Category: Sermons

Lent and Holy Week Services and Events

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Lent
Lenten Soup Supper, Friday, March 21, 6 pm
Third Sunday of Lent, Sunday, March 23, 8 and 10 am
Fourth Sunday of Lent and Healing Service (w/Pence Cans Blessing), Sunday March 30, 8 am and 10 am
Fifth Sunday of Lent, Sunday, April 6, 8 and 10 am
Fish Fry, Friday, April 11, 6 pm

Holy Week
Palm Sunday
April 13, 8 am & 10 am
(includes Stock the Fridge & Pantry Sunday at both services and neighborhood procession at 10 am),

Children’s Holy Week
April 16, 6:00 p.m.
Simple supper of pizza and salad and a kid-oriented walk-through Holy Week.
Service is in-person only, no Zoom link.

Maundy Thursday
April 17, 7:30 p.m.
A beloved service with foot washing, the stripping of the altar, and keeping watch at the Altar of Repose. 
Download the bulletin for Thursday, April 17, 2025.
For Online Worship: Join via the usual Sunday Zoom link. Meeting ID: 882 2966 1337 Password: 3857 By phone: call 312.626.6799. Enter the Meeting ID and #. Enter the Password and # OR watch the service on Facebook live on our public page. 

Stations of the Cross
April 18, 12:00 p.m.
Gather in the church.
Service is in-person only, no Zoom link.

Good Friday
April 18, 7:30 p.m.
Good Friday choral service with the Adoration of the Cross.
Download the bulletin for Friday, April 18, 2025.
For Online Worship: Join via the usual Sunday Zoom link. Meeting ID: 882 2966 1337 Password: 3857 By phone: call 312.626.6799. Enter the Meeting ID and #. Enter the Password and # OR watch the service on Facebook live on our public page. 

Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday

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Join us for Easter Services
Easter Vigil
April 19, 8:00 p.m.
We begin by gathering in the Memorial Garden, just south of the church on Kostner. 
This service begins in candlelight, and features some incense, chanting, and the Great Noise at the proclamation of Easter. Bring bells and noisemakers!
Service is in-person only, no Zoom link.

Easter Sunday
April 20, 8:00, 9:15 and 11:00 a.m.
Download the bulletin for Sunday, April 20, 2025.
For In Person Worship The nursery is open from 8:00 -11:30 a.m. Please join us for coffee hour!
Online Worship  Join via the usual Sunday Zoom link. Meeting ID: 882 2966 1337 Password: 3857 By phone: call 312.626.6799. Enter the Meeting ID and #. Enter the Password and # OR watch the 8 am service on YouTube and the 10 am service on Facebook live on our public page.  

Easter Bake Sale after all Sunday services.
All children welcome to a peanut-free Easter Egg Hunt in the garden after the 9:15 am service. Please bring an empty basket.

Worship with St. John’s

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Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 13, 2025

“Teacher, order your disciples to stop.” Jesus answered, “I tell you, if they were silent, the stones would shout out.” — Luke 19:28-40
Art by Patrick Palsgrove

Join us for worship at 8 and 10 am. includes Stock the Fridge & Pantry Sunday at both services and neighborhood procession at 10 am.

Nursery Opens AFTER Procession
In years past, the Nursery has been empty during the Palm Sunday procession. This year, we’ll open it up immediately following the procession to allow everyone to fully participate.

NO Sunday School Today
 Both Godly Play and The Quest are cancelled this week to allow kids to participate in the Palm Sunday procession.


8 am: Holy Eucharist, spoken with musical accompaniment.
10 am: Holy Eucharist, accompanied by the Choir.

Download the bulletin for Sunday, April 13, 2025.

For In Person Worship The nursery is open from 8:00 -11:30 a.m. Please join us for coffee hour!

For Online Worship: Join any service via Zoom Meeting ID: 882 2966 1337 Passcode: 3857 By phone: call 312.626.6799. Enter the Meeting ID and #. Enter the Password and #. OR Watch on YouTube (8 am) Facebook live (10 am) on our public page. If we’re not on St John’s Chicago, we’re live on Rector John