Friday Morning Prayer Online, 9 am

Fordham Food Pantry Saturday at 8:15 (details below)

Sunday Services at 9:00 and 10:30 am

Children's Church School during the 10:30 am service

Children's Choristers Rehearsal 11:45-12:30

We had a wonderful celebration of the end of this phase of our Capital Campaign. And did you know? We raised over 2.7 million! We couldn't be more grateful to the people of St. James for your financial commitment to this work, and especially to our co-chairs, Bill Haffner and Ocean Mills, and the campaign volunteers. Click the button below for the Honor Roll of pledgers (which will be updated on Tuesdays each week moving forward). 

Join us for Morning Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, led by a lay person at St. James. You can watch anonymously, or make yourself known in the chat sidebar. We use the liturgy from dailyoffice.app. All welcome, and watch afterwards if you like!

Tnis weekend in Church School, we continue with our new curriculum, Storymakers NYC. It's gotten great reviews from clergy, parents, and kids around the diocese. Parents, come to church this Sunday so your child can get their new Storymakers "zine!" This week's teachers: parent Bill Foley with the high school interns.

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. You can just show up any Saturday. To be added to the email distribution list for this ministry (where you'll receive reminders and occasional updates), click below.

Introducing the St. James Bible Enthusiasts, a spin-off of our 2022/23 Bible Marathon Group. This group is open to everyone who wants to learn more about the Bible through reading and discussion, and perhaps the occasional field trip--the group will determine its own agenda as we go, in consultation with Mo. Storm. Our first book is Why the Bible Began by Jacob Wright. Meets at 7 pm in the Rectory. Come whether or not you get a chance to read the book. This is completely informal, a time to chat and/or listen in, and, most importantly, enjoy each others' company.

Speakers from Hearts & Homes for Refugees talk to us about this vital ministry, which we've been participating with for the past year. Come learn more, and get to know other women of faith in the area.

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.

We are delighted to welcome David Hurd to St. James the Less for the final concert of this year's series.  Dr. Hurd is recognized as one of the foremost concert organists and sacred music composers in the United States, as well as for his innovative, enthralling, and ever-evolving improvistional abilities. 

"He shapes music with the structural insight of a composer and executes it with the boldness of an improviser . . . Hurd played with incisive rhythmic drive and imagination." (The Boston Globe)

 The organ at St. James the Less was built by the Klais Organ Company (Bonn, Germany) in 2017, and will be a perfect instrument to highlight Dr. Hurd's musicality and artistry.

A suggested donation of $30 is greatly appreciated.

Read or listen to Mo. Storm's sermon on our patron saint and the conclusion of the fundraising portion of our Capital Campaign. She writes: "Today our names are published. We’ll keep doing that for a while. Some names will be on plaques, memorialized, if they agree to that. And I’m so grateful. We’re all grateful. But all of us, in time, will be part of a prior, faceless, mostly nameless generation. Even plaques fade into the background. And we’re fine with that. With James, we’re the Less. It’s in our name, it’s our identity. It’s one continuous reminder of our place in God’s scheme of things. 

Yet--and yet!!--James was one of the twelve. The “less” among the greatest. So there’s that. So maybe it’s OK today to celebrate how extraordinary this parish is. And to be proud of this amazing thing we’ve done, together."

We're trying to make it easier to get involved and help out! Click the links, add your name, and you'll automatically be added to the email distribution group for that ministry. You can also sign up through our phone app any time. We really do run on volunteer labor. Thank you!

Fordham Food Pantry (all ages)  Help pack food for 150+ families every other Saturday at the St. James Episcopal Church in Fordham. A team of 10-20 members of our church regularly assists in this ministry, which starts at 8:15 am twice a month. Fill out the form to be added to the separate email list with updates and reminders.

Midnight Run (all ages) Help feed a hot meal to the homeless in NYC every other month on Sunday morning. A team of about 15 parishioners from St. James travels down to the city starting at 7 am, back by 10 am. 

Sunday Readers (4th grade to adults) Our worship services are led jointly by clergy and lay people. Become a reader at the 9 or 10 am service. A coordinator will reach out to you with dates and other information.

Sunday Greeters  (teens and adults) This is a great initial way to get involved at St. James, and to get to know other people. Greeters hand out bulletins, help orient new people (to the children's corner, bathrooms, etc.), and serve as a kind, welcoming face on walking through our doors.

Church School Teachers (adults) Parents of church school kids are especially invited to serve as occasional teachers, alongside our high school interns. Teachers are scheduled approx every 4-5 weeks, and receive the lesson plans ahead of time. All teachers undergo a background check and are asked to do an online "Safe Church" training workshop on their own time.

Youth Acolytes  (4th Grade through high school) Kids are an indispensible part of our worship services, helping the clergy by carrying the torches and cross and leading the procession on Sunday mornings. This is a great way for your kids to get involved in worship and learn about the rituals of the church with other kids their age.

Men of St. James  The Men of St. James has been meeting for over a century. We meet approx every other month for fellowship, outreach, helping around the church, and to get to know each other better. 

We are so thankful for each and every pledge made to St. James. Ongoing financial contributions from parishioners are how Episcopal churches operate. If you take advantage of anything in the church--worship services, classes for kids and adults, outreach programs, fellowship, anything at all--please make a pledge to help us sustain these programs. The annual average pledge at St. James is approx $3500.00. By the numbers, it costs $6000.00 per family to do everything we do. Click the picture above to make a pledge. It's easy and secure. You'll receive a response from the office and the rector. Thank you!

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.