While we cannot have in-person services in the evening, we will have all the Triduum services online.

Easter Sunday we are planning on being able to gather outside again at 10 a.m. I wish we could give a firm decision, but we are competing with unknown weather issues and ever-rising COVID infection rate numbers. Our hope and plan is to be able to gather Sunday, out front, at 10 a.m. Please bring chairs if you can, mask yourself, and maintain social distancing including no contact. We do not want our festivities to be a super-spreader event.

Join us on the journey to the Cross and Resurrection of our Lord this week. Prepare your heart for the new life that is awakening in all of us.

Links to watch and all bulletins are in the schedule below. We hope you will join us for these profound times of worship.

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil will all be on Facebook and YouTube. Holy Saturday will be done as a live video on Facebook. Easter Sunday, weather permitting, will be in-person at the front of the Church, and also live-streamed.

Calling all preschool and elementary families! Please join us for an Easter Egg hunt following the outdoor Easter service this Sunday at 10am in the big field behind the church. Families will be placed 6 feet apart on the side of the field to start. We ask that each child gather 5-10 eggs and head back to their families to open their eggs. Bags will be available in case you forget yours. All eggs will be placed 6 feet from other eggs.

·       All eggs should be touched one time only. 

·       Families will need to go with their children or have a designated adult to help each child. 

·       Both adults and children (ages 2 and up) will need to wear a mask at all times.

·       Eggs will be distributed with social distancing in mind. 

·       All eggs contain toy items with no food allergens present.

We will have our Easter wooden cross out on Saturday for you to put stems of flowers on the cross. Please feel free to stop by and decorate the Cross with your beautiful blooms. They can be real, artificial, from your garden or store bought. This will be up through Easter afternoon. It is a thoughtful tradition that we are happy to keep going.

Throughout Lent, Rock+, Harrison and a member of our Parish had a thoughtful conversation while reading through the Gospel of Mark in the Common English Bible. They read three chapters and discussed it as Spirit lead them. Each conversation was powerful and thought provoking. We hope you will go back and listen if you missed any. These conversations have helped to ready our hearts for this week. Thank you to all those involved!

The link to watch is HERE on YouTube.

If you would prefer to listen as a podcast, click HERE.

What a gift to be together this past Sunday for Palm Sunday! We had just enough clear skies to be together. Prayer works! What a dynamic team we are privilaged to have here at SJTL. Thanks be to God!

We've put up the Stations of the Cross Holy Week Meditations. Please feel free to come by and enjoy these beautiful reflections as you walk these incredible grounds. We are grateful to those who tend the property and help to keep it so thoughtfully maintained.

The Winner of Lent Madness 2021 will be revealed on Wednesday. Who will win the Golden Halo? We are down to the final 4! Will your pick win?

Book Club was such an awesome experience! We've completed our session on The Ragamuffin Gospel. If you missed our final session, you can watch the recording, click here. Password: $Hie7wZ?

We are already looking forward to our next Book Club! We will let you know when it will be starting. In the meantime, you can go ahead and purchase the next book, Searching For Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans. It promises to bring thoughtful and profound conversations. It is a remarkable book! The link to purchase it on Amazon is HERE. We are happy to purchase the book for you as well if you 'd like. Just let us know.

We've gotten in the newest edition of the Forward Day By Day for May, June and July. Please feel free to pick up a copy at our outdoor in-person service on Sunday or in the Memorial Garden on the table (at any time). We can also mail you a copy if you'd like. Just send us an email with your name and address. We'd be happy to do it!

Sherlock and Holmes haven't solved the mystery yet. We seem to be missing a set of the keys to one of our vans. If you happen to know where they are or have a set, would you mind letting us know? We'd be grateful!

Our wonderful Rev. Becky will be leading us in an outdoor yoga session on April 10th at 4pm. We will meet in the field behind the church. Please email Miriam Smith to RSVP. 

ACES (Ashland Christian Emergency Services) is looking for a volunteer to coordinate the Senior Ride program in central Hanover County. For more information please contact Ian Sutton, or reach out to ACES directly at youraces@verizon.net.

(Chickahominy Health District)

As the Chickahominy Health District (CHD) rolls out the COVID vaccines to community members, call the COVID call center at 804-365-3240 or visit https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/chickahominy/ and complete the CHD Vaccine Sign-up Survey, if you’d like to add your name to the vaccine list. The call center is handling a large volume of calls so if you leave a message, the team will contact you as soon as possible. You only need to do one of these steps to be on the list.

Join us for the Morning Prayer service this Wednesday at 7:30am and then a cup of coffee afterward at 8am on Zoom. Please make sure that your screen name is your name so we know who is there. We look forward to seeing you!

Link to join the conversation at 8am: click here.

If you would like to call in (audio only) dial (646) 558 8656 and enter the Meeting ID: 826 2172 6493 and Password: 997124

Join us for Maundy Thursday service online at 7pm on Facebook and YouTube. The link to watch is HERE. The bulletin is HERE. It will be a meaningful time of connection and deepening of our faith. We hope you will join us!

We hope you will join us for the Good Friday Service online at 7pm on Facebook and YouTube. The link to watch is HERE. The bulletin is HERE.

Please join us at 12pm for Holy Saturday service online on Facebook and YouTube as we continue our journey to Resurrection. The link to watch is HERE. The bulletin is HERE.

Also, join us for the Easter Vigil at 7:35pm (sunset) online as we await the return of our Lord on Facebook and YouTube. The link to watch is HERE. The bulletin is HERE.

We hope that you will join us at 10am for an in-person, outdoors for a Holy Eucharist:Rite II service for Easter. We will meet in the loop on Beverly in front of the steps. Please wear masks and remain socially distanced. We so look forward to being together! The link to watch is HERE. The bulletin is HERE.

We will also have an abbreviated virtual Spiritual Eucharist Worship service at 9am. It will be a beautiful time of connection and community. The link to watch is HERE. The bulletin is HERE.

OFFICE IS CLOSED & there is no Grief Group this week

WHERE: 800 Thompson Street, Ashland 23005

WHEN: First Tuesday, Third Tuesday or Third Saturday from 9 until 11 am  (come 1 time within a 30 day period)

Join us daily for Noonday Prayer online here. You can follow along with the service on page 103 of the Book of Common Prayer or visit BCPonline.org (Click on "Daily Office" and then"An Order of Service at Noonday")

If you can't join us live-time, no worries. All of our services can be viewed at your convenience afterward on Facebook. All our Sunday morning and Contemplative services will be posted on our YouTube Channel, "St. James the Less Ashland VA." You can access that here.

We ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people. Remembering especially Gus, Pat, Dick, Erin, Joanie, Anna, Meredith, Madge, Mary Ann, Katie, Molly, Amy, Meghann, Mark, Carol, David, Alice, Dennis, Barbara, Colin and Caleb, Jimmy, Michael Fox, Alex Gillette, Bill & Beth Arrott, Bill Blakemore, Rose, Mason, Elizabeth Attkisson (Erin Cobb's mother), Jan Meacham, Karl Meyer, Chambers Cromwell (friend of Betty & Jim Moore), Horace Crowe (friend of the Meyer’s family), Delaney Thompson family, Aubrey Fletcher, Dee Alvarez, Shelby Davies, Lyla Buchanan, Kathy Marshall, Kimette Cannady, Bob Ellithorpe, Elaine Belyea, Pam Gillette, Melanie Fischer, Dennis Folsom, Tom & Fran Burke (Beth Renswick’s aunt & uncle), Ginny Miller (Carol Barnes’ sister), Doris Hassell, Carter and Lila (family of Betsy Snipes and Kristina Raney), The Paxton family (Pat Jordan’s son-in-law’s family), Jackie Banker (Alice Cobb’s friend), Jenny Bruce, Katherine Tinker, Erin Cobb (Alice Cobb’s daughter-in-law), Shirley Dols, Jay Hart, Cliff Pierce (cousin of the Wehman-Hopkins family) and Rev. Dr. Susannah Metz.

We ask your prayers for those who have died.