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The Shell Newsletter – September 20, 2018
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Rector – St. James’ Thrift Shop Celebrates 50th Anniversary This month marks 50 years since the founding of St. James’ Thrift Shop. To celebrate, come shop on Wednesday 9/26 when everything in the store will be 50% off – and the first 50 customers will receive a $5 off coupon to be used on…
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The Shell Newsletter – June 21, 2018
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From the Rector – Are You A Match? As many of you know, our former Parish Administrator Christine Burnett was diagnosed with leukemia at the end of January this year. She began treatment immediately with the hope of a bone marrow transplant down the line. Her son was initially identified as a match and…
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The Shell Newsletter – May 10, 2018
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From the Rector- Comfort In, Dump Out One of the hardest things to know when someone is experiencing a crisis, trauma, or grieving, is what to say – and conversely, what NOT to say. You don’t realize how many trite platitudes there are out there, wrapped up in bad (and sometimes harmful) theology until…
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The Shell Newsletter – March 15, 2018
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From the Rector – The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday Every year I feel the same tension between the celebration of Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday (March 25 this year). It feels like whiplash to have such a brief Palm celebration and then immediately dive deep into the solemnity of the Passion reading. …
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The Shell Newsletter – December 21, 2017
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From the Rector -Christmas is coming! With joyful hearts we are preparing to celebrate Christmas and the gift of the birth of Jesus. In the midst of the holiday hubbub in your life, your help at church would be appreciated as well. The floors are being scrubbed to clean all the salt dust tracked…