One Hundred Years Later...
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 MembersCongratulations to our new vestry members voted on at Annual Meeting last week: Cathy Helm We thank all those who put themselves forward as candidates and look forward to a fruitful year ahead. Delegates to Diocesan ConventionMany thanks to all who stepped forward as delegates to Diocesan Convention. Our delegation to Diocesan Convention 2026 will be: George Marks 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 $793,568. 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'Great Music Sunday, February 8 Evensong in honor of Canon Bob Williams at 4:15 PM, Organ Recital at 6:00 PM featuring Nathan Gumbs 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 SermonStrength of My Life |
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Easter Flowers Easter is just around the corner so please donate to Easter flowers and music 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 and exquisite music. Second Space Option for Parents and Children Here at St James, we love families and are not one of those churches where people will ‘shoosh’ you if your children are busy and vocal. However, some parents with small children have asked for...
Bell Tower Completed We 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 Church This 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 Weekend Just a reminder that this weekend we ‘spring forward’ with the time change, so plan accordingly! Organ Recital by...
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...