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

Saturday Headstone Dedication 10:30 am

Saturday POPHAM DAY 11 am - 2 pm (rain or shine)

Sunday Breakfast Run to NYC at 6:30 am

Sunday Services 9:00 & 10:30 am

Audrey Davies 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 Audrey Davies Award recipient, followed at 11:30 by a celebratory Coffee Hour. The Audrey Davies 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). 

Join us for the dedication of two new (and long overdue) headstones for Isabella Johnson (died 1867) and Marjorie DeLewis (died 2017). Ms. DeLewis was a musician-in-residence at St. James, composer, and one of the first black women graduates of Juilliard. Ms. Johnson was the first documented black communicant (member) of St. James, here since our founding in 1851. 

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! RAIN OR SHINE!!

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.

Last Sunday we celebrated the awarding of this year's Wally Owen Award for outstanding service to Patrick Wynne. We're so grateful for his hard work on behalf of St. James. Click the link below to view his picture and bio, and also past Wally Owen Award recipients. Thank you to him, and to all those who so faithfully serve our parish!

In last Sunday's sermon, Mo. Storm explained how "glory" in the Old Testament sense is about having weight, heft--mattering in the world. Tying it into the service of our Wally Owen Award recipient, Patrick Wynne, she reminds us that we're all made for glory.

Want assurance that you exist? That you matter? Go help out at a food bank. Take a moment to talk to someone after church, ask them how they’re doing and really listen. Or sit around a table on a Monday night hashing out the church’s finances because you understand that if you didn’t, if someone hadn’t always been willing to do this, that baby wouldn’t be baptized next Sunday, or that healing prayer said over the parishioner who just lost her mother, that person at the food bank your church supports wouldn’t get fed. So If you’re moved, join the Altar Guild. The Finance Committee. Property--we need people on the Property Committee!! Patrick has recently agreed to head up the Property Committee, so sign up and work with him. :)

Patrick (and I mean this in the best possible way): you have lots of weight. Moral, spiritual heft. GLORY. You are a Weighty Friend. Today is a celebration of that, but let’s remember, we’re all made for glory. It was one of Jesus’ parting wishes that we understand this. It comes not from a life of ease and serenity, but of sacrifice, and giving. The life Jesus led, and the life we’re called to follow. Amen.

Our last silent auction of the year! Bid on an item (or an event) for a good cause. Proceeds from this auction go towards the various ministries we support at St. James the Less, including: Episcopal Charities, Midnight/Breakfast Run, St. James Fordham Food Pantry, New York Haiti Project, Rural and Migrant Ministries, and Children's Village. Click the link below and start bidding!

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.

Come celebrate this year's graduates. Nine kids will be graduating from St. James, from five different high schools! They'll be speaking to us during the sermon, following a few introductory words from Mo. Storm. Don't miss this highlight!

Join us as we kick-off the long-awaited repair and expansion of our parking lot! Our hard hats, with the saw (symbol of St. James the Less), will be blessed as we embark on construction the following week!

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 Episcopal Charities Service Weekend (this weekend), Diocesan Youth Conference, upcoming events at the cathedral, including tonight's interview of the NYC mayoral candidates, 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.