St. John's Presbyterian Church, San Francisco

[11/29/20]   It's the first week of Advent! Join us as we explore what it means to be a people of Hope and look towards the coming of Christ.

St. John's Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 5 | November 22, 2020

This Sunday, we conclude our Healing & Wholeness series with gratitude. Rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances.

St. John's Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 5 | November 22, 2020

This Sunday, we conclude our Healing & Wholeness series with gratitude. Rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances.

We’re getting ready for you, St. John’s! The sanctuary will be open for you starting November 29. 🎄

St. John's Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 4 | November 15, 2020

Let us gather for worship as we receive healing and wholeness for those are experiencing illness and fatigue during the pandemic.

St. John's Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 4 | November 15, 2020

Let us gather for worship as we receive healing and wholeness for those who are experiencing illness and fatigue during the pandemic.

Sign up using using this link: https://tinyurl.com/stjohnsadvent

St. John's Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 3 | November 8, 2020

Join us for worship as we reflect on the election through music, God's word, and prayer.

St. John's Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 3 | November 8, 2020

Join us for worship as we reflect on the election through music, God's word, and prayer.

Our sanctuary is open today from 12-7pm!
Come and pray. Come and rest. Come and be. ❤️

[11/03/20]   PRAYER FOR TODAY:
By Audette Fulbright Fulson
Did you rise this morning,
broken and hung over
with weariness and pain
and rage tattered from waving too long in a brutal wind?
Get up, child.
Pull your bones upright
gather your skin and muscle into a patch of sun.
Draw breath deep into your lungs;
you will need it
for another day calls to you.
I know you ache.
I know you wish the work were done
and you
with everyone you have ever loved
were on a distant shore
safe, and unafraid.
But remember this,
tired as you are:
you are not alone.
Here
and here
and here also
there are others weeping
and rising
and gathering their courage.
You belong to them
and they to you
and together,
we will break through
and bend the arc of justice
all the way down
into our lives.

We are all set up for Election Day! If you haven’t done so yet, don’t forget to vote!

St. John’s Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 2 | All Saints Day

Come spend time with your Saints. Join us for worship on All Saints Day as we continue our "Healing & Wholeness" series.

St. John’s Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 2 | All Saints Day

Come spend time with your Saints. Join us for worship on All Saints Day as we continue our "Healing & Wholeness" series.

Happy Halloween from everyone at St. John's! 🧡

Happy Halloween!! 🎃 Enjoy the treats!!

Fall back this Sunday!
Daylight Savings Time ends.
Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour on Saturday night!

The tricks and treats are ready! We'll see you happy haunts this weekend 🎃

This Sunday, we will celebrate All Saints' Day and remember all of the saints we have lost who have gone before us—our family members, wise ancestors, close friends, dear neighbors, and our beloved pets.

If you have a saint you'd like us to remember, please send their names, stories, and photos to [email protected] so we can include them in worship. ❤️

St. John’s Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 1 | October 25, 2020

We begin our Worship Series on Healing & Wholeness. Through music and God's word, come and rest. Let your spirit be renewed.

St. John’s Online Worship | Healing & Wholeness: Part 1 | October 25, 2020

We begin our Worship Series on Healing & Wholeness. Through music and God's word, come and rest. Let your spirit be renewed.

We are back! This Sunday, Worship will be livestreamed at 10am. As we approach Election Day and the holidays as well as recognize all the burdens we have carried since March, this worship series will focus on Healing & Wholeness - a time to rest in God's word and presence.

Our sanctuary is OPEN! 🙌 Stop on by any Monday, Wednesday, or Friday from 12-7pm. Our sanctuary will be open for you to find a moment of stillness, a place to pray, and an illuminated labyrinth to walk.

On 11/1, we'll remember all of the saints we have lost who have gone before us—our family members, wise ancestors, close friends, dear neighbors, and our beloved pets. You're invited to submit the names and photos of the saints in your life, so we can include them in worship and remember them together as a community.

Please include:
- Their name
- Their relationship to you
- A photo (if available)
- Any special memories, stories, or wisdom you'd like to share.

Please email these to Pastoral Assistant Sam at [email protected] by Wednesday, October 28.

Our sanctuary opens TOMORROW!

Starting 10/19, we are opening our doors on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for you. Our sanctuary will be open for you to find a moment of stillness, a place to pray, and an illuminated labyrinth to walk. Come and BE BLESSED. ❤️

Halloween at St. John's

This Halloween, the candy is coming to YOU! 🎃On October 30 and 31, Pastor Theresa and Pastoral Assistant Sam are bringing tricks-and-treats right to your door. And yes, grownups, we'll visit your place too. 👻

Want a special, spooky visit? Sign up today at: https://forms.gle/QoirYY9Zmj7FDvCL8

Conversation with Dr. Kenneth Hardy – How to be an Ally – Presbytery of San Francisco

Join this conversation with Dr. Kenneth Hardy, Director for the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships, to explore how to take the first steps in engaging with structural racism and white supremacy as we move towards transformation and healing.

presbyteryofsf.org Conversation with Dr. Kenneth Hardy – How to be an Ally Posted on October 4, 2020October 6, 2020 by test_zya667 English Chinese (Traditional) English Indonesian Korean Portuguese Spanish We are called to engage in anti-racist practices that Dismantle Structural Racism and White Supremacy. The Pres...

Pastor Theresa joined other interfaith clergy at Congregation Emanu-El in participating in the national Mourning into Unity virtual vigil.

Excerpt from one of the prayers:

“We mourn the loss of the belief in science. We mourn the deaths from COVID-19 and the destruction from hurricanes and wildfires. We mourn for our democracy.

We mourn for all those who live in a world that sees the color of their skin as a threat. We mourn for the victims of violence not only on the streets but also in the halls of our government. We mourn the death of businesses that provided livelihoods to many people.

We mourn because so much of what we called normal is gone.

In the midst of so much loss and pain, we have gathered to declare our hope for something better and our commitment to making it possible. Yet, hope does not lessen the need to grieve — to sob, yell, throw up our hands, and fall to our knees in grief.”

Mourning Into Unity: San Francisco, CA

Join today’s interfaith vigil remembering all affected by COVID-19. Pastor Theresa joins many interfaith leaders at Congregation Emanu-El. The vigil is online at 6pm. RSVP to get the link.

letsreimagine.org Join us at Temple Emanu-El of San Francisco to mourn and unite through a peaceful, candlelight VIRTUAL vigil with SF Interfaith clergy and Medical 1st Responders. United we will make America whole.

Time to catch up on worship! Today and next Sunday, the pastoral and worship teams are taking a much needed break. Now's your chance to take a peek at any of the worship services you missed!

Our "Mister Rogers" series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrnY5h-SY3WARawTrGZoayOOzX7DG_T9a

Our "Beatitudes" series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrnY5h-SY3WBwg4fGclhJ85kBsMbeiUnM

Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPRrpXSa2gWN7DhxVNXl0zw

Mourning Into Unity: San Francisco, CA

This Monday, Pastor Theresa will be representing St. John's at a special online vigil hosted by our neighbors at Congregation Emanu-El.🕯

The "Mourning Into Unity" vigil brings us together to grieve the deaths of the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic and all our collective losses: unemployment, unsafe schools, unsafe workplaces, unsafe tomorrow.

Hope you can join us ❤️

letsreimagine.org Join us at Temple Emanu-El of San Francisco to mourn and unite through a peaceful, candlelight VIRTUAL vigil with SF Interfaith clergy and Medical 1st Responders. United we will make America whole.

St. John's demands justice in detention centers

Did you miss the banner drop? Yesterday, our Sanctuary Huddle joined the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to release immigrant detainees. #FreeThemAll #PrayingForNewsom

Dignity Not Detention- California

Together with Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, our Sanctuary Huddle is joining a statewide banner drop today to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom and leaders to release immigrant detainees from detention. #FreeThemAll #PrayingForNewsom

Free them all now from Yuba to San Diego and beyond! bit.ly/Oct6freethemall

St. John's Online Worship | The Beatitudes: Part 5 | October 4, 2020

Join us for worship this morning as Pastor Theresa concludes the series on the Beatitudes.

St. John's Online Worship | The Beatitudes: Part 5 | October 4, 2020

Join us for worship this morning as Pastor Theresa concludes the series on the Beatitudes.