12 | Holiday 2021
This is the first article in a series featuring different faith communities in Cache Valley. The role of faith in the early settler’s day-to-day life was central. For many who call Cache Valley home today, faith continues to play a pivotal role in Valley communities and individual lives. On a crisp autumn morning, Father Jason Samuel and long-time parishioners Marjorie Cramer and Jeannie Simmonds shared their hearts and chapel with the readers of Cache Valley Family Magazine. They opened a window into the rich history of St. John’s Episcopal Church and the lives of faithful members through the generations. We thank them for their time and kindness.
FA M I LY FA I T H
St. John’s Episcopal Church TARA BONE
contributing writer
In the heart of Logan at 85 East and 100 North stands St. John’s Episcopal Church, a Gothic-style cathedral that has been a place of peace, music, and refuge for parishioners and visitors alike since the turn of the 20th century. A walk through its historic chapel tells the story of a faith community that brings old and new together, and seeks to honor its past, meet present needs, and look to the future. Father Jason Samuel is the church’s new vicar Father, having arrived from California
in September 2021. He has been a priest for 29 years and looks forward to building on St. John’s rich traditions while working to increase outreach to Utah State University (USU) students and those who feel alone. “I have never been as engaged and excited by a congregation,” said Father Samuel. “St. John’s is known as a traditional, historic Christian church, but is also known to be extremely progressive, especially in its embracing of social justice and [being] defenders and champions
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for those on the margins. There’s a sense here that no matter who you are and where you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here.” Welcoming all who enter has always been a tenet of St. John’s. One example is the attendance of people of all faiths to the church’s many concerts and musical worship services. The chapel’s incredible acoustics create “magical performances,” according to Jonathan Rose, St. John’s organist and choir master since
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