WHO ARE WE?

Our Congregation

Reverend Dr. Katrina Foster

What We Believe

Our Building, Space, & History

Our Pipe Organ

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.  1 John 4:7-8 

Good News:

• We are an official RIC congregation-- a public safe, welcoming, and affirming space for our LGBTQX siblings.

• We have a new Tuesday evening casual discussion-based service, 8:00-8:45 PM.

• We are hosting a Christmas comedy play! Shows are 12/6 & 12/7. CLICK HERE for info.

• We have an exciting Chopin to Gershwin concert coming up on Nov. 14. Hear acclaimed pianist Paul Bisaccia (this concert was scheduled for Carnegie Hall, but Bisaccia backed out after finding out the concert was funded in part by an ugly anti-LGBTQ campaign in Poland!). Tickets & info here.

• Choir/band rehearsal- open to anyone, no audition needed. Sundays at 11:15 AM, recordings available online. Performance weekly at 10 AM worship.

• Our bathrooms are beautiful and renovated!

• We are currently a blended family! The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, led by Father John Merz, is holding worship in our buildings Sundays at 12. We welcome our siblings in Christ!

• Plans for a "Bachapalooza" organ fest and performance fundraiser are in the works. Stay tuned for more info, and enjoy videos of past music performances here.

• Cub Scout Troop 7 meets every Friday at 7 at St. John's and is accepting boys and girls!

• Our community meal continues to happen every Saturday morning and afternoon! Come if you're hungry, or come to volunteer.

• We are hosting a new play series! Send in your submissions to  for consideration.

Co-Conspirators at St. John's
A discussion based, casual service.

Tuesdays, 8 PM, downstairs.
All are welcome in this place.

155 Milton Street

Bisaccia will perform selections by Chopin and Gershwin in a program that celebrates freedom and equality.

Bisaccia and other artists were originally scheduled to play this month on October 24th at Carnegie Hall. However, the event was cancelled as one by one, artists backed out upon discovering that the event was sponsored by a Polish newspaper with ties to an ugly anti-LGBTQ campaign in Poland.

Upon discovering this, some members of Greenpoint Polish community reached out to Bisaccia to express support for him and the other artists. The conversations culminated with Bisaccia agreeing to perform in Greenpoint, a Brooklyn neighborhood with strong Polish ties and specifically, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, an official RIC congregation that offers a public space welcoming and affirming for LGBTQ community and led by Pastor Katrina Foster.

We hope this concert will honor the brave sacrifice made by these artists in forgoing a prestigious opportunity at Carnegie Hall. We hope this evening will support members of LGBTQ community in the USA and Poland with a powerful message that freedom and

equality are for all.

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Get your tickets here!

EVENTS

New Play Series

CoConspirators at St. John's

Sunday Worship

12-Step Meetings

Your Event?

Scout Meetings

Giving

"In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

-Acts 20:35

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Thank you so much for your generosity!

St. John's has a lot of big ideas & endeavors to help our world. We need your help to do this work!

Missions include:
*The Saturday Community Meal
*Building the Choir & music ministry through performances in the church & fundraisers outside of the church, as well as in hospitals, prisons, etc.
*NA & AA meetings as well as other community meetings

*Renovations for our very old building.
*Eventually, a youth group & children's ministry

*In light of our official RIC designation, programs to minister to our LGBTQx siblings.

My Existential Crisis: Comedy short featuring our church & starring our congregant, Abbey Jasmine Rose: nominee for Best Actress in a Short Film at the International Christian Film Festival.

Ethical Dilemmas & Spirituality in America with Dr. Katrina Foster

Chilly Pete is joined in studio with Dr. Katrina Foster, the Rev. of Greenpoint’s St.John’s Lutheran Church for a widespread discussion on ethics and spirituality in America today.
Listen here.

PBS Great American Read: Pastor Katrina Foster on Orwell's 1984

Catch our Pastor on PBS Great American Read at about 27 minutes! She discusses why 1984 is her favorite book that everyone should read.
 

Sermons