Vestry
Time to Freshen-Up
If you can come out for an hour or three, we’d appreciate your assistance at a workday sprucing up our building and grounds. This workday will run this Saturday from 9 to noon, August 28th. We’ll address a few items that need attention, some are indoors, some outdoors. Bring garden tools and some work gloves if you’ll help outdoors, and bring a mask if you’ll help indoors. The more people that pitch in the more we can get done. Right now, it looks like the weather will cooperate. There’s a sign-up sheet available at: https://tinyurl.com/75kmwt8
If we are unable to work outdoors because of inclement weather
we will still need everyone to work on indoor items.
Outdoor work will be rescheduled for a later date.
In July Kristin was out and I gained a better appreciation of many different aspects of parish life. I thank our staff and countless volunteers that assist in so many ministries. You are awesome. I also thank Deb Schaeffer, Jane Barger, and our vestry for tallying our Sunday collections. Thank you vestry members for stepping forward to learn the software. Finally, thanks to everyone for being flexible and willing to adapt as we continue to respond to the challenges of the coronavirus.
We need your help on
Saturday, August 28 from 9:00 am to Noon!
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP
Thrift Shop
Our plea last month about needing more volunteers has really helped. So far we have an additional church member, two scouts and one home-schooled boy. The Mormon young adults continue to help us out during the week and on Saturday. All these individuals and regular volunteers are true assets to our organization.
We hired three new employees this month! They are wonderful people and are hard working too!
The volume of donations continues day after day and we are grateful for everything that comes into the shop. We have daily sales which have increased our total end of month sales which of course helps our church.
Thank you to all!
Basket Raffle
15th ANNUAL
ST. JAMES’ BASKET RAFFLE & SILENT AUCTION
Downtown Mt. Airy
Our 15th Annual Basket Raffle & Silent Auction will be held Saturday, September 25th–please mark your calendars!
You may create and donate a completed basket using a theme of your choice The deadline for the donation of filled baskets is Sunday, September 5th. If you have questions about baskets, want to donate a filled basket, or want to volunteer for the Basket Brigade in August and/or September, please call or email me (see below). Join the fun and make new friends!
Items for the Silent Auction are also being accepted now. These are items that would generate higher bids by themselves than as a part of a basket. Such items could include paintings, quilts, unopened perfume, fine jewelry or, high-value gift certificates, and the like. If you have questions about the Silent Auction, again, please contact me (see below).
Volunteer to be a part of the Basket Raffle committee to assist with the creation of the filled baskets—we’ll guide you! This year, more than ever, we need new helpers as some of members have retired from the committee. Please seriously consider volunteering a few hours a week in September to help with our creations.
Donate your time to help with publicity, flyer distribution, or soliciting donations and gift certificates from local businesses.
Event Volunteers will be needed to assist with ticket sales before and during the Basket Raffle & Auction, to assist with transporting baskets between St. James’ Church and downtown, setting up tents and tables, as well as, calling winners of Baskets and Silent Auction items. You will be able to sign up for times to assist in the above ways on SignUp.com at a later date.
Let’s make the 15th Annual St. James’ Basket Raffle & Silent Auction another huge success! Thank you in advance for your generosity of spirit and continued support.
Marilyn Hancock
Chairperson
Ladyzip2004@yahoo.com
301-788-0136
Sunday Worship Information
INDOOR HOLY EUCHARIST
Attend Indoor In Person or watch the service livestreamed on Facebook
- Masks are required at this service
- We will begin increasing seating capacity by adding chairs and introducing rows on one side of the sanctuary while keeping pods of chairs separated on the other side for those who still desire social distancing
- You no longer need to sign up online for this service
We plan to begin streaming to Facebook at 8:30 am. If you arrive at Facebook and you don’t see the video, please refresh your screen. There is a delay. A printable bulletin is available here.
OUTOOR HOLY EUCHARIST
Join us this Sunday for Holy Eucharist
in the Memorial Garden at 10:30 am
- This is a mask-optional service
- If this service moves indoors due to inclement weather, it will be still be mask-optional except during singing – anyone who chooses to sing will be required to mask up for the hymns
- There is no sign up for attending the 10:30 am outdoor worship
Inclement Weather Announcements
This summer, our 10:30 service will be celebrated outdoors if the weather cooperates. If the weather looks threatening, the 10:30 service will be held indoors. when we decide to celebrate the 10:30 service indoors, we’ll post an announcement to our Facebook page by 8:00 am Sunday morning. (In the past we sent an email on Saturday afternoon. This new streamlined approach gets us out of the weather forecasting business – a little, anyways.)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Brandon and Mae Dulany will be supporting an Afghan refugee family through Lutheran Social Services of DC. If you would like to help, you are invited to donate items or provide monetary gifts to set up a home for them. The list of needed items can be found on Facebook in the St. James’ Mt. Airy Group. You can also go to this link and purchase items that will be used for the family. For more information contact Karen Dulany.
Lectionary Readings for this Sunday:
Next Week’s Commemorations:
Prayer Rotation
Please join the Daughters of the King in praying for each parishioner in rotation during 2021 by taking this notice home and by posting it where it will remind you pray to on a daily basis for the needs and blessings of:
Scott and Margaret Swetz
Chris and Misty Tieman (Holten, Haeden, Ascher)
Michael and Denise Warren
A member of the Daughters of the King will be contacting you this week for special prayer requests.