Join Us for Holy Week & Easter!

Palm Sunday Services, March 29 at 9:00 & 10:30 am

Palm Sunday Pony Rides, March 29 9:00-10:30 am

Maundy Thursday Service, April 2, 7:00 pm

Maundy Thursday Vigil, April 2-3, 8:00 pm - 8:00 am

Good Friday Children's Service, April 3, 10:00 am

Good Friday Noonday Service, April 3, 12 noon

Easter Day Services, 9:00 & 11:00 am

Easter Egg Hunt, 10:00 am

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!

We have a LOT happening for kids during Holy Week and Easter, all interactive services to help them understand these stories that are so central to our Christian faith and life. Click the button below for a complete list of services, including:

Palm Sunday Pony Rides, March 29 from 9-10:30 AM

Good Friday Interactive Children's Service, April 3 at 10:00 am

Easter Day Services at 9:00 & 11:00

Easter Egg Hunt at 10:00 am in the Churchyard

Join us as we remember the institution of the first Eucharist, followed by the stripping of the altar as we prepare for Good Friday. This service marks the beginning of the "Easter Triduum," the three most solemn days of the church year, and is a moving way to begin these important days in the church. Following the service, the chapel will be open all night for prayer and silent reflection.

Following our Maundy Thursday service at 7:00 pm (April 2) is the overnight vigil in memory of Jesus' request that the disciples stay up and watch with him through his agonizing final night in the Garden of Gethsemane. The church is open all night, and you may sign up to keep watch for an hour (or more), or just come by sometime in the night

The Good Friday liturgy is from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and includes the Passion according to St. John sung by the choir. This is a solemn, deeply moving service, and lasts about an hour. We'll also take a "Good Friday Offering," the offering of the Episcopal Church since 1922 to the Diocese of Jerusalem. View the liturgy at the link below.

Help make our Easter services especially beautiful. You can give in memory of or thanksgiving for a loved one. Click the button (no sign-in required), enter the amount you'd like to give, and add your loved one(s) name in the memo line so we can print it in the Easter bulletin. Please write "in thanksgiving for" or "in memory of." 

When people start attending St. James, or even after many years, they often choose to become more formally affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Everyone who gives financially and attends semi-regularly is an official member, but there are further steps adults can take.

1. Confirmation. If you've been baptized but not confirmed in the Episcopal Church, you can meet with the clergy, take a short course on the tradition, and be confirmed by the bishop at his visitation (April 19).

2. Reception. If you've been confirmed in another tradition (Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, etc.) you can be "received" into the Episcopal Church by the bishop at his visitation. This means having your confirmation recognized and received by our tradition.

3. You can simply be welcomed in a public way during church one Sunday, with or without the bishop.

All these are great ways to show commitment to St. James and the Episcopal Church, and people often find them to be very meaningful steps. Fill out the short form below if you'd like to know more and/or move forward. You can also talk to Mo. Storm on a Sunday.

There are limited spots for our upcoming pilgrimage to Upstate New York, where we'll be taking part in a "delegation" of parishioners to various towns to visit the homes and workplaces of the many migrant workers who live in our state. Organized by Rural and Migrant Ministries, this is a trip you won't want to miss. We have just 20 spots, so sign up as soon as you can. For ages 6th grade and up. Priority will go to pledging members of St. James. 

TO EXPRESS INTEREST, CLICK HERE. For details on the days' activities, click the button below.

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.