Weekly Newsletter

Updates

  • Epiphany Service and Tree Burning: Sunday, January 11th at 4:30pm at the Braine home, Contact office for directions. Bring your Christmas trees to fuel the bonfire!
  • Epiphany House Blessing: To schedule a house blessing with Father Michael during Epiphany, please click here (Sundays are preferred for scheduling). 
  • Annual Meeting: Sunday, January 25th after the service. David Greening has been nominated for Parish Council.
  • Omega Valentines Lunch: We are excited to announce a gathering of the Omegas (55 and older) after church on February 15th for lunch and jovial hobnobbery at the Robertsons. Details coming soon!
  • Sunday Morning Schedule for Sunday Morning Volunteers: There are many ways to serve at St. John's each Sunday morning. We have set up a sign-up sheet for anyone interested in volunteering to either read the lessons, serve as greeter, acolyte, serve as altar guild, serve as offering/communion usher or read the prayers of the people. To view the sign-up form, click here. 
  • Sunday Livestream Changes: We have changed the hosting platform for our Sunday morning livestreams from Facebook to Youtube. You can find our Youtube page here, "Helpful Links" section.
  • Children's Ministry Volunteer Sign Up: We continue to look for volunteers to lead or assist in Children's Church on Sunday mornings. Follow the link here to view the sign up. Leaders must have completed the "Ministry Safe Training Course", which you can find by emailing Campbell .
  • The Mulberry (formally Claiborne & Hughes): Our next evening at Mulberry is January 28, for Bingo and refreshments with the residents. 
    Our visits are normally scheduled last Wednesday of each month. All are welcome! If you have any questions, please contact David Fleet.
  • Women's Study Group - The St John's Wednesday morning women's group welcomes you!
    Wednesday, January 14th, 9 am — We will meet for coffee and fellowship at the Coffee House on 2nd Avenue, in downtown Franklin.
    Wednesday, January 21st, 9 am —We will continue with Book 2 of the Mitford series, by Jan Karon: “A Light in the Window.”  Please try to read the first 3 chapters before the 21st. We meet at the church office, 225 4th Ave N. If you have any questions, please reach out to Susie Tillman.

Weekly Events

  • Wednesday 7am: Guys Breakfast at Bar-B-Cutie.

  • Wednesday 9am: Women's Book Study: All women welcome. Study resumes in 2026! January 14 is coffee and new study begins January 21.

Our Life Together

  • Children’s Ministry: To view our website click here.
  • Prayer - At St. John's we embrace a prayerful life. Whether you are a member or not, it is our privilege to include your prayers with our own. If you have prayer requests for the prayer team or questions about the prayer ministry, please email .

Helpful Links

  • Sunday Morning Service Stream - YouTube
  • Sunday Bulletin - Click here
  • Daily Prayer: To view each prayer Livestream, click here for St. John's YouTube Channel. 
  • Morning Prayer: Mondays through Fridays at 8:30am. Click here for the bulletin.
  • On-Line Giving: If you would like to give online, you can do so by clicking here or by visiting the church website. Text-to-give is also available by texting a dollar amount to 84321. You can either make a one time donation or set up recurring payments. 

This Week's Lectionary

  • Lectionary Readings by week available here