At St. John the Divine, we love our neighbor, and we will be taking precautions to reduce the risk to their safety as we continue to regather in person. Reservations are encouraged for Sunday morning services to save your seat and to save you time in service check-in.
Sunday Services
Sundays at 8 am in the Chapel: Traditional service (Rite 1)
(no reservation required)
Sundays at 9 am in the Church: Traditional service (Rite 2)
(reservations encouraged to save time at check-in)
Reserve your place at the 9 am service
Sundays at 9 am in the Hall Life Center: Awesome Worship for children and families
Sundays at 11 am in the Hall Life Center: Contemporary Service at The Table
(reservations encouraged to save time at check-in)
Reserve your place at the contemporary service
Sundays at 11 am in the Church: Traditional service (Rite II)
(reservations encouraged to save time at check-in)
Reserve your place at the 11 am service
Sundays at 5 pm in the Chapel: Traditional service (Rite I)
(no reservation required)
Additional services
Morning Prayer: Weekdays in the Chapel at 7 am (no reservation required)
Evening Prayer: Weekdays in the Chapel at 5 pm (no reservation required).
For your safety and the safety of all our parishioners, visitors, and staff, we follow the following procedures:
- Attendance will continue to be limited to allow for appropriate social distancing.
- Social distancing will be enforced, but family groups will be seated together.
- Everyone older than 2 years old must wear masks or other cloth face coverings at indoor services. Please bring your own.
- While masks will continue to be required indoors, you may remove your mask while outside if you are distanced six feet or more from those not living with you.
- If you are in a higher-risk group, please consider continuing to join us virtually.
- The congregation may sing while masked and socially distanced.
FAQs
Where should I park? Self-parking will be available in both the River Oaks and Westheimer lots and in the Lamar lot with crossing guards on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. There will be no valet parking available at this time.
When should I arrive? Sumners Hall will open at 8:30 am for check-in.
What are the rules for entry? All groups will check-in in Sumners Hall. There will be no assigned seating, but keep a 6-foot distance between your family group and other groups. Please do stay home if you are not feeling well.
Are masks required? All attendees older than 2 must wear a mask at all times while inside any building on the SJD campus. While masks will continue to be required indoors, you may remove your mask while outside if you are distanced six feet or more from those not living with you.
Will the nursery be open? There will be no nursery or childcare services at this time.
Will there be fellowship time? There will be fellowship time on the North lawn after services.
Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends? Please update the name on your ticket to match the person/people attending by clicking the "view and manage your order online" link in your confirmation email.
Why do I need to provide so much information to reserve a spot in church? We are requiring reservations with specific attendee names for all in-person worship services as we are required by the Diocese of Texas to inform all attendees if we are notified within 14 days that someone in the service has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Additionally, we are restricted to having no more than 175 individuals in any service. With the six-foot social distancing requirement, it is likely that we can accommodate a maximum of 150 people in either the Church or the Hall Life Center.