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Vestry Timing is everything and everything is in God’s timing. We were honored and blessed to announce at the celebration for our Replenish and Establish project, the total amount raised as of Sunday April 22, 2018 was $176,930.00. During the 9:30 celebration, we participated in a festive coffee hour and thanked everyone for their sacrifice and contribution. In addition, we recognized the…
Join us this Sunday at 9:30 am for a festive combined coffee hour as we cap off the REPLENISH & ESTABLISH PROJECT and announce the total raised in pledges & gifts WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS American Red Cross Blood Drive at St. James’ Please make your appointment for our upcoming blood drive to be held on Thursday, May 10 from 2:30 to…
From the Rector – Becoming Church – The Acts of the Apostles Throughout Lent folks gathered to study the Gospel of Luke, and this Eastertide we will continue The Good Book Club by exploring the formation of the early church in the Acts of the Apostles. We will meet on six Sundays, beginning April 15. …
Vestry St. James’ is in the process of establishing a Buildings and Grounds Team to help tackle the maintenance tasks, special projects and minor corrective repairs that come up routinely. Our goal is to use the wealth of resources we have in our congregation to keep our wonderful building in top shape while reducing our…
From the Rector – The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday Every year I feel the same tension between the celebration of Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday (March 25 this year). It feels like whiplash to have such a brief Palm celebration and then immediately dive deep into the solemnity of the Passion reading. Why…
From the Rector – Reading Luke I read scripture, in some way or another, almost every single day. But the joy I’ve been finding in purposely reading through the Gospel of Luke using Forward Day by Day as a guide, has been unexpected. Part of what’s making it extraordinary, is knowing that I’m reading alongside…
From the Rector – The Great Litany We will begin the First Sunday in Lent this year with The Great Litany. This ancient prayer can be used at any time, but is especially appropriate in Lent because of its penitential tone. This intercessory prayer, which can be said or sung, was used as early as…
From the Rector – Delving Deep in Scripture & Community As we prepare to enter Lent in few of weeks, I want to invite you into a different kind of Lenten series this year. As you can read about in the Formation article below, we will be joining Episcopalians from across the country in reading…
From the Rector -Christmas is coming! With joyful hearts we are preparing to celebrate Christmas and the gift of the birth of Jesus. In the midst of the holiday hubbub in your life, your help at church would be appreciated as well. The floors are being scrubbed to clean all the salt dust tracked in…
From the Rector -Deck the Halls! Advent, and with it a new church year, began last Sunday. It was with great joy that we began this season with new blue swags hanging from the ceiling in the sanctuary. As many of you know, The Rev. Bill Doggett, who was the Interim Rector, built the apparatus…