St. John's Young Folks & Young Families group meets once a month for fun and fellowship. These gatherings are for the whole family and meet from 4:30-6:30. Monthly mailings and newsletter announcements advise of meeting dates.
St. John's offers a vital, well-rounded program for students in grades 6 through 12. Please go to the Youth Program link for a full description of the program and its activities.
The anthem commissioned by St. John's Choir and premiered during the hymn festival on May 6, 2006 has been published and is now available for purchase. If you would like a copy, please call the parish office. The cost is $2.00 per copy.
Children's Chapel always needs volunteers to assist with the children each week. This would be a wonderful service for our young people. If you would like to help, please contact the parish office.
The Order of the Daughters of the King and Junior Daughters of the King (DOK) is an international religious order for women and girls in the Episcopal Church. Our purpose is to bring other women and girls into a living, loving relationship with Jesus Christ and to strengthen the spiritual life of our parishes and missions through prayer, service, and evangelism.
Frank Rogers, son of Buzz and Rae Rogers, is a three-time Academy of Country Music winner, having won two of those honors at the May 23 awards show. Rogers was awarded Album of the Year for "Time Well Wasted," an album he produced for Brad Paisley, as well the Vocal Event award for the song "When I Get Where I'm Going," a duet for Paisley and Dolly Parton.
Betty-Ann Darby was honored at the recent South Carolina Music Educators Conference as the first recipient of the Deborah Smith Hoffman Mentor Award. The stated purpose of the award, to be given annually, is to "recognize an outstanding teacher-mentor who has connected the wisdom of the past with the new and creative ideas of the future."
There are many opportunities for directed retreats, workshops, and private personal or family retreats in our area. Click here for retreat facility Web addresses and parish retreat information.
