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Want to learn a little about hand bell playing in an informal environment? Now’s your chance! Middle School Age through Adults are welcome! We’ll practice briefly after 10:30 Worship 4-6 times and find a date to play for summer worship! No experience necessary! Sign up in the Narthex.
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, the gateway out of Eastertide and into the long green growing season of Ordinary Time, which will last until Advent. As has been the pattern, we are changing up our liturgical pieces with the change in liturgical seasons. Because Ordinary Time is so long we will be breaking it up…
Check out the posters during coffee hour explaining our trip with Samaritan’s Purse! How can you help us get to Texas? Come get your car washed this Sunday, May 22nd at the New Market Food Lion. Youth will be there from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Enjoy a brunch in the church after the outdoor Memorial…
SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS 9:30-10:15 a.m. lower level Preschool through high school Sunday School Closing Celebration Can you believe it is now May and we are nearing the end of our Sunday School program? What a wonderful year it has been! We have learned about God’s love through music, Bible stories, class lessons and activities and group outreach projects. Most recently, students decorated…
Dear St. James’ Parish Family, May is the month that truly brings spring here in Maryland. In April we enjoyed the first flowers and showers of the season, but now is the time when we see the deep green of new life spring forth. It is no mistake that this is when we celebrate the…
This week ends National Poetry Month. In case you haven’t learned this about me yet, I’m a poetry hound. I find so often in poems the images or words that either escape me when I try to articulate a thought or feeling – or the images and words that open up something new and set…
Have you registered your kids for church camp this summer yet? If you’ve never attended, I can’t say strongly enough how transformational I believe church camp can be for both children and teens. Here’s what’s on tap this summer at Claggett: Did you know that the Bible tells us over 100 times not to be…
The entire Episcopal Church has been invited by our Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, to enter into a season of prayer for regions of the Anglican Communion that are experiencing violence and strife. Please check out the link to learn more about what the churches in these regions are doing to be sources of support and hope. This Easter we will focus on Burundi, Central America,…
Do you have an hour or two on a Saturday that you can give in service? Saturdays are one of the busiest days at the Thrift Shop and a extra set of hands (or several!) are always welcome. No experience needed, just drop by let the staff know you’re there to work!
In 2007, when we moved into St. James’ new building, a drawing was completed for our Memorial Garden and Columbarium area. The total expense was more than we could afford but several landscape and architectural items have been donated to the garden space as the years have gone by. Four lovely trees were planted, and a large rock with fountain system was…