Beautiful St. John’s Episcopal Church

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

I stopped by at St. John’s yesterday before their evening celebration of the Epiphany, and snapped a few photos.  Mark Nelson (their music director) and two other cantors were practicing chanting the Gospel in a beautiful medieval chant.

Their nativity scene was made in Bethlehem, carved from olive wood:

 

The church has a beautiful altar piece:

 

- Fr. Matthew Green

 

About Fr Matthew Green

Currently parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish, on Cape Ann (serving the churches of St. Ann, St. Joachim, and St. Anthony). I moved to the area in early August '11, and am very happy to be in such a welcoming community and beautiful location! One of my hobbies is photography. You can see my photos on Flickr and buy prints of some of them on Fine Art America. I am a daily contributor to GoodMorningGloucester (GMG for short), a blog by and about the community of Gloucester specifically and Cape Ann in general. The content is diverse, ranging from the beautiful and sublime to the earthy and occasionally offensive. I hope my contributions are of the former kind, not the latter. So, while I cannot endorse all the content that is posted there, I am grateful to Joey (the founder and admin of the blog) for giving me space to make my contribution. I also have my own blog, Perpetual Learner, which mostly includes my homilies and some re-posts from GMG, but also sometimes has other content, such as my personal reflections, videos I like, etc.
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6 Responses to Beautiful St. John’s Episcopal Church

  1. Anonymous says:
    January 7, 2013 at 10:11 am

    such a pretty church

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  2. Debbie Sawyer Welch says:
    January 7, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    Baptized, confirmed and married there, all my children were baptized there also. I’ve moved away and enjoyed your pictures – thanks!

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  3. Joe T says:
    January 8, 2013 at 6:58 am

    It’s a shame more people don’t remember the celebraction of Eqiphany , The day the Three wise men found the King of mankind, or Little Christmas , the end of the Christmas holiday season, and King’s day down New Orleans. Old traditions some time fade away but Never should be forgot as it is our story of life.I keep my Christmas tree a blazing day and night from Christmas Eve to Jan 6 to remember the Star that directed the Three Magi to the Child. Great pictures, Thank you.

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  5. litterlady says:
    January 9, 2013 at 9:04 am

    I went to St. John’s as a child my grandfather Roger Cook was the sexton so I spent alot of time there. The bench out front is in memory of him. Miss running around the church and yard.

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  6. Jim LaBelle says:
    January 10, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    Thanks so much to Fr. Matt and GMG for posting these pictures. St. John’s is a wonderful place today but has also played an important roll in Gloucester’s history by being one of the first free churches offering service to fisherman when they were in port. St. John’s welcomes all unconditionally. . . .

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