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The Diocesan Council invites you to participate in listening sessions on reparations. In response to a resolution at last May’s Diocesan Convention, Council was charged with taking up this issue. An ad hoc Committee on Reparations recommended listening sessions across the diocese. At the listening sessions facilitators will welcome attendees and introduce the speakers, the…
St James Nursery School is wrapping up their fall events and getting ready for all the excitement of Christmas! The 3-year-old students will have a special cookie event and the Pre-K will enjoy Christmas evening events with their families during December. As always, our students continue to enjoy Bookmobile visits and chapel time with Rev. Krantz. The Yellow room has a new…
9:30-10:15 a.m. lower level Preschool through high school If in your heart you make a manger for his birth, then God will once again become a child on earth. It is Advent…..are you ready? Our Sunday School students began the Advent Season by making Advent wreaths during their 4th Sunday Fun group activity. There were many beautiful and creative wreaths and we…
St. James’ Outreach is supporting a new way for families to celebrate Advent, the Reverse Advent Calendar activity. The idea is to mark the days until Christmas, but instead of getting something each day the idea is to collect items to give to others every day. We believe this is a wonderful way to provide much needed support to Mt. Airy The…
The Outreach Committee wanted to share the successful completion of our Thanksgiving Dinner food collection on Sunday, 11/20. Thanks to our generous congregation, all of the dinner items were received, sorted, and ready for pickup without a hitch. Upon arrival the families were welcomed, the cars were quickly packed up, and a Thanksgiving blessing was shared.…
I wrote last month about what CREDO is, a clergy wellness conference developed by the Church Pension Fund. In short, it is a time to unplug and spend time reflecting on the health and balance in four key area: spiritual life, finances, physical health, and vocational path. And so it was that I spent a week on retreat, learning and discerning, and…
Angel Tree Support for Mt. Airy Net Families and Pleasant View Residents The Christmas season is under way, and as you may have seen our Angel Tree is filled with angels. The red, green and blue angels are for the families and the yellow angels are for Pleasant View residents. How the Angel Tree works – There are two tags for…
Good News! Just got notice from Amazon.Smile that St. James’ charitable donation from them was $42.88 from July 1 to September 30, 2016. Let’s raise this amount for the next three months with LOTS of Christmas shopping on Amazon.Smile! Amazon.Smile FAQ Sheet.
It is time to start thinking about donating toward Christmas flowers and music A form is provided below that can be made out and returned to the office. The deadline for donating toward Christmas flowers is December 18th. Forms and envelopes will also be available on a table in the narthex. Your contribution of any…
St. James’ Outreach is supporting a new way for families to celebrate Advent, the Reverse Advent Calendar activity. The idea is to mark the days until Christmas, but instead of getting something each day the idea is to collect items to give to others every day. We believe this is a wonderful way to provide much needed support to Mt. Airy Net.…