John Roberts Festival
Sat, Jun 03
|Shoshone Episcopal Mission
Celebrating the Life and Ministry of Rev. John Roberts among the Shoshone and Arapaho people of the Wind River Reservation
Time & Location
Jun 03, 2023, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Shoshone Episcopal Mission, 189 Trout Creek Rd, Fort Washakie, WY 82514, USA
About the event
On Saturday, June 3, from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, the Episcopal Church in Wyoming will be holding the 2nd John Roberts Festival, in celebration of the life and ministry of the Rev. John Roberts, the Welsh-born Episcopal priest who served among the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes for 66 years (1883-1949). The festival will end with a special “lunch feast” of native fare, followed by a dedication of the newly restored Mission House Chapel at Sacajawea’s Cemetery in Ft. Washakie, the oldest Episcopal Church in Wyoming.