St. James Episcopal Church

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.

I once heard that Lent was not the object of Lent — which makes perfect sense to me. The object of Lent is—after all—Holy Week and Easter.

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.

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.

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.

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,