Worship Services
Sundays
08.00 AM - Holy Eucharist - Rite I
10.30 AM - Choral Holy Eucharist Rite II
Tuesday
12.15 PM - Healing Eucharist with anointing
Monday - Friday
08.15 AM : Morning Prayer
Church Address
St. John's Episcopal Church
215 North 6th Street
Fort Smith, AR 72901
Phone: 479-782-9912
Fax: 479-782-4369
Church Offices & Mailing Address
St. John's Episcopal Church
214 North 6th Street
Fort Smith, AR 72901
 

 

 
 

 

 
The Rt. Rev. Larry R. Benfield, Bishop  
The Reverend Daniel K. Schieffler, Rector

Danny, Judy, and their 3 children moved to Fort Smith in June 1999 upon his graduation from seminary at Sewanee.  He practiced law for 16 years in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas before hearing the call to priesthood.  Since coming to Fort Smith, Danny served first as Curate at St. John’s and then as Priest-in-Charge and Rector after the Fr. Wright retired in 2004.

Danny enjoys preaching, pastoral care, teaching and overseeing this parish of nearly 450.  Some of the things he has been involved with at St. John’s include teaching Sunday School, Stewardship, Centering Prayer, EFM groups, ChristCare groups, Bible Study with the homeless, as well as parishioners, and involvement in parish outreach.  He loves to encourage members of St. John’s in their day to day ministry.  He seeks to follow Christ and at the same time help others in their journey with Christ.

He graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B.S. in Public Administration in 1977 and the Arkansas School of Law in 1980.  Later he got his M. Div. from the University of the South, Sewanee, TN in 1999.

Beside reading and watching movies, Danny enjoys the outdoors especially fly fishing, fly tying, canoeing and kayaking.

Fr. Danny Schieffler

 
   
The Reverend Mary Martin (Marti) Douglass Dalby, Curate

The Reverend Marti Dalby was ordained as transitional deacon 9 July 2005 and as priest 4 February 2006.  She graduated from the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee in December 2005 and began her curacy at St. John’s the following January.  Prior to seminary, she was a certified public accountant employed in private industry by Mountain Valley Spring Company.  She and her husband, Robert, have two daughters.  Their hometown is Hot Springs, where for many years before her discernment to the priesthood, Marti was active in various lay ministries for the Church.  She is currently on the State Episcopal Church Womens’ Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees for the Diocese of Arkansas.  She has been involved with numerous events at Camp Mitchell, including Cursillo, Women’s Institute, Winterstar, and summer camp sessions. 

The Reverend Mary Martin (Marti) Douglass Dalby, Curate

 
 
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