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Sunday Worship, Easter 3, April 18

4/17/2021

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Join with everyone using the service bulletin HERE.    Join our Coffee Hour after the service at 11:00 am HERE.
Offering Plate
​​​​​Video of only the sermon HERE. (usually posted Mondays)​​
If you are new to St. James and would like to get acquainted, please tell us a little about yourself HERE.
​​Prayer requests can be sent to our clergy HERE
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Continuo Organ Brings First Sound of New Pipes

4/17/2021

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PictureGeorge Damoose with the organ
The sound of organ pipes can be heard once again in St. James' Church thanks to the gift of a beautiful new continuo organ crafted by Bennett & Giuttari located in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. A continuo organ is primarily used for baroque and early music as part of a "continuo group" of instruments that form the foundation of the ensemble. It also accompanies choirs, solo voices, and solo instruments and can be part of a chamber orchestra.

The new continuo organ will be used on Sunday mornings to accompany choral and solo music. Additionally, this will be the primary instrument for smaller services held in the chapel. The organ is on wheels and travels easily between spaces.

It will also be used in performance by the St. James Music Series and our community partners who present baroque and early music concerts at St. James by-the-Sea.

George Damoose and his children, Alison and Christopher, gave this beautiful new instrument in memory of their late wife and mother, Cari Sweeney Damoose (1942-2020). George and Cari have long been patrons of the arts in La Jolla, and we are grateful for their generosity and love for music at St. James and the St. James Organ Project. 

Read more and see more pictures HERE.

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Sunday Worship, Easter 2, April 11

4/10/2021

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Join with everyone using the service bulletin HERE.    Join our Coffee Hour after the service at 11:00 am HERE.
Offering Plate
​​​​Video of only the sermon HERE. (usually posted Mondays)​​
If you are new to St. James and would like to get acquainted, please tell us a little about yourself HERE.
​​Prayer requests can be sent to our clergy HERE
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Alex's Playlist - The Lord Is Risen Indeed!

4/6/2021

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This week we celebrate Easter Day, a time of great fanfare and beauty. Some of the most majestic music written for the church can be heard in these varied recordings. Enjoy the grandeur of this feast!

Listen to all the pieces HERE,

​or sample each in the player below.
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Holy Saturday Family Service

4/5/2021

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​Holy Saturday brought the children an opportunity to show us what they would add to the story.  What would you add?  How would you end the story?  Does it have an end?  Join us in the wondering and take a look at the "rolling stone" our Sunday school kids made just for this special day.
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Easter Sunday Worship, April 4

4/3/2021

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​Join with everyone using the service bulletin HERE.    Join our Coffee Hour after the service at 11:00 am HERE.
Offering Plate
​​​​​Video of only the sermon HERE. (usually posted Mondays)​​
If you are new to St. James and would like to get acquainted, please tell us a little about yourself HERE.
​​Prayer requests can be sent to our clergy HERE​​​​
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The Rev'd Rebecca Dinovo Featured on CBS8 News

4/2/2021

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Access video HERE. ​This video begins with a commercial aired on CBS8 and is not endorsed by St. James by-the-Sea.
CBS8 News features The Rev'd Rebecca Dinovo in report on
Volunteers offering services to migrant children arriving to San Diego

The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego says they are looking for faith-based volunteers and counselors immediately.
 
Author: Teresa Sardina
Published: 3:12 PM PDT March 29, 2021

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego has been asked to coordinate services for the unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the San Diego Convention Center for the days ahead. Since Wednesday, The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego has checked-in hundreds of volunteers to be available to assist the children.
Reverend Rebecca Dinovo told News8, "Volunteers will provide religious and spiritual care services, bringing comfort, worship, and prayers to these children, hoping this will help with their transition in a new place."
They’re looking for faith-based volunteers and counselors immediately.
Dinovo said there are specific requirements of being a volunteer:
You must speak Spanish
Be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
There will be an extensive background check.
Dinovo said this is just the beginning, members will be at the convention center assessing to see the personal needs of the children. EDSD hopes to have a structured plan in place as of this week to operate effectively to start providing services.
EDSD said their organization is no longer seeking volunteers; however, anyone interested in volunteering should contact SBCS (previously known as South Bay Community Services via their website at sbcssandiego.org/volunteer or by email at volunteer@csbcs.org.  
The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego provided a statement to News 8 on Saturday which read:
“The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego has been asked to coordinate religious and spiritual care services for the unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the San Diego Convention Center this week. Jesus commanded us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and these are God's beloved children who will be our neighbors for a short time. Caring for them answers God's commandment to love others. We are glad to add their spiritual care to the many other ways our churches help those in need in the greater San Diego area. The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, led by its Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Susan Brown Snook, is working with our partners in other denominations and other faiths to organize volunteers who would bring comfort, worship, and prayers to these children. Volunteers would need to speak Spanish, be fully vaccinated against COVID, and have a background check. We are thankful for the support of the Pacifica Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, and many other faith leaders in our city, who stand ready to help the children with spiritual care. Working with the contractor providing programming for the children in the convention center, we hope to have an organizational structure in place soon.”
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Holy Week Reflection - Saturday

4/2/2021

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The Reflection will be accessible at 6:00 am, Saturday, April 3. The Holy Week Schedule is HERE.
​1. 
Let thy Blood in mercy poured,
let thy gracious Body broken,
be to me, O gracious Lord,
of thy boundless love the token.

Refrain:
Thou didst give thyself for me,
now I give myself to thee.

2. 
Thou didst die that I might live;
blessed Lord, thou cam'st to save me;
all that love of God could give
Jesus by his sorrows gave me. (Refrain)
​3. 
By the thorns that crowned thy brow,
by the spear-wound and the nailing,
by the pain and death, I now
claim, O Christ, thy love unfailing. (Refrain)

4. 
Wilt thou own the gift I bring?
All my penitence I give thee;
thou art my exalted King,
of thy matchless love forgive me. (Refrain)
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Good Friday Service

4/2/2021

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The service will be accessible at 12 noon, Friday, April 2. The Order of Service from the Book of Common Prayer is HERE.
Offering Plate
​​​​​Video of only the sermon HERE. (usually posted Mondays)
​If you are new to St. James and would like to get acquainted, please tell us a little about yourself HERE.
​​Prayer requests can be sent to our clergy HERE
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Holy Week Reflection - Friday

4/1/2021

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​​Available at 6:00 am, Friday, April 2.  Holy Week Schedule HERE.
​1.
I love thee, Lord, but not because
I hope for heaven thereby,
nor yet for fear that loving not
I might for ever die;

2.
but for that thou didst all the world
upon the cross embrace;
for us didst bear the nails and spear,
and manifold disgrace,

3.
​ and griefs and torments numberless,
and sweat of agony;
e'en death itself; and all for one
who was thine enemy.
​4.
Then why, most loving Jesus Christ,
should I not love thee well,
not for the sake of winning heaven,
nor any fear of hell;

5.
not with the hope of gaining aught,
not seeking a reward;
but as thyself hast loved me,
O ever loving Lord!

6.
E'en so I love thee, and will love,
and in thy praise will sing,
solely because thou art my God
and my eternal King.
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Maundy Thursday Evening Service

4/1/2021

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This is the recording of the service given as the second part of our Zoom Agape Meal on Maundy Thursday.
​The service bulletin is HERE.  The Holy Week Schedule is HERE.
Offering Plate
​​​​Video of only the sermon HERE. (usually posted Mondays)
​If you are new to St. James and would like to get acquainted, please tell us a little about yourself 
HERE.
​​Prayer requests can be sent to our clergy HERE
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Holy Week Reflection - Maundy Thursday

3/31/2021

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​Available at 6:00 am, Thursday, April 1.  Holy Week Schedule HERE.
1. Sing, my tongue, the glorious                       battle;
of the mighty conflict sing;
tell the triumph of the victim,
to his cross thy tribute bring.
Jesus Christ, the world's Redeemer
from that cross now reigns as King.

2. Thirty years among us dwelling,
his appointed time fulfilled,
born for this, he meets his passion,
this the Savior freely willed:
on the cross the Lamb is lifted,
where his precious blood is spilled.

3. He endures the nails, the spitting,
vinegar, and spear, and reed;
from that holy body broken
blood and water forth proceed:
earth, and stars, and sky, and ocean,
by that flood from stain are freed.
​4. Faithful cross! above all other,
one and only noble tree!
None in foliage, none in blossom,
none in fruit thy peer may be:
sweetest wood and sweetest iron!
sweetest weight is hung on thee.

5. Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory!
Thy relaxing sinews bend;
for awhile the ancient rigor
that thy birth bestowed, suspend;
and the King of heavenly beauty
gently on thine arms extend.

6. Praise and honor to the Father,
praise and honor to the Son
praise and honor to the Spirit,
ever Three and ever One:
one in might and one in glory
while eternal ages run.
A note about Maundy Thursday from Fr. Mark:
“There will be a live Zoom ‘agape’ meal at 6:00 pm followed by a pre-recorded service of spiritual communion, with the choir, played on the Zoom meeting at 7:00 pm. Everyone is invited to join us. During the meal we will say some prayers for the day, hear some readings and eat together. All you need to do by way of preparation is to have a simple meal ready to go at 6:00 pm, with a glass of wine/grape juice and bread on hand. And you might also want to have a candle close by. This will be a good time of fellowship and a great way to prepare for the service ​which will follow straight afterwards on the same Zoom meeting HERE.
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Holy Week Reflection - Wednesday

3/30/2021

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Available at 6:00 am, Wednesday, March 31.  Holy Week Schedule HERE.
​1 Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended, 
that we to judge thee have in hate pretended? 
By foes derided, by thine own rejected, 
O most afflicted! 

2 Who was the guilty? Who brought
​             this upon thee? 
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee! 
'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee; 
I crucified thee. 

3 Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered; 
the slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered. 
For our atonement, while we nothing heeded, 
God interceded. 
​4 For me, kind Jesus, was thy incarnation, 
thy mortal sorrow, and thy life's oblation; 
thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion, 
for my salvation. 

5 Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee, 
I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee, 
think on thy pity and thy love unswerving, 
not my deserving.
A note about Maundy Thursday from Fr. Mark:
“There will be a live Zoom ‘agape’ meal at 6:00 pm followed by a pre-recorded service of spiritual communion, with the choir, played on the Zoom meeting at 7:00 pm. Everyone is invited to join us. During the meal we will say some prayers for the day, hear some readings and eat together. All you need to do by way of preparation is to have a simple meal ready to go at 6:00 pm, with a glass of wine/grape juice and bread on hand. And you might also want to have a candle close by. This will be a good time of fellowship and a great way to prepare for the service ​which will follow straight afterwards on the same Zoom meeting HERE.
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Alex's Playlist - Crux Fidelis

3/30/2021

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This week's playlist is a meditation on Holy Week. Some of the most beautiful and stirring choral music has been written on texts for Holy Week, such as "Crux Fidelis," which translates to "Faithful Cross, noble tree beyond compare."

Listen to all the music HERE,

​or sample each piece in the player below.
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Holy Week Reflection - Tuesday

3/30/2021

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The second in our Holy Week Reflections series is offered by The Rev'd D. Rebecca Denovo. ​Holy Week Schedule HERE.

A note about Maundy Thursday from Fr. Mark:
“There will be a live Zoom ‘agape’ meal at 6:00 pm followed by a pre-recorded service of spiritual communion, with the choir, played on the Zoom meeting at 7:00 pm. Everyone is invited to join us. During the meal we will say some prayers for the day, hear some readings and eat together. All you need to do by way of preparation is to have a simple meal ready to go at 6:00 pm, with a glass of wine/grape juice and bread on hand. And you might also want to have a candle close by. This will be a good time of fellowship and a great way to prepare for the service ​which will follow straight afterwards on the same Zoom meeting HERE.
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