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The Shell Newsletter – October 5, 2017

From the Rector – Seeing the Face of God in Each Other Next month St. James’ will host the Diocesan antiracism workshop Seeing the Face of God in Each Other.  This is one of the required workshops that all clergy, lay employees, and lay leaders in the Diocese of Maryland must take.  This is part…

The Shell Newsletter – September 28, 2017

From the Rector – Stewardship 2017 Generosity changes lives. Whether we are on the giving or receiving end of generosity, when we experience it, we come close to God, and God comes close to us.  This month we will be using this image as life as a journey to generosity to help us each prepare…

The Church Does Not Need Volunteers

Over the summer at our Vestry meetings, we began taking a few minutes each month to reflect on a brief article or resource about congregational life.  One that really struck a chord with all of us was an article written by Erin Wathen about volunteering at church. The point she makes, and you can read her full article here, is that when…

Launching the NEW Shell Newsletter

I am excited to share that we are in the final stages of planning for the launch of the NEW digital Shell Newsletter.  We stopped our monthly paper newsletter at the end of last year, and have been relying on our This Week at St. James’ Thursday news emails in the interim as we’ve dreamed…

Food for the Poor

This Sunday, August 13,  please welcome The Rev. Robert Deshaies as our visiting clergy while Kristin+ is away.  Rev. Deshaies will share his personal witness about Food For The Poor’s mission to care for the destitute as a means of living out the Gospel mandate to love one another as the provide direct relief to the poor throughout Latin America and the…