Parish News (Page 61)

Sunday School Needs

During this month’s Sunday School group activity, students will be putting together breakfast-in-a-bag items to be distributed by Shepherd’s Staff in Westminster.  Your donations of items are sincerely appreciated:  granola bars, fruit cups, juice boxes, paper napkins, brown lunch bags.  We are also in need of the following supplies for the many crafts that we do:  all types of tape Scotch tape, masking, clear packing),…

Claggett Center Retreats

Women’s Retreat I “M” a Child of God Jan 15-17, 2016 God calls each of us by name, commissions us, equips us, and entrusts us to do God’s work in every place we find ourselves.  Come discover what Mary, Martha, and Miriam can teach us about leadership, service and redeeming a broken world as beloved daughters…

Introits, a breath and time to create space

For the next couple of seasons of the church year we will be adding a liturgical feature to the beginning of our 10:30 service, an introit.  Introits have a long history, and you can read more about them by clicking on the link below.  In the most basic sense, though, introits are simply a piece of music sung at the beginning of…

St. James’ Episcopal Church Sunday School

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS 9:30-10:15 a.m. lower level Preschool through high school HAPPY NEW YEAR! We had a wonderful Christmas pageant with many Sunday School participants from preschool through high school, and parent helpers as well. We made a joyful noise with music and song. Thank you to Yvette Allen for (once again!) organizing the pageant and to all who made the beautiful…

Spiritual parenting? Parenting spiritually? Let’s just call it figuring it out together.

Beginning in January, on the third Sunday of every month during Sunday School (9:30-10:15), I will lead a spiritual parenting group for parents and grandparents.  If you’re anything like me this parenting thing can throw you for a loop at times, especially when it comes to the hard questions our kids ask about life and faith and the world we live in. …

Making the House Ready for the Lord

Last Sunday in my sermon I asked how many of you are like me, and your house is never cleaner than five minutes before guest arrive.  In both services there was a murmur of agreement and knowing nods.  Although I wasn’t thinking about it when I wrote the sermon, in reflection it brings to mind one of my favorite poems by Mary…

Seasonal Shifts – Liturgy & Bulletins

Some of you remarked last Sunday on the change in liturgy for the season of Advent, as well as the format for our bulletin. The newly formed Liturgy Team met last month to plan ahead for Advent and Christmas, looking over potential Eucharistic Prayers and seasonal music selections. Going with the previously established pattern of changing these for each liturgical season (the…