Building & Grounds

The Buildings & Grounds Team ensures the proper functioning, operation, maintenance, safety, and security of all buildings, grounds, furnishings, and equipment of the church.

Church Office Support

Creation Care

The Creation Care Team offers opportunities to engage in environmental advocacy, learn how to slow climate change, and maintain our Native Teaching Garden as well as support local community gardens.

Communications

The Communications Team creates a sustainable communication strategy for our parish (including visual, digital, print, and social media) to ensure the congregation and wider community are inspired, well-informed, and empowered for active involvement.

Finance

The Finance Team regularly examines and reviews the finances of the church, is responsible for the initial drafting of the annual operating budget (ultimately determined by the Vestry), and conducts an annual audit of finances and financial operations.

Information Technology (IT)

The Information Technology (IT) Team monitors our IT systems and initiates upgrades as needed to ensure optimal functioning to support our parish life and ministries.

Invite Welcome Connect

The Invite Welcome Connect Team equips our parish to invite others to be a part of our life with God at St. John’s, welcome strangers as friends, and build strong connections among our parishioners so that all enjoy the blessings of spiritual community.

Ministry Engagement

The Ministry Engagement Team (MET) helps parishioners identify their gifts and passions and discover meaningful ways to serve God and neighbor through St. John’s ministries.

Outreach

The Outreach Team extends our love of God and neighbor beyond the church walls, engaging us in relationships of mutual love and respect with our most vulnerable neighbors and improving the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of all.

Parish Care

The Parish Care Team invites our parishioners into ministry with and for each other, coordinating our efforts to offer spiritual, emotional, educational, and even material support to one another during life’s challenges and changes, whether joyous or difficult.

Personnel

The Personnel Team ensures a consistent, positive work environment in which employees know what is expected of them, are appreciated, and are able to thrive as they serve our parish.

Spiritual Formation

The Spiritual Formation Team (with sub-groups for Children/Families, Youth, and Adults) organizes faith formation and learning opportunities for all ages.

Children & Families

Youth (Teens)

Adults

Stewardship

The Stewardship Team educates our parish about the values and practices of Christian stewardship, and inspires us to give generously and gratefully from the abundance God has given us.

Vestry

The Vestry, with the Rector, oversees the entire ministry and administration of the parish and stewards our shared resources to support all that we do to serve God and our neighbors.

Vision

The Vision Team oversees the creation and refining of St. John’s parish-wide goals, assists ministry leaders in tracking progress, and reports “the state of our ministry” to the
parish on a regular basis.

Stewardship

The Stewardship Team educates our parish about the values and practices of Christian stewardship, and inspires us to give generously and gratefully from the abundance God has given us.

Vestry

The Vestry, with the Rector, oversees the entire ministry and administration of the parish and stewards our shared resources to support all that we do to serve God and our neighbors.

Vision

The Vision Team oversees the creation and refining of St. John’s parish-wide goals, assists ministry leaders in tracking progress, and reports “the state of our ministry” to the
parish on a regular basis.

Worship

The Worship Team includes the following Guilds and Teams: Altar, Flower, Verger, Lay Reader, Acolyte, Chalice, Usher, Music, and AV (Audio/Visual support). Together they enrich our worship life and make it a communal offering instead of the performance of a few.

Fellowship

The Fellowship Team helps us build a community where each person has a sense of belonging to God and to one another
through social gatherings, affinity groups, and special events.

Preschool Advisory Board

The Preschool Advisory Board oversees the functioning of St. John’s Preschool as a non-profit ministry of the church to serve children of all races, nationalities, and creeds; and as an extension of the Church’s Christian Education program.