Friday Morning Prayer Online 9 am (on YouTube)

Saturday Fordham Food Pantry, 8:15 am

Sunday Services 9 am & 10:30 am

Coffee Hour after both services

Veterans of St. James Lecture 11:45 am

Christmas Pageant Rehearsal 11:45 am

Our 2025 Annual Appeal is underway! Episcopal churches like ours are supported by the generous, annual pledges of those who attend our services. Everything you enjoy at St. James--worship, music, pastoral care, programs for kids and adults, outreach--happens because of your generosity and commitment. 

Throughout the month of November, you'll receive materials in the mail about the Appeal. You'll also receive emails with these same materials, and reminding you to pledge. The co-chairs, Barbara Palmer and Jim Hallowell, along with Mother Storm, are here to answer any questions, especially our newer members. 

Thank you for taking the time to learn about the needs of our parish, and for your generosity! 

Veteran, researcher, and historian Bill Stump returns to St. James the Less to share with us loads of information about the veterans in our graveyard.  

All our anniversary lectures are streamed and posted on Youtube for those who were unable to make it. Thank you to Russell Crane for his excellent talk last week about St. James the Less in the 1860s-1880s, when the Rev. Olssen helped guide the parish through the Civil War era (among other, much lesser, controversies). Note that the lectures are simply recorded, not produced.

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 fill out the form below. We'd love to have your help!

Interested in learning more about the Bible? This group is open to all, whatever your level of experience with the Bible is. Come learn something new and get to know others! We meet about four times a year in a parishioner's home, and our next book is "Paul, the Mind of the Apostle" by A.N. Wilson. Sign up below and we'll send along the address for our next gathering. Come join us!

All Saints’ Sunday at the beginning of November often comes with blustery fall weather, the kind that makes you grateful for the extra hour of sleep. The kind of weather that prompts you to turn inward, stay inside, be more reflective. This year our readings for All Saints are those often used for funeral services, which lends a slightly more solemn tone to the day, even if the weather does not. All Saints’ Day is a celebration of the resurrection from the dead. As our prayer book tells us, every funeral is a celebration of resurrection from the dead. Yet within that larger context of hope, we still make room for grief. 

It's easy to get involved, and we're always looking for more volunteer help! Click the links, add your name, and you'll automatically be added to the email distribution group for that 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 $3,500.00. By the numbers, it costs $6,000.00 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.