Welcome
Welcome to St. John’s Episcopal Church! Holy Eucharist is celebrated on Sundays at 8:00 am & 10:00 am. Choral Evensong is offered on the first Sunday of each month at 4:00 pm, during the academic year. (Nursery care is provided during the 10:00 am service and during Choral Evensong).
Since 1835, the Parish of St. John’s has been worshiping and serving God, both from within our Church family and within our community of Bangor, Maine. We conduct traditional Episcopal services in our historic gothic building high atop State Street Hill at 225 French Street. We have a notable choir who has a reputation for fine music-making in the Anglican choral tradition. Please join us as we worship in prayer and song!
Announcements
St. John's has a vacancy for an Organist/Choirmaster. See our Organist/Choirmaster Search page for more information.
Read Mother Mary Ann Taylor's Homily in remembrance of Dr. Fred Jones
The 2009 Annual Report with Bylaws is available online. To view click here.
Read about our 30th Annual Choir School Camp, August 9-13.
Click here for the latest Vestry highlights.
Mother Rita will be returning to the office on Tuesday July 20th.
The Organist/Choirmaster position vacancy is now posted. The position announcement is up on St. John's website at http://www.stjohnsbangor.org/documents/Organist-ChoirmasterSearch.htm, and is in process of being advertised more widely.
The St. John's Book Group will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27 at the lake home of Sarah Clark. The book to be discussed is Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. Members and guests are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Jane Zenk at 848-3680/jzenk@roadrunner.com.
Old Keys and Other Jingly Things – If you are cleaning out your drawers this summer and find any mystery keys or other things that might make a nice sound in a wind chime, please bring them to the church so the choir school and/or the Sunday School can make wind chimes. There is a basket in the Narthex for you to drop them in. Thanks!
Kidworker Volunteers Needed at Spruce Run. We are looking for volunteers to assist in our children’s programs, helping children who have been affected by domestic abuse and need lots of support, kindness, and attention. Volunteers are needed for morning, afternoon, and evening activities, six days a week. Spruce Run also welcomes volunteers to help with other non-direct support needs.
Volunteers are required to participate in 4 hours of training as well as monthly in-service meetings. We do perform background checks on all potential volunteers. If you are interested in helping a very worthwhile organization, please go to our website, www.sprucerun.net and fill-in a volunteer interest form. We’d love to hear from you.
Our Thirtieth Choir School Camp will be held this year August 9-13 for children of all faiths and musical abilities entering grade 2 through college. The day camp culminates in a choral evensong at 5:15 pm on Friday, August 13th, to which all are welcome. We are delighted to have Kevin Birch as our guest music director this year. Registration for the camp is $50; scholarships are available and Camp Bangor funds are accepted. If you know a child who would enjoy experiencing music, fun, and friendship at St. John's this summer, please contact the Parish Office at 947-0156 for more information and a registration form today.
Help is needed to make this Choir School Camp a success. We have many different opportunities for you to help both before and during the Camp itself. Please consider the following opportunities:Inspecting, washing and mending buttons on the blue choir robes. Cleaning and preparing the undercroft the first week of August. Make a snack for one of the choir camp days Run a craft/activity period Help with the luau on Wednesday August 11th Preparing the reception for after Evensong of Friday August 13th
If you would like to help, please contact Emma Creaser, aegcreaser@myfairpoint.net or 941-6707.