CARITAS Alumni Block Party Needs Volunteers

TOMORROW, September 23

(Rain or Shine)

Tomorrow, September 23rd, is the CARITAS Alumni Block Party and they need volunteers of all ages to serve food and provide family activities.  

The event will take place from 10:30am-3:30pm (though the busy time for food will be 11am-2pm) at their Stockton Street location (2220 Stockton Street). This is a Rain or Shine event, so don't let the weather dissuade you from volunteering. To volunteer, signup here.

Contact Carrie Acey at linovet1@gmail.com or the Rev. Blake Singer at bsinger@doers.org for more information.

To see other DOERS Doing opportunities, read below in our features.



Newcomer Welcome event this Sunday at 10:15 am.

Everyone is invited!

This Sunday the clergy will be hosting a Newcomer Welcome event in Valentine Hall between the services. This event is designed to help orient anyone who is new, new-ish, feels new, or is returning after a time away. We’ll introduce you to the various ministry offerings at St. James’s, highlight the membership process, and answer questions about how to get involved.

In order to make this event helpful and welcoming to newcomers we need you to join us! Everyone is welcome to come to Valentine Hall for fellowship over snacks and drinks, and to stay for the Newcomer Welcome session.

Please contact Rev. Amelia Arthur with questions, aarthur@doers.org.

Youth Groups

JYF (grades 6-8) & SYF (grades 9-12) 

Our Youth Groups are meeting together and going outdoors this Sunday! We're meeting at 8:30 am at the Oregon Hill Overlook (752 Oregon Hill Parkway). 

Parents can drop off teens on their way to the 9 am service and pick them up afterwards. We'll hike, play, and spend some time exploring who we are and who we want to become this year.  

For those not on the hike, there will be fellowship in the Youth Lounge this Sunday from 10:15-11:00 am. Come by for snacks, air hockey, and conversation.

Acolytes and Confirmation

This Sunday, September 24, 12:30-2pm

Our acolyte training and Confirmation Information meeting will take place this Sunday from 12:30-2:00 pm. We'll begin with lunch in Valentine Hall at 12:30 pm, transitioning to our Confirmation meeting and acolyte training at 1:00 pm. To RSVP for lunch, click here. 

Saturday, September 23

CARITAS Alumni Block Party

10:30am to 3:30pm

(Rain or Shine)

CARITAS CENTER, 2220 Stockton Street

See above for details

Wednesday, September 27

Living Faith Bible Study - 10 to 11:30 am

Currently on Zoom (in person gatherings TBD)

This opportunity for spiritual refreshment and enlightenment begins with fellowship, a prayer followed by study and discussions that help to make our Christian faith a “living faith” and apply the witness of the Scripture to our everyday lives. 

Contact: Contact: Betsy Trow (804) 282- 4152 or betsytrow@gmail.com

Wednesday Night Dinner - 6 pm, Valentine Hall

It's Week 2 of our popular Wednesday Night Dinners, now at a new time -- 6 pm.

We’re also not asking for RSVPs – just show up and enjoy the evening.

The suggested donations are: Children, $5; Adults $10, Families, $25.

You can pay in cash, check or credit card.

Friday, September 29

Concert to Benefit Ukraine

7 pm in the Sanctuary

An organ recital from renowned organist Gail Archer.

Admission is free but all donations will go directly to

the Ukraine Crisis Fund at Episcopal Relief and Development.

Peek at the Week is now on the website (doers.org) too. So if you need to check in on what’s going on this coming week, click on the Peek at the Week banner (The Week's Events) on the home page: doers.org

Parish House Closed

on Monday, September 25

The parish house will be closed on Monday to make space in the parking garage for our neighbors at Beth Ahabah to observe Yom Kippur.

The staff will be working remotely and will be available via email.

• Remebering the pets we love
• Sept 29-Concert to benefit Ukraine
• THE CELEBRATION
• More ways to be a DOERS Doing in the Community

• THE DOERS Guide is now available online
• Fall dates to remember
• Prayers of The People
• Diocese of Virginia

Our Blessing of the Animals service is Sunday, October 1, at the 9 am service, and we want to give you a chance to include the name(s) of your beloved pets who have passed away. Click here to submit the name(s) by Monday, September 25 to make sure they're listed in the Blessing of the Animals bulletin. Thank you.

Concert

to benefit Ukraine

Next Friday, September 29

While the war in Ukraine doesn’t dominate the headlines the way it once did, the needs of the Ukrainian people are as urgent as ever.

With that in mind, St. James’s is hosting The Concert for Ukraine next Friday at 7 pm – an organ recital from renowned organist Gail Archer. Admission is free but all donations will go directly to the Ukraine Crisis Fund at Episcopal Relief and Development.

In addition to being an accomplished and inspiring organist, Archer is a music director, choral conductor and a Professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College, Columbia University, and the founder of an international forum for women organists called Musforum. She directs the ‘Barnard-Columbia Chorus & Chamber Choir’ and the ‘Music Program’ of Barnard College, Columbia Universityand is College Organist of Vassar College. 

The evening also includes brief but powerful presentations by Oksana Stakhnevych and Aleksandr Misiats from the Ukrainian Community of Virginia. Please save the date – Friday, September 29 – and share the news of this important cultural event with all your friends.

Save the date

and book the sitter.

October 25 is a night you’ll want to remember because it promises to be a night you won’t soon forget. Amazing food, wonderful company, and, of course, musical surprises await you at The Celebration, a feast of goodwill and connection.

Once again we’ll gather at the Dewey Gottwald Center at the Science Museum of Virginia to celebrate our lives together at St. James’s.

There’s more information to come but we wanted to make sure this very special event gets on your calendar -- and the babysitter's been booked - October 25, 6 to 9 pm.

Here's more opportunities

to work with St. James’s outreach partners right now.

REAL LIFE Cookout

Sunday, October 8

On Sunday, October 8th, St. James's is having a cookout with the women in the REAL LIFE program at the Carillon Shelter at Byrd Park (the one past the dog park) beginning at 1pm (setup to begin at 12:30).

There will be food, lawn games, and fellowship. This is a great opportunity to engage with and get to know our neighbors in a "ministry with" model versus "ministry for". All ages are welcome!

We need 15-20 volunteers to help setup, grill, and cleanup, but feel free to just signup to attend! Click here to signup.

Please contact Yvonne Gibney (yvonnegibney@gmail.com), Judy Philpott (philpott3@yahoo.com), or Ashlee Ligon (childrensministry@doers.org) with any questions.

ReWork is seeking vehicle donations

One of our community partners, ReWork, is seeking three used cars for their program participants. These cars enable ReWork members to access and sustain employment. If you have a care to donate, ReWork will get it checked out, fix what is necessary, and then “sell” it to the ReWork member at a greatly reduced price. All donations to ReWork Richmond are fully tax deductible.

Please call or email Mark Murphy at markmurphydmm@gmail.com, (203-249-2164), or Ferd Baruch at ferd.baruch@reworkrichmond.org, (804-314-5401) to donate a car.

Now’s a great time to volunteer with Greater Richmond SCAN.

Richmond CASA (another one of our community partners) is looking for volunteers to advocate for children in the court system who have been abused or neglected. They’re now accepting applications for their Fall 2023 Training Class that begins on this Tuesday, September 26th.

For questions about applying or to get more information about Richmond CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Sarah-Keel Crews, at volunteer@grscan.com or 804-646-5184.

Introducing the DOERS Guide.

Back in the day, we called it the Resource Guide. But it’s been renamed the DOERS Guide because, well, we're doers.

This is a simple guide to everything going on here at St. James’s. From how you can serve to ways to learn and sing – not to mention give and gather – the DOERS Guide is the easy way to discover all the ways to engage with St. James’s.

You can find it at doers.org/guide. And because it’s online, we can constantly update and/or correct the contents so you can be certain it has the most up-to-the-minute information. 

If you have any additions or corrections, please send them to Jay Sandusky, director of communications, at jsandusky@doers.org. 

Fall Dates to Remember

As we look ahead to our new program year, there’s a lot happening, but we want to alert you to a few events so you can get them on your calendar now.

Click here to see some of our Fall highlights. 

Parishioner who passed away recently:

Henry Lee Valentine, II (die 9/21/2023)

We commend Henry to God’s love.

If you would like information on how to reach out to the loved ones of the deceased, please do not hesitate to contact the church offices.

Prayers of the People Update

Because our services are live-streamed and aired on YouTube, which anyone can see, we have decided for privacy and security reasons to not say the last names of the people we’re praying for each Sunday morning. But if you want to see the list with last names included, see the link below. Thanks for your understanding. 

Here are the names of those we're remembering in our prayers this week.

We do our best to keep this list current, but if you want your name added or removed, please email Mary Brown at mbrown@doers.org or call her at 804-355-1779 ext. 313