St. James — A Place to Feed and Be Fed
We are an affirming community, and we welcome you, no matter who you are, to come and be fed at the communion table and the fellowship table. Online or in person, we look forward to walking the path of faith with you.
St. James 2027 Annual Pledge
We invite you to walk in love with us this year by making a pledge to support the mission and ministries of St. James.
What’s New This Week
ST. JAMES READS THE BIBLE - This month we will turn to the book and story of the Exodus. We will read about how Moses was chosen by God to lead God’s people out of Egypt and to the promised land and about Pharoah’s resistance. This story and its focus on liberation is the one retold at Passover every year as the very center of Jewish faith and it is also often referred to by Christians as parallel to the ways that Jesus liberates us from sin. We will read it in two parts:
November 15 – Exodus Deliverance and the giving of the law
BIBLE STUDY - Wednesdays at Noon - If you are interested in the Sunday morning discussions as we work our way though the book of Exodus, you can join us on Wednesdays at noon to go a little deeper. We start with a chance to catch up with each other’s lives and then move on to ask more questions about how we find the text meaningful for our lives. Meet us on zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82927230721
ADVENT REFLECTION - Join us on Sunday, December 6 at 11:00 a.m. in Centennial Hall for a special Advent Reflection. Our speaker is Russ McNamara, Journalist, from Michigan Public Radio Network. A children's program will be provided during the speaker's presentation. Sign up at https://stjames.rocks/AdventR26. Following the presentation is an optional cookie exchange. Please bring your favorite cookie or bar recipe and go home with an assortment of goodies. The number of cookies you bring will be the number of cookies you take home. Here are some tips we have found for a successful exchange:
One recipe, made in bulk. Not a sampler plate of several different cookies.
Uniform size, to the best of your ability.
Fully cooled before packing, or the cookies steam and go soft.
Put parchment between layers for protection
Label your container with your name, number of cookies, allergen information.
Your own take-home container, if you are not using the one you brought
Sunday Worship
SERVICES OF HOLY COMMUNION
9:00 a.m. Service in-person and livestreamed on our website and Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/stjamesdowntown.
Note: the service is also hosted on our own web site. Click the big blue button above to find our live stream video page!
Compline
Prayer at the End of the Day MON-Thurs, 7:00 PM
Please join us then when we gather each evening, Monday-Thursday, to wish one another a peaceful night. Click here to join us at 7:00 PM on Zoom. (If you need the code: please email deacon@stjamesbirmingham.org.)
Study
BIBLE STUDY/adult forum
Wednesdays: Noon Bible Study on Zoom
Sundays: 8:00 a.m. Adult Forum in the Lounge is on a break.