Weekly electronic newsletter
Environmental St. James will host a free screening of the new documentary, The Climate for Change is Now: Paris to Pittsburgh on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 7 pm. We will ask for a donation of canned for Mt Airy NET. Please plan to attend and invite your friends. Included for your edification is the…
From the Rector The 235th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland Last Friday and Saturday St. James’ Delegate Carla Kaufman and I attended our Diocesan Convention. It’s always fun to see folks who serve far and wide across our diocese, to visit the booths of all the vendors and organizations, and to pray together…
From the Rector A Mother’s Day Thanksgiving This Sunday is Mother’s Day. While there are faith-filled roots to this holiday, it is at heart a secular one. For this reason it is not included in the church calendar, and we don’t celebrate it as a feast day. We will mark it in our Prayers of…
From the Rector Setting Aside a Space for Prayer, Creating Holy Ground This Sunday we will bless a new prayer space in our sanctuary. We have created a prayer altar in the front corner where you will find a votive candle stand, an icon of Jesus, Anglican prayer beads, prayer stones, and a basket with…
Vestry In the past several months St. James’ has had to make some expensive repairs. The first was the new heat exchanger on the York HVAC unit that serves the sanctuary. That cost was $4,430 and was paid from the operating reserve account. The Vestry also unanimously approved a proposal to fix our outside kitchen walkway/ramp.…
From the Presiding Bishop – Hallelujah Anyhow Easter 2019 Message. You can watch the video below. The Rt. Reverend Barbara Harris was the first woman ordained and consecrated a bishop in The Episcopal Church and in the Anglican Communion. In her memoir, entitled Hallelujah, Anyhow! [she] quotes an old Gospel hymn that says it this way: …
From the Rector – The Holiest of Weeks This Sunday when we wave our palm branches, we will enter again the holiest of weeks in the Christian year, telling our holiest of stories. The services of Holy Week – Palm/Passion Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, all leading to Easter Day – are one…
From the Rector – Holy Living & Holy Dying – Resources for Planning for the End of Life Thank you to everyone who attended sessions of our Lenten series, Holy Living & Holy Dying. Your questions, experiences, and reflections made it a fruitful endeavor. I also offer thanks to our guest speakers and those who…
Vestry As we move into Spring, please keep two dates on your calendar. On Saturday, May 11, the Building and Grounds crew have scheduled a clean-up to start at 8:00 am. If yard work is not your cup of tea, we will also be cleaning the kitchen at that time. Don’t worry if you can’t…
From the Rector – Why Am I A Christian? On Sunday, April 7th The Rt. Rev. Eugene Sutton will be visiting St. James’. There will be one service at 10:30 am at which Bishop Sutton will Preside and Preach, followed by a festive coffee hour. In addition, he will be leading a Sunday Forum at…