Welcome to St. James' Episcopal Church

The Rev. Michael Armstrong, Rector
The Rev. Jimmie Hunsinger, Deacon
2423 SW Bascom Norris Drive
Lake City, Florida 32025
(corner of McFarlane, 47 & Bascom Norris)
(386) 752-2218 (386) 752-0562 fax
stjamesepis330@bellsouth.net


Service Schedule
on Sundays:
8:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 am Sunday School (Sept- May)
10:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
on Wednesdays:
6 pm Holy Eucharist (for Lent)
You will find we are a warm and welcoming community, worshipping in an authentic and time honored manner in the new millennium.

So, it is important to remember that Lent is not a time for us to undertake any heroic struggles to overcome our vices or control our appetites. It is certainly not, primarily, an opportunity to reduce weight and lower cholesterol. I like to tease our choir about giving up chocolate for Lent and I do know someone who gave up smoking over Lent and found she liked being smoke-free so much that she never started back. But, although kicking the smoking habit — or any other bad habit — is a wonderful thing, it is still not the object of Lent. The Gospel of Ash Wednesday, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 reminds us that Lent is a time to grow in awareness and appreciation of just what it means to be a child of God. With that in mind, Lent is a time of renewal and preparation. We are renewed and prepared for Holy Week and Easter by setting aside time for prayer, study, worship and participation in the Lenten program offered on Wednesday nights. My prayer for you this Lent is that each and everyone of you, after taking time to prepare and be renewed will find that you are enriched by a quiet awareness of the growing influence of Jesus in your daily Life. Mother Michael+
Please pray for Elizabeth, Sandra, Reginald, Roena, Walt Burlage, Ada & Monroe Byrd, James DePratter, the Douglass family, the Halks Family, Noel Hines, Jordan Hunt, Barbara Kanaley, Robert Keeney, Fred Koberlein, Olivia Loughran, John Lovett, Carolyn Nettles, Ada Orhm, Helen Quinney, Nellie Roberts, Mitzie Robinette, Asa & Bev Sprague, Molly Sullivan, Gracie White, David & Crissy, Charlie Wilkinson, Amiyah & Arielle, Alan & Penny Pankratz, Ian & Andrea, Bryce Williams; Our homebound Mickey Messer; Members of the Armed Forces, especially Thomas Barnes, Jennifer Evans, Jacob Fetherol, Joshua Gavarette, Patrick McLaughlin, Wayne Nettles, Preston Ring, & the Lake City Army National Guard, Alpha Company & their families; Other Parishes: San Miguel, our companion parish in Cuba, Chapel of the Resurrection, Tallahassee; St. Gabriel's, Jacksonville; St. Luke's, Jacksonville; Redeemer, Jacksonville; St. James', Lake City; St. Teresa, Wakulla County; Grace Mission, Tallahassee; St. Columba's Correctional at Baker Work Camp.
If you would like to be called to pray for the concerns of others, please call Barbara Howell to be added to the chain. Also if you are willing to call 4 or 5 people with a concern that has been placed on the prayer chain, let Barbara know that. If you have an intercession that you would like printed in the bulletin, please call the church office, Monday or Wednesday between 9 am and 4 pm.
St. James Prayer Chain is a vital ministry of our Church. By calling one person, Barbara Howell, at 752-0124, you can ask a large number of people to pray for your concern. When there is a death in the church family or some other tragic event, the prayer chain may also be used to communicate with the parish family.
Wednesdays in Lent
6:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist Followed by Dinner
Spiritual Journeys: Yours, Mine & Ours
March 10 Rodney Hurst, Author
It was never about a hotdog and a Coke
Dinner provided by the Outreach Committee
March 17 Mother Michael
St. Patrick: From Shepherd to Bishop
& Missionary of Ireland
Dinner provided by the Daughters of the King
March 24 The Rev. Dr. Miguel Rosada, Rector,
St. Lukes / San Lucas Episcopal Church
In God’s Time Dinner provided by The Holy Smokers

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