Bring your friends and a shopping bag! Busy-night frozen casseroles, Thanksgiving sides, breads and preserves, all kinds of sweet and savory treats, and ready-to-give gifts. You’ll leave with a full bag and a head start on the holiday season! All proceeds go to local food ministries.

We are excited to welcome the Trade-Fair Marketplace pop-up shop this Sunday when they will bring a selection of their lovely, handmade items. Stop by the parish hall anytime between 9:00 am and noon.

Trade-Fair is the first and only nonprofit fair trade enterprise in Alabama. Their mission is to promote the economic progress of people in developing countries. Trade-fair is a volunteer run and gives all profits back to organizations that share their vision.

Trade Fair Marketplace is part of a global movement that ensures farmers and craftspeople in developing countries are paid promptly and fairly so they earn a decent wage. Fair trade principles support safe and empowering working conditions that are free of discrimination and forced labor, and ensure the protection of children’s rights. Fair trade supports the poorest of the poor in these communities who often face steep hurdles in finding markets and customers for their goods.

To work around holidays in November and December, distribution days will be one week early: November 19 and December 17.

The regular fourth Thursday schedule resumes on January 28th. 

The St. John’s Beans and Rice Ministry distributes bags of dried beans, rice, additional food items, and laundry detergent pods on the fourth Thursday of the month from 9:30 to 11:00 am. Look for volunteers under the covered entrance on the Gordon Street side of the church.

Bring your friends and a shopping bag! Busy-night frozen casseroles, Thanksgiving sides, breads and preserves, all kinds of sweet and savory treats, and ready-to-give gifts. You’ll leave with a full bag and a head start on the holiday season! All proceeds go to local food ministries

Join us for a service of thanksgiving the evening before the feast. A great way to get in the Thanksgiving frame of mind.




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November 29th is the first Sunday in Advent. Everyone is invited to the Parish Hall to make an Advent Wreath and enjoy a (free!) parish breakfast. This event will pre-empt Sunday School. 

WREATH FORM AND CANDLES, $13.00

CANDLES ONLY $4.50

We are working with metal wreath forms again this year. They are a sturdy design, with candle holders attached, and can be reused year after year with fresh greenery and candles.

For Sunday’s wreath building, plan to bring your clippers and some greenery, berries, pinecones, and/or your other favorite wreath flora with you.

The reusable wreath form and candles are $13.00. No reservation is required. For those who need only candles, a set of 10″ Advent candles (3 purple, 1 pink) will be $4.50

All are welcome to our informal, weekly gatherings for food and conversation. Look for us at the Brick at our reserved table.

This service is held in St. Mary’s Chapel and includes readings, prayers, a homily, litany for healing and the Holy Eucharist. Parishioners and non-parishioners alike attend this lovely and intimate service. The Healing Eucharist is not long; we usually leave by 12:45 p.m. Please know all are invited to reflect, pray, and participate in the Eucharist in our beautiful chapel.

Every month, we help SHOWERUP in their work to provide showers, care, and love to our community.

If you have volunteered, check the sign-up for your dates. If you haven’t volunteered (yet), call St. John’s.  Otherwise, join us on the big day to connect with our neighbors!