Posts from August 2014

Reflections for September …

Fall is approaching, and the program year begins again at Saint James, so we welcome back the Sunday School and the Choir, along with the many members of our church family who have been away for all or part of the summer. But for most Episcopalians, autumn also means the coming of something that many of us anticipate…

Sunday School News

September 7th – “Meet and Greet” 9:30-10:15 a.m. (lower level foyer) Registration for all grades preschool through high school Meet teaching staff, class registration, curriculum information, questions/answers. Cookie/juice table with coloring project available for children. September 14th – Classes begin 9:30-10:15 a.m. (lower level foyer) Preschool through 5th grade (or any child interested in singing!) will meet by the altar in the…

Landscaping News

Last winter’s cold, wind and snow had a negative effect on our lovely garden in front of the church building. Besides losing some medium-size plants to deer who bedded down in the garden, the crape myrtles and the laurel hedge under both windows suffered significant winter kill. Fortunately the trees have somewhat revived but the…

‘We are called to learn from and follow the example of Jesus’

A statement from the Bishop Suffragan-elect regarding recent events in Ferguson, Missouri ‘We are called to learn from and follow the example of Jesus’ Our nation has been gripped by the events in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death by a police officer of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, on August 9. The shooting, and the violence that has ensued, are…

Suffragan Bishop-Elect Cook’s Ordination and Consecration

Our recently elected Bishop Suffragan of Maryland, the Rev. Canon Heather Cook, will be ordained and consecrated at the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore on Saturday, September 6, 2014. During the service, it is customary that a newly elected bishop be given symbols of that office from the congregations of the diocese. These symbols include new vestments such as rochet, chimere,…