Mission:
The mission of St. John's Church, Western Run Parish, is to be a caring, Christ-centered community committed to encouraging discipleship and service within our congregation and beyond.

History:
St. John's Church, Parish of the Western Run, near Glyndon, Maryland was carved gently from St. Thomas' Parish to the southat Garrison, Marylandin the years following the Revolutionary War. Records indicate that services were held by the Rector of St. Thomas', the Rev. John Coleman, from 1800 to 1818 in a small frame schoolhouse opposite the present site at the corner of Butler & Perry Grove Roads. Determining that a sufficient number of communicants existed nearby, a group of prominent Worthington and Western Run Valley Episcopalians established a new church: St. John's in the Valley. The cornerstone for the first church building was laid on June 3rd, 1816 by Bishop James Kemp, just four short years after a fellow Baltimorean, Francis Scott Key, penned his poetic words while observing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry 25 miles to the south. The completed structure was consecrated by the same clergyman on November 13, 1818.