How do we call a new pastor?
Dear friends, A common question I’m getting these days is about the Call process for our next pastor. Well, I’m glad you’ve asked! Here are a few details you might...
As we step into the fall…
Pastor Rhodes Dear friends, As we step into the fall, a few things come to mind. What a great farewell for Pastor Laura. Thank you for...
Connected by an Invisible String
Sisters and Brothers, As I reflect on the last three and a half years that I have spent with you, I am so incredibly grateful. St. John’s and Salisbury will...
Celebrating 25 Years
Sisters and Brothers, Twenty-five years ago (plus one day), at the Virginia Synod Assembly at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Roanoke, VA, these words were spoken. "I present for ordination...
From the Pastor: Summer Reading List
Some of the Woollys at Garden City Beach, SC Dear friends, One of my favorite things to do in the summer is to find a really...
100 Years is a Long Time
Pastor Rhodes Dear friends, 100 years is a long time. In the last 100 years we’ve experienced the Roaring 20s, the Great Depression, a world war,...
New Life: As We Peer into Spring
Nathan Hough never imagined what he’d find when he stepped out to his new pig sty the other day. A baby piglet! Turns our Mama Pig...
St. John's Blog
Annual Campaign Begins October 17: Consecration Sunday is November 14
By Pastor Rhodes Woolly I had lunch last week with Adam Ryerson, our new Troops 443 scoutmaster. Adam and his family are members of St. John’s, and he’s so eager...
Adam Ryerson Named New Scoutmaster for Troop 443
By Susan Shinn Turner Adam Ryerson is the new Scoutmaster for St. John’s Scout Troop 443. Ryerson is retired from the Air Force, where he spent four years on active...
