News & Events

Summer 2023

Join us for the Firelight Summer Series
On the second Sundays of June, July and August at 7 pm
we'll light the firepit and enjoy ice cream! Then there will be a simple labyrinth activity, a short presentation, and we'll end the evening with a celtic compline service (lasts just a few minutes) around 8:30. All are welcome!

Rector Away on Sabbatical
Our Rector, the Rev. Susan J. Buchanan, will be on Sabbatical during May, June and July. During her time away, we are pleased to welcome the Rev. Rick Lawler as our Sabbatical Supply Priest. He will be with us on Sundays and Wednesdays. All church business will need to be coordinated through the Sr. Warden, Carl Tolbert. Betty Purcell will coordinate any pastoral needs. And the two of them will communicate any crisis information to our rector.

Saying a Sad Farewell to our Beloved Oak Trees
The two massive oaks in front of our church on College Ave will be removed in May. Seven years ago we were warned by a certified arborist about the danger they were beginning to present to our buildings. They have been pruned hard for many years on just one side by the power company in order to keep them off the lines, but now their size, their age, and the unbalanced canopy means that it is only a matter of time before they come down on their own - right onto our church. We have had to make the hard decision to bring them down. We offered prayers of thanksgiving for their beauty and the gift of their presence as a part of our world as part of our worship services on April 16. We will give ourselves a chance to grieve their loss for a while before deciding what new plantings we will do. It is hard for us to imagine St. James without them!

Lessons and Hymns for Independence Day
Join us on Sunday, July 2 for our annual service of Lessons & Hymns for Independence Day. We listen to readings from the history of our nation (from the Mayflower Compact through Martin Luther King Jr and more) interspersed with hymns. It is a chance to look back, and pray that God will lead us ever further into living into being a nation 'with freedom and justice for all'. This service does include communion.

Usual Monthly Meeting Schedule
Times and dates might change for any particular parish meeting -watch the weekly news. Most meetings can be joined by Zoom if the leader has been made known of that need ahead of time.

1st Mondays : Hands & Hearts (our pastoral care committee), 10:00 AM
2nd Mondays: Daughters of the King, 4:30
3rd Mondays: Vestry, 6:00
1st Wednesday, Property Committee, 5:30
2nd or 3rd Wednesday (the one before Vestry), Finance Committee, 5:30
2nd Saturdays : Room at the Table, 4:00 PM, To-go Meals from the Hogan Room

Weekly Worship and Formation Schedule

Sunday

Holy Eucharist 8 & 10:30 AM (Morning Prayer on 5th Sundays)
Adult Forum 9:10 AM, Hogan Room & Zoom (not June-July-Aug)

Wednesday

Mid-Week Worship 12:10 P
Brown Bag Bible Study 1-2 pm. Hogan Room & Zoom (this will move to Tuesday at 11:30 in August and ongoing)

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