Scouts' Pancake Breakfast: This Sunday, February 8th

The Scouts will be hosting their Annual Pancake Breakfast on Scout Sunday this Sunday.
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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.
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You may know the Venerable Luangpor Jeww, alongside Venerable Thawee Insamrong and Venerable Bounthavy Phatsaphan, from their Peace Walk - a months-long, meditative journey from Texas to Washington, D.C., rooted in mindfulness, compassion, and nonviolence.
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Inspired by our guests, the whole school walked out of chapel silently. Our students carried signs in support of peace and love and offered flowers to the monks as a symbol of gratitude.

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This visit was made possible through the thoughtfulness of the Yoon Family, who shared a tradition meaningful to them with our wider community.
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Evensong Celebrating Our Friend Bob Williams

Our Evensong service this Sunday, February 8 at 4:15PM celebrates forty years of diocesan ministry on the part of beloved St. James’ parishioner Bob Williams. Bob Williams serves the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles as canon for common life, overseeing communications, interfaith and civic relations, and archival collections at the direction of Bishop John Harvey Taylor. An appointed commissioner of the City of Los Angeles, Bob also is president of the board of trustees of the Neighborhood Youth Association, a 120-year-old diocesan institution dedicated to 100% college placement of under-resourced youth. Based in both New York and Los Angeles in 2004-2008, he served as the Episcopal Church’s director of communications, managing the Episcopal News Service and reporting from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and across the Americas. In 1986, the first story Bob wrote for the diocesan newspaper was about outreach ministry at St. James’, where he has been a parishioner since 1996.

Please join us for this festive occasion and reception to follow.

Join Us for an Organ Recital by Nathaniel Gumbs this Sunday at 6PM

Dr. Nathaniel Gumbs currently serves as Director of Music at The Riverside Church in New York City. He earned his undergraduate degree from Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia, his Master of Music degree from Yale University, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music. Nathaniel’s principal teachers include Steven Cooksey, David Higgs, and Martin Jean.

You can read more about Dr. Nathaniel Gumbs here!​

Supporting Saint James' in 2026

Dear 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 $784,568. Our goal for a balanced budget is $904,000. We are 84% 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 Sermon

Jesus' New Way​
The Rev. Dr. Kate Cress