VOLUME 3, ISSUE 8
February 24, 2021
Second Sunday in Lent
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Psalm 29
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Romans 4:13-25
Mark 8:31-38
SUN. FEBRUARY 28th - 10:00AM

Officiants: The Reverend Nancy Key and Cathedral/Diocese Staff Clergy
Preacher: The Very Reverend Samuel Colley-Toothaker, Acting Dean
SUNDAY SCHOOL
SUNDAYS @ 9:15AM

SUNDAY WORSHIP
SUNDAYS @ 10:00AM

SUNDAY COFFEE HOUR
SUNDAYS @ 11:00AM
ALL ON-CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
ARE SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY
ENTERING THE PASSION OF JESUS
A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week
Soul Tenders small group will begin a six week Lenten Zoom study of the Passion of Jesus, Wednesday evenings, 6:50 p.m., February 24 through March 31, 2021. "Entering the Passion of Jesus" author, professor, and biblical scholar, Amy-Jill Levine, explores the biblical texts surrounding the Passion story. Professor Levine shows us how the text raises ethical and spiritual questions for the reader, and how we all face risk in our Christian experience. To participate please call 559-439-5011 or email soultenders@stjamesfresno.org to register.
INVITATION TO A LENTEN DISCIPLINE:
Fill the Ark! Sunday School Mission Open to Congregation
Support the Sunday School children’s Mission Project by donating to Heifer Project International. Our goal is to fill a Heifer “Ark” full of every kind of critter HPI provides to subsistence family farmers all over the world. The first offspring of each is past-on by the receiving family to another family in need. HPI is the gift that keeps on giving in Christ’s name!

What are those animals? Water buffalo, Heifers, Llamas, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Rabbits, Chickens, Bees, and Tree Seedlings. HPI serves farmers here and all over the world! Watch the HPI Information video with Alton Brown.

About Sunday School: Our Zoom Sunday School’s enrollment is now 21 children representing three diocesan congregations: St. James Cathedral, Fresno; St. Anne’s, Stockton; and St. Paul’s Visalia. Three pairs of teachers compose our Sunday School Teaching Team. Class is Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. via zoom. Our children are a joy; very regular in attendance and engaged. We thank God for the opportunity to shape their Christian formation and for their great family's support. When our children are baptized we, as their church family, promise to support them in their Christian journey. Now is a great opportunity!

If you would like to donate to this ministry, please mail or drop off a check to St. James Cathedral with a memo note: "For Heifer Project International" so that we can distribute donations appropriately. If you donate on our website linked below, please indicate in the description "For HPI". Thank you!
Video Below: Alton Brown Explains How Heifer Passes on the Gift
FRESNO INTERFAITH SCHOLAR WEEKEND
ISW 2021 Webinar Series
"Bearing Witness from Fresno's Mason-Dixon Line"

Join us for six interfaith conversations every Monday, as we consider what it means to "Bear Witness" to Fresno's history of racism and redlining.

Date: Every Monday, February 15 - March 22, 2021
Time: 4 p.m. PST
Location: Zoom

Registration on Eventbrite is coming. All sessions are free and will be recorded. For more information, visit their homepage.

WEEK 1: OPENING PANEL, 90 Minutes
Moderated by Andrew Fiala, PhD, Director of the Ethics Center, Fresno State University

Guest Scholars:
Malik Simba, PhD, Professor Emeritus of History and Africana Studies, Fresno State University
Nathan Hensley, PhD, Associate Professor of English, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Uziel Jimenez, Antiracist Educator, Co-founder Fresno Ethnic Studies Coalition

Each of our three guest scholars has made an important contribution to the study of racism and redlining in Fresno. Speaking from different vantage points, life experiences, and scholarly pursuits, they ask what it means to bear witness, and who gets to tell their story.

WEEK 2-5 BOOK STUDY, 60 Minutes
Representatives from four faith traditions and respondents take a deep dive into Eddie S. Glaude Jr.'s best-selling book, Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.

WEEK 6: CLOSING ROUNDTABLE, 90 Minutes
Our three guest scholars return for a powerful discussion with four interfaith speakers on lessons learned and the urgent questions we must ask in order to call forth a new America in our communities.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Contact Dean Sam if you are interested in working with him on the Buildings and Grounds Team. There is much to be done, and you can make a difference. You can reach him at 415-758-1904.
COVID-19 INFORMATION FOR FRESNO COUNTY

Vaccine clinic locations are still being added by the county. Watch for more details on our website, Facebook page, and in upcoming Midweek Missives. Visit the link below for Fresno County's COVID-19 response page for testing and vaccinations.
STEWARDSHIP 2021
Thank you for your generosity to the Cathedral and to all who call St. James home. Your pledges are needed to make the good work happen here. It isn't too late. Pledge now below.
Preacher: The Very Reverend Samuel Colley-Toothaker, Acting Dean
Date: Sunday, February 21, 2021
WORSHIP

St. James offers Sunday worship each Sunday at 10:00AM on our YouTube Channel, Facebook Page, and Website. Archives of these services are available.
SERVICE PROGRAMS

Starting this Sunday, we will once again begin offering digital service programs. Visit the St. James website to download the program. If possible, for our creation care work, please do not print the program.
SERVICE SURVEY

To help us improve our digital church experience, please evaluate your experience of our "live stream service," by taking a moment to complete a short survey following Sunday's service.
CHANGE YOUR LIGHTBULB TO ECO-FRIENDLY TYPES
IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ZERO WASTE FAMILY
CFL and LED bulbs can emit 25-80% less energy than traditional incandescents, plus they last longer! Consider this greener alternative when it comes time to replenishing those bulbs.
DIGITAL COFFEE - SUNDAYS AT 11AM
To participate, log into the Cathedral Coffee Hour on Zoom. The meeting password is "james4147". You can also join the conversation by phone. Call (669) 900-6833 and enter the meeting ID 821-8772-3828. You will be prompted to enter the phone password "492292".
PASTORAL CARE
The clergy of St. James remain deeply committed to offering pastoral care and support to members of the Cathedral Congregation especially during this difficult time. If a pastoral need arises for you or someone you know in the congregation, and you want to contact the clergy, please either email us at clergy@stjamesfresno.org or call the Cathedral office at (559) 439-5011 and select option 5 to leave a message for the clergy.
DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER
This week we lift up in our prayers Church of the Resurrection, Merced.
A combination of low temperatures and rare snowstorms have created a winter weather emergency across the South, with Texas facing some of the region’s direst conditions, from widespread power outages to a deadly traffic pile-up.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in the New York City borough of Queens has had more than its fair share of death and suffering over the past year. The prospect of another penitential, somber Lent seemed like too much to bear.
Reuben E. Brigety II, a former U.S. ambassador to the African Union, was serving as an academic dean at George Washington University in the nation’s capital late in 2019 when he got a call from a firm that was recruiting potential nominees for vice-chancellor of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson talked of the importance of seeking forgiveness but also engaging others with grace in a public conversation hosted virtually by All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, on Feb. 14.
If you have any feedback, comments, or questions for the Midweek Missive Editors, please email us. Submissions to the Midweek Missive are welcomed and must be submitted to midweek@stjamesfresno.org by Tuesday at noon.