St Johns United
Anna's small Europan church funds counseling, shelters vulnerable families, and gives its pastor authority she is willing to bend toward mercy.
Story so far
St. John's United is the small and fragile Europa congregation led by Anna Volovodov. Its community binds families closely enough that Sophia Trubachev's children play with Anna's daughter Nami, and the church pays for Nicholas Trubachev to receive anger counseling until he quits.
When Nick resumes beating Sophia, Anna uses her office and clerical authority to engineer his arrest. The congregation's pastoral obligations therefore extend beyond sermons: it supplies counseling, friendship, physical refuge, and a minister willing to compromise her own strict honesty to protect a member from murder.
Appearance
The church includes a pastor's office furnished with a heavy desk, a high-backed leather chair, lower metal visitor chairs, a counseling couch, diplomas, and a hidden taser kept for dangerous meetings.
Role
St. John's United is Anna's pastoral community and the institution through which her faith becomes practical intervention in vulnerable lives.
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- Anna's small Europan church funds counseling, shelters vulnerable families, and gives its pastor authority she is willing to bend toward mercy.