We bid you grace and peace from Chuckatuck on the 2nd Sunday of Easter (often misnamed as Doubting Thomas Sunday) and at the close of the 6th week of social distancing, shelter-in-place, safer at home declaration. This past week has been unsettled in the area – weather, tension from isolation, and general confusion as the […]
Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! This morning broke bright and sunny. Sadly, we were unable to have sunrise service at the pond altar – this would have been one of the best services outside in the past few years. But, that’s the breaks of “safer at home” and we are […]
Grace and peace to you on Palm Sunday. Regrettably, today was the best day to process palms across the churchyard in my 10 years at St. John’s. There was a light breeze but it was warm and sunny. If it’s any consolation, I did process across the yard singing All glory laud and honor as […]
Greetings from a foggy Sunday in Chuckatuck. There was thick fog over the Nansemond River on the trip in this morning – I couldn’t see the house in the middle of the river from the top of the bridge. But it is bright and sunny on the church grounds. There’s a beautiful sight out the […]
In 2020, St. John’s participated in a panel discussion in support of the Walking toward Truth pilgrimage in the Diocese of Southern Virginia. This pilgrimage was part of the 1619 Project – commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved people in the colonies at Point Comfort Virginia. As part of the pilgrimage and panel […]