Welcome to the Saint John's Church web-site

Saint John's is a welcoming community of the Episcopal Church, the American Anglicans, located in the heart of the city of Baltimore at 30th and Greenmount in the old village of Huntingdon - an area now known more commonly as the Waverly and Charles Villages. We are young and old, rich and poor, straight and gay, liberal and conservative, and most things in between! Our goal is not like-mindedness, but a holy communion of mutual respect and understanding, in order that together we may find God and serve the world in Christ's name. Our worship is full of poetry, using the language and beauty of traditional Anglican forms and music. Our concerns are as contemporary and energized as today's news. We are modern people seeking the eternal God. We delve deeply and courageously into the spiritual life and its disciplines, unafraid to ask questions and admit that we do not have all the answers. Our business is reconciliation: with God, with each other, with all creation. On our spiritual journey we welcome anyone seeking God, and also those who are merely respectfully curious.

At Saint John's you can expect to find a spiritual tradition of rich depth, with breadth of experience and an atmosphere of profound mutual respect. Beauty and the arts are used here as important expressions of indefinable truth. An historic choral tradition of excellence enriches the spiritual life of our congregation and our neighbours. Reaching out in service to others is essential for us.

In this community you will find tradition balanced with honest inquiry and openness to new ideas. You will find things to comfort, to challenge, to reassure, and to perplex you, and you'll find the security of a place which isn't afraid to let you feel them all! In short, we endeavour to be a place for you to seek, find, and enjoy God. Yes, enjoy.

What you won't find here is frozen dogmatic 'religion' or fundamentalism. Yes, we use the historic creeds and the Bible. We use them as formative expressions of the Christian faith to be reckoned and wrestled with today, by using the insight, maturity, and wisdom of all generations, including our own. We don't claim to have all the answers to today's issues, but we do have thousands of years of hard human experience- good, bad, ugly, and beautiful- with which to address them, while seeking the Spirit of God in them. We believe Jesus died and rose to free us from evil, not from our brains. So, as he said once to a disciple, "Come and see!" God doesn't use coercion, neither do we. Join us when you can. We welcome you!

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Sunday leaflets:

- please select - Advent I 2007 Pentecost 24 Pentecost 25 Pentecost Last Thanksgiving Day 2007 Pentecost 23 All Souls' All Saints' Pentecost 21 Pentecost 20 Whitsunday 2007 Trinity 2007 Proper 5 2007 Proper 6 2007 Proper 7 2007 Saints Peter and Paul 2007 Proper 8 2007 Proper 9 2007 Easter AM 2007 Easter IV 2007 Easter III 2007 Blue Mass 2007 Easter II 2007 Easter Vigil 2007 Lent I 2007 Lent II 2007 Lent III 2007 Lent IV 2007 Lent V 2007 Advent I 2006 Easter VI 2006 Easter V 2006 Easter IV 2006 Easter III 2006 Blue Mass 2006 Easter II 2006 Easter Vigil 2006 Easter Sunday 2006 Good Friday 2006 Maundy Thursday 2006 Palm Sunday 2006 Lent IV 2006 Lent III 2006b Lent II 2006 Lent I 2006 Lenten Procession 2006 Epiphany V 2006 Epiphany IV 2006 Epiphany III 2006 Epiphany II 2006 Epiphany I 2006 Christmas Day 2005 Christmas Eve 2005 Advent IV 2005 Advent III 2005 Advent II 2005 Advent I 2005 11/06/05 10/30/05 10/23/05 10/16/05 10/09/05 10/02/05 09/25/05 09/18/05 08/14/05 08/07/05 08/14/05 08/07/05 07/31/05 07/24/05 07/17/05 07/10/05 07/03/05 06/26/05 06/19/05 06/12/05

Recent events...

Dec 5

Advent 2006 letter

Oct 19

All Saints-Tide 2006 letter

Oct 10

Michaelmas 2006 letter

Mar 1

Lent 2006 letter

Pastoral letters

Summary of services

More detailed information can be found in
the Schedule of regular services section
on our Events page
 

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Current status of this web-site

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