From the Rector – Appalachia Here We Come-With Your Help! We are excited to share that so far TEN youth and adults from St. James’ will be going on the summer service trip to St. Timothy’s Outreach Center in Irvine, Kentucky! The cost of the trip is $450 per person, and we’ve asked everyone going…
From the Rector – The Great Litany We will begin the First Sunday in Lent this year with The Great Litany. This ancient prayer can be used at any time, but is especially appropriate in Lent because of its penitential tone. This intercessory prayer, which can be said or sung, was used as early as…
From the Rector – Entering the Holy Season of Lent We will be getting our celebration on next Tuesday with a fabulous pancake supper, Mardi Gras music, and an ALLELUIA banner to decorate. We will end the evening burning last year’s palms to make our ashes for Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is our doorway…
From the Rector – Delving Deep in Scripture & Community As we prepare to enter Lent in few of weeks, I want to invite you into a different kind of Lenten series this year. As you can read about in the Formation article below, we will be joining Episcopalians from across the country in reading…