Vestry Slates, Diocesan Convention Delagetes, and More!
Gift Card ScamsThere seems to be a considerable uptick in gift card scams. No one from St. James will ever email you saying we’re in a meeting but need you to go get us some gift cards. Please report emails like this as spam. Vestry SlateThank you to Jean Dillingham, Cathy Helm, Bright Onyenwe, Sandra Spencer, SaraJane Thies, and Marsha Vargas for stepping forward to be on the Vestry slate this year. Please take the time to read about our candidates for the Vestry Class of 2029 here. Since there are more candidates than vacancies, we will have a rank-order vote at Annual Meeting to determine which of these five candidates will be called to serve on the Vestry. Thank you for taking the time to read about these amazing people, thank you for your prayerful discernment, and thank you to Jean, Cathy, Chuck, Bright, Sandra, SaraJane, and Marsha for putting their names forward for consideration. 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, Janet McKinnon, Marsha Vargas, Matt Wallace, and Peter Casey (Alternate) . New WebsiteWe launched an updated version of our website! We're still updating and adding content, but please email contact@stjla.org if you have any feedback or suggestions. Pledge StatementsLast week, 2025 pledge statements were emailed. If you did not receive your pledge statements or if you have any questions/corrections, please email office@stjla.org. The PIN for opening the pledge statements is 3903. Supporting Saint James in 2026Dear Friends, The Vestry is finalizing the church’s budget for 2026. 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’Annual Meeting Sunday, January 25 following the 10:30 AM service Great Music Sunday, February 8 Evensong 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 |
St. James in-the-City | Los Angeles
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...
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...