Thursday "Sacred Stitches" 7:30 pm

Friday Online Morning Prayer on our Youtube Channel, 9:00 am

Saturday Fordham Food Pantry, 8:00 am

Satuday "Welcome Summer" Gathering, 5:00 pm

Sunday Services 9:00 & 10:30 am

Optional Healing Prayer at both services

Wally Owen Award at the 10:30 service, followed by reception

Coffee Hour following both Services

This Sunday at the 10:30 service we will briefly celebrate this year's Wally Owen Award recipient, followed at 11:30 by a celebratory Coffee Hour. The Wally Owen Award is bestowed annually on a parishioner who has contributed exceptional time and talent to our parish. Come find out who this year's deserving recipient is! Past recipients will also be called out and thanked (and their names listed). 

Spiritual Threads provides a space to reflect on our lives together. Bring whatever craft you're working on, or just come enjoy the conversation. Whether you knit, crochet, quilt, needlepoint, or just like being around people who do, we'll all explore our spirituality and develop new friendships.

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), click the button below and we'll add you to our list. Thank you!

Come gather together for a celebration of warmer days ahead! This is a great time to get to know each other better and enjoy one another in a setting outside of church. Hosted by Ocean and Tom Finlan, who live in Edgemont. (Address is available in the member directory or contact the office.) Hope you can join us! 

Parishioners have the option on the first Sunday of each month (both services) to receive healing prayers for themselves or a loved one after receiving Holy Communion. Prayers are said by certified lay chaplains in a quiet space (our chapel) and kept always confidential. Lay chaplains are also available to take Communion to you or to a loved one if you're unable to make it to church. We're happy to visit anyone at all, even just to lend a listening ear or say a quiet prayer together. Our chaplains are here to support our parishioners in hard times, so please call on us! Send a confidential email to: laychaplains@stjamesscarsdale.org.

Save the date and plan to join us on Saturday, June 7 for a fun day in our churchyard. We'll have bonnet making, period music, gravestone rubbings, lots of games, a petting zoo, and more! 

We need YOUR HELP on Popham Day. Sign up below for various needs: a shift at the photo or food stations, help with the scavenger hunt, and more. Click below for the various needs and add yourself or your (older) kids to the list of volunteers.

Popham Day, the closing event of our wonderful Anniversary celebrations will be held on Saturday, June 7 th from 10:30AM-2PM, beginning with Headstone Dedications from 10:30-11AM and FAMILY FUN from 11AM-2PM. This final celebration will incorporate some Victorian touches with a nod to our historical roots! If you would like to enhance this Victorian theme, we have chosen a few small items that characterize the dress of this time. Of course, everyone is welcome to join the celebration, with or without dress up!

In the event you want to indulge in a bit of fun, read on! Ladies of all ages will be invited to wear a bonnet. We have pre-ordered bonnet bases and trimmings for the ladies (of all ages) and will have these available on Popham Day. Men and boys have a choice of wearing a Victorian style hat or suspenders (or both). All you need to do is to choose what you like, hunt through your closet or order it online. As a reminder, shipping time is variable, so we suggest you act quickly to insure timely delivery.

Check out this link to see the hats men and boys wore during this time.

Here is an Amazon Link where you can purchase some of these hats.

Here are links (here and here) for men’s and boys’ suspenders.

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.

Please join us for our next book, The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr. This group of parishioners meets every few months, and everyone is welcome to attend. No prior or long-term commitment necessary. Our books focus mainly on the Bible, with this book being a dive into the Old Testament prophetic writings and their meaning for life today. Click the button below to be added to the separate mailing list for group updates. We meet in parishioner's homes or at the church; please add your name to the list for news on the location of the next group.

It's a joy and an honor to give to something you love. Every fall and spring we launch our Appeal to grow our membership and bring in more financial commitments, or "pledges."  A pledge is a commitment made in advance and paid throughout the year. Pledges 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. Throughout the month of May we'll be running our "spring appeal." We hope you'll join our growing family!

We worship together, we pray together, and some of us even travel together! We have two upcoming pilgrimages with plenty of spots still available: one to Turkey in June/July 2026, and the other to Georgia and Alabama in October 2025. (Itinerary and prices are in the linked materials). Both are open to 6th graders on up, and the best pilgrimages are multi-generational. Scholarships available for kids grades 6-12 who attend the Civil Rights Pilgrimage in October.

There are few things more satisfying than learning together, growing our faith, and relationships with each other. Consider joining us! For questions about both trips, send a brief note to Mo. Storm at rector@stjamesscarsdale.org.

Much of what makes St. James the Less so great is that we're part of the Episcopal Church. In addition to all that's happening at St. James the Less, the Diocese of New York hosts events that are open to all Episcopalians throughout the diocese. In this week's newsletter, you can find out more about the Diocesan Youth Conference, Bishop Mary Glasspool's retirement celebration, the bishop's mission priorities, and more.

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.