News & Events

You can find our weekly newsletter with the current calendar and events through our Facebook page. The link to that page can be found at the bottom of every page on our website. Our Parish Master Calendar can also be viewed at the bottom of this page.

Lent at St. James

Ash Wednesday
         8-9:30 am - Ashes to Go (parking lot at Harper & Main)
         12:10 - Ash Wednesday Service
         6:00 pm - Ash Wednesday Service
Lenten Soup Suppers & Lenten Program -"Faithful Resistance"
       Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00 pm in the Hogan Room
              enter through the double glass doors on Church St
              March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9
            Dinner is free - but all donations will support our
                     Backpack ministry

Holy Week at St. James

The Sunday of the Passion: PALM SUNDAY   April 13
      8 am and 10:30 am - Blessing of the Palms and Eucharist
Stations of the Cross at the Labyrinth: April 16 at 5:15 pm
Maundy Thursday, April 17 - Service at 7:00 pm
      Washing of Feet (for those who desire), Eucharist, Stripping of the
             Altar
Good Friday, April 18
      Community Good Friday procession in downtown Lenoir
            begins at 11 am at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
     Good Friday service at St. James - 1:30 pm

Easter at St. James

The Great Vigil of Easter, Saturday, April 19 at 8:15 pm
     We begin outside in the Memorial Garden for the lighting of
          the new fire
    You are invited to bring a small hand bell to share in the
          ringing in of Easter joy
Easter Day, Sunday April 20
     Easter worship at 8 am and at 10:30 am
           Easter egg hunt for the children follows the 10:30 service

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

1st Mondays : 10 AM - Hands & Hearts (Pastoral Care) committee
1st Mondays: 11 AM - CARE (Outreach) Committee
3rd Tuesdays: Vestry, 6:00
1st Wednesday, Property Committee, 5:30
2nd or 3rd Wednesday (the one before Vestry), Finance Committee, 5:30
1st Thursdays: Daughters of the King, 4:00
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 some 5th Sundays)
Adult Forum 9:10 AM, Hogan Room & Zoom (Mid-September thru Pentecost)
Children's Hour, usually the 4th Sunday of each month from September-May. 9:10 AM beginning in the Children's Chapel. The 3rd Sunday in September and May, and no Sunday program in October (children's program happening during our Oct retreat)

Tuesday

Bible Study 11:30-12:30 Community Room.

Wednesday

Mid-Week Worship 12:10 P
COMING SOON AFTER EASTER in 2025: Weekly Contemplative Worship at 5:15 pm. Contemplative practice will vary each week, facilitated by different members of St. James or from the community.

Saints on the Go - May 2024 trip to Shelby, NC to visit the Earl Scruggs Museum and eat some really good BBQ. Since that trip "Saints on the Go" has also sponsored a Hibriten Mt Hike, a trip to a Crawdads Ball Game, and a trip to the Hickory Aviation Museum. Suggest an outing!

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