Easter Flowers, Marathon Reminder, and Bell Tower Update!
Bell Tower CompletedWe are so happy that our bell tower is now fully in place. Have a look at these amazing photos to see how it looks. LA Marathon this Sunday – Plan Your Route to ChurchThis Sunday is the day of the LA Marathon, but please come to church anyway. Just leave extra time and plan your route carefully! LA Marathon 2026 Course Map_Final Time Change this WeekendJust a reminder that this weekend we ‘spring forward’ with the time change, so plan accordingly! Organ Recital by Jennifer Shin March 8, 2026 at 6PM following Evensong at 4:15Be sure to say with us after the 4:15PM Evensong on March 8 for a special organ recital from Jennifer Shin at 6PM! Read more about Jennifer Shin here! This Sunday March 8 - LA Voice Visits St. JamesWe are blessed that, immediately following the 10:30AM service this Sunday, March 8, we will enjoy a visit by friends from LA Voice. This faith-based organization protects the rights of immigrants and other vulnerable people, and we will learn all about their work. Come upstairs to Hampton Hall for a powerful discussion, including ideas for how we can get involved in supporting the rights of our beloved siblings in this challenging time. A Zoom class during Lent - Passion Week in Visual ArtsYou can still join St. James’ church member and art historian Nancy Bishop for three more Tuesday evenings in Lent to see how artists and craftspeople through the ages have interpreted the Gospel accounts of Passion Week. We will see cloaks and Palm leaves on Sunday followed by many events leading up to the glorious Resurrection on the first Easter morning. Classes are meeting from 7-8 pm on the following Tuesday nights: March 10, 17, and 24. RSVP to Kate if you are interested in joining: kcress@stjla.org. Easter FlowersEaster is just around the corner so please donate Easter flowers now by clicking on this link https://secure.myvanco.com/YM5N/campaign/C-10R6V. It will be a joy to fill the church with beautiful Easter flowers. Supporting Saint James in 2026Dear Friends, One thing that is incredibly helpful for us to is how much you hope to be able to give to Saint James’ in 2026 – the church word for this is “pledging.” Pledging allows us to create a balanced budget and plan out our ministries for the upcoming year. Please take some time to pray this week about how you’ll be able to support the great work this community does here. We hope that everyone will pledge. To date, we have pledges totaling $815,625.16. Our goal for a balanced budget is $904,000. We are slightly over 90% of the way there. If you have not yet pledged, you can make your pledge on online here. We wish you many blessings, The Vestry of Saint James Coming Up at Saint James'Great Music Sunday, 8 March 2026 4:15 pm Evensong Choir of St. James 6 pm Organ Recital Jennifer Shin DMA candidate, Eastman School of Music Sunday, 22 March 2026 4:15 pm Evensong ICantori (from Walla Walla College) Kraig Scott, Director Sunday, 12 April 2026 4:15 pm Evensong Choir of St. James 6 pm Organ Recital Jennifer Pascual St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City Sunday, 10 May 2026 4:15 pm Evensong Choir of St. James 6 pm Organ Recital Ariana Corbin Washington National Cathedral Last Week's SermonIn a Nutshell |
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Meet the Wardens! With a new Vestry class comes new Wardens. We are excited to share that Mike Mullins (mmullins@stjla.org) will be our Senior Warden and Lynn McCarthy (lmccarthy@stjla.org) will be our Junior Warden. We want to thank Ken Robbins and Chris Marcil for their incredible work as they respectively served as Senior and Junior Warden. Bishop-Elect names Jon Feuss Canon to the Ordinary From the Episcopal News Bishop-elect Antonio J. Gallardo L. will call the Rev. Jon Feuss — currently...
A Special Evensong this Sunday at 4:00PM Be sure to attend evensong this Sunday afternoon at 4PM to celebrate our new statues, bell tower crown, and Korean ministry at St James. And save time for a joyful reception to follow. Look at these two great articles, one from this week’s Episcopal News Update and the other from Korea Daily Wilshire Center Parish Will Bless New Statues, tower "crown" at Feb. 22 Evensong Bishop Honored with Statue at 100th Annviersary of L.A. Church A Zoom class during...
New Friends Join St. James’ this Week How exciting this week to see a large lift transport our new statues up the front of the church building and place them in their designated niches. The statues look amazing! And just think – they will be looking out over Wilshire Blvd and Koreatown for the next one hundred years, and more. What a powerful witness to the great spiritual and social justice leaders who have come before us: The Bishop Barbara Harris, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bishop Simon Kim,...