2338 Lincolnway
Ames, Iowa 50014
Phone: 515-292-6655
church@stjohns-ames.org
Our Parish Community
St. John's parish family consists of about 350 communicants of all ages and walks of life. About 65 of these communicants are under the age of 16. For these children and young adults, a vibrant Christian Formation curriculum and program (Parish, Diocesan, National) is provided throughout the academic year by our Christian Formation Director, Diane Bjorklund.
Adult Education programs: Tools for the Christian Journey every Sunday morning, Education for Ministry, and Small Group Fellowships (eg., Prayer Groups, Bible Study) and Parish Wide Gatherings make St. John's a bustling community throughout the year. Our music program is rich with talent and St. John's choir provides one important way in which ISU students participate in parish life. Parish members, young and old are also active on Facebook - go to the facebook link at the top right-hand side of the page to find postings and lots of activity follow-up photographs.
The Rev. Alexander Aiton is St. John's rector, the Rev. Donald R. Payer is our Deacon, and James R. Tener is the Student Chaplain at St. John's. Jeannie Garcia is our office administrator througout the work week.
Upcoming Events
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 10:00am
Tue, 03/20/2012 - 7:00pm
Tue, 04/17/2012 - 7:00pm
News and Announcements
Safeguarding God’s Children Education: Effie Lingren, our own SGGC trainer, has set aside Sunday, February 19th from 1:30 to 4:30 to hold this training for the members of St. John’s and regional churches. Safeguarding God’s Children is an “awareness and training” opportunity that is required by the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa for all who regularly work or volunteer with or have program oversight of children or youth. The training will be 3 hours and includes viewing 2 videos and then discussion. If you are a parent or other interested party, you are welcome and...
Diane Bjorklund
We wanted to thank you for all the loving generosity and support shown to the Chol family.
Here is an update on James Chol's Brother Elijah Chol, the Episcopal Priest in Africa.
Elijah had an MRI on 2/4/12 and went in for a consultation with his neurosurgeon in Nairobi. It was found that he had several lesions or wounds in his brain plus some bleeding and has suffered a stroke. He is also suffering seizures and is on medication for those seizures.
We continue to seek your prayers and support. (If you wish to give a free will donation, you can make a...
St. John's Parishioners,
We are on facebook thanks to Diane Bjorklund and Pete Matthews. To view some photos (even if you are not a facebook user) click on the facebook icon ( "f" ) at the top right of this web page. There you will see, in the left-hand facebook menu, a folder called Photos. Click on the Photos folder and view the photo contents of the folders there. You'll see some wonderful parish-event photos, many by Pete Matthews.
If you would like to contribute content to the website, or if you have concerns or corrections with regard to current site content, please contact Bronwyn Frame (webcontent@stjohns-ames.org). We look forward to your input and feed-back as we continue to improve the website.
