connect with folks who can help connect what you have to offer with what others might need!
Worship With Us
Join us every Sunday morning for a family-style service at 9am, or a more formal service with full choir at 11am.
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What We Do
At St. John’s, we do Mission… It’s about feeding our at-risk neighbors with Grate Patrol or Saturday Suppers, supplying space for neighborhood organizations, or providing pastoral care… It’s about loving like Jesus… by being WITH others.
To learn where you are being called, VISIT OUR COMMUNITY MISSION PAGE
Music At St. John’s
From our world-class choir to our famed Georgetown Concert Series, music is in our DNA at St. John’s!
We are very excited to announce the line-up for our 2019-2020 Georgetown Concert Series!
Click here for more details!
What People Are Saying
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St. John’s has made me feel welcome from the moment I set foot inside. I am so blessed to have found such an amazing new church home since my move to the DC area!