DOV Intern Dear People of St. James’, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. As you read this, I am probably sitting at my desk, wrestling with the Scripture for Sunday’s sermon, on the final Sunday of my internship at St. James’. It occurs to me that,…
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has suspended all indoor worship due to increasing COVID-19 numbers until further notice. We will continue to worship online at 10:30 am on Zoom and Facebook. Join us on the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany for the Liturgy of the Word at 10:30 am followed by Zoom Coffee Hour, or…
Vestry The Vestry approved a budget of $195,000 at our last meeting. Thank you to the 53 families who have pledged to support St. James’. Unfortunately, our pledges still fall short of our budgetary needs at this time, so the Vestry also voted to ask the Diocese for financial assistance. We have never had to…
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has suspended all indoor worship due to increasing COVID-19 numbers until further notice. We will continue to worship online at 10:30 am on Zoom and Facebook. Join us on the Third Sunday after the Epiphany for the Liturgy of the Word at 10:30 am followed by Zoom Coffee Hour, or…
From the Rector Financial Help for Parishioners The members of our community who gave a generous donation to the Rector’s Discretionary Fund with the hope of helping parishioners with winter heating assistance have extended these funds to help parishioners in whatever way needed during these tough times. Please reach out to me for more information…
If you were unable to be with us for yesterday’s online worship, below you can watch The Rev. Kathleen Smith-Jones who is the Regional Deacon for the Episcopal Churches of the Frederick Region talk to us about the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs effort to transform an old farmhouse into an emergency family shelter. Find out…
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has suspended all indoor worship due to increasing COVID-19 numbers until further notice. We will continue to worship online at 10:30 am on Zoom and Facebook. Join us on the Second Sunday after the Epiphany for the Liturgy of the Word at 10:30 am followed by Zoom Coffee Hour, or…
From the Rector When we feel overwhelmed The events in Washington, DC last week are still reverberating through our nation and in our lives. Those of us with children have had to have hard conversations about what happened and have needed to offer assurances of safety. All of us have likely felt anxiety mixed with…
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has suspended all indoor worship due to increasing COVID-19 numbers until further notice. We will continue to worship online at 10:30 am on Zoom and Facebook. Join us on the First Sunday after the Epiphany for the Liturgy of the Word at 10:30 am followed by Zoom Coffee Hour, or…
From the Rector Notice of Annual Meeting The 2021 St. James’ Episcopal Church Annual Meeting will be Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 9:00 am on Zoom, followed by online worship at 10:30 am. The Annual Meeting is one of the most important things we do as a community. It is a time for us to…