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Saint James’ Nursery School News
The year has been off to a great start for St. James Nursery School. Many of the students have participated in exciting field trips over the past few weeks. The school is currently participating in an Aluminum Can Tab Collection to benefit Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Collected aluminum tabs will be turned…
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Saint James’ Episcopal Church Sunday School
During our last 4th Sunday group activity, we welcomed Mary Anne and Rick Smith, organizers of the A is for Africa project. They showed us pictures of the Tanzania students registering for school and the newly formed school library. Lots of interesting questions were asked. Our outreach donations have helped with this endeavor and…
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A Message from Rev. Dr. Bill Doggett…
Everything is happening too soon this year. Easter is on the early side, which means that Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent are just around the corner. On February 17th we will gorge ourselves on pancakes and all the fixings (an ancient way to use up all the butter in the larder…
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A Pastoral Letter to the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Diocese of Maryland is in deep pain. Words barely express the depth of our shock and despair over the events and revelations of the past two weeks in the aftermath of the tragic collision involving Bishop Suffragan Heather Cook, which resulted in the death of a cyclist, Thomas Palermo,…
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St. James’ Episcopal Church Sunday School 2014-2015
Welcome 2015! A whole New Year is ahead of us and we are looking forward to working with your children in our Sunday School program. Classes resume January 4th and we will continue with our “4th Sunday Fun” group activities each month . The older youth will also participate in the 10:30 worship service…
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Epiphany, Theophany, and the Baptism of Jesus
January brings celebrations of some of the most public events of the life of Jesus. Holy Name Day on January first, which we used to call the Feast of the Circumcision, remembers Jesus being presented in the Temple by his parents to fulfill the rituals that name and claim a baby boy for Judaism. The Feast…
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Nursery School Registration for 2015-2016
It is the policy of St. James’ Nursery School to allow church members to register their children for new spots in our Two, Preschool Three, and Prekindergarten Four classes before registration is open to the public. All classes will now be held at our Main Street location! Completed applications with registration fees will be…
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St. James’ Nursery School News
St. James Nursery School has much to be thankful for as we close out November! The Holiday Vendor and Book Fair was lovely and proceeds will benefit Mt. Airy Net, to help families in need. This special event was organized by parent volunteers and is part of the year-long celebration of St. James Nursery…
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Saint Nicholas …
December 6 is the Feast of Saint Nicholas of Myra, whom we know better by another name. He is, of course, the inspiration for some of our Christmas traditions, but have you ever wondered who he really was, or why we remember him? Nicholas was born over 1700 years ago in the year 280 CE in…
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St. James’ Nursery School News
The St. James’ Nursery School staff continues to excel in planning and preparing many, many fun activities for the children. In October, they went on farm trips, participated in yoga sessions, chapel times, bookmobile visits, St. Jude Research Hospital Trike-a-thon, the children have been busy painting, and creating beautiful artwork, and let’s not forget…