Weekly electronic newsletter
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…
From the Rector – A Brief Theology of St. Patrick’s Day I found this reflection on St. Patrick from The Salt Project quite lovely. As I prepare corned beef and cabbage and potatoes this weekend I’ll offer a tip of the glass to Patrick and pray the prayer at the bottom! The lives of the…
From the Rector – Attend to the breath The Beloved knelt down and scooped dust up from the earth and bent down and kissed that dirt, laid tender lips on yours and breathed into you and there you are, dirt breathing, breathing God. Attend to the breath… The image of attending to the breath from the poem above,…
Vestry Over the weekend of February 22-23, the Vestry met at The Claggett Center for prayer, reflection and discussion. As part of our continuing work on Congregational Development, we are looking at the identity of St. James’. “Congregational development is the development of congregations of all sizes, locations and conditions into more faithful, healthy and…
Rector – As Lent Approaches Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. ~from the invitation to the observance of a holy Lent from the…
Rector – Reach the Mountaintop! Summer Service Trip to Appalachia We’re returning to Barnes Mountain and St. Timothy’s Outreach Center this July – and the deadline to sign up is NOW! Join folks from St. James’ and St. Andrew’s, Glenwood for a week of community building and construction projects in Kentucky from July 21-27. New…
Rector – Grace & Grub Dinner Fellowship We’re putting on the grub! An ad hoc group of people passionate about building up fellowship and ways we can care for one another as a family at St. James’ has come up with some ideas for new ministries, the first of which – Grace & Grub dinners – will begin next month.…
Rector Senior Warden Announcement & Welcoming New Vestry Members A warm welcome to our 2019-2022 Vestry class, elected at our Annual Meeting last Sunday: Ty Conlon, Bill Ellis, Andrew Gobien, and Steve Stowell. I am also delighted to announce that Vestry member Jeannie Pellicier has accepted my offer to be our next Senior Warden. I…