Weekly electronic newsletter
From the Rector Notice of Annual Meeting The 2021 St. James’ Episcopal Church Annual Meeting will be Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 9:00 am on Zoom, followed by online worship at 10:30 am. The Annual Meeting is one of the most important things we do as a community. It is a time for us to…
Sunday Worship Information The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has suspended all indoor worship due to increasing COVID-19 numbers until further notice. We will continue our online service via Zoom and Facebook at 10:30 am. ONLINE WORSHIP Join us on the Second Sunday after Christmas for the Liturgy of the Word at 10:30 am followed…
Presiding Bishop Curry’s Christmas Message 2020 Joy to the world! The Lord is come. In your hearts, in your homes, in your lives, prepare him room. Joy to the world! The Lord is come: let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing. Perhaps like me, you’ve sung…
From the Rector Giving Thanks for What Has Been & Looking Ahead to What is to Come As the year draws close, I am filled with gratitude. By any measure 2020 has been an unprecedented year. (And if I never hear the word unprecedented again, I’ll be happy!) Little did we know a year ago…
From the Rector Christmas Eve & At Home Holy Communion We hope you will join us for our streaming Christmas Eve Candlelight & Carols Holy Eucharist at 5:00 pm on December 24. It won’t be what we’re used to, but we’re hoping to make it special by filming it in our beautifully decorated sanctuary, including…
From the Rector Advent Series: A Thrill of Hope Our Advent series begin this Sunday! Join us on Zoom for videos and discussion of the Christmas story as told in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, illustrated by the beautiful artwork of John August Swanson, with commentary from members of the faculty at the Candler…
Vestry The Vestry would like to thank everyone that came out for our Stewardship Drive-Thru or made a pledge prior to this. As of today, we have 34 pledges. If you did not have a chance to drive by on Sunday, do not despair! You can still mail in your pledge, drop it in our…
From the Rector Winter Heating Help It’s been a tumultuous year to say the least, and as COVID numbers are on the rise and weather is turning, it looks like it will be a hard winter as well. This is why I was blown away when a member of our congregation, who wishes to remain anonymous,…
From the Rector St. James’ Awarded Clergy Renewal Grant I am thrilled to officially share that we were among the 140 congregations across 36 states that have been awarded grants through the Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program to fund my sabbatical! It seems like more than ten months ago that we were hosting info…
From the Rector Advent–Christmas–Epiphany Take Home Kits! The First Sunday of Advent is November 29th this year. One of the things I look forward to all year at church is our annual Advent wreath making party. Like so many other things, this is something we will not be able to do in the same way…