St. John's Episcopal Church

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Rector's Welcome

elcome to Saint John's, a parish church in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina. We belong to the Episcopal Church USA, and are members of the worldwide Anglican Communion. My hope is you will find this website as hospitable and interesting as you would our church and all its members, were you to visit in person. (To read the rest of the Rector's Welcome, click here.)

Yours faithfully,

J. Fletcher Montgomery+
Tenth Rector of Saint John's

Come Worship with Us!

Sundays

7:45 am Rite I

9:00 am Rite II

11:15 am Rite II

St. John's is celebrating

100 years of serving

God throughout the 2012 Year

The theme for St. John's

Centennial is from

Philippians 3:13-14

“Reaching for that which lies ahead.”

A Centennial Historical Moment

100 years ago at St. John's

As early as 1907 Episcopalians living in Shandon attempted to start a Sunday School in a small school building at the corner of Lee and Queen Streets. While this first attempt did not succeed, it laid the groundwork for the initial meetings to establish a Parish in Shandon in 1911. On September 13, 1911 a meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Heyward on Maple Street . The Rev. Charles E. Woodson, the Rector of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church presided at this meeting. This meeting appointed three committees. The first, composed of George B. Reeves, E.W. Crouch, Robert F. Jenkins and A.C. Allen, was asked to look into the feasibility of buying a lot. The second committee, of Edmund R. Heyward, Benjamin R. Heyward, W.L. Bennett and A.C. DePass, was asked to see about securing the use of the Knights of Pythias Hall on Devine Street for holding afternoon services. The third committee of three ladies, Mrs. Robert F. Jenkins, Mrs. Stephen Prevost and Miss Geneva Edwards, was appointed to raise funds toward buying a lot for the building.