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Parish Life
News and happenings from the life of the parish today.
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Photos from the Blessing of the Animals
Thank you to everyone who brought their dogs, cats and other companions to the Blessing of the Animals at St. John’s this October. The churchyard was full of wagging tails and happy faces, and we’re…
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The Men’s Study Group Visits the Virginia War Museum
A guided tour of the Virginia War Museum in Newport News, after a great breakfast at Monty’s Penguin.
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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.