Christmas lasts for 12 days! Come enjoy the church still bedecked, but quieter. And remember to get your NYE tickets to ring in the new year with your St. James community!

Sunday Services 9 am & 10:30 am

Coffee Hour after both services

All week long we post pictures, notices, and things going on in our St. James community on Facebook and Instagram. Check us out! Recent posts include Christmas Eve and pageant pics.

Ring in the New Year with all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos led by former St James the Less Music Director, Matthew Lewis. This masterpiece, forgotten and unpublished for over 100 years, almost lost during WWII, and today's most popular Baroque work, will be performed by an all-professional orchestra on the eve of a promising new year. Returning once again this year is a dinner that includes champagne, dessert and non-alcoholic beverages in our festive setting at St James the Less.

$100 for adults, $25 for children 18 and under. Note: the number of tickets for children is limited.

In her Christmas Eve sermon, Mo. Storm shared a portion of a sermon preached on Christmas Eve, 1933, by the then-rector Alan Chalmers at St. James the Less. It's uncanny how it resonates across the decades, its call to action no less urgent today than it was 90 years ago. You can read or listen to it here. 

According to the Acts of the Apostles, Paul’s conversion to Christianity took place in a profound, life-changing experience on the road to Damascus. We embark on an unforgettable journey to retrace the footsteps of Paul through Turkey and Greece to discover firsthand the sights, sounds, and feelings that he may have had as he taught about the life and works of Jesus Christ. We’ll see the seven churches of Revelation “which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.” As we walk where Paul walked, perhaps we too will have profound, life-changing experiences on ‘the roads’ of these ancient lands.

Pledges made in advance and paid throughout the year are vital to our parish. This is how Episcopal parishes support themselves, from the ground up. If you enjoy worship or any of the programs at St. James the Less, please show your support by making a financial pledge. Thank you! The vestry will vote on the 2025 budget in mid-January.

Some useful facts about our Appeal and Budget:

• The average pledge at St. James is ~$3600. Some give less, some give more, based on their ability.

• Of our $900,000 budget, we need to raise $485,000 in parishioner pledges to keep our current programming and staff.

• With 150 families and a $900,00 budget, it costs $6,000 per family to run St. James.

• So far we've raised $424,000 with 118 pledges now in.

• We have over 150 active families at St. James the Less.

• People pledge from as close by as me, right on our church campus, to as far away as Toronto.

• Every household counts and makes St. James the thriving, fulfilling place that it is!

Nancy Ahern, Kira Almeida, Irv and Sandy Atkinson, Joan Ballantyne, Uma and Ajit Banerjee, John and Natalie Battiloro, Lyn Boreland, Ruth Boser and Rob Fath, Susie Bourhill, Louise Bozorth, Liza and Peter Brady, Nigel and Hearan Bunnett, Christopher and Kristin Burrows, Carolina Caballero and Kyle Chow, Richard and Philippa Cacciato, Melissa Caramanica, Edward and Phyllis Chang, Dan and Sarah Cline, Eileen Conde, Al Conte, Russell and Omaira Crane, Janet Darlington, (the Rev.) Eliza Davies, Gerald DeGregoris, Shirley and Jim Dugan, Ocean Mills and Tom Finlan, Diana and Kevin Finnerty, Thomas and Susan Fischer, Martin and Roberta Fleurant, Bill and Becca Foley, Jane Ford, Sherin and Sam Frank, Thomas and Kate Funk, Nathan Gallup, Tina and John Gerraughty, Charles Gibson, Russell Grant and Pedro Ladislau, Tracy and Bill Haffner, The Hallowell Family, Mark and Lorraine Hansen, Lisa-Marie and Douglass Hatcher, Pam Heldman, Matt and Meagan Henry, Alice Herman, Wilder and Mary Jean Howland, Donna and Roberto Hunter, Priscilla and Tsutomu Ishiguri, Bud and Lynn Johnson, Anton Jongeneel, Raymond and Tricia Joseph, Gloria Kan, Angela Kenney, Christopher Keeny and Leah Zennario, Candad Khury, Linda Killian, Nicholas King, Tom Lacalamita, Jan Lamb, Antoinette Lewis, Geoff and Margy Loftus, Margaret and Raymond Lopez, Ricky and Yachiyo Lu, Mary and Tim Maddock, Patricia Mahon, Ginger and Adel Marcus, Phillip and Anne-Marie Martin, Bryan and Amanda Martoken, Justin and Bonny Matles, Tracy and Marc McCarthy, John and Liz McNally, Ellen McNally, Doug and Hadley Miller, Diana and Michael Mitchell, Kathleen Moreno-Ketchum, Connor Morhardt, Francia Morhardt-Smith, Maureen Moser, Janice and Raymond Ohrablo, John and Barbara Palmer, Karl and Barrie Panthen, Gunilla Faringer-Perez, Karen Preiser, Rick Reuter, Roseanne Riolo and Frank Durante, Greg and Rachel Roberts, Donna Robertson and Raymond Chow, Jennifer Sabia, Catherine Schoetz and Neil Ritchie, Pam and Walter Schwer, Monica Sganga, Cheryl Smith, Peter Smith, Sean and Rebecca Smith, Stephen Stamas, Andrew Wood and (the Rev.) Astrid Storm, Sarah and Jose Tabb-Garza, Gina Taglieri, Mark and Kathy Trager, Mark and Meaghan Vernazza, Janelle and Mark Walhout, Judith Walsh, Andrea and James West, Shana Westhoff, Ken and Liz Whitney, Valerie Wiggan, David and Qin Wiles, Marilyn Williams, Neil and June Winward, Tom and Lisa Wolfe, Michele Wood, Pat and Deidre Wynne, Dorothy and David Yewer, Jennifer Young and Keith Treyball, Rick and Dotty Young, Susanne and Evan Ypsilanti, Dan and Jane Zimmerman.

You can view this Sunday's bulletin at the link below. Names of all readers, servers, and acolytes are always listed on the last page of the bulletin. Readings are also there for readers to view in advance.