December - 2019

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 26th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 19th

Drawn to Repentance and Conversion -- Sermon for III Sunday in Lent

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 12th

Original sin, boredom, and the empire of empty desire (Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 26th

Loving Our Enemies (Sermon for Sunday, February 19, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Februrary 19th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 12th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, January 29

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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

Sunday December 29th is the celebration of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Listen to Father Royce Gregerson's sermon by clicking below. The Rev. Royce V. Gregerson Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Goshen

Christmas Sermon: Becoming Christ-Bearers

The mystery of Christmas has a unique power to fascinate the human heart. This incredible mystery of God taking flesh, of manifesting Himself in the person not of a great ruler but of a helpless infant born in the humblest of circumstances, has surprised and thrilled the human race for centuries and even in the midst of a society that does not always seek to follow the divine will of this little child, the enchantment of the mystery of the Incarnation – God made flesh in this

Celebrate Christmas at St. John's

Come celebrate Christmas at St. John the Evangelist Parish! Our holiday Mass schedule is as follows: December 24: 4:00 p.m. Mass in English (Organ and Christmas carols) 6:30 p.m. Misa en Español 9:00 p.m. Misa de Nochebuena en Español 11:30 p.m. Choral Prelude December 25: 12:00 a.m. Mass in the Night (Organ, Christmas carols, and choir) 9:30 a.m. Mass in English (Organ, Christmas carols, and string duet) 12:30 p.m. Misa en Español December 26: No Masses or confessions Decemb

Sermon: A Different Approach to Advent

You have probably heard it more times than you can count: Advent is supposed to be about preparation for Christmas, not celebrating before it has already happened. You have doubtless been told countless times to save time for Christ during this busy season. You very well might expect and resent the message you expect to hear today. Amidst all the busyness of the season, after buying all the Christmas gifts, attending all the Christmas gatherings, and cooking all the Christmas