Please do not respond to suspicious emails seeming to come from me, either those asking to meet urgently, or for gift cards, etc. These are sent from (usually) out of state phone numbers or emails not associated with me, and are scams. Clergy are targets for phishing, and we're trying to figure out how to safeguard against this happening. I'm so sorry for the intrusion and the nuisance. Additionally, the Breeze invite you received Tuesday July 9 was indeed from me. Using our member database should help safeguard all our information moving forward.

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THIS WEEK AT ST. JAMES

Friday Morning Prayer Online, 9 am

St. James Fordham Food Pantry, Saturday at 8:15 am

Outdoor Sunday Service 9:00 am

Indoor Sunday Service 10:30 am

Very informal, bring-what-you-can Coffee Hour after both services.

On Tuesday afternoon, we sent out your "St. James Summer Checklist." Click the button below to get started!

Join us for a short service of Holy Communion in our beautiful churchyard. The 9 am service will be outdoors during the months of July and August. Use our seating, or bring your own blanket or chair. The 10:30 am service will continue indoors.

Read or listen to Mother Storm's sermon on what she's learned about listening from our Quaker friends and neighbors, her spiritual home away from home. Among other things, she talks about how transformative shifting the burden from speaker to hearer has been for her. Prophets are all around us, if we just can turn off that part of us that wants to block out certain people. 

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 help us pack 300+ grocery bags for the food insecure in the neighborhood of our partner parish, St. James Episcopal Church in Fordham. To be added to the email distribution list for this ministry (where you'll receive reminders and occasional updates), please send a brief email to the office: office@stjamesscarsdale.org with "St. James Fordham" as the subject line.

Hearts and Homes for Refugees reached out last week to the St. James Community to let us know they'll be welcome two Afghan families this summer. We're looking for volunteers in our parish to work with volunteers from other area churches on welcoming these families, with commitments ranging from helping with English to helping furnish apartments, to getting kids together for a playdate. There are so many different ways you can get involved. Hearts and Homes for Refugees Coordinates the effort based on your availability and talents. Please click below and Mo. Storm will put you directly in touch with their organization to get you going!

Bishop Heyd sends out a message every Monday morning about what's going on in the diocese, things he's thinking and reading, prayers for special occasions, diocesan initiatives and changes, and lots more. It's a short but super informative and inspiring message. Stay in the loop with our wider church and sign up at the link below.

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.