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Alex's Playlist for the Week of June 28

6/30/2020

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This week's playlist highlights hymns and anthems composed for the morning. I hope you'll enjoy waking up this week with some sacred music, including works by some best loved British and American composers.

Enjoy the complete list by clicking HERE,
 
Or play excerpts of the songs in the player below.
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Various Crosses with Miss Gabby, Sunday, June 28

6/29/2020

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​Have you been making crosses for your work? Join Miss Gabby as she shares the different kinds of crosses that might just be your favorite. Remember to have creative materials available for Children's work and to enjoy a feast together as a family.
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Daily Office with Reflections from Mo. Rebecca, Monday, June 29

6/28/2020

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The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer or online: 

Morning            Evening      

Psalm 106:3: Happy are those who act with justice and always do what is right!

We don't often think about the fact that acting with justice and righteousness will actually bring us happiness, but it does! This word for "happy" in Hebrew is "esher" and it denotes a sense of a deep happiness and sense of blessedness. One feels "esher" at the announcement of good news. This is true happiness.  And what better news could there be than to know in our hearts and souls that we acted justly for others and did what we knew to be right?  It is one of the wonders of human life that in serving others we ultimately benefit ourselves. Isn't God's way the best way?  And the happiest? 

~Rebecca+

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Sunday Worship Service, Pentecost 4, June 28

6/27/2020

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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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Daily Office with Reflections from Fr. Mark, Friday, June 26

6/25/2020

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The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer or online: 

Morning                Evening      

Romans 5:12-21

Did you notice that the paragraph beginning with vs 15 includes five references to the “free gift.” I confess that those two words are enough to stop me reading any flyer. We’re all wary of things that are supposedly free. We’re quick to ask,
where is the catch?" The great preacher Campbell Morgan once preached at a Welsh mine. He talked about the free gift of God’s grace. His message was simple, if we turn to God and confess our sins, we are reconciled to God, we are saved. One of the miners challenged him after and said, “That just sounds to easy. What’s the catch?” Morgan replied, “How did you get down into the mine today?”  “In an elevator shaft,” the miner said. “And did you pay for the elevator?” asked Morgan, to which the miner replied “no." Then Morgan said that the elevator wasn’t “free." It had been built at enormous expense by the mining company, though it was free for the miners to use. “So, it is with God,” Morgan concluded, “What is free to us came at a great cost to Christ Jesus.”

We are always to treasure the free gift of God’s grace.

Mark

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Daily Office with Reflections from Fr. Mark, Thursday, June 25

6/24/2020

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The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer or online: 

Morning             Evening      

Romans 5:1-11

This passage includes one of St Paul’s great theological words – “reconciliation”.  It is very important to St Paul to stress that, because of what God has done in Christ Jesus, we are reconciled with God. Notice in this passage that it is us who are reconciled to God. We were God’s “enemies”, until Christ died for us. It’s very important that we get this fundamental fact straight. It was not God who was reconciled to us. The death of Jesus was not a sacrifice to an angry God. God was not placated by the death of Jesus, rather Jesus acted to put us right with God.  He acted on our behalf, as Paul says, through Jesus we now have access to God’s grace and we can have peace with God. Let us seek out that peace today.

Mark

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Daily Office with Reflections from Mo. Rebecca, Wednesday, June 24

6/23/2020

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The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer or online: 

Morning            Evening      

John 3:30: "'He must increase, but I must decrease.’"- John the Baptist

Today we commemorate the birth of St. John the Baptist. It's a special day on our calendar due to the importance of this Biblical hero on the life and ministry of Jesus, but it is a lesser known fact that St. John the Baptist was St. Francis of Assisi's patron saint because it was the baptismal name given him by his mother when Francis was baptized. (Note: Francis' father rejected this name and insisted on calling him Francis.) 

When we look at John the Baptist we can see his influence on Francis because John was a man who cared nothing for the praise or glory of human beings (recall his unique attire, preaching, and lifestyle in the wilderness). Francis emulated this in the founding of his "Friars Minor" and his own unique habit and commitment to poverty.  John is well known for saying: "He must increase, but I must decrease" as he refers to Jesus.  This statement summed up John's embrace of humility, which Francis also exemplified in embracing the title, "Fool for Christ."  These men are models to us today of what it looks like to be a committed follower of Jesus. One of the most important steps on this journey is to seek ways to magnify God with our lives by letting go of the need to magnify ourselves in the eyes of others.  Humility is never easy, but it is absolutely central on the path to holiness. Thanks be to God.

~Rebecca+

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Alex's Playlist for the Week of June 21

6/23/2020

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This week's playlist features sacred music by all American composers. These beautiful offerings remind us that Anglican choral music is alive and evolving in our own country. Enjoy these hymns, psalms, canticles, and anthems, all in the Book of Common Prayer tradition.

You can listen to the music in its entirety HERE 

Or sample the pieces using the player below:
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Story Time with Miss Gabby, "Jonah and the Great Fish"

6/23/2020

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​Miss Gabby tells the story of a great fish and Jonah who finallly found his way to listening to God...we think. She is sharing a day late due to a birthday for her sweet Miss Evalyn and Father's Day. Remember to have creative materials available for children following the story and to share a feast together as a family.
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Daily Office with Reflections from Mo. Rebecca, Tuesday, June 23

6/23/2020

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The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer or online: 

Morning             Evening      

Matthew 26:19
But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.’

It’s amazing to hear this bold statement of faith from Jesus. What if we had the kind of faith to believe the impossible was actually  possible with God? 

At times, when I begin to feel discouraged by a situation in prayer, I recall this verse and feel encouraged to keep praying and not give up.  What may seem hopeless, or at least very unlikely, may be possible for God...so who am I to judge? 

~Rebecca+

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Daily Office with Reflections from Mo. Rebecca, Monday, June 22

6/21/2020

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The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer or online: 

Morning            Evening      

Romans 3:23-24: "...since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus..." 

When I was a little girl I was in a club at our Baptist church called "Awanas" that was like Girl or Boy Scouts for church kids. You could earn badges for your uniform by memorizing verses from the Bible and this verse from Romans was one I learned early on. I remember being struck as a young child by the idea that even though we all sin, we are all given this gift of grace in Jesus (I don't think I knew what justified meant yet!).  Its meaning to me was profound and I realized it was summed up in the children's song we sang: "Jesus loves the little children, ALL the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, we are precious in his sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world."  The word "all" was important to me then. Perhaps it is even more important to me now. 

Jesus loves you! 

~Rebecca+

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Sunday Worship Service, Pentecost 3, June 21

6/20/2020

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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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Daily Office for Thursday, June 18

6/17/2020

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The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer or online: 

Morning            Evening      
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Daily Office  with Reflection from Mo. Rebecca, Wednesday, June 17

6/17/2020

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The Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer are found in the Book of Common Prayer or online: 

Morning         Evening      

Matthew 18:3-4: "‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.'"

Our Scriptures are filled with calls to humble ourselves. In this beloved story Jesus calls the little children to himself and then tells us to humble ourselves like children, looking to them an example. One of the most beautiful things about children is that their minds are open and they are teachable: they recognize they don't know everything and they are hungry to listen and learn. Somewhere along the line many of us as adults stop believing we have something to learn from others, we become entrenched in our opinions and patterns and rail against voices that differ from us, different from what we "know" to be true.   

But what if we were to follow Jesus' call, and embrace the humility and teachability of children once again?  What if we saw ourselves like the children we are in God's eyes, still in need of teaching, and earnestly listened for wisdom in others?  

~Rebecca+

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Alex's Playlist for the Week of June 14

6/15/2020

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Music about Jerusalem resounds through the ages. From the words of Psalm 122, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem," to Revelation "And I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem," many hymns, psalms, and anthems have been written about both the Jerusalem of the past and the Jerusalem in the world to come.

Listen to the complete music HERE. 

Or sample each piece in the player below:
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