All Are Welcome

Ancient Liturgy + Progressive Theology + Loving Community

We are so glad you are here. St. John’s is a warm and faithful community that seeks to follow Jesus, love God, and love our neighbors. We believe everyone is made in the image of God and that God loves and delights in us.

Our Worship

Sunday 8 a.m. – A contemplative spoken service with traditional language (Rite 1)

Sunday 10 a.m. – A music-filled service with singing and contemporary language (Rite 2)

Wednesday 12 noon - Eucharist service (liturgy from A Black Rock Prayer Book)

We continue to bring you worship online on our
YouTube channel

Emergency Weather Shelter Open House: Wednesday, October 22 5:30-7pm

We invite you to an Open House celebrating the launch of a new Emergency Weather Shelter in partnership with LoveOne and The Father’s Heart.

This important new resource will open its doors on dangerously cold nights, providing warm, safe overnight accommodations for up to twenty of our unhoused neighbors. Experienced staff from The Father’s Heart will manage shelter operations, ensuring a safe and compassionate environment for all of our guests. The project was made possible through funding from Clackamas County and the enthusiastic support of both the City of Milwaukie and the parishioners of St. John.

Join us at the Open House to tour the shelter space, meet the people behind the project, and learn how you can get involved. Bishop Akiyama, along with representatives of St. John the Evangelist, The Father’s Heart, LoveOne, the City of Milwaukie, the Downtown Business Association, and others will be on hand to share information and answer questions. Everyone is welcome—come celebrate this community effort to care for our neighbors!

Want to stay in informed? Interested in getting involved?
Click HERE to sign up for periodic email updates and volunteer opportunities.

Joy in God’s Bounty

2026 Pledge Drive is Underway! Thank you for helping us continue to share the joy of God’s abundance with our community through your financial support.

Click HERE to see some of our parishioners share what brings them JOY at St. John.

Click HERE to go to the online pledge form.

Thinking about Visiting?

Please do! Everyone is welcome!

It can be hard to visit a new church. Here at St. John’s, we do our best to really see our visitors—to recognize if you're an introvert and need space, or an extrovert and want some company. Our worship booklet will walk you through every part of the service and even give a little background behind some of the things going on. Feel free to ask questions of folks in the pews. We have our own songbook which includes very singable tunes, and our choir and music director make us all sound good. 

We invite you to come and worship with us in whatever way brings you joy, whether that means sitting in the back and sneaking out during the last song or shaking everyone's hand at the peace and getting to know folks at coffee hour. Come as you are.

  • Sunday Worship

    Our Sunday worship service is reverent and relaxed. We encounter Jesus in word, prayer, song, and sacrament. We take the Bible seriously but not literally and are fed at God’s table as we celebrate communion every Sunday.

  • Milwaukie Community

    We also encounter Jesus in one another and the world and endeavor to be, in the words of St. Teresa of Avila, Jesus’ hands and feet in the world. Our community has a long history of community engagement and service, including over 30 years of our Sunday meal ministry.

  • You Are Welcome

    We recognize, celebrate, and give thanks for the many diverse gifts of God among us. God has made all of us in God’s image, and we welcome persons of every race, language, age, gender, sexuality, physical and mental ability, national origin, immigration status, and economic level.

  • OUR RECTOR

    The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski

    Jeanne loves Jesus, the Gospel of Luke, and the Book of Jonah. She has been a priest since 2019 and active in the Episcopal Church in Oregon for the past 10. She encountered God when lost in a snowstorm on the grounds of a monastery.

  • OUR DEACON

    The Rev. Greg Rainey

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  • OUR COMMUNITY

    All of us!

    At St. John's we welcome all of God's children of all ages, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, or economic circumstances. We are an inclusive Episcopal church worshiping according to ancient Christian practice, with both traditional hymns and contemporary worship music.