This is a tough day to show up for church.  The first Sunday after Easter, Easter being the biggest day of our Christian year.  I expect there are remnants of Easter in and around our St. John’s courtyard from that glorious day last Sunday. Evidence of a celebration, like plastic cups left on every surface after a party or Christmas wrapping strewn all over the floor after the presents are all opened.  Perhaps we left behind a plastic Easter egg or two, or maybe the “He is Risen” banners still hang in the windows of the newly redecorated Rector’s office in the Wainwright building.   Evidence that we celebrated Jesus’ resurrection but the big party is over.   

Today, the first Sunday after the celebration, we hear the story of Thomas.  You don’t need to be a Christian to know about Thomas.  He must be the only disciple whose name gets thrown around regularly in secular conversation.  People say, “She’s a Doubting Thomas.”  Its not used as a compliment, like “She is evidence based”  or “She requires a basis on which to form her opinions.”   No, to be a Doubting Thomas is to be a kill-joy, someone who is stubborn, untrusting, who refuses to go along with the reasoned opinions of others.  

The Rev. Michael G. Dunnington’s message to St. John’s is simple: “My hope, my being there, just like I did for All Saints and Ascension, is to bring some stability and love.  I want to get things stabilized for the next priest who’s coming. “ 

​Dunnington, 75, has accepted our vestry’s call to be Interim Priest for at least six months while we move through the discernment process to call a new Rector or Priest in Charge.  

​Dunnington presided at our in-person Easter service and will begin his six-month service on April 25.    He will be in the church office Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

The vestry's had a busy few months, so we've missed some details here and there... like posting meeting minutes! Below, you'll find the minutes from our meetings in December, February, and March. And, as soon as we get them, we'll also get the annual meeting minutes up for you.

Our next regular meeting is Sunday, April 18, 2021, at 1pm. 

​Good morning everyone.  It is such a blessing to be with you as we begin our great Holy Week journey once more.  I am Deacon Harry and I serve at Trinity – Central West End, just a couple miles up Kingshighway from you.  I want to thank Deacon Nancy for her invitation to share some reflections on Palm Sunday with you this morning.

​Beginning today and thru Holy Week, the Church re-tells some of her age-old stories about Jesus, his followers, his friends and those powers which try to crush the man and the movement.  And in this act of memory and storytelling, I can’t help but think of my own family, both biological and chosen who, when we’re together for any length of time, start sharing our stories from the past.