Let's welcome
Rev. Penny A. Nash
on her first Sunday
at St. James's.
Our new interim rector. Rev. Penny A. Nash will be preaching for the very first time at St. James's this Sunday -- at both the 8 am and 10 am services.

This Sunday is also a great opportunity to meet and talk with Penny before next Sunday's Midsummer Parish meeting, where's she'll be taking questions and we'll be looking ahead to the new program year. Here’s a link to Penny's bio.



Worship
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

In-Person SUMMER Worship Services
8 am -- Holy Eucharist Rite I
Held in the Memorial Garden weather permitting (otherwise in the Sanctuary)
10 am -- Holy Eucharist Rite II -- Bulletin
Held in the Sanctuary

Live-Streamed Worship Services
on doers.org/live at 10am
and recorded version on YouTube
The readings for this Sunday
Old Testament: Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Psalm 45: 11-18
Epistle: Romans 7:15-25a
Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Summer Fellowship
9 am in the Memorial Garden
We'll be having coffee, cookies and lemonade just outside the Memorial Garden during the summer. If it's raining, we'll move inside to Valentine Hall.
SUMMER Nursery Hours
9 am to 11:30 pm
Saturday, July 8
Flying Squirrels Game for All Ages - 6pm
The Diamond
3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23230
We'll be sitting in General Admissions Section above section 205
To purchase your general admission ticket to the game, please click here. 
Contact: Katie Richard, youth@doers.org

Thursday, July 13
Thursday Men's Breakfast Bible Study - 7:30 am
This group meets every other Thursday to read and discuss the Lectionary Readings
for the upcoming Sunday. It’s a great way to learn the scriptures and
build deeper relationships with other St. James'sers.
Contact: Matt Harper, mharper2240@gmail.com. 

Brown Bag Book Group
Meets the first Thursday of each month via Zoom
August Book: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Contact: Linda Owen, lindaowen23@gmail.com

Women in Fellowship
is taking a summer break, but their next summer social is Thursday, July 20.

Tuesday Men's Bible Study, Young Adults, and Women in Wisdom
are taking a summer break, but will return in the fall.
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
This week's eChimes features
  • Prayers for our service members
  • Get your tickets for the Flying Squirrels game
  • Save The Date for Midsummer Parish Meeting
  • Summer at St. James's
  • New Summer Book Club - read along with the clergy
  • Prayers of The People
  • Diocese of Virginia
Praying for St. James's members serving in the Armed Forces.

St. James’s is resuming our weekly prayers for members of our church who are serving in the Armed Forces. This week we remember: 
David Bhatta
Robby Farmer
Sam Moffatt
William Smith
Mitchell Teefey

If you would like to submit the name of someone for our Military Prayer List, please reach out to Mary Brown at mbrown@does.org.
There's still time
to get your tickets to
Squirrels Nite!

St. James'sers are gathering together TOMORROW night at The Diamond to watch the Richmond Squirrels take on the Bowie Baysox at 6:05 pm. Plus it’s Glow Night and fireworks!

You can still purchase your General Admission Tickets to the game when you click here. As you can see from the chart here, we're sitting in the section ABOVE section 205. So have funn & go nuts!


SAVE THE DATE – July 16

On Sunday July 16, everyone is invited to our Midsummer Parish Meeting & Update. This is a chance to ask questions and hear what a variety of church ministries are doing as we look ahead to the new program year.

The meeting will be in Valentine Hall from 8:45 to 9:45 am. There will also be coffee and refreshments. 

If you have a ministry update that you’d like to share with the parish, please send it (a Word doc is sufficient) to communications@doers.org and we’ll gladly add it to the booklet we’re preparing to share with parishioners. 
There's so much happening this summer.
See it all in one place.

We’re making it as easy as possible to know what’s happening this Summer at St. James’s. In addition to clicking on the Summer at St. James’s artwork above, you can always go to doers.org/summer, where you’ll find the full schedule of summer social and musical events, book clubs and classes, and, of course, worship – all in one place. 
There's still time to read Book 1
in our Summer Book Club.
The St. James’s Summer Book Club is another great way to connect this summer. The clergy have selected three books to read, with a month to read each one. At the end of the month, there will a Zoom meeting led by the clergy member who chose the book where we’ll discuss the month’s book.
The first book is Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne LaMott, which has been selected by Amelia.

On Monday, July 17 at 7:30 pm, Amelia will lead a discussion of the book on a Zoom call (details to follow).

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
For Diocese of Virginia news and information, visit: https://www.thediocese.net/
You can always find the eChimes at doers.org/eChimes.
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