An Open Letter from Rev. Clarence, 3/6/21

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, As more and more of our citizenry receive vaccinations, thoughts turn all the more towards regathering in our more formal worship spaces.  To that end, our bishops have sent to clergy, parish administrators, wardens, and other designated leaders in parish, an update on expectations for regathering.  The letter …

Arthur Ryce, 11/11/1925 – 2/28/21

Dear Present and Former Members of St. James, It is with a prayer of thanksgiving for the life of Arthur Ryce, who in his 95th year entered into Eternity on Sunday, 28 February 2021, that I send you this notice.  In his more active years, Arthur was involved with the scouting program, youth basketball, and …

Sermon, 2/38/21. Stewardship and Evangelism: Two Side of the Same Coin?

2 Lent Psalm 22:22–30; Genesis 17:1–7, 15–16; Romans 4:13–25; Mark 8:31-38 The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.  Romans 4:13 Stewardship and Evangelism!  On this Second Sunday in Lent, our most solemn penitential season, it may strike …

Sermon for 2/21/21. Lent: Past, Present, and Future

1 Lent Psalm 25:1 – 9            Genesis 9:8 – 17         I Peter 3:18 – 22         Mark 1:9 – 15 God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.’ Genesis 9:17 How can it be, we ask, that we got …