New Statues, Ash Wednesday and More!
New Friends Join St. James’ this WeekHow 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, and our own dear Saint James. In other news, landscapers are hard at work – rain permitting – to bring back to life the lawn along the St. Andrew’s side of St. James.’ It will be fun to see the finished design when the work is completed. Ash Wednesday Next WeekPlease join us next Wednesday for Ash Wednesday services. At 7AM, Father John Kim will lead an English/Korean service in our small chapel, the Chapel of the Resurrection. Then I will lead an Ash Wednesday chapel for our school children. At Noon, we will have an Ash Wednesday service in the main church, and at 7:30PM, also in the church, the Ash Wednesday liturgy with choir. And finally, from 4-6PM out in front of St. James,’ we will offer ashes to go. I hope you can join us as we enter into the meaningful season of Lent. 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 $ $795,213.28. Our goal for a balanced budget is $904,000. We are 88% 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'Ash Wednesday Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM, 12:00, and 7:30 PM Great Music Sunday, February 22 Evensong at 4:15 PM, Evensong & Dedication of the Statues and Bell Tower Last Week's SermonWe Are Salt |
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Scouts' Pancake Breakfast: This Sunday, February 8th The Scouts will be hosting their Annual Pancake Breakfast on Scout Sunday this Sunday. Breakfast is $8 per person and $20 for a family of 4. They will be serving after the 8 AM and 10:30 AM services in the parish hall. Monks Participating in the Walk for Peace Visit St. James’ School This week, our students welcomed three Buddhist monks to our weekly Chapel ceremony - our theme was peace. You may know the Venerable Luangpor Jeww, alongside...
One Hundred Years Later... Our four wonderful new statues have arrived and are set to be installed in their new niche homes in February. In the meantime, they are spending time with us in the sanctuary! (Below, see our statue of Bishop Barbara Harris, the first woman and woman of color to be consecrated bishop in the Anglican Communion). And the glorious new crown for our bell tower, designed by Rhett Judice, is shipping this week. Welcome to Our New Vestry Members Congratulations to our new...
Annual Meeting Be sure to attend this year’s Annual Meeting. We will have orange juice, coffee and bagels and lots of information about St. James, as well as an election for new vestry members and delegates to convention. Don’t miss this exciting moment of the church year! We will be doing electronic voting again this year, so please be sure to bring your smartphone with you. Online voting may be accessed here. We have a sample question posted so you can try it out! Vestry Slate Thank you to...