It's the tradition in the church to wear red on Pentecost, the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the church. Come in something red and help us make the day that much more festive :)

Friday Morning Prayer Online, 9 am

Sunday Breakfast Run, 6:30-11:00 am

Sunday Services for the Feast of Pentecost, 9:00 and 10:30 am

Children's Church School during the 10:30 am service

Organ Concert with David Hurd, 3:00 pm

Join us for Morning Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, led by a lay person at St. James. You can watch anonymously, or make yourself known in the chat sidebar. All welcome, or watch afterwards if you like.

All are welcome to join us as we make a trip into the city to feed the homeless. This is program in coordination with the Westchester-based "Midnight Run" organization. Youth and children are welcome and encouraged to participate with their families.

We are delighted to welcome David Hurd to St. James the Less for the final concert of this year's series.  Dr. Hurd is recognized as one of the foremost concert organists and sacred music composers in the United States, as well as for his innovative, enthralling, and ever-evolving improvistional abilities. 

"He shapes music with the structural insight of a composer and executes it with the boldness of an improviser . . . Hurd played with incisive rhythmic drive and imagination." (The Boston Globe)

 The organ at St. James the Less was built by the Klais Organ Company (Bonn, Germany) in 2017, and will be a perfect instrument to highlight Dr. Hurd's musicality and artistry.

A suggested donation of $30 is greatly appreciated.  Join us after the concert for a lovely wine and cheese reception, hosted by the Music Guild.

Our weekly Tuesday campaign updates will continue, now containing updates on work being discussed (and soon, carried out), pictures, and also news on our fundraising as it continues into this next phase and our overall number increases. We'll also include, as in this week's email, occasional anecdotes from our archives on past projects and campaigns--as in the 1938 Parish Messenger's complicated parking instructions for Easter Day. Sound familiar? Finally, continue to look for names of those who've given. Names we've added since the prior list was published will be boldfaced. The work continues!

A parishioner and mom of St. James asked Mother Storm to bless her garden, so we're making an event of it! All are welcome. Families, bring your kids. We'll do the short blessing over the flowerbeds, and eat pizza afterwards while the kids run around. Mo. Storm will also say a few words about this tradition, which goes back centuries. Click below to let us know you're coming so we can order enough pizza and send you the address.

This weekend in Church School, we continue with our new curriculum, Storymakers. It's gotten great reviews from clergy, parents, and kids around the diocese. This week's teachers: parent Melissa Caramanica with the high school interns.

Church goes all summer long, remember, but for those who are heading places (and even for those staying put), we'll be having our annual early summer parish gathering at the home of Ocean and Tom Finlan. This event is open to all, newcomers, old timers, friends and neighbors. RSVP below to receive the address.

Read or listen to Mo. Storm's sermon for Ascensiontide, Mother's Day, and Holy Communion Sunday. Reminding us that the nine-day period of waiting and praying is the basis for the practice of saying the "novena," she talks more generally about prayer and the importance of making space for it in our lives--even (especially!) if you're a busy mother!

We're trying to make it easier to get involved and help out. Click button below for groups to join and/or volunteer needs, fill out the simple form for the group or ministry you'd like to be involved with, and you'll automatically be added to the email distribution group for that group or ministry. You can also sign up through our phone app any time. We really do run on volunteer labor. Thank you!

We are so thankful for each and every pledge made to St. James. Ongoing financial contributions from parishioners are how Episcopal churches operate. If you take advantage of anything in the church--worship services, classes for kids and adults, outreach programs, fellowship, anything at all--please make a pledge to help us sustain these programs. The annual average pledge at St. James is approx $3500.00. By the numbers, it costs $6000.00 per family to do everything we do. Click the picture above to make a pledge. It's easy and secure. You'll receive a response from the office and the rector. Thank you!

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.