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By Lois Wallenhorst on March 19, 2021 in Featured, News, Study, Wednesday night

The History of St. James's From the Beginning. Wednesdays, April 14 – May 5, 2021 No matter how much you know about St. James’s, you’re about to learn a whole lot more. Every Wednesday evening from April 14 through May 5, we’ll see the history of St. James’s through the lens of race in our [...]

Sermon Talks with the Clergy

By Lois Wallenhorst on March 19, 2021 in Study

Join us on ZOOM just after the 10:00 am service each Sunday to discuss the preacher’s sermon. Bring your questions, thoughts, musings, and prayers. The talk begins at 11:00 am each week. Click here to register for the program. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the ZOOM information you'll need to join [...]

Holy Peeps Project 2021

By Lois Wallenhorst on March 16, 2021 in Children’s Ministry, Events

Children and Youth are invited to get a shoe box, some Easter Candy, and a bit of imagination to create a diorama of a Bible story or liturgical action featuring PEEPS candies. The idea of this Lenten project is to inspire our children and youth to have fun exploring Bible stories and Episcopal liturgy by [...]

Virtual Christmas Pageant – Take a Look!

By Communications Team on December 18, 2020 in Events, Music, News, Parish Life, Videos, Youth, Youth in Church

It's Christmas at St. James's! This might be your favorite Christmas video of 2020. Featuring photos and footage that go all the way back to 2002, our brand new Christmas Pageant video will bring a smile to your face and maybe a tear to your eye. Travel back to see our children grow from little [...]

Children & Youth Ministry

By Communications Team on August 25, 2020 in Children’s Ministry, Events, Featured, Sunday School, Young Adults, Youth, Youth Ministry

Families for Food

By Communications Team on July 24, 2020 in Community Service, COVID-19, News

Summer Service Projects for Children, Youth, & Families St. James’s children, youth, and families are invited and encouraged to put their faith into action this August by sourcing food to feed people who are struggling with hunger during these challenging economic times. There are three ways you and your family can help share God’s love [...]

We helped celebrate our High School Seniors!

By Communications Team on May 8, 2020 in IGlink, Special Programs & Events

What great work! Scroll down to read details High School graduation is a huge milestone for youth and the pandemic has significantly disrupted anticipated rituals and celebrations for the class of 2020. For this reason the youth ministry leaders invite all St. James’s parishioners to show our graduates that God and their church love and [...]

Lenten Retreat: “Connecting to the Faith That Is In Us”

By Communications Team on February 16, 2020 in Adults, Retreats, Study

Saturday, February 29, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Valentine Hall This phrase comes from the Litany for Ash Wednesday - “We confess to you, Lord, our negligence in our prayer and worship and our failure to commend the faith that is in us.” Dr. Friend will offer five meditations interspersed with silence: 1) lack of [...]

Christian Journey Series: “Life in the First Century”

By Communications Team on December 18, 2019 in Study, Wednesday night

Wednesdays: January 15, 22, 29, and February 5, 6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Valentine Hall AND Sunday, January 26, 10:15-11:00 a.m., Valentine Hall What was a Roman banquet like? What were illness, medicine, and death like in the ancient Near East? How were Roman cities designed? How do stories of mythical heroes compare to stories […]

WomanKind 2020: Fearless Women of Faith – CANCELLED

By Communications Team on December 18, 2019 in Adults, Events, Study, WomanKind

St. James’s Episcopal Church announces WomanKind 2020, an engaging, two-day women’s program scheduled March 20-21, 2020, hosted by and at St. James’s for attendees of any faith. (more…)

Life Transitions Study Series

By Communications Team on October 31, 2019 in Study, Wednesday night

This three-week study with the Rev. Dr. Mark Cooper addresses how to prepare for and approach major life transitions, considering spiritual, practical and emotional aspects. Explore topics relevant to those in the “sandwich generation,” such as how to care for both aging parents and adult children, what legal paperwork to prepare, and how to manage [...]

Visit Virginia’s First Church Sites

By Communications Team on October 16, 2019 in Field Trip, Pilgrimage

This year is the 400th anniversary of the first Virginia Assembly and the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to Virginia. Our day-long pilgrimage will visit two of the earliest church sites in British North America and the recreated historic site, Jamestown Settlement. The first stop of the day will be the museum and the [...]

Interfaith Dialogue: Honoring and Remembering the Dead

By Communications Team on October 10, 2019 in Adults, Events, Fellowship, Lecture, Parish Life, Study

Interfaith Dialogue with Congregation Beth Ahabah: Tuesdays, October 29 & November 5, at Congregation Beth Ahabah We are excited to offer our interfaith dialogues with Congregation Beth Ahabah throughout the program year. This fall, we explore how we honor and remember our dead through both traditional customs and superstitions. We’ll discuss Yizkor, Mourner’s Kaddish, Halloween [...]

Learn the Way of Love

By Communications Team on October 2, 2019 in Study, Wednesday night

Our next Wednesday-night series considers "The Way of Love." Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s office released this magnificent guide for Christian living for use across the Episcopal Church. Come learn more about the Way of Love in particular and the ancient Christian tradition of rules of life in general with the Rev. Hilary Streever and Br. [...]

The Permanent Things Book Group

By Communications Team on August 9, 2019 in Book Clubs

Augustine. Dorothy Day. Julian of Norwich. Gregory of Nyssa. Evelyn Underhill. You’re invited to join in the discussion of classic works of theology with the Permanent Things Book Group, meeting on second and fourth Tuesdays, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., in the Michaux House library. At our first meeting on Tuesday, September 10, we will discuss [...]

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