Each fall, we ask our parishioners to make their financial commitment to St. John’s for the upcoming year, and our 2027 stewardship materials were recently mailed out. This year’s program made reference to the many joys as well as the challenges the congregation has faced over many decades of our existence. Included in this year’s…
Read Mother Barbara’s article here
Read this brief update from Tom Broad, our Diocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith officer, on the status of the journey toward Full Communion between the Episcopal and United Methodist denominations in Christ’s Church
More than half of all living bishops in The Episcopal Church added their names to a “message to our fellow Americans” expressing “grief, righteous anger and steadfast hope” in response to the aggressive federal immigration enforcement operations that have left two U.S. citizens in Minnesota dead.
Pets, and their owners, are invited to Falkner Park in Youngstown for a special blessing on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 12 noon. The Rev. Barbara Price of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Youngstown will mark the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, with this special event. Owners of pets that are…
Read Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe’s letter about the Palm Sunday bombing of the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Please pray for the staff of al-Ahli Hospital, giving thanks for their courage and sacrifice, and for its patients, who are in pain and danger without lifesaving care.
Over 20 members of the community – and their pets – attended the annual pet blessing at Falkner Park in Youngstown. Some attendees were able to have their pets blessed for the first time by bringing photos – digital and print – for Mother Barbara to bless, since not all pets are able to travel…
Our own Bishop Sean was elected and confirmed as the 28th presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church for a nine-year term beginning Nov. 1, 2024. Letter from Bishop Sean: Election of the 28th Presiding Bishop
Raised in Youngstown, NY, cellist and composer, Keely Mackey, returns to St. John’s for a third time, for a special summer cello concert. Keely will perform her nature inspire doriginal cello compositions from her latest solo album, Celloquacious: I Speak Through My Cello. This performance will include Keely playing her song, Out at Sea, which…
St. John’s Episcopal Church has won a competitive historic preservation grant from the New York Landmarks Conservancy Sacred Sites program. The wooden church, whose “carpenter gothic” design is attributed to 19th century architect Richard Upjohn, was placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1990. The congregation has preserved the original fabric and design…
Our representatives on the Diocesan Commission to Dismantle Racism and Discrimination are Mother Barbara, Jean Gerlach and Barbara Yandian. They planned several special events for our parish, including the following. The Thomas Ashford Story: Jean, Barbara and Mother Barbara hosted a special coffee hour in our Parish Hall, where we viewed a short YouTube video, “The…
