It is with joy that the Thrift Shop announces that Deb Schaeffer has agreed to join the Board beginning in April. Deb’s addition will bring the Board back to a full complement of members, and strengthen the leadership team as she will join Misty Tieman as the second Co-Chair of the Board.
The Triduum – the Three Great Days – has for centuries upon centuries been a time for Christians to gather and retrace the last steps of Christ. From Maundy Thursday to Good Friday to Holy Saturday, we as a community at St. James’ engage each year in profound and meaningful liturgies, many of which speak to children, but which are not always…
This year our Sunday School kids and families are creating a set of Stations of the Cross will be hung around the church in the next week. The practice of praying the “stations” grew out of the early church practice of walking the Via Dolorosa, or Way of the Cross, in Jerusalem, as a way of remembering the final footsteps of Christ. …
Visit youth.episcopalmaryland.org for more information and registration forms. Happening #10 March 31 – April 2 (grades 9-12) Friday at 7:00 – Sunday at 3:00 PM Cost: $85 Deadline March 27 Happening is a national program designed, staffed, and run by Episcopal youth! This weekend will deepen your relationship with Jesus and connections with those on…
Tabernacling is the practice of setting aside and creating sacred space in your home or office. Do you have such a space already? I have a few different ones in various places, but below is a picture of the little altar I made on my desk at church. If you don’t have one, I encourage you to try it out! Whether it’s…
Mt Airy NET sends their thanks to all of us at St James for our generous donations to their food pantry. It helps more than you know. Items that are currently needed are: canned meat (tuna and chicken), personal care items such as shampoo and soap, toilet paper and paper towels, canned fruit, cereal and cake and brownie mix. Great buys are…
Our own Mike Henyon and Mara Snyder will be performing with the Frederick Chorale on March 19, 2017, 3 p.m. and March 20, 2017, 7 p.m. at Evangelical Lutheran Church, 35 E Church Street • Frederick, MD 21701. To celebrate the Protestant Reformation here at home, this concert will highlight the hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” lyrics and music written…
I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. These words are from the Invitation to the Observance of a holy Lent in the Ash Wednesday service. Usually, and for good reason, we focus on penitence,…
Last Sunday in my sermon I gave some homework – and a few folks have followed up with me either to share their thoughts or ask me for the assignment again! Part of what I shared in the sermon was a reflection on the Vestry retreat last weekend and our belief it’s time to begin the work of discerning our core values…