VOLUME 3, ISSUE 17
April 28, 2021
Fifth Sunday of Easter
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Acts 8:26-40
Psalm 22:24-30
1 John 4:7-21
John 15:1-8
SUN. MAY 2 25th - 10:00AM

Celebrant/Preacher: The Reverend Gail Bernthal
Deacon of the Mass: The Reverend Deacon Terrance Goodpasture
Director of Music: Ms. Sherah Moore-Burdick
Director of Technical Services: The Reverend Nelson Serrano Poveda
SUNDAY SCHOOL
SUNDAYS @ 8:45AM

SUNDAY WORSHIP
SUNDAYS @ 10:00AM (IN ENGLISH)
SUNDAYS @ 6:30PM (IN SPANISH)
IN-PERSON SUNDAY WORSHIP
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2021 @ 10:00AM

PLEASE WELCOME THE REV. GAIL BERNTHAL
This Sunday, The Rev. Gail Bernthal will be our Celebrant and Preacher in place of Dean Sam. She previously served as the Supply Clergy from the Episcopal Church of the Saviour in Hanford, CA, and now serves as Supply Clergy for Holy Trinity in Madera and Church of the Resurrection in Merced.
BIBLE STUDY STARTING MAY 12
On May 12 at 6:50 p.m., we will begin a Bible Study doing a survey of the Holy Bible using the book The Path: A Journey Through the Bible, by Melody Wilson Shobe and David Creech. This study will be done both in person and through Zoom. Please join us! If you cannot afford a copy of the book, email the Dean regarding obtaining one. We look forward to delving into the Scriptures with you.
WE NEED SUNDAY READERS!
With continued in-person services, we are in need of readers who can commit to regularly perform this duty. This will include an annual training session. If you are interested, please sign up below. We require that you arrive to the service at 9:30 am to allow for rehearsal time. You will be e-mailed the reading ahead of time to practice.
IMAGE COURTESY OF ENAGO
SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSION PROJECT
For Heifer Project International
Earth Day and gorgeous Spring weather with good air quality is such a welcome gift after the confinement of the pandemic. Gardening fever has taken hold as the nurseries are flooded with folks anticipating ripe tomatoes-–every tomato has a God-given right to be ripe! Not a flavorless red tennis ball.

For subsistence small farm families, seeds, trees and bees make an awesome trio for sustainability. Heifer Project International’s most important promise is to care for the earth. So providing these gifts together to impoverished families:

• Provides firewood and fodder
• Yields nutritious fruits and vegetables that improve health
• Enriches the soil and purifies the air.

A family with a small garden is able to supplement their diet with delicious fruits and vegetables while becoming self-reliant at the same time. Passing on the seedlings enables communities to continue the cycle of sustainability. Gifts of garden seeds ensures a healthy, productive future while fighting poverty and hunger because, for development to be sustainable, farmers must raise their livestock in harmony with nature. Western style fertilizers are not in their budget, deplete the soil’s microorganism, decimate bees and other pollinators, and require an unsustainable tech support system. Harmony, integrated sustainable systems—sounds like the kind of sophistication God applied to create the world.

Will our children, including the children in our Zoom Diocesan Sunday School, inherit a sustainable future? That depends on us for sure. Their HPI Mission project continues through Sunday May 16. There is still time to make a donation and touch the future in which they will live.
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!
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Contact Aaron Schuelke, Junior Warden, if you are interested in working on the Buildings and Grounds Team. There is much to be done, and you can make a difference. You can reach him at jrwarden@stjamesfresno.org.
COVID-19 INFORMATION FOR FRESNO COUNTY
Vaccine Update: Eligibility Expanded to All Groups

Effective April 8, 2021, all individuals 16+ years and older are eligible to receive the vaccine.

These clinics are for individuals interested in receiving the vaccine. To schedule an appointment, click on the button below. Bring proof of registration and any required forms (walk-in accepted at certain sites).

The Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine approved for those 16 and 17 years of age--those that are 16 and 17 years of age need parental consent before receiving the vaccine.

For second doses: Don't forget your white vaccination record card.
Preacher: The Very Reverend Samuel Colley-Toothaker
Date: Sunday, April 25, 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

Don’t forget to download the digital service program to your device so you can follow along during the service. 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.
REUSE YOUR ITEMS
IMAGE COURTESY OF EARTH911
What disposable items in your life could you replace with a reusable option? Do you use cloth napkins or paper? Do you have a reusable water bottle or disposable? Do you use cleaning wipes or clothes? Do you pack your lunch in plastic bags or in reusable containers?
DIGITAL COFFEE - SUNDAYS AT 11AM
There is no digital coffee hour this week. We will be back!
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 St. Francis, Turlock.
When the Rev. Kim Jackson recently addressed her 55 peers from the well of the Georgia Senate, she did so as an Episcopal priest elected as Georgia’s first openly LGBTQ state senator. “I want to be honest in saying that being Black and lesbian in the Georgia State Senate feels scary,” Jackson told Episcopal News Service in an interview in early March.
Anglican congregations and ministries in the Middle East have taken a range of approaches to responding to the public health crises and economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, as the coronavirus continues to spread across the region.
Mark Duffy is director and canonical archivist of the Archives of The Episcopal Church. He leads a team that collects, catalogues and preserves the centuries of church history that are embedded in what Duffy assesses as “every conceivable format of record that you might imagine.”
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preached an impassioned and at times personal sermon during an April 20 virtual Compline service organized by the Episcopal Church in Minnesota and held hours after a jury convicted a former police officer in the killing of George Floyd.
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.