From the Pastor’s Desk … At St. James, we just moved from forty days of Lent to the fifty days of the Easter season. We have also moved into what was seemingly impossible: Easter. In Lewis Carroll’s 1871 story Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen proclaimed...
Sunday, April 13th: Palm/Passion Sunday 9:30am Processional Eucharist Wednesday, April 16th 12:00 Noon Eucharist 12:40pm: “Unlikely Moses and the 9 Commandments” Bible Study Thursday, April 17th: Maundy Thursday The Day of Jesus’ Last Supper 12:00 Noon...
From Pastor David’s Desk … Casinos are places of choice. Should I bet? How much? What are the odds? In some ways, we live in a casino since we are constantly making decisions. Our forty-day journey of Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5th, and it is a time to...
From Pastor David’s Desk … Let’s gather a bunch of unlikely people: Maybe a person with unclean lips (Isaiah) A former persecutor of followers of Jesus (St. Paul) A business woman in a male-dominated world (Lydia) Three fishermen who can’t catch a thing....
From Pastor David’s Desk … Voodoo Doughnuts is growing up. Portland’s scrappy donut shop turns twenty-one this year. Birthed on SW 3rd Avenue in Portland, today you can spot the iconic pink boxes in six states. In its teenage years, the Bacon Maple Bar was voted...
Sunday, December 1st: 1st Sunday in Advent – Ten new members will be received. World AIDS Day. The Great Thanksgiving Meal. Choral Vespers at 5:00pm. Saturday, December 7th: Decking the Halls – We gather at 9:00am to decorate the sanctuary and raise the Christmas...