A Sabbatical Prayer

Guide us, Lord, as we all journey through the months ahead together. Help us to walk trustingly in faith with our parish family and to serve one another humbly. May we always be aware of your presence and direction in all we do. Amen.

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The above prayer was selected by the Sabbatical Team to ground us as a community. Thank you to member Joan Fader for composing it. Beginning this Sunday it will be included in our weekly worship, and we invite you to add it to your regular prayers as well.

Please look for our Sabbatical Newsletter, a new communication devoted to sharing news and information about our upcoming time of sabbatical and renewal. We will be sending these out regularly in the lead up to, and throughout, Kristin’s+ time away.  Previous newsletters are linked below.  Subscribe to receive our weekly newsletter The Shell as well as upcoming sabbatical news in your inbox.

Issue 1, April 26, 2022
Issue 2, May 10, 2022
Issue 3, May 31, 2022
Issue 4, June 7, 2022
Issue 5, June 14, 2022
Issue 6, June 21, 2022
Issue 7, June 28, 2022
Issue 8, July 5, 2022
Issue 9, July 26, 2022
Issue 10, August 16, 2022
Issue 11, August 23, 2022
Issue 12, September 27, 2022

Welcoming our new Music Director – Len Langrick

It is with great joy that I invite you to welcome Len Langrick as our long term interim Music Director.  Len will be with us for six months, through Easter, and from there further plans will emerge.  Len’s first Sunday with us will be November 1, but he begins rehearsals this week with the choir.  Please hold Len and our choir in…

Social Media Sunday!

  Bring your smart phones and your tablets to church this Sunday for Social Media Sunday!  Check in to Facebook, update your status & tell everyone you are at church, tweet the sermon, Instagram a selfie or other pic from church!  Please hashtag all posts with both #stjamesmtairy and #SMS15.  And if you haven’t already, don’t forget to LIKE our Facebook Page…

St. James Facebook Group is Live!

Our new Facebook Group – St. James’ Mt. Airy Group – is up and running!  All you have to do is search it on Facebook and ask to join.  It is a closed group that we can keep out spammers, but all parishioners will be admitted.  I’ve started seeding the group with a few posts, things that may be of interest to…

Readers Needed

In preparation for the All Saint’s Services on Sunday, November 1st, I need volunteers to read names from the Book of the Dead during the 8:30 and 10:30 services. I need 4 volunteers for the 8:30 service and 4 volunteers for the 10:30 service. Please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you.  Mara Snyder  mrmcgarry@hotmail.com  301-318-7665

St. James’ Nursery School Happenings

It’s that Back-to School time of year, and St. James’ Nursery School is in full swing! The school started the year with an ice cream social. This gave the preschool children and parents a chance to meet each other as well as the Nursery School staff before classes started. Classes began the week of September 8th. Already the 2’s classroom has enjoyed…