Parish Administrator
Summer is here – bringing warm weather, beach trips, barefoot days and time for family fun! Summer also means that St. James’ pledges fall behind because vacations and outdoor activities limit parishioners’ attendance on Sunday mornings. This year, your Vestry is more concerned than usual about meeting our financial obligations during the slow summer months. …
Co-chairs Lynda Ellis and Marilyn Hancock would like to personally thank those who so graciously volunteered to help make this month’s Quartermania fundraiser a huge success. We would also like to celebrate that we earned a profit of $1,505.75—more income than either of our last two Quartermania events! The impact of our efforts shows we…
Fellow Parishioners, Please volunteer an hour of your time to help us at the annual Basket Raffle fundraiser. It’s guaranteed to be fun, and we can’t do it without your help! Main Event: Saturday, October 4 & Sunday, October 5 Please note: Read carefully the location in the comments when you sign up. Some things…
Last winter’s cold, wind and snow had a negative effect on our lovely garden in front of the church building. Besides losing some medium-size plants to deer who bedded down in the garden, the crape myrtles and the laurel hedge under both windows suffered significant winter kill. Fortunately the trees have somewhat revived but the…
Our recently elected Bishop Suffragan of Maryland, the Rev. Canon Heather Cook, will be ordained and consecrated at the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore on Saturday, September 6, 2014. During the service, it is customary that a newly elected bishop be given symbols of that office from the congregations of the diocese. These symbols include new vestments such as rochet, chimere,…
Over 1,100 youth from the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland will be gathering July 7-13 to celebrate the gifts and the power of the Spirit. Katie McKeever and Brennan Henyon will be representing us at this event, so please give them your good wishes, and hold them and all of the youth of the diocese in…
Happy summer!! Schools out and vacations begin! A friendly request…please keep your pledge up to date. If you miss church for several weeks, you can drop your pledge off at the church office or even use the mail. St. James’ utility bills and payroll still need to be paid every month…would be nice if bills…