Jazz Eucharist is Sunday, May 20

May 20, 2012 • The West Gallery Choir and Parish Choir join forces to sing the Whitmire Jazz Mass with the John Winn Jazz Band on Sunday, May 20, at 10:00 a.m. Soloists will include John Winn, Taffy Williams, Liz Nance and Lisa Edwards Burrs. Music will include “When the saints go marchin’ in,” “Just a closer walk with thee,” [...] Read more »

Welcome Summer Recital Series: Chichester Psalms

May 09, 2012 •   The Welcome Summer Recital Series begins on Wednesday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m. with a concert featuring the Festival Chorus and Orchestra performing the Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. Chichester Cathedral, in Sussex, England, is the seat of a sacred music legacy that dates to the early 17th century. Each year the cathedral collaborates with [...] Read more »

Fifth graders ‘graduate’ from choir

May 03, 2012 • Ten fifth graders enjoyed their last rehearsal, pizza party and squirt gun fight on Wednesday, May 2. Some of these guys have been with Music Director Dr. Mark Whitmire since kindergarten! Read more »

World Pediatric Project Update

May 02, 2012 • St. James’s is partnering with the Richmond-based World Pediatric Project (WPP) to help heal children from around the world. Last Sunday, two children were due to arrive in Richmond from the Dominican Republic to undergo life-saving, open-heart surgeries. However, due to some unanticipated changes in the visa process their arrival has been delayed. Our church [...] Read more »

Yoga, Meditation, Life Plans

May 02, 2012 • At 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, beginning May 2, the Rev. Dr. Mark Cooper will offer an eight-week course that will include reflections on creativity, journaling, physical activity, and religious reflection. The format will include brief conversation (30 minutes), and introduction to yoga and to meditation (45 minutes). Recent developments in research and practice have determined that [...] Read more »

Parishioners inducted into Virginia Communications Hall of Fame

April 16, 2012 • Two St. James’s parishioners, Michael Whitlow and Bill Hall, were inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 12, during a ceremony held at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond. Bill is vice president of executive communications for Dominion Resources, and Michael is executive vice president of CRT/tanaka public relations. Read about [...] Read more »

St. James’s Children’s Center celebrates 25 years

April 03, 2012 • In acknowledgement of 25 years of history, The St. James’s Childrens’ Center is initiating a new scholarship effort. The John Conrad Memorial Scholarship Fund creates a new way for families to demonstrate their commitment to the education of their children, and it establishes a way for donors to support that important commitment. The new fund [...] Read more »

Palm Sunday Parade

April 02, 2012 • The Richmond Times-Dispatch covered the Palm Sunday parade. Read the article written by staff writer Jeremy Slayton Read more »

St. James’s soprano performs for President Obama

March 13, 2012 • One of  St. James’s soprano section leaders and Virginia State University’s Associate Professor of Music Dr. Lisa Edwards-Burrs gave an awe-inspiring operatic performance of the Star Spangled Banner during a recent visit from President Obama to promote VSU’s CCAM program with Rolls Royce. Watch it now. Read more »

A new kind of mission

March 05, 2012 • St. James’s is partnering with the Richmond-based World Pediatric Project (WPP) to help heal children from around the world. Founded in 2001 as the International Hospital for Children, the organization currently serves children in Belize, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras , St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama, and Guyana by regularly sending out teams of medical [...] Read more »

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