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St. John's Episcopal Church

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Music Overview
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Instruments
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Care Overview
Reach In
Reach Out
Common Table
LEARN
Learn Overview
2025-26 Program Year
Voices of Faith Guest Preaching Series
Youth Formation
Adult Formation
GIVE
Give Overview
Community Support
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Bequest
Donate Online
ABOUT
Know St. John's
Clergy and Staff
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November 11, 2025
Daily Reflection, Chapel St. Chronicle, Homepage Feature, Episcopal NH, Music
St. John's
The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon and ...

Featuring Aaron’s sermon from Sunday, a new recording of a favorite Spiritual from the Parish Choir, A Prayer for Veteran’s Day, and a link to the full text of Bishop Rob Hirschfeld’s 2025 Diocesan Convention address, plus links to several of our content clearinghouses for all your SJC content needs!

The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon and more!
November 4, 2025
Daily Reflection, Chapel St. Chronicle, Homepage Feature, Music
St. John's
The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon, Music, ...

Featuring Rob’s sermon from Sunday, the link to revisit our evening Requiem Mass Service for All Saints, a Prayer for Elections, as well as links to all our content!

The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon, Music, and More!
October 28, 2025
Daily Reflection, Chapel St. Chronicle, Homepage Feature
St. John's
The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon and ...

Featuring Aaron’s sermon from Sunday, a recording from last year’s Choral Eucharist Service for All Saints, and links to several of our content clearinghouses for all your SJC content needs!

The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon and more!
October 21, 2025
Daily Reflection, Chapel St. Chronicle, Homepage Feature, Music, Children's Ministries
St. John's
The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon, Music, ...

Featuring Rob’s sermon from Sunday, and a new recording of a powerful anthem from the Parish Choir, as well as links to all our content!

The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon, Music, and More!
October 14, 2025
Daily Reflection, Chapel St. Chronicle, Homepage Feature, Music
St. John's
The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon and ...

Featuring Rob’s sermon from Sunday, and a new recording of a powerful anthem from the Parish Choir, as well as links to all our content!

The Chapel St. Chronicle: Sunday Sermon and Music
St. John's
May 6, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
May 6, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

A reflection from Kathi Hardy of her experience leading the Lenten soup dinners: wrapped in the arms of community.

Tagged: The People of St. John's

St. John's
May 3, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
May 3, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

The Rite 13 ceremony marks the passage from childhood towards adulthood. During this ceremony we celebrate a God that accompanies us through our toughest times and a community that perseveres. 

Tagged: youth group, families

St. John's
May 2, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
May 2, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

In his death Jesus blurs the lines between the journey and the destination, he lived his life in love and lays it down in love, creating a path, a way, for us to follow.

Tagged: The Rev. Aaron B. Jenkyn

St. John's
May 1, 2024
Daily Reflection, Music

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
May 1, 2024
Daily Reflection, Music
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

"The Call," by Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring Christina DeMaio, soloist, and James Mulhern, piano. Featured offertory anthem on Sunday, April 28, 2024.

Tagged: Parish Choir

St. John's
April 30, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 30, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

The Rev. Anne Williamson preaches on the Gospel of John 15:1-8 on the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1D0LLVSbC8&t=1238s

Tagged: Sermon Series, The Rev. Anne Williamson

St. John's
April 29, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 29, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

So faith, it seems, can be defined as the effort to believe in light when we're covered by clouds, and though it feels like the sun will never come again, the truth is that it has never stopped burning its light.

St. John's
April 24, 2024
Daily Reflection, Music

"Good Shepherd"

St. John's
April 24, 2024
Daily Reflection, Music
"Good Shepherd"

The St. John’s Parish Choir, directed by Jennifer M. Mulhern, performs "Good Shepherd," by Gwyneth Walker. Featured offertory anthem on Sunday, April 21, 2024.

Tagged: Parish Choir

St. John's
April 23, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 23, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

The Rev. Robert E. Stevens, Jr. preaches on John 10:11-18 on the Fourth Sunday of Easter.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaadohq4Df4&t=1145s

Tagged: Sermon Series, The Rev. Rob Stevens

St. John's
April 22, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 22, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Connected in Story, Connected in Christ. Young Ashley Ruth shares a simple yet powerful idea, pictured in the drawings of an Easter Bulletin.

Tagged: The People of St. John's

St. John's
April 19, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 19, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

But the good news is that then there is new life. Wildflowers bloom again… They’re both such surprises. Wildflowers stop you in your hiking tracks. You want to savor the colors and scents, let them breathe you in, let yourself be amazed. And bulbs that grow in the cold rocky dirt remind us that no one is lost.

Tagged: The People of St. John's

St. John's
April 18, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 18, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Tragedy, Suffering & Resurrection

Tagged: The Rev. Rob Stevens

St. John's
April 17, 2024
Daily Reflection, Music, Homepage Feature

"I Hunger and Thirst"

St. John's
April 17, 2024
Daily Reflection, Music, Homepage Feature
"I Hunger and Thirst"

"I Hunger and Thirst," arr. Kevin Siegfried. Featured Offertory Anthem at the 10:00am Rite Two Celebration of Holy Eucharist on Sunday, April 14, 2024.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSufisbZueQ&t=3334s

Tagged: Concerts On The Hill, The Choir School, Parish Choir, Shaker Harmony

St. John's
April 16, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 16, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

The Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, Tenth Bishop of the New Hampshire Episcopal Church, preaches on the Gospel of Luke 24:36b-48 during his visit to St. John's Portsmouth on the Third Sunday of Easter.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSufisbZueQ&t=1116s

Tagged: Sermon Series, The Bishop Rob Hirschfeld

St. John's
April 15, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 15, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Connected in Story, Connected in Christ. Sherry Herzig shares an unlikely Easter story.

Tagged: The People of St. John's

St. John's
April 12, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 12, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Living Glue, an original poem by Peter Tarlton.

Tagged: The People of St. John's

St. John's
April 11, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 11, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

The greatest love story of all time. It is The story of love being revealed to us in this new way, and consequently, of the sacrificial yes, that is required for God to be born unto us, for God to be born unto the world. 

Tagged: gospel reflection, The Rev. Aaron B. Jenkyn

St. John's
April 10, 2024
Daily Reflection, Music, Homepage Feature

"I Can Tell the World"

St. John's
April 10, 2024
Daily Reflection, Music, Homepage Feature
"I Can Tell the World"

“I Can Tell the World,” arr. Moses Hogan performed by the American Spiritual Ensemble at St. John’s.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVlUAkKm29g

Tagged: Concerts On The Hill

St. John's
April 9, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 9, 2024
Daily Reflection, Homepage Feature
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

The Rev. Robert E. Stevens, Jr. preaches on John 20:19-31 on the Second Sunday of Easter.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ys1brO4Is

Tagged: Sermon Series, The Rev. Rob Stevens

St. John's
April 8, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 8, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Connected in Story, Connected in Christ. Craig Musselman shares a story of a recent moment when he chose to “lean in.”

Tagged: The People of St. John's

St. John's
April 4, 2024
Daily Reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

St. John's
April 4, 2024
Daily Reflection
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

The Rev. Rob Stevens reflects on the Gospel of Luke 24:36b-48; we have the opportunity to encounter the risen Christ on a daily basis.

Tagged: The Rev. Rob Stevens, gospel reflection

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