Happy Eastertide! Parish Administrator Lauren Azeltine Retires - Celebrate this Sunday! Dear friends, We wanted to share with you an update about our beloved Parish Administrator, Lauren Azeltine. As some of you may know, she has been out on medical leave. After a period of prayer and discernment, she has decided to retire from Saint James’. It is so hard to believe that she has been a part of this community for over thirty years. Lauren first joined us as a member of the choir in 1997. She...
10 days ago • 2 min read
Holy Week and Easter Schedule Good Friday, April 3 – 7:30 PM (Choir) The Great Vigil of Easter, April 4 – 7:30 PM (Choir) Easter, April 5 – 8:00 AM (Choir and Brass), 10:30 AM (Choir and Brass), 12:30 PM (Korean) Easter Flowers Easter is upon us! If you would like to donate to help defray the cost of beautiful flowers and music we will be enjoying this weekend, use this link: https://secure.myvanco.com/YM5N/campaign/C-10R6V and thank you very much! Parish Administrator Lauren Azeltine Retires...
17 days ago • 2 min read
Holy Week and Easter Schedule Palm Sunday, March 29 – 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM (Choir), 12:30 PM (Korean) Maundy Thursday, April 2 – 7:30 PM (Choir) Good Friday, April 3 – 7:00 AM (Chapel), 12 (Stations), 7:30 PM (Choir) The Great Vigil of Easter, April 4 – 7:30 PM (Choir) Easter, April 5 – 8:00 AM (Choir and Brass), 10:30 AM (Choir and Brass), 12:30 PM (Korean) Easter Flowers Easter is almost here so please donate to Easter flowers and music now by clicking on this link...
24 days ago • 2 min read
Holy Week and Easter Schedule Palm Sunday, March 29 – 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM (Choir), 12:30 PM (Korean) Maundy Thursday, April 2 – 7:30 PM (Choir) Good Friday, April 3 – 7:00 AM (Chapel), 12 (Stations), 7:30 PM (Choir) The Great Vigil of Easter, April 4 – 7:30 PM (Choir) Easter, April 5 – 8:00 AM (Choir and Brass), 10:30 AM (Choir and Brass), 12:30 PM (Korean) Easter Flowers Easter is just around the corner so please donate to Easter flowers and music now by clicking on this link...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
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...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
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...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
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...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
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...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
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,...
2 months ago • 1 min read