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We welcome you to St. John's Episcopal Church in Springfield, Missouri. We are a traditional Episcopal Church, and we worship in a beautiful, historic, and gothic-style building. We celebrate both Rite I and Rite II Masses. On special Holy Days, we celebrate the Rite I version of the Holy Eucharist, and sometimes use incense. Please check our calendar on our website for details.

It is our hope that as you visit us electronically, you will learn more about our community of faith, the strength of our fellowship family, and our abundant opportunities for ministry.

St. John's is our worship home. We try to welcome all people who come to it. We strive to be a large family gathered to renew its life in Christ and with one another. The coffee hour after each Sunday Eucharist is a time for people to relax and connect with one another.

Our doors and hearts are open to you! If you are looking for a spiritual home, we hope that you will visit us in person. We trust you will experience the warmth of Christian fellowship, the inspiration of worship, and the sense of peace that comes from an awareness of God's presence here at St. John's Episcopal Church.

The liturgy proper to July 4th, Independence Day, will be celebrated at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 3rd. Because the parish is sponsoring a float in the Midtown 4th of July parade on Friday, the Mass of Independence is being celebrated on its eve.

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Midtown Neighborhood Parade

Not only is the parish participating in the parade with an entry, part of St. John’s choir will be singing in the Midtown Choir at the after-parade activities in Washington Park. St. John’s Evangelism Committee is also sponsoring a table in the park, which will feature information about St. John’s and games for young children.

The parade begins at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 4, at Central High School, and will proceed down Benton Avenue north and will end at Washington Park. During the after-parade celebration, free ice cream and beverages will be served. Mark your calendar now!

Join Us for Worship

The Reverend Jerry L. Miller, Rector

Holy Days & Special Occasions
Services as Announced

See our Calendars page for worship schedule changes.

Holy Communion by Non-Episcopalians

Through most of the Episcopal Church’s life, Holy Communion could only be received by people who had been confirmed in the Episcopal Church. In the 1970's, when the implications of the Ecumenical Movement in the USA began to take hold in local churches, the Episcopal Church passed legislation allowing, under certain circumstances, non-Episcopalians to receive Holy Communion in the Episcopal Church.

The following standards were established by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 1979:

(1) The person desiring to receive Holy Communion in the Episcopal Church shall have been baptized with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Sprit, and shall have previously been admitted to the Holy Communion within the Church to which they belong.

(2) That person shall examine their lives, repent of their sins, and be in love and charity with all people, as the Episcopal Church in its catechism says is required of all those who come to the Eucharist.

(3) That person shall approach the Holy Communion as an expression of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ whose sacrifice once upon the cross was sufficient for all humankind.

(4) That person shall find in this Communion the means to strengthen their life within the Christian family through the forgiveness of theirs sins, the strengthening of their union with Christ and one another, and the foretaste of the heavenly banquet.
Largest Confirmation Class in Several Years

Mary Neal, Julie Neal, Bishop Howe, & Greg Neal

Father Miller was proud to present to Bishop Howe, on his visit to Saint John’s on Sunday, June 22, the largest confirmation class since 1996. Twelve people received the laying on of hands in the solemn liturgy celebrated at 10:30 a.m.

Two people were received into the Episcopal Church from the Byzantine Catholic Church on behalf of the Episcopal Cathedral in Kansas City, and two members of Saint John’s reaffirmed their baptismal vows before the Bishop. In addition, Isabel Bowers was baptized at the same liturgy.

Tiffany Bowers, Father Miller,
Isabel Bowers & Mark Bowers

The confirmands were Mark and Tiffany Bowers, Janice Carson, Richard Cooper, Steve and Cassandra France, Greg, Mary, and Julia Neal, Douglas Patton, and Aubrey and Quinton Smith. The two adults received were James and Erin Somes, and the two parishioners who reaffirmed their vows were Jack Bresee and Gary Rader.

Cassandra France (holding William), Meagan France, Bishop Howe, & Steve France

 

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