Thursday Spiritual Threads, 7:30 pm (details below)

Friday Morning Prayer Online, 9:00 am (at our Youtube Channel)

Saturday Fordham Food Pantry, 8:00 am (details below)

Sunday Breakfast Run to NYC (details below), 6:30 am

Sunday Services 9:00 & 10:30 am

Children & Holy Communion Celebration at 10:30 am

Children's Church School 10:30 am

Coffee Hour after both services

"Keeping our Church Safe" Training, 11:45 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. 

All elementary age kids are invited to join Mo. Storm at the high altar this Sunday during the 10:30 service! After the kids return from Church School, they'll come up to the chancel and remain with her during the consecration of the Eucharist. It's a chance to see up close what happens. For those kids will be receiving Communion for the first time, we'll give a special shout out. Following the service we'll have a celebratory cake at coffee hour. 

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.

Stick around after church THIS SUNDAY for a safety training with the Scarsdale Police Department. We'll cover topics related to building safety, methods and strategies for handling unexpected situations, understanding our medical safety equipment, and more. Everyone is invited and encouraged to take part in this training. Stay for as long as you're able. Scheduled to last an hour, with instruction followed by Q&A.

Come celebrate the completion of our new parking lot and arrival court with kids' games, a bluegrass band, hot dogs, ice cream truck, and good fellowship! Bring a lawn chair or blanket and hang out with us! Tickets can be bought at the link below and help us cover costs.

BUY TICKETS HERE

Our Annual Spring Appeal is wrapping up! We've been hearing from members of the vestry about the importance of giving financially to our church. In the Episcopal Church, WE sustain everything we do with our financial gifts. This is partly what makes Episcopal churches so vibrant.

You can start giving any time during the year, which makes you (along with participating on Sundays) a full member of the parish. 

See the link below for loads of info about giving: how much people give, what the average pledge at St. James is, what it costs per family to run our church, and more. On the budget (link through) you can use the QR code to access the pledge card to express your intention. You can also go to our website's giving page and set up a recurring gift. We'll acknowledge your gift and add your name to the list of faithful supporters of St. James!

In last Sunday's sermon, Mother Storm linked the Pentecost event in the Early Church to those times in our lives when we're guided back to hope, and purpose following a shattering life event. From the sermon: 

We don’t think much about the disciples’—and again I don’t just mean the twelve but all the others, and there were more—grief following the crucifixion. The confusion. The locked rooms. It’s all there in the Scriptures if you pay attention. There’s a looming question in the latter part of the Gospels and beginning of Acts: how will they ever recover, what will they do next, and with what strength? How do people move on when their world’s been shattered? 

That’s today’s story. Pentecost reminds us that there’s always a life force that returns, not always as dramatically as here but sometimes, and carries us out of our isolation and grief, helping us stand up again, speak again, and be once more in the world. 

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.