Dear St. James’ Parish Family, September means an end to summer vacation for our children, even if summer weather persists. It also means we are in the middle of the long green season (liturgically speaking) after Pentecost. It will last until we step into the blue of Advent at the end of November. Back in the…
It is with great joy that I can share with you that we have called a new Music Director! Richard Drehoff Jr., who was our guest musician last Sunday, has accepted our call and began rehearsals with the choir this week. You can read more about Richard in his brief bio below. Calling Richard was the culmination of a month and a…
It’s been an amazing week so far with 32 campers at MAD Camp. Check out our Facebook event page to see the amazing arts and crafts, set building, and singing that is going on. Everyone is invited to join us tomorrow at 6:00 pm for a festive potluck, followed by a 6:45 pm performance of…
This Sunday three members of the team who went on the recent service trip to Texas will be offer reflections as part of the sermon at both services. We will get to hear about the facility and program where they served, Straightway Training Center, and stories of their work and the people they met. PowerPoint presentations for adults and with the Sunday…
This Sunday we will celebrate our Feast of Title – the Feast of St. James. The actual Feast of St. James is on July 25th annually, but we’ve transferred it to Sunday so we can celebrate together. Part of that celebration will include the baptism of Lucas William Hartman. How much do you know about St. James? The blurb below is from…
Dear St. James’ Parish Family, In May Blix Winston, St. James’ Delegate, and I attended 232nd Annual Convention of The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. It was a full two days of worship, elections, workshops, conversation, and voting on resolutions. Here are our reflections. Kristin+ The two things that stood out for me at Convention this year were the keynote speech by The Very Rev. Mike…
It is with sadness for us at St. James’, and joy for our Music Director Len Langrick, that I share with you that Len will be leaving St. James’ later this summer. Len came to us with an agreement to be an Interim Music Director through April of this year, and then agreed to stay a while longer. Len has been doing…
Dear St. James’ Parish Family, Last week nine members of St. James’, along with some parents from the Nursery School, attended a CPR/AED training session. It’s always good for a community when there’s a core group who attend each service that know CPR. But what’s even better is the newly purchased AED we are sharing with the Nursery School. What is an AED? It’s…
This year’s Memorial Day Weekend Camp Out will be Saturday, May 28th to Sunday, May 29th ~ WEATHER PERMITTING ~ KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED AND YOUR EYE ON THE PARISH WEBSITE! Setup starts on Saturday at 5:00 PM and we should be ready to serve dinner around 6:00 PM. We’ll get the fire pit going near sunset and cook s’mores for…
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…