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Our Annual Meeting is Sunday.
Special staring time:10 am
Our 2024 Annual Meeting is this Sunday. We'll be voting on our new Vestry class and spending time looking at our 2024 finances. We need 161 parishioners to reach a quorum. Please be one of them.
Click here to read the 2023 Annual Meeting minutes.
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Vestry nominees left to right: Ben Crowley, David Gardner, Teri Miles, Melinda Parker, John Reynolds and Karen Townsend
To learn more about the nominees, you can click here to see their bios.
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We want to say a big THANK YOU to the vestry members who have completed their "tour of duty" during a time of transition here at St. James's ..... Tracy Schneider, Harry Warner, Elliott Harrigan, Christie Hartwell, Katie Morris and Ann Rawls. | |
REMEMBER: 10 am service Sunday morning in place of 9 and 11:15 am services, followed by the Annual Meeting, then a reception in Valentine Hall where we’ll say goodbye to Doug. | | | |
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Help us celebrate Doug
as he ends his tenure here.
On Sunday, February 25, we’ll be celebrating Doug as he ends his tenure as member of the St. James’s clergy with a party after the Annual Meeting in Valentine Hall. If you, like us, are grateful for his service to our church, you won't want to miss this get-together.
If you are able to help provide food, we would greatly appreciate it.
To sign up, click here.
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This Sunday,
a special Choral Evensong featuring the Saint Singers
Our Choral Evensong, this Sunday, February 25 at 5 pm, will be sung by
The Saints Singers, select voices
from St. Catherine’s School and
St. Christopher’s School.
This beautiful service will be a wonderful way to end your weekend and prepare for the week ahead.
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A Service of Remembrance:
Jeanne Gunn Lapierre
This Saturday, February 24, 5 pm
This Saturday, February 24 at 5 pm we're having a service of remembrance for Jeanne Lapierre. Jeanne was an integral part of St. James’s Music Program for more than 25 years. She served in countless ways, including as Children’s Choir accompanist, choir librarian, soprano in both adult choirs, and pianist for services. Most importantly, she was a model of how to live a Godly life.
This service marks one year since she passed. All are invited.
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Mission work has long been a central part of life at St. James’s. And we’re excited to announce that – after a period of discernment – we’ll be offering three meaningful mission opportunities this summer.
Three chances to create important connections. Three mission chances to start (or continue) relationships that change lives -- including yours. And three chances to make a difference in the lives of people in need.
Our Summer Missions are Hurley Community Development Center, Harvest of Hope and Our Little Roses Home for Girls in Honduras. We also have a fourth way to be God's hands in the world right here in Richmond, ProjectHomes.
To learn more about our missions -- and to watch a video with Rev. Blake Singer and Katie Ricard that does a great job of explaining our Missions efforts -- you can go here.
The deadline to sign up for the trip to Our Little Roses in Honduras is March 15.
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Please note, we’ve moved the Worship section to the bottom of eChimes on Friday. It will still be at or near the top of the Sunday email. | |
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Saturday, February 24
Service of remembrance for Jeanne Lapierre - 5 pm, the Sanctuary
Sunday, February 25
Choral Evensong featuring the Saint Singers - 5 pm, the Sanctuary
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Tuesday, February 27
Tuesday Men's Bible Study - 7:30 am, Valentine Hall
For details and contacts see the DOERS guide
Women's Wisdom Bible Study (WWBS) - 5 pm
Michaux House Room 302 or via Zoom.
For details and contacts see the DOERS guide
Interfaith Dialogue - 7 pm at Beth Ahabab
held in Beth Ahabah's main meeting building (modern bldg.)
Session Topic: Birth and Development of Rabbinic Judaism.
We’d love for folks to sign up in advance. Here’s the link.
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Wednesday, February 28
Living Faith Bible Study - 10 to 11:30 am
Currently on Zoom (in person gatherings TBD)
For details and contacts see the DOERS guide
Noon Eucharist & Healing Service -- 12 noon in the Chapel
Wednesday Night Dinner tonight
at 6 pm in Valentine Hall
St. James's In Transition - 7 to 8 pm, Valentine Hall
Series looking at our transition process -- Heritage, Part 2
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More Parish News & Ways to Get Involved | |
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Join us for
Interfaith Dialogue
this Tues., Feb. 27
Our next Interfaith Dialogue is this coming Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7 pm. We’ll be joining our friends at Beth Ahabah for session #3 – Birth and Development of Rabbinic Judaism.
We’d love for folks to sign up in advance.
We'll meet in Beth Ahabah's main meeting building (the modern one) for dessert and learning.
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A few spaces are available
for 2025 Pilgrimage
If you still want to go, but haven't signed up, we have a few spaces left for St. James’s Pilgrimage in July of 2025! Approximately 40 St. James’s adults will travel to Greece and Turkey, where we will spend 10 days following in the footsteps of the apostle Paul.
Our group number is 25003
If you have any questions, please contact Amelia at aathur@doers.org
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SAVE THE DATES
Thursday, March 14: Meet the Author, Greg Jones: Keeping the Christ ... in Christian
Greg Jones is a former associate rector of St. James's and currently the Rector of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Raleigh, NC.
Saturday, March 16: Lenten Quiet Morning, a reflective day of prayer, meditation and contemplation.
More Details will be in upcoming eChimes.
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Have you signed up for
a youth mission trip
or
volunteering for
Vacation Bible School yet?
June 22-28: Youth in grades 9-12 will go to Hurley, VA to work in a community food bank and help residents with necessary home repairs.
July 14-17: Youth in grades 5-8 will go to the Eastern Shore to glean (pick) crops for local food banks and participate in hunger education (while also having fun at camp!).
June 3-6: Youth in grades 6-12 can volunteer for Vacation Bible School. The children have so much fun spending time with our youth.
For more information and to sign up, go to here.
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Save the date for
Vacation Bible School.
June 3 thru 6, 2024
Vacation Bible School is less than four months, too early to sign up but not too early to put on your calendar. Stay tuned for more details.
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The Website Calendar has been updated.
And is fully up to date.
We know the Calendar on the website hasn’t always been as reliable as it should have been. But starting today, that’s gonna change. We have a new calendar up – and it is being maintained on a full-time basis. So you can confidently use it as a resource for events going on at the church.
We apologize for any frustration you’ve experienced in the past. This new calendar should be a vast improvement – which will only get better as time goes by.
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Just a reminder that Easter is earlier than usual this year.
See our updated Winter Calendar for Holy Week events too.
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