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Parish Life
News and happenings from the life of the parish today.
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Kickoff Sunday 2026: Welcome Back
The choir is back, our Sunday School teachers and choir were commissioned, and the children couldn’t wait to get to class.
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Welcome to Our New Website
St. John’s has a new website. Here’s a short tour of what you’ll find, and where.
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St. John’s Pays Off Over a Million Dollars of Medical Debt
With just a single commitment of $10,000, the St. John’s Charitable Trust was able to cancel over $1.2 million in medical debt for over 1800 members of the Peninsula community, the majority of whom reside…
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Music Ministry Annual Report for 2022
Our church sanctuary was filled with friends and family from throughout our community who support the efforts of each of our students.
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Children and Youth Christian Formation Returns
After two years of no in-person Christian Formation for children and youth, the program re-emerged on March 6, 2022, the first Sunday in Lent.
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Music Ministry Report for 2021
By Easter we held 3 services: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. both indoors with 2 trumpets and 8 choir singers in masks, and a 1 p.m. outdoor service with full choir and brass quartet.
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Let Christmas THRIVE: Gift Cards for 400 Children
St. John’s was also one of the sites used to distribute these gift cards to families on Sunday afternoon, November 21.
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St. Anne’s Guild: Team Up 2 Clean Up and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
In about two hours, 12 of us gathered a total of 11 bags of trash, all of which were picked up that afternoon by Hampton Clean City Commission.
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THRIVE Continues to “Thrive” in Our Community
In 2020 THRIVE assisted individuals with over $246,000 for past due rent and utility bills, provided almost 79 tons of food, and financial counseling to 364 families.
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St. John’s and THRIVE Peninsula Combine Efforts to Bring Christmas Cheer to Local Children
Within a week, a $5000 grant was obtained from the Charitable Trust at St. John’s and THRIVE identified the families with children in greatest need.