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Come and worship with us! St. James is a community that strives to be inclusive, sustain faith in God and affirm that faith in action. All baptized Christians are invited to the altar to receive the Holy Eucharist. Services this weekend are Saturday at 5:30 p.m., Sunday at 8 and 10 a.m. Church School begins at 9:45 a.m. The Adult Forum takes place at 9:00 a.m. in the Whiteman Room. A nursery is provided during the 10 o'clock service. All services at St. James are handicapped-accessible.

Advent is the church season that begins a new church year and also marks all the new beginnings in our lives. It is the church season in which we celebrate how Christ is revealed to us and comes to us as we strive to be open to his glorious presence.

The beginning of our new church year on December 2nd will be observed in a most special way at the 10:00 a.m. Sunday service. We will be blessed by a visit from our Bishop at that time as Bishop Scruton joins us for Holy Baptism, Confirmation, Reception and Reaffirmation. What a joy it will be to have Gordon, our Bishop, with us! I can think of no better way to begin a new church year. Gordon is particularly excited about being with all of us as we move toward the conclusion of this interim period at St. James’.

It has been my pleasure to be preparing a wonderful group of twelve inquirers who will either become official members of the Episcopal Church, or will renew their commitments during this beautiful and very sacramental worship event. Please come to welcome our baptismal candidates and inquirers. Please welcome Gordon, our Bishop, and join us for a special coffee hour after the service.

In keeping with our new tradition, this seems like a perfect weekend to have one service only. Therefore, there will be no Saturday night service on December 1st and no 8:00 a.m. service on December 2nd in All Saints’ Chapel. Come and celebrate with our Bishop at 10:00 a.m. on December 2nd as we begin the new church year!

The Rev. David D. Holroyd,

Interim Rector

A recent meeting of the new library committee brought out some fresh and different ideas. We want to tell you what we have brought into the library, have you use the library and have fun doing it! Newly purchased books will be listed in the Epistle, upcoming bulletins and look for us on the St. James Web site! That way you know what has been purchased or donated recently. Checking out a book is based on the honor system. Simply follow the directions in the library and return the books in 2 weeks!
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Recent additions include:

Book Title                                                 Author
Beyond Retribution                                    Marshal, Christopher
Lord I Believe                                            Farrer, Austin
The Practice of The Presence of God          Brother Lawrence
Christ on Trial                                            Williams, Rowan
The First Christian                                      Zahl, Paul
The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom         Matthews, Caitlin & John
Anglo-Catholic Worship                            Buchanan, Colin
Open Mind, Open Heart                            Keating, Thomas
English Writings                                         Rolle, Richard
The Minds Road to God                            Boas, George
The Inward Pilgrimage                              Christansen, Beruhard
Abandonment of Divine Providence          Caussade, Jean-Pierre
The Passionate Steward                            O’Hurley-Pitts, Michael
So Winter Solstice                                    Pilcher, Rosamunde
The Way of Perfection                              Peers, E. Allison
The Dance of Hope                                  Frey, William C.
Tuesdays with Morrie                               Albom, Mitch

We will be asking you to look over your home library for donations to our library and/or providing for a fundraiser. In the past, a book sale combined with an art auction/sale has helped us to provide for our purchases. We will inform you in the bulletin about our collection procedure.