1307 North Main Street P.O. Box 416 Mount Airy, Maryland  21771  

301-829-0325

Since 1888, the St. James' parish family has celebrated worship and fellowship in a beautiful building that sits on a rising knoll, two blocks north of Mt. Airy's town center.  This small triangle-shaped plot is land locked and allows little possibility for future expansion of the church building, weekday nursery school program or parking facilities.  

In 1997, the Vestry empowered a parish committee (the Land Planning Committee) to explore available acreage around Mt. Airy area for possible purchase and to explore new building requirements and finances.  This committee created the "Share the Vision" study project to ensure the continued growth of St. James' as a faith community, and to support the various ministries of the church.  

The work of this committee led to recommendations adopted by the Vestry.  As discussed in the Historical  Timeline and Current Status & Plans section of this document, St. James' has:

• purchased land

• had the land annexed into the town of Mt. Airy

• developed a two-phase master plan

• ran a successful capital (fund raising) campaign

We are now in the midst of design and construction of the first phase of the new building.  The goal of St. James' is to celebrate Christmas 2006 in our new home -- thus fulfilling the goals established in "Share the Vision".