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Greetings, friends!
I want to thank Becky+ for leading us on Sunday so I could spend a fun day with my family for Father's Day! Blessings to all the fathers and father-figures out there.
This Sunday we will begin loosening restrictions during our worship services.
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We will no longer be requiring sign-ups, or checking-in. Just come to either the 8:30 or the 10 am.
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We will be cleaning between services.
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We will still be requiring masks when in the service while we are all not yet fully vaccinated or for folks who are immuno-compromised.
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We will reserve the balcony for families with unvaccinated children. (They are not required to sit there but may.) We ask all others to sit downstairs.
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We will reserve a section of the seating for social distancing in the seating.
If you have a question on any of this, please let us know. It is a slowly emerging new normal, and we look forward to when we can safely remove more restrictions. Thank you for helping us care for all in our community by following our protocols.
We hope you have our July 4 service and picnic on your calendar. We will have a Bring-your-own-Basket lunch out at the picnic tables following the 10 o'clock service. Also, two outdoor movie nights are happening in July.
We have so much to be thankful for and to look forward to in the coming days. Lastly, get signed up for the Parish Shrine Mont retreat October 15-17. It will be all that you remember (or have heard about). Reserve your place now!
Blessings,
Rock+
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We will be starting our next round of Confirmation Classes on Sunday, July 11th from 4:30-6pm in Brydon Hall. We are hoping to finish in 4 weeks, but are leaving the 5th week open just in case. They will meet July 11-August 8 on Sunday afternoons from 4:30-6pm in person. Would you like to join the class? Email us and let us know if you would like to be part. We will make sure you get all the information. We hope you will! |
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We are so excited it is time for the Red Hats to start meeting again today. Red Hats will be going to the restaurant Conch Republic in Rocketts Landing on Tuesday, June 22nd at 11:30am. If you would like to ride in the church van please try to be at the church at 10:45am so we can load up and move on out on time. The van will be pulling away from St. James the Less at 10:55! We hope you will be able to join us!
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Please mark your calendar for Sunday, July 4th after the 10am service for a BYOBasket picnic lunch. We will gather at the picnic tables and enjoy some time to catch up with one another. For everyone's safety we will not be sharing dishes. Thank you for your understanding. |
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We need to celebrate our pop-top collection and our counters. You all have been busy collecting (and drinking drinks from aluminum cans)! We counted approximately
113,000 pop tops!
92 pounds worth
were donated to the Ronald McDonald House. They said we set a record. Many thanks to the youth that counted, and to Miriam for making our delivery run.
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Our Parish Retreat at Shrine Mont is being held October 15-17. If you would like to go ahead and sign up, email us. You can mail us your deposit (50%) or bring it by. We so hope you will join us for this glorious time in the mountains for a deepening of your faith and time of connection together!
The cost will be:
- Adults (age 18+) $160
- Teens (ages 13-18) $80
- Children (ages 4-12) $60
- Young Children (0-3) Free
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WANT TO BE AN USHER OR GREETER? |
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If you would like to sign up to be an usher or greeter for any of our up coming services, please click the link below. We would love to have you join our team of smiling faces. We will happily train you, all you have to do is show up. For the summer services, if you sign up, you will be signing up for both the 8:30am and 10am services.
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Children's Corner
We have a little children's corner established in the library for all of our families. There is a variety of toys, board books and chapter books as well as coloring books. Please feel free to utilize the space during in person church. If you have requests for specific toys from the nursery, please feel free to email me and I'm happy to bring out others. There are also coloring book bags that you can take home and bring back with you each week or have it labeled for your family and I will update the materials weekly.
Yoga & Pop Tops
We will be counting our pop tops on Thursday! Our wonderful Becky+ will be offering a monthly yoga class for youth and adults. She will have the classes on the third Thursday of the month at 5:30pm. The first class will be June 17th at 5:30pm. During this time, we will be counting Pop Tops in the Fellowship Hall. We encourage you to bring your children and do some yoga while we count!! We look forward to seeing you all there!
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VBS Sign Up
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!! (click there) We are so excited to welcome all of our families, neighbors and friends to VBS this year. It will be held August 9-12 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm. Please complete the registration link and feel free to send it to your grandchildren or neighbors! This year we will be focusing on the parable of the sower and would love to have a few experienced gardeners as volunteers. If interested, please email Miriam.
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Wednesday
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
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Thursday
Please join us this week for Book Club at 10:30am on Thursday as we delve into Searching For Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans. The conversations will be rich as the book is insightful, honest and enriching to your faith. The link to purchase the book is HERE. The link to join the meeting is HERE.
Please read chapters 29-31 (they are short chapters). Even if you aren't able to read this, please still join us. It will be accessible to everyone!
If you would like to call in, please dial 1 301 715 8592 and enter:
Meeting ID: 840 2332 3497
Passcode: 570346
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This Sunday
Please join us for an in-person INDOOR Eucharist: Rite II Worship Service at 8:30am and 10am. If you aren't able to join us and you would like to watch from home the link to watch is HERE at 10am. If the audio isn't working well for you watch the abbreviated service.
We also have an abbreviated Spiritual Eucharist service at 9am. The link to watch is HERE.
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Monday
Grief Group will be meeting in person, outdoor in the Memorial Gardens at 10:30am on Monday. We hope you will join this special time of connection.
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OUTREACH
"We rise by lifting others." -Robert Ingersoll
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Saint James the Less Free Clinic
Right outside our Saint James the Less Free Clinic our very own, Flory Brockwell, did her Gold Award Girl Scouts project by donating a food pantry. It is available 24/7 if people might have an immediate need. Please feel free to come by and donate non-perishables to this. It would be an incredible blessing to our community.
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ACES is in need of the following items:
- Pantry: Boxed Potatoes (smaller boxes), Boxed or Bagged Rice (smaller boxes/bags), Laundry Detergent (smaller bottles/jugs)
- Children’s Clothing: Girl’s new underwear (size 8)
- Warehouse: Oscillating Fans
Thank you for your continued support!
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POP TOPS
We are still collecting Pop Tops for Ronald McDonald house. Hang on to them or bring them by when you can. This is a valuable resource that goes to help families with children in the hospital here in Richmond.
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PETER PAUL
Students at present time need school supplies. They would be grateful to receive any of the following:
- note book paper
- spiral note books
- high lighters
- pencils
- pens
- erasers
- pencil boxes
- crayons
- markers
In front of the Coleman Center there is a small closet for non- perishable food. Students and families can take what they need. Canned food and small boxes are requested. Cereal boxes are too big. These donations would be much appreciated as well. You are welcome to bring the donations here and we can get them down there. Thank you!
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
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7:30am-Morning Prayer Service (online)
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Link to watch service
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Link for bulletin
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8am- Coffee & Conversation (online)
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Link to join
Thursday, June 24, 2021
- 10:30am- Book Club (online)
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Link to join
Sunday, June 27, 2021
- 8:30am & 10am- In Person, Indoor Eucharist:Rite II Worship
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Link to watch service
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Link for bulletin
Monday, June 28, 2021
- 10:30am- Grief Group (in person Memorial Garden)
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.
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Lord, we lift up this nation struggling with itself these days, reeling from this pandemic and its repercussions. Encourage us to faithfulness, righteousness, and compassion for all God’s Children. We lift up Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael, our Presiding Bishop, Susan, Jennifer, and Porter our Bishops, Rock and Becky, our priests, and Harrison, our deacon. May they be strengthened and encouraged as the work with us to proclaim your Good News in this world. We pray for Joe, our President, Ralph, our Governor, and Steve, our Mayor, and all our elected officials. Guide them to lead us to the common good.
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, Mason, 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, Lyla Buchanan, Kimette Cannady, Pam Gillette, Melanie Fischer, Dennis Folsom, Tom & Fran Burke (Beth Renswick’s aunt & uncle), Ginny Miller (Carol Barnes’ sister), Carter and Lila (family of Betsy Snipes and Kristina Raney), Shirley Dols, Jay Hart, Cliff Pierce (cousin of the Wehman-Hopkins family), Jack, Rison and Sutherland families, Judy Malory, Connie Geisenderfer, Paul Robb, Roxanne, Sarah Reece, William Timberlake, Doc and Karen, Jonathan Smith, Anne Ericksen (Julie Ericksen’s mother-in-law), Debra Bernard, and Dick Shirey and Rev. Dr. Susannah Metz.
We ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison. We also ask your prayers for those serving in the diplomatic corps, the military, and as missionaries: Kemper Jones, Greg Ericksen, Matthew Thomas, Philip Morison, James Ashley, Andrew Brunson, Jordan Fox, and Katherine Murphy.
We ask your prayers for those who have died.
We ask your prayers for those who grieve.
We pray for the Churches and religious institutions of Metropolitan Richmond: For seminaries, bible colleges, and schools training persons for vocations in ministry; for the students, faculty, and staff of these institutions.
For all those who seek peace in the world and for ourselves, that we may bring about God's Kingdom here on earth. For our enemies, and for those who wish us harm.
Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.
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THIS PAST SUNDAY'S SERVICE |
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NeverTheLess and Weekly E-News Deadline: If you have an announcement to be shared with the parish, please get the information to Kasey no later than noon on Monday. Thanks!
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June 24
Ana Bajcsi
Anne McDougall
June 25
Mary Anne Harris
Mary Waugh
Stephanie Parks
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June 26
Rawlings Leachman
June 27
Philip Cobb
June 28
Dylan Grosse
Katie Penland
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