To Love and Care for All, Seek Christ, and Spread His Gospel |
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Please sign up for Sunday service ministries for June and/or July
please click the month and sign up.
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SUPPORT NEEDED
We need participation in our Worship Services to have diverse voices heard. Don't forget to signup.
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THANK YOU to all who have contributed to this project of updating our signage!
As we receive the funds needed for the deposit to replace our signage on Lone Pine, we can look forward to seeing a similar sign pointing folks to us!
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COMPLINE SCHEDULE CHANGE
Our nightly Compline broadcast will change from a 7-day schedule to a 5-day weekday schedule beginning June 1. Our Compline team is dedicated to providing this quiet and restful prayer service while recognizing that the weekends are going to get busy this summer! Please make note of this change.
On Saturdays and Sundays, the team invites you to either pray Compline from the Book of Common Prayer, p. 127, or by accessing our previous broadcasts by going to St James Live (or www.sj.church – Chapel – Live). This link will bring you to all our previously recorded live broadcasts (Sunday services and Compline.) Choose one and enjoy!
We are delighted to acknowledge our team who are, and have been, so faithfully committed to our Compline prayer time:
Monday: Anne Breid
Tuesday: Hayden Vaughn
Wednesday: David Britt
Thursday: Fr. Isaac Petty
Friday: Tessa Melancon-Eggers
Special thanks are extended to Maryelle Compton who has been a stalwart in providing multiple broadcasts over the past 2+ years. Maryelle has volunteered to be a backup person in case one of our regular team has a scheduling conflict. Thank you so much, Maryelle, for such faithful service!
Also many thanks are extended to Kathleen and Bob Jackson for their commitment to Compline over the past 2+ years. (We miss them after their move to Maryland!) Thanks also to Michael Bishop-Jones for his assistance in both leading Compline prayers and in providing on-going technical support.
Please, if you haven’t attended before, come and pray with us. Compline is a joyful and peaceful way to prepare for a restful time after busy days!
Our Compline services are open to all!
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PENTECOST
This Sunday
10:30 am
Wear RED to help us celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, 50 days after Easter
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Sunday, June 4, 10:30am: Wear Orange Sunday (click the link to learn more from Bishop Bruce about this initiative); Education For Ministry graduation celebration for Destiny Zook-Monteleon & Brett Durbin
Saturday, June 10, 9:30am: Pride Mass at St John's, Springfield,
followed by the pride parade at 10:30am, and
staffing the festival booth the remainder of the day
Friday, June 16, 6pm: Installation of our new Rector
Monday, June 19, noon: Diocesan Juneteenth
Commemoration in Springfield (details TBA)
Sunday, June 25, 6:30pm: Evensong at St James to conclude Pride Month festivities
Saturday, July 8, noon: Deanery Picnic, St John's,
Springfield
Sunday, July 30, 10:30am: Bishop Bruce visiting on the Feast
of St James, with confirmations & receptions
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Are you new to St James Church and want to learn more about our faith and tradition? Have you been part of the St James family for a while but were never confirmed or received to officially become an Episcopalian?
Bishop Diane Bruce will be with us to celebrate the Feast of St James on Sunday, July 30th, and will baptize, confirm, and receive those who are ready to mark their life in Christ through the sacraments of initiation. To prepare for confirmation or reception, and as an informative session for those who just want to know a bit more for now, Fr Isaac will be leading a Confirmation & Inquiry class in June and July. Please reach out to him or the church office (office@sj.church) to sign up! Dates & times for class meetings will be determined based on the needs of those to be confirmed.
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Father Isaac will be installed as our
New Rector
Friday, June 16, 2023
6:00 pm
Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce will do the honor of installing
The Rev. Isaac Petty
as Rector of St. James Episcopal Church.
Guests may include clergy from our Diocese, family and friends as well as the members of our congregation.
Please join us for this celebration as we begin a new chapter in the life of our church.
A reception will follow the service to celebrate this happy occasion.
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Show Christ' Love
PRIDE FEST
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Pride Update, 5/25/23
Hey all! Ozarks Pridefest is two weeks away on Saturday, June tenth and the Episcopal churches of the Ozarks have finalized our plans and have gotten everything we need to make Jesus’ love known at Pridefest! I want to thank those who are volunteering to staff the booth and those who have said that they will be walking in the parade.
Now to reiterate what we’re doing on June tenth. First, we are having an Episcopal Pride mass at St, John’s starting at 9:30am. We plan to have only a 45 minute service so that we’re out by 10:15am and can have enough time to walk one block to Springfield Municipal Courthouse where the Parade begins. The Pride parade begins at 11am and is supposedly a fifteen minute walk to downtown square where all the booths are. Now if you’re gonna walk in the Pride parade then I encourage you to make a cardboard sign with a message that expresses God’s love for all and/or wear colorful clothes, something breathable because it probably will be hot!
Now, unfortunately I have to be serious here for a minute.. We know that we’re living in hateful times, and we know that there are people who don’t understand LGBT people and sometimes some people even go as far as physically harming LGBT people. I bring this up because unfortunately there have been calls by certain people to get people to go to Ozarks Pridefest and cause trouble, violence… I say this to you all now because I want those of you who are participating in Pridefest with us to be aware that there are risks in coming to Pridefest, more so this year than previous years. But as Father Isaac, Father David from St. John’s, and Father Ron from Christ Church have agreed that though we should be cautious, we should not let fear overcome our mission to show love to all. Therefore we hope you’ll join us on June 10th to show that God’s love is for all humans!! But if you did sign up for something and now aren’t so sure you want to go then just let me know, I’ll understand.
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Peace be with you,
David Britt
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Yoga will be taking a break in June and July.
Hope to see you all back on August 1.
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All Sunday School
starts at 9:30 a.m.
This is the last week for Children's Sunday School until Fall.
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Celebrations & Prayers This Month |
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This Week
Happy Birthdays
Elizabeth James 05/28
Oliver Luther 05/31
Happy Anniversary
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Prayers for Families This Week
Torres, Trader, Vargas
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Angela Pierce
Lisa Pruitt
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Celebrant
Preacher
Gospel
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The Rev. Isaac Petty
The Rev. Isaac Petty
The Rev. Suzy Lynch
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1st Reading
Psalm
2nd Reading
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Mary Torres
Sung
Eric Atkinson
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Eucharistic Minister 1
Eucharistic Minister 2
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COVID-19 Please take prudent and necessary precautions when in large gatherings. |
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