2014 Outreach Basket Preview!

Planning is well underway and our contributions are vital for success! This year we are changing it a bit and spreading out our giving over the weeks leading up to our delivery date. Each week will be designated as a Giving Sunday for specific items needed for the...

Major Chords for Minors

Major Chords for Who? Major Chords for Minors is a local non-profit that offers free music lessons to Saginaw City students from 3rd to 12th grades. Teachers and students work out of a small studio just off Court Street and currently have a wait list of over 100...

Diocesan Missioner: Meet Ryan Zavacky

Ryan Zavacky is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Alma and has recently begun discernment for ministry. This July, he has join with the YASC (Young Adult Service Corps), an Episcopal organization, to assist with a mission trip in Grahamstown, South Africa....

99 Bottles of WHAT on the Wall?

Okay, by 99 we actually mean 100. And we’re not talking about beer here. This year during Lent, St. John’s is partnering with a local organization called H.I.S. Restoration Ministries to meet the needs of homeless and pregnant women in our community through baby...

Christmas Outreach Basket Thanks!

On December 23rd, we completed our Christmas Basket Outreach by delivering over 100 baskets to the residents of Rosein Towers, a low income, senior housing project about a block away from St John’s.  Thank you to all who helped with their donations, volunteering to...