The Blessing of Backpacks and Students | St. John's Episcopal Church

10 AM, Sunday, September 8, 2024

Please join us Sunday September 8th at the 10 am, service for The Blessing of Backpacks.

As we say farewell to Summer and commence the 2024-25 school year, we offer prayers and blessings to our students, parents/caregivers, teachers, support staff and all those who play a role in education.Students are invited to bring their backpacks to the 10 am service on September 8th.

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Sermons

Dec 24 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
The AI Jesus of Lucerne
Dec 15 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
Angels with Dirty Wings
Dec 8 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
Click: From chicken coops to cathedrals
Dec 6 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
Funeral Homily for Mary Gay Townsend
Dec 1 | The Rev. Dr. Douglas C. Mohrmann
Advent: A time to pause and reflect

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St. John's Episcopal Church was the first religious institution to be established in Cold Spring Harbor. The first Episcopalian services were held in the little 18th century school house just above the site of the present church. The very first Vestry minutes, written in fine script on September 4, 1831, lists the founders who pledged $2,000 to build a new church.

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