Posts from March 2016

Sunday School News

On Easter Day (both services) children and families may turn in their mite boxes to benefit A is for Africa.  We give thanks for the many coins you have been saving during Lent to benefit those in need.   Parents please note:  The children will be singing on Tuesday, April 5th, when Rev. Portia+ will be present for a blessing of the church dedication plaque…

The Three Great Days Which Guide Us to Easter

This Sunday we celebrate the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, and with it we enter Holy Week.  For centuries upon centuries Christians have been gathering together to retrace the last steps of the Christ.  This is what we do when we gather on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday to prepare for the joy of Easter Day.  We believe that…

Directory Update

Please take a look at the directory on the “name tag” table to make sure the information contained within is correct.  Also, if you are a new member and are not listed, please fill out a Household Information Sheet (on the same table).  You can leave the sheet in the file folder provided.  It is important that we have the information so…

Smells & Bells

Let my prayer rise up like incense before you, the lifting up of my hands as an offering to you. ~Psalm 141   The use of incense in worship goes back to our earliest scriptures.  Within the Episcopal Church the use of incense is varied – from “Smokey Mary’s” in New York City to “low churches” where the word ‘thurifur’ sounds like…

Holy Week and Easter at Saint James’

Dear St. James’ Parish Family, The warm weather as February is turning into March is a reminder that spring always follows winter, just as the empty tomb always follows the cross. We are deep in Lent, and our eyes are being turned toward the three great days and the day of the resurrection. For as much as…

St. James’ Episcopal Church Sunday School

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS 9:30-10:15 a.m. lower level Preschool through high school We have gotten through the snows of January and the cold days of February and here it is March. What is in store for us? We give thanks for all our Sunday School parents who have transported their children to Sunday School each week……way to go! We love seeing the smiling…