Featuring Aaron’s sermon from Sunday, a “Beyond the Music” segment about “Lift Every Voice And Soing,” Recapping The Rainbow Fish musical, Go and Do! including the final winter edition of The Black Heritage Trail of NH’s 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks, a fascinating article about the connection from St. John’s to The BHTNH, as well as other news from around our communities and state.

Featuring Aaron’s sermon from Sunday, a beautiful performance of a Chopin prelude from Sunday, Go and Do! including the Black Heritage Trail of NH’s 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks, and news from around our communities and state.

Featuring Anne’s sermon from Sunday, a “fresh from the vault” performance of the famous spiritual “Deep River” from the Parish Choir, Go and Do! including the Black Heritage Trail of NH’s 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks, and more!

Featuring Rob’s sermon from Sunday, an anthem from the Parish Choir, Go and Do! including Outside The Box, a recap of the Annual Meeting, plus a reflection on Bishop Budde’s inauguration day sermon from the Rev. Aaron Jenkyn.

Featuring Aaron’s sermon from Sunday, a little background on the music from Sunday, Go and Do!, Vestry updates, plus some app recommendations from Anne.

Featuring Rob’s sermon from Sunday, music from The Chapel Street Band, Go and Do!, plus a book recommendation from Anne.

Featuring Aaron’s sermon from Sunday’s Star Festival for The Epiphany, Go and Do!, a beautiful performance of “Greensleeves” captured here at St. John’s, plus selected poetry and other offerings from around St. John’s! Happy New Year! Happy Epiphany!

Featuring Rob’s sermon from Sunday’s Rite I service, plus links to our Pageant, Service of Lessons and Carols, Blue Christmas service, and other offerings from around St. John’s! Merry Christmas!

Featuring “The First Star of the Night,” a sermon from The Rev. Aaron Jenkyn, a musical reflection, and other offerings from the clergy and staff of SJC for your week.

Featuring “Restoration,” a sermon from The Rev. Rob Stevens, a musical reflection, and other offerings from the clergy and staff of SJC for your week.

Welcome to the Chapel Street Chronicle, your weekly St. John’s digest. Each Tuesday morning, the Chronicle will bring together highlights from our community.

As we gather for this celebration of Thanksgiving in 2024, how might we endeavor to order our priorities thoughtfully, so that our prayers and our actions are pleasing to God? Gratitude is the place to start I believe.

“In Bright Mansions Above,” arr. Roland Carter; featuring the St. John's Parish Choir, under the direction of Jennifer Mulhern, Director of Music. Featured Communion Anthem at the 10:00am Rite II service on Sunday, November 24, 2024.

As many of us prepare to gather with friends and loved ones this week, I offer to you this simple prayer: God, help me to be nonviolent. Help me to remember that I am from LOVE.

Breathe

"Music for recorders," featuring Nancy Garnhart and John Stromgren. Featured during Communion at the 10:00am Rite II service on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

When things feel as though they are crumbling beneath or even all around us - where do we turn? I’d say that because of our faith, we are blessed with a grounding God to whom we can turn, and that we have the gift of Scripture, and perhaps in particular the Psalms to anchor our own practice of faith.

Joy in Giving

As I seek to process the events of this past week, in particular the results of the election, I look to Jesus' example, of one who is not simply going to name and decry bad behavior, but also one who is going to use his position of power to CONNECT.

Our Work