St. James Episcopal Church

Welcome to St. James' Episcopal Church

The Rev. Jimmie Ruth Hunsinger, Deacon

St. James' Episcopal Church
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
with Wee Church

You will find we are a warm and welcoming community,
worshipping in an authentic and time honored manner
in the new millennium.

We are pleased to have Mother Michael Armstrong continuing as our supply priest. We apprecitate her leading us in our worship services.

The Rotary Club received a letter from Bill Sanders, who is in Baghdad, Iraq. Click the link below to read the letter on the Rotary website.

BILL SANDERS Letter

From the Stewardship Committee
We are kicking off the stewardship campaign this year on Sunday, October 5. We want you to begin thinking and praying about your pledge for the upcoming year.
We will present information about where your money is being spent and how we would like to spend it in the coming year. We will have guest speakers who will share with you their thoughts on giving and tithing.

We hope that you will enter into this time with serious prayer and consideration of what you see for St. James and how we can accomplish it.

On Sunday November 23 we will ask you to hand in your pledge card and have it blessed. By completing our pledges at this time, we will help the vestry to finalize the church's budget on time.

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.

Father Mac Hall went home to the Lord Sunday evening at Haven Hospice. Father Mac was the rector at St. James for 28 years. Arrangements for his service are not known at this time. Check back for updates.

Upcoming Classes

Our Sunday School Program is held in the Parish Hall from 9 am to 9:45 am. There sre classes for preschool to adults. Come and join us!

Sunday School needs your assistance. Pam Ring will train in flannel board instruction if you need training or refresher training. Sunday School materials are available. If you will help with Sunday School, please contact Nancy Ring at 752-9268 (leave a message) or call the church.

Interested in Learning about the governing policies of the Episcopal Church?

Deacon Jimmie and Bruce Robinson will be teaching classes on the Canons and Constitution of the Episcopal Church and the organiza-tion of the Vestry on Sundays from 9:00 to 9:45 on October 5, 12, 19, 26, and November 2.

Education for Ministry (EFM) will start again in the fall. For those of you who want to know more about the bible, theology and church history, this intensive course is perfect. Designed from the core curriculum of the Episcopal seminary at Suwannee, EFM consists of a four year course of study (you only sign up for one year at a time) that is taught during the academic year. First year is Old Testament, second year is New Testament, third year is church history and fourth year is theology. For more information, please contact Lori Zenobia at 752-7646.

Outreach Reminders

All Local Food Pantry Reserves are very low.
We are collecting nonperishable food stuffs for the hungry. All Local Food Pantry Reserves are very low.