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Sunday 11 September 2016

Page numbers refer to the Book of Common Prayer.Listening devices to assist with hearing are available in the Narthex.

The Holy Eucharist, Rite I Homily: The Reverend Timothy Meyers 8 o’clock a.m.BCP, p. 323

The Holy Eucharist, Rite II Sermon: The Right Reverend Henry N. Parsley 10:30 o’clock

Prelude: Pastorale in F Johann Sebastian Bach

Hymn: “All are welcome” Two Oaks

Welcome and Announcements The Word of God

The Opening Acclamation BCP p. 355

Celebrant: Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

The Collect for Purity

Song of Praise: “Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore him” Nettleton

Celebrant: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.

The Collect of the Day (Proper 19)O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Blessing of the Pew Bibles

The Lessons The First Reading: Exodus 32:7-14

Commentary Moses had led the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage and they were now camped at Mt. Sinai. The people had heard God’s Law declared and seen His glory revealed, they had experienced His power and mercy. However, none of this prevented them from rebelling. Israel’s devotion to idols was born in Egypt and still worked in their hearts. The people’s great sin led to a great test for Moses. God offered to wipe out Israel and make a new nation out of Moses’ descendants. But Moses loved the people, sinful as they were, and he wanted more than anything else to glorify the God of Israel and see His promises fulfilled. Moses prayed to the Lord on Israel’s behalf. God’s character does not change, but He does respond to the prayers of His people.The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, `These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation.”But Moses implored the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, `It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, `I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’” And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.

The word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

P a r i s h N o T e sWelcome to all visiting St. James today. Please fill out a visitor card and place it in an alms basin during the Offertory. All baptized Christians are welcomed to receive communion at the altar of the Episcopal Church.

Today: 11 September (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost)Homecoming Sunday with acivities and lunch after 10:30 am service

NexT suNday aT sT. James Parish:

18 September (Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost)Episcopal Farmworker Festival (Newton Grove)

•8:00 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite I (Church)•8:15 am - Breakfast (GH)•8:15 am - St. James Choir Rehearsal (9:00 am service) (CR)•8:25 am - Lumina Choir Rehearsal (9:00 am service) (CCHA) •9:00 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II (Church)•9:00 am - Blessing of the Backpacks and Sunday School Teachers (CHU)•10:30 am - St. James Choir Rehearsal (11:15 am service) (CR)•11:15 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II (Church)•4:00 pm - Recital: Sara Westermark Voice Studio (CHU)

Youth at Episcopal Farmworker Festival (No Youth Group)

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The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in loving memory ofJuLie Ann Bowden

See the calendar on the website www.stjamesp.org or the Church Life app for events scheduled for this week. Download the Church Life app on iTunes or the Google Store.

•8:00 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite I (CHU) •9:45 am - St. James Choir Reh. (CR) •10:30 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II (CHU) •11:30 am - Homecoming Lunch (LPH) •3:30 pm - Youth Group: “Dawgs on the Dock (Offsite)

COPYRIGHTS: Hymn “All are welcome”Text and music © 1994, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Onelicense Music License # A-718078; Hymn “Where charity and love prevail” words: Copyright © 1961-62, World Library Publications, 3815 N. Willow Rd. Schiller Park, IL 60176. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Sanctus S-125 Copyright © 1971, 1977, GIA Publications, Inc (Onelicense.net License # A-718078).; Fraction Anthem S-152: © 1971 Mason Martens; Hymn: “Lord, you give the great commission” words: Jeffrey Rowthorn © 1978 Hope Publishing Co. Onelicense Music License # A-718078; Scripture readings are from The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved; The Book of Common Prayer is in the public domain.

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ASSISTING IN SERVICES THIS WEEK (11 SEPTEMBER)HOMECOMING SUNDAY (8:00 AND 10:30 AM SERVICE)

LUNCH AFTER THE 10:30 AM SERVICE IN LEE PARISH HALL

ST. MARY’S, BURGAW—The Rev. Paula Griffin; LECTORS—(10:30) John Sloan, Watson Barnes; PRAYERS—Martha Bachman; USHERS—(10:30) Frank Gibson, Stuart Grainger, Emmett Gooch, Freddie Lewis, Hunter Sutton; ACOLYTES—(10:30) Emma Cook, Annie MacRae, Vance Young, Bellamy Koonce, Sarah Easley, Knox Trask; Advisor—Jane Tillotson; CHALICISTS—(8:00) Nancy Keller, Carl Keller; (10:30) Martha Bachman, Jane Tatum, Bill Bivins, David Brownlow; ALTAR GUILD—Doris Ruffner, Patti Jenkins, Roi Penton, Frances Trask, Linda Brown, Pat Ford, CeCe Snow; CHOIR—St. James Choir; GREETER—(10:30) Hannah Brownlow, Jane Tillotson; FLOWER GUILD—Jane Martin, Anne Schaeffer; SEXTON—Frank Brown

The Postcommunion Prayer 365Priest and PeopleEternal God, heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Blessing

Hymn: “Lord, you give the great commission” (sts. 1-3, 5) Hyfrydol

Lord, you give the great commission: “Heal the sick and preach the word.”Lest the Church neglect its mission and the Gospel go unheard,help us witness to your purpose with renewed integrity;with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

Lord, you call us to your service: “In my name baptize and teach.”That the world may trust your promise, life abundant meant for each,give us all new fervor, draw us closer in community; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

Lord, you make the common holy: “This my body, this my blood.” Let your priests, for earth’s true glory, daily lift life heavenward,asking that world around us share your children’s liberty; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

Lord, you bless with words assuring: “I am with you to the end.”Faith and hope and love restoring, may we serve as you intend,and, amid the cares that claim us, hold in mind eternity; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

The Dismissal 366

Let us go forth in the name of ChristPeople Thanks be to God.

Postlude: Hymn Prelude on Hyfrydol June Nixon

Psalm 51:1—11 setting: John Sullivan

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-/ kindness; * in your great compassion blot out my of-/fenses.Wash me through and through from my / wickedness * and cleanse me from my / sin.

Antiphon (sung by all)

For I know my trans-/gressions, * and my sin is ever be-/fore me.Against you only have I / sinned * and done what is evil in your / sight.

Antiphon (sung by all)

And so you are justified when you / speak * and upright in your / judgment.Indeed, I have been wicked from my / birth, * a sinner from my mother’s / womb.

Antiphon (sung by all)

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ASSISTING IN SERVICES NEXT WEEK (18 SEPTEMBER)HEALING/SPARE CHANGE SUNDAY

ST. MARY’S, BURGAW—The Rev. Jay Sidebotham; LECTORS—(9:00) David Bauereis, Bette Bauereis; (11:15) Virginia Callaway, Raymond Burt; PRAYERS—(9:00) Farah Boyce; (11:15) Rhonda Thomas; USHERS—(9:00) Ryal Tayloe, Henry Brown Jr., Thomas Bugbee, Greg Richardson; (11:15) Billy Smith, Edward Knox, Si Cantwell, Margaret Willetts, Will Mason; ACOLYTES—(9:00) Alex Smith, Williams Lewis, Caroline Harris, Anna Carlyle Spears, Mary Davis Thompson, Holland Putney, Palmer Hackler; Advisor—Freddie Lewis; (11:15) Chris Zack, Laura Kate Lindstrom, Miles Lindstrom, Sarah Easley, Louise Sprunt; Advisor—Mary Lisa Lindstrom; CHALICISTS—(8:00) Dick Boisky, Hank Phillips; (9:00) Bill Clark, Eldridge Dodson, Marietta Gwathmey, Stuart Egerton; (11:15) Laura Bivins, Virginia Callaway; ALTAR GUILD—Jane Roberts, Nancy Baden, Jane Saunders, Barbara Croom, Lynn Chatham, Sarah van Rens, Jan Bridgers; CHOIR—St. James Choir; GREETERS—(9:00) Kay Bilisoly, Caroline Cone; (11:15) Charlotte Davis, Jane Carey; MEN’S BREAKFAST—Bill McKenzie; FLOWER GUILD—Anne Dols, Mary Elizabeth Roberts; SEXTON—Douglas Maddox

For behold, you look for truth deep with-/in me, * and will make me understand wisdom / secretly.Purge me from my sin, and I shall be / pure; * wash me, and I shall be clean in-/deed.

Antiphon (sung by all)

Make me hear of joy and / gladness, * that the body you have broken may re-/joice.Hide your face from my / sins * and blot out all my in-/iquities.

Antiphon (sung by all)

The Epistle: 1 Timothy 1:12-17Commentary Timothy apparently became a Christian as a result of Paul’s missionary work. When Paul wrote this letter, Timothy was in Ephesus, Paul’s representative to the church there. Paul’s underlying purpose in writing was to encourage Timothy in his work of promoting the true Teacher and the true teaching. Paul thanked God for his own conversion because this encouraged Timothy that God can transform even the worst of sinners. Paul’s sin was something he refused to forget, because when he remembered the greatness of his sin, he also remembered the much greater grace of Jesus Christ. We can all be encouraged: if God could be patient with Paul, He can be patient with anyone. I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.The word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

Hymn: “Where charity and love prevail” (sts. 1—3) Land of Rest

Where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found;brought here together by Christ’s love, by love are we thus bound.

With grateful joy and holy fear his charity we learnlet us with heart and mind and soul now love him in return.

Forgive we now each other’s faults as we our faults confess;and let us love each other well in Christian holiness.

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Presentation Hymn: (Hymn 380, stanza 3) Old 100thEucharist Prayer - A 361Celebrant The Lord be with you.People And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give him thanks and praise

The Celebrant continues, concluding with: Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name: Sanctus S-125 Richard Proulx

The Celebrant continues, saying in the midst of the prayer: Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:People Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.The Celebrant continues, concluding with: All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ. By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN.

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

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Gospel: Luke 15:1-10Celebrant: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, hav-ing a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. “Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Celebrant: The Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Hymn “Where charity and love prevail” (sts. 4—6) Land of Rest

Let strife among us be unknown, let all contention cease;Be his the glory that we seek, be ours his holy peace.

Let us recall that in our midst dwells God’s begotten Son;As members of his Body joined, we are in Christ made one.

No race or creed can love exclude, if honored be God’s name;Our common life embraces all whose Father is the same.

Sermon The Right Reverend Henry N. Parsley

The Nicene Creed 358

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suf-fered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgive-ness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Prayers of the People (Form VI) 392Absolution 360

THE PEACE 360Celebrant: The Peace of the Lord be always with you.Response: And also with you.

The Holy Communion(Gluten-free wafers available at altar rail, please request)

Offertory Anthem Gerald Near

Christ hath a garden walled around,A paradise of fruitful ground,Chosen by love and fenced by graceFrom out the world’s wide wilderness.

Like trees of spice his servants stand,There planted by his mighty hand;By Eden’s gracious streams, that flowTo feed their beauty where they grow.

The Breaking of the BreadFraction Anthem:

The Communion of the People

Music at Communion: Hymn 602: “Jesus, Jesus, fill us with your love” ChereponiHymn 593: “Lord, make us servants of your peace” Dickinson CollegeHymn 529: “In Christ there is no East or West” McKee

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Awake, O wind of heaven and bearTheir sweetest perfume through the air:Stir up, O south, the boughs that bloom,Till the beloved Master come:

That he may come, and linger yetAmong the trees that he hath set;That he may evermore be seenTo walk amid the springing green.

Robert Bridges, after Isaac Watts

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Presentation Hymn: (Hymn 380, stanza 3) Old 100thEucharist Prayer - A 361Celebrant The Lord be with you.People And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give him thanks and praise

The Celebrant continues, concluding with: Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name: Sanctus S-125 Richard Proulx

The Celebrant continues, saying in the midst of the prayer: Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:People Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.The Celebrant continues, concluding with: All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ. By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN.

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

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Gospel: Luke 15:1-10Celebrant: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, hav-ing a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. “Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Celebrant: The Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Hymn “Where charity and love prevail” (sts. 4—6) Land of Rest

Let strife among us be unknown, let all contention cease;Be his the glory that we seek, be ours his holy peace.

Let us recall that in our midst dwells God’s begotten Son;As members of his Body joined, we are in Christ made one.

No race or creed can love exclude, if honored be God’s name;Our common life embraces all whose Father is the same.

Sermon The Right Reverend Henry N. Parsley

The Nicene Creed 358

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suf-fered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgive-ness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Prayers of the People (Form VI) 392Absolution 360

THE PEACE 360Celebrant: The Peace of the Lord be always with you.Response: And also with you.

The Holy Communion(Gluten-free wafers available at altar rail, please request)

Offertory Anthem Gerald Near

Christ hath a garden walled around,A paradise of fruitful ground,Chosen by love and fenced by graceFrom out the world’s wide wilderness.

Like trees of spice his servants stand,There planted by his mighty hand;By Eden’s gracious streams, that flowTo feed their beauty where they grow.

The Breaking of the BreadFraction Anthem:

The Communion of the People

Music at Communion: Hymn 602: “Jesus, Jesus, fill us with your love” ChereponiHymn 593: “Lord, make us servants of your peace” Dickinson CollegeHymn 529: “In Christ there is no East or West” McKee

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Awake, O wind of heaven and bearTheir sweetest perfume through the air:Stir up, O south, the boughs that bloom,Till the beloved Master come:

That he may come, and linger yetAmong the trees that he hath set;That he may evermore be seenTo walk amid the springing green.

Robert Bridges, after Isaac Watts

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ASSISTING IN SERVICES THIS WEEK (11 SEPTEMBER)HOMECOMING SUNDAY (8:00 AND 10:30 AM SERVICE)

LUNCH AFTER THE 10:30 AM SERVICE IN LEE PARISH HALL

ST. MARY’S, BURGAW—The Rev. Paula Griffin; LECTORS—(10:30) John Sloan, Watson Barnes; PRAYERS—Martha Bachman; USHERS—(10:30) Frank Gibson, Stuart Grainger, Emmett Gooch, Freddie Lewis, Hunter Sutton; ACOLYTES—(10:30) Emma Cook, Annie MacRae, Vance Young, Bellamy Koonce, Sarah Easley, Knox Trask; Advisor—Jane Tillotson; CHALICISTS—(8:00) Nancy Keller, Carl Keller; (10:30) Martha Bachman, Jane Tatum, Bill Bivins, David Brownlow; ALTAR GUILD—Doris Ruffner, Patti Jenkins, Roi Penton, Frances Trask, Linda Brown, Pat Ford, CeCe Snow; CHOIR—St. James Choir; GREETER—(10:30) Hannah Brownlow, Jane Tillotson; FLOWER GUILD—Jane Martin, Anne Schaeffer; SEXTON—Frank Brown

The Postcommunion Prayer 365Priest and PeopleEternal God, heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Blessing

Hymn: “Lord, you give the great commission” (sts. 1-3, 5) Hyfrydol

Lord, you give the great commission: “Heal the sick and preach the word.”Lest the Church neglect its mission and the Gospel go unheard,help us witness to your purpose with renewed integrity;with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

Lord, you call us to your service: “In my name baptize and teach.”That the world may trust your promise, life abundant meant for each,give us all new fervor, draw us closer in community; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

Lord, you make the common holy: “This my body, this my blood.” Let your priests, for earth’s true glory, daily lift life heavenward,asking that world around us share your children’s liberty; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

Lord, you bless with words assuring: “I am with you to the end.”Faith and hope and love restoring, may we serve as you intend,and, amid the cares that claim us, hold in mind eternity; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

The Dismissal 366

Let us go forth in the name of ChristPeople Thanks be to God.

Postlude: Hymn Prelude on Hyfrydol June Nixon

Psalm 51:1—11 setting: John Sullivan

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-/ kindness; * in your great compassion blot out my of-/fenses.Wash me through and through from my / wickedness * and cleanse me from my / sin.

Antiphon (sung by all)

For I know my trans-/gressions, * and my sin is ever be-/fore me.Against you only have I / sinned * and done what is evil in your / sight.

Antiphon (sung by all)

And so you are justified when you / speak * and upright in your / judgment.Indeed, I have been wicked from my / birth, * a sinner from my mother’s / womb.

Antiphon (sung by all)

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ASSISTING IN SERVICES NEXT WEEK (18 SEPTEMBER)HEALING/SPARE CHANGE SUNDAY

ST. MARY’S, BURGAW—The Rev. Jay Sidebotham; LECTORS—(9:00) David Bauereis, Bette Bauereis; (11:15) Virginia Callaway, Raymond Burt; PRAYERS—(9:00) Farah Boyce; (11:15) Rhonda Thomas; USHERS—(9:00) Ryal Tayloe, Henry Brown Jr., Thomas Bugbee, Greg Richardson; (11:15) Billy Smith, Edward Knox, Si Cantwell, Margaret Willetts, Will Mason; ACOLYTES—(9:00) Alex Smith, Williams Lewis, Caroline Harris, Anna Carlyle Spears, Mary Davis Thompson, Holland Putney, Palmer Hackler; Advisor—Freddie Lewis; (11:15) Chris Zack, Laura Kate Lindstrom, Miles Lindstrom, Sarah Easley, Louise Sprunt; Advisor—Mary Lisa Lindstrom; CHALICISTS—(8:00) Dick Boisky, Hank Phillips; (9:00) Bill Clark, Eldridge Dodson, Marietta Gwathmey, Stuart Egerton; (11:15) Laura Bivins, Virginia Callaway; ALTAR GUILD—Jane Roberts, Nancy Baden, Jane Saunders, Barbara Croom, Lynn Chatham, Sarah van Rens, Jan Bridgers; CHOIR—St. James Choir; GREETERS—(9:00) Kay Bilisoly, Caroline Cone; (11:15) Charlotte Davis, Jane Carey; MEN’S BREAKFAST—Bill McKenzie; FLOWER GUILD—Anne Dols, Mary Elizabeth Roberts; SEXTON—Douglas Maddox

For behold, you look for truth deep with-/in me, * and will make me understand wisdom / secretly.Purge me from my sin, and I shall be / pure; * wash me, and I shall be clean in-/deed.

Antiphon (sung by all)

Make me hear of joy and / gladness, * that the body you have broken may re-/joice.Hide your face from my / sins * and blot out all my in-/iquities.

Antiphon (sung by all)

The Epistle: 1 Timothy 1:12-17Commentary Timothy apparently became a Christian as a result of Paul’s missionary work. When Paul wrote this letter, Timothy was in Ephesus, Paul’s representative to the church there. Paul’s underlying purpose in writing was to encourage Timothy in his work of promoting the true Teacher and the true teaching. Paul thanked God for his own conversion because this encouraged Timothy that God can transform even the worst of sinners. Paul’s sin was something he refused to forget, because when he remembered the greatness of his sin, he also remembered the much greater grace of Jesus Christ. We can all be encouraged: if God could be patient with Paul, He can be patient with anyone. I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.The word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

Hymn: “Where charity and love prevail” (sts. 1—3) Land of Rest

Where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found;brought here together by Christ’s love, by love are we thus bound.

With grateful joy and holy fear his charity we learnlet us with heart and mind and soul now love him in return.

Forgive we now each other’s faults as we our faults confess;and let us love each other well in Christian holiness.

Welcome and Announcements The Word of God

The Opening Acclamation BCP p. 355

Celebrant: Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

The Collect for Purity

Song of Praise: “Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore him” Nettleton

Celebrant: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.

The Collect of the Day (Proper 19)O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Blessing of the Pew Bibles

The Lessons The First Reading: Exodus 32:7-14

Commentary Moses had led the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage and they were now camped at Mt. Sinai. The people had heard God’s Law declared and seen His glory revealed, they had experienced His power and mercy. However, none of this prevented them from rebelling. Israel’s devotion to idols was born in Egypt and still worked in their hearts. The people’s great sin led to a great test for Moses. God offered to wipe out Israel and make a new nation out of Moses’ descendants. But Moses loved the people, sinful as they were, and he wanted more than anything else to glorify the God of Israel and see His promises fulfilled. Moses prayed to the Lord on Israel’s behalf. God’s character does not change, but He does respond to the prayers of His people.The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, `These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation.”But Moses implored the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, `It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, `I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’” And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.

The word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

P a r i s h N o T e sWelcome to all visiting St. James today. Please fill out a visitor card and place it in an alms basin during the Offertory. All baptized Christians are welcomed to receive communion at the altar of the Episcopal Church.

Today: 11 September (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost)Homecoming Sunday with acivities and lunch after 10:30 am service

NexT suNday aT sT. James Parish:

18 September (Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost)Episcopal Farmworker Festival (Newton Grove)

•8:00 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite I (Church)•8:15 am - Breakfast (GH)•8:15 am - St. James Choir Rehearsal (9:00 am service) (CR)•8:25 am - Lumina Choir Rehearsal (9:00 am service) (CCHA) •9:00 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II (Church)•9:00 am - Blessing of the Backpacks and Sunday School Teachers (CHU)•10:30 am - St. James Choir Rehearsal (11:15 am service) (CR)•11:15 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II (Church)•4:00 pm - Recital: Sara Westermark Voice Studio (CHU)

Youth at Episcopal Farmworker Festival (No Youth Group)

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The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in loving memory ofJuLie Ann Bowden

See the calendar on the website www.stjamesp.org or the Church Life app for events scheduled for this week. Download the Church Life app on iTunes or the Google Store.

•8:00 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite I (CHU) •9:45 am - St. James Choir Reh. (CR) •10:30 am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II (CHU) •11:30 am - Homecoming Lunch (LPH) •3:30 pm - Youth Group: “Dawgs on the Dock (Offsite)

COPYRIGHTS: Hymn “All are welcome”Text and music © 1994, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Onelicense Music License # A-718078; Hymn “Where charity and love prevail” words: Copyright © 1961-62, World Library Publications, 3815 N. Willow Rd. Schiller Park, IL 60176. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Sanctus S-125 Copyright © 1971, 1977, GIA Publications, Inc (Onelicense.net License # A-718078).; Fraction Anthem S-152: © 1971 Mason Martens; Hymn: “Lord, you give the great commission” words: Jeffrey Rowthorn © 1978 Hope Publishing Co. Onelicense Music License # A-718078; Scripture readings are from The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved; The Book of Common Prayer is in the public domain.

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THE

GRAPEVINEST. JAMES PARISH • WILMINGTON, NC

WEEK OF JANUARY 17, 2016

THOUGHTS FROM JAY | THE REV. JAY SIDEBOTHAM

FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO

When I served a church in Chicago, we decided one year that our congregation would read the Bible together, from start to finish. All ages

were involved, from September to May. We had good participation from the congregation. Folks appreciated the challenge. A well educated group, many were surprised at their lack of biblical literacy and recognized that if you want to understand Shakespeare or succeed at crossword puzzles, you had better know your Bible. News got around town that we were reading the Bible as a church project, which triggered the following headline in the local newspaper: Episcopalians Read The Bible.

Apparently, that was news.

But it shouldn’t be! Our tradition is shaped by the Bible. Our Prayer Book is filled with references and direct lifts from scripture. Every liturgy in that Prayer Book asks us to listen to the Word of the Lord. Yet we often hear that Episcopalians are not like other denominations, excessively literalist, too Bible-centric.

In our liturgy on September 11, we will bless Bibles which will be placed in our pews in days ahead. As part of the work of the Spiritual Growth Commission, an outgrowth of Renewal Works, new racks have been installed. Generous parishioners have donated Bibles to accompany hymnal and prayer books. (It’s not too late to donate in honor or memory of someone.) There is a symbolic, sacramental element to this, as those Bibles become an outward and visible sign of our commitment to engagement with scripture. The Bibles are there also as an invitation to explore the amazing world of the Bible, to see where passages in scripture come from, to sense context of the readings.

Along with the arrival of Bibles in our pews, the fall gives numerous opportunities to engage with scripture. Scripture will be read each weekday at Morning Prayer. Bible study groups will meet on Tuesday morning (A men’s group looking at Luke’s parables), Monday evening (Tim Dols teaching on Acts), and Tuesday evenings beginning in October (I will lead discussions on Paul’s letter to the Philippians). On Sunday mornings, a group will meet to reflect on the gospel for the day during the Christian formation hour.

These opportunities help us engage with scripture. A way of going deeper in our life with God in Christ, knowing about God’s grace in some new way. On one occasion, the great theologian Karl Barth was asked if he could sum up his theology in one sentence. It was a bit of a dare from a snarky seminarian, since Dr. Barth was a person who wrote volumes filled with amazingly complex sentences. The questioner doubted he could do it. Dr. Barth answered that he could, responding with this summary sentence: "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so."

May our engagement with scripture, in what ever way that happens this fall, bring us deeper experience of the love of God known to us in Christ. And look for those brand new Bibles in the pews!

"News got around town that we were

reading the Bible as a church project,

which triggered the following headline in

the local newspaper: Episcopalians Read

The Bible. "

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BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS UPDATESt. James Parish recently replaced two dead Needlepoint Holly bushes in front of the Bacon House, 180 square feet of Emerald Zoysia grass along with stump removal = $780.00. We were also approved by the City of Wilmington to remove the dead Dogwood tree in front of Millton Hall, top off two Viburnums, two Italian Cypress, elevate one Crepe Myrtle and Holly away from the Sanctuary in the St. Francis Garden, cost = $ 1,235.00.

VESTRY CLASS OF 2017Please be advised the Vestry Nominating Committee has been formed and we are starting to work on a slate for the next Vestry Class. The members on this year’s Nominating Committee are as follows:

Claude Bridger – Sr. Warden

Steve Thomas – Jr. Warden

Dana Cook – Past Sr. Warden

Frances Trask – Member at large

Anne Williams – Member at large

Please prayerfully consider individuals to be considered for the Vestry Class of 2017. Please call one of the above committee members to give us names you would like considered. Thank you so very much for your consideration.

ST. JAMES PARISH ORIENTATIONEspecially for Newcomers (But also for anyone wanting a refresher course and a chance to meet our newcomers)

Tuesdays (4 weeks), beginning September 20, 5:30 pm. Free childcare with advance reservation.

History and Architecture of St. James - September 20, Sanctuary: Architectual Historian Ed Turberg and Author Susan Block will speak on our history, buildings and early Parishioners.

The Community of St. James - September 27, Bishop Wright Room: Parishioners John Jordan, Lin Spears, Watson Barnes and Sonja McFarland will share their stories about who they believe we are as a Church and what makes us a unique community of faith.

Programs and Ministries for you at St. James - October 4, Bishop Wright Room: Vestry members and others will provide an overview of our programs and ministries and how to become involved.

Journeys of Faith - October 11, Bishop Wright Room: The Clergy will present their journeys of faith. A celebration dinner for all newcomers, participants, presenters and Clergy will follow in the Great Hall. (5:30- 8:00 pm) .

Please RSVP to the church office 910-763-1628

CONDOLENCES TO:Tom Crittenden on the death of his wife,

Martha Patterson "Pat" Crittenden.

Anne Kidder Gore on the death of her sister, Pat Crittenden.

CONGRATULATIONS TO:Jean and Tolly Hughes on the birth of their third grandson, Ellison (Ellis) Beck Gonella.

DO YOU HAVE AN ARTICLE FOR THE GRAPEVINE?

To be featured in the September 18 Grapevine, please submit your article to communications@stjamesp.org

Articles submitted will appear in two (2) consecutive editions of the Grapevine. Any additional appearance

of articles needs to be coordinated with the Director of Communications.

The editing staff reserves the right to edit submitted pieces for content clarity, length, and format. We will contact you if major revision, rewriting, clarification, and/or amplification is necessary. We will not notify

authors about grammar, style, or length edits ahead of publication.

*Please note that the deadline for submissions is September 12 by 10:00 AM

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&Covered DishLuncheon

Homecoming will introduce you to how to participate in various missionsand give you a chance to learn and ask questions about St. James

Please plan to "come back home" to St. James on Sunday, September 11th,2016 to hear The Right Reverend Henry N. Parsley at the 10:30 service andexperience Homecoming activities following the service. Opportunities to visit

stations to learn more about Parish activities followed by Potluck lunch.Parishioners are asked to bring your favorite prepared dish to Perry Hall prior

to the 10:30 service.

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JOIN US! EFM - EDUCATION FOR (LAY)

MINISTRYAre you seeking to deepen and grow your faith? EfM just celebrated its 40th anniversary and uses a curriculum designed by the University of the South. Meeting weekly, we pray and discuss readings from the Bible, church history, and theology. We explore and deepen our own beliefs. We reflect on our everyday lives and discover how to express our faith in service to others. Trained mentors facilitate the small seminar groups.

The evening class begins Monday, September 19, 2016 The morning class begins Tuesday, January 10, 2017.

For additional information/registration contact mentors: Rachel Pace 910-350-0248 rppace@hotmail.com Ginny Woodruff 910-763-6236 Ginny@vcwoodruff.com Frances Trask 910-686-4114 ftrask@murchisontaylor.com Or go to www.sewanee.edu/EFM

ST. ANNE'S GUILDSt. Anne's Guild will meet on September 19 at 10:30 in the Lippitt Room.

The speaker will be The Rev. Tim Meyers.

For further information contact Janet Ward at 910-512-1082 or janetwrd@aol.com.

FOYER GROUP INVITATIONThis Christian ministry provides an opportunity for parishioners to meet informally for dinner in small groups of 8-12 people.

Dinners are in members' homes and/or public restaurants. Singles welcome, too! Groups meet October 2016 through June 2017.

Please call Brenda Wolff, 910-799-1886, or email wolffmom233@yahoo.com to join.

EPISCOPAL FARMWORKER MINISTRY

The Episcopal Farmworker Ministry is located in farming country between Dunn, NC and Newton Grove, NC. On its 6 acres of land there is an outreach building where the three staff members work. There, they provide services to migrant farm workers from the 47 camps in the area. Attached to the offices is a covered pavilion for open air Mass on Sunday.The ministry has 4 vans that transport the laborers to church on Sunday. There are other buildings that host a variety of services. One has bathrooms, a washer, dryer and showers. Another has two classrooms for English as a Second Language classes. While another contains donated clothing that the farmworkers need to shield their skin from pesticides that are on the plants where they harvest the food.

Beside the buildings, there is a soccer field that is revived each September for the Fall Festival. The festival is a way for the two Episcopal Dioceses that support the Ministry to celebrate the farm workers’ lives and to honor their work. Many churches, including St. James, have contributed to the festival.

Our Outreach Committee looks each year for volunteers to help before and during the festival. St. James parishioners are asked to donate paper goods and support in distributing the free food that is offered to the farmworkers. Our favorite is the hot dogs. We take buns and volunteers to the festival each year to hand out the much welcomed “red hots." We also have as a special project the recycling of the 3000 cans and bottles of soda and water that are consumed! This year the youth group of St. James will be present to help gather the bottles. We still need volunteers for the hot dog line! Can you help us on September 18th at the Festival? Contact Kay Ballard or Catherine Schmid at mballard1@ec.rr.com or mailto:cschmid2@ec.rr.com

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DO YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS?We want to see your St. James Parish related

photographs! Snapped a great picture at a recent event? Email communications@stjamesp.org to have

your photographs potentially featured!

ANNOUNCING THE COUPLES’ RETREATEXPERIENCING GRACE IN YOUR MARRIAGE

November 11-13 | Trinity CenterImagine learning how to listen to each other better.

Imagine an all-inclusive cost of only $320 per couple.Imagine experiencing more of God's grace in your own

marriage.

Imagine being part of St. James' first Couples' Retreat.To reserve your spot at this retreat led by Linda and Reid

Murchison and others, please send a check to St. James Parish and contact Nancy Keller at nancykeller@ec.rr.com

or 910-313-2848.

QUIET RETREAT: PELICAN HOUSE AT TRINITY CENTER

NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 2 | 2016AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICE OF SILENCE – ADVENT RETREAT

You are invited to Pelican House (again or for the first time!) at the Trinity Center for 2 days of quiet, preparation, refreshment, rest for body, mind and spirit. As we enter the Advent season, the retreat will begin with a short meeting (5:30 pm) followed by dinner at Pelican House on Wednesday 11/30. We will maintain silence in the house and at meals. Morning, noon, evening prayer and walking meditation will be available for any who wish to participate. Pelican House has space for 9 guests in single rooms. Open to men and women. Cost: $155 for 2 nights and meals. Checks can be made to St. James Parish and mailed to Linda Murchison, 418 S. Front Street, Wilmington, 28401. To register, please visit stjamesp.org. Questions? Please call or email Linda (910) 763-6072, lindamurchison@ec.rr.com.

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR RETREATSPlease note that scholarship funds are available for the upcoming retreats. Contact Jay Sidebotham at jay@stjamesp.org for assistance.

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY WOMENCALLING ALL WOMEN!

If you have never joined us, if you have sometimes joined us, if you have always joined us – Come. If you have time to read, if you have no time to read, if you want to have time to read – Come. If you are of a young age, if you are of a middle age, if you are of a more than middle age – Come. As Uncle Sam once said – We Want You!

Bring a willingness to listen and to discuss, a readiness to consider interesting opinions and to politely agree or disagree, and an openness for camaraderie and thoughtful responses from a variety of outlooks.

Wonderful Wednesday Women will begin again on October 12, 2016 for a six-week session. The book we will discuss is Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott. It can be obtained through Amazon or at a local bookseller.

We will meet on Wednesday mornings from 10:30 AM to Noon in the Graham Parlor. You can drop in or be a regular. You can read the book or run out of time to read the book. You are always welcome!

Questions: Kitty Davis - kittydavis@bellsouth.net or Barbara Whitesides – whiteside6@me.com

STAY IN THE KNOW

Did you know that St. James Parish has a Facebook page? Like us on Facebook to stay up to date with all St. James Parish news at facebook.com/stjamesp

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SAVE THE DATE 9.25.2016

PARISH FAMILY DINNERLEE PARISH HALL

Sunday5:30 - 7:30 PM

This celebration of our parish life will feature Ray Kennedy's Cabaret and a simultaneous

program for children called “Oceans of Fun”

More information to follow.

TOM MORRIS TO SPEAK AT ST. JAMES PARISH

Wilmington resident Tom Morris, Christian Philosopher, former Morehead-Cain Scholar and professor at Yale and Notre Dame, will speak at St. James Parish, on Tuesday, November 1, at 7:00 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public and will follow a thirty-minute social time at 6:30. There will be a book-signing following the talk.

For more information about the event, go to the website, stjamesp.org, email communications@stjamesp.org, call the office at 910-763-1628, or find St. James on Facebook.

ALL WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS:New Fall schedules are being posted. Please check

stjamesp.org for yours!

BETWEEN SUNDAYS BLOGThe St. James parish blog is a place for connection and spiritual formation. Our vision is for St. James Episcopal Church of Wilmington, NC to be a committed, loving, supportive parish that provides opportunity, encouragement, and nourishment for all to know Christ and make him known.

The vision is for this blog to be another place to connect to church between Sundays. Sermons may feel like a one-way conversation but that is not the intent – they are meant to spark dialogue, conversation, and creativity. This blog is yet another space that will hopefully lead to some real conversations, and dialogues about faith.

Visit our blog at medium.com/st-james-parish

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"DAWGS ON THE DOCK"YOUTH GROUP GATHERING

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 | 3:30 PM THE GWATHMEY’S DOCK

510 S. LUMINA AVE WRIGHTSVILLE BEACHWear your bathing suit and bring a towel! The tide will be high so the swimming will be terrific. Join us for this fun filled cook-out and sound side fellowship. HOT “DAWGS” will be served (the kind of “dawgs” that you eat not the kind of “dogs” that bark) Let’s begin the 2016 – 2017 St James Youth Group by celebrating the joy of being together, hearing more about the plans that have been made for this year, and signing up for our Outreach Project at the Migrant Farmworkers Festival, The Virginia Creeper Trail, the Scarowinds Lock In Adventure and the Ski Trip! Questions? Contact: Frank 757.286.0680 & Marietta Gwathmey 757.286.0855 Russell Clark 910.612.0192 or Jane Rippy 910.471.4120

DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER!

-Virginia Creeper Trail

-Happening #68

-Ski Trip

-SCarowinds

Register for these trips by visiting:

Stjamesp.org/youth

YOUTH OUTREACHSUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 18 | MIGRANT

FARMWORKERS FESTIVALYoung people who have registered will be joining adults from St James on this amazing Outreach Opportunity to Newton Grove. Please contact DENNIS FISH 910-233-4157 if you have any questions. This Outreach Experience will take the place of our regularly scheduled YOUTH GROUP on Sunday, September 18.

“OCEANS OF FUN”SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 25 | 5:00 - 7:30 PM

Want to have some FUN? All 6th – 12th graders are encouraged to join us in THE GREAT HALL, to have “Oceans of Fun” with the children of St James through an interactive adventure with “Finding Nemo.” While parents are enjoying a magnificent dinner in Lee Perry Hall, the children and youth will be enjoying an evening of fun, fellowship, food and festivities. Parents: Please encourage your 6th – 12th graders to come & share their lives with our young children. This is the perfect opportunity for them to begin to their leadership roles within our St. James Community. Questions? Contact Cookie at cookie@stjamesp.org

YOUTH MINISTRIES REGISTATIONS 2016 – 2017

Want to REGISTER for a St James Youth Ministries Trip?Go online to the St James Webpage www.stjamesp.org for YOUTH MINISTRIES. You may register & pay online!!!! The REGISTRATION FORMS along with the ST JAMES COMMUNITY COVENANT & MEDICAL RELEASE FORM 2016 – 2017 are available. And….. if you prefer, just email Cookie at cookie@stjamesp.org and she will return your email with all of the forms and information that you request. JOIN US FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, FUN, OUTREACH & ACTIVITIES!

HAPPENING #68A Youth led retreat held at Trinity Center that focuses on who we are and how we live in relation to Jesus, our Church and the world. It is created for 9th – 12th graders with adult support & encouragement.

•CANDIDATE REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE by SEPT. 21

MORE INFORMATION? Please contact one of our young people or adults who have participated in Happening or contact Cookie Cantwell at cookie@stjamesp.org CONTACT COOKIE FOR HAPPENING REGISTRATION FORMS (Sorry! Happening Registration cannot be done online.)

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UPCOMING EVENTSMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Morning Prayer8:00 AM–9:00 PM | Church

Warden Meeting3:30 PM–4:00 PM | Ron's Office

Finance Meeting 4:15 PM–4:45 PM | Tatum Parlor

Vestry Meetings5:15 PM–7:00 PM | Graham Parlor

AA Meeting7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Lippitt Room

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13Contemplative Prayer7:30 AM–8:00 AM | Church

Morning Prayer8:00 AM–9:00 AM | Church

EfM Class9:00 AM–11:30 AM | Stephen Ministry Rm

Clericus Meeting (St. John's)12:00 PM–1:00 PM | Offsite

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14PCJBS7:00 AM–8:00 AM | Offsite

Morning Prayer8:00 AM–9:00 AM | Church

Staff Meeting10:00 AM–11:00 AM | Tatum Parlor

Jesus & Relationships w/ Ruth Bayley10:30 AM–12:00 AM | Graham Parlor

Wednesday Eucharist12:10 PM–12:45 PM | Church

Book Discussion: America's Original Sin6:30 PM–8:00 PM | Great Hall

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15Morning Prayer8:00 AM–9:00 PM | Church

Brightmore (Eucharist, Rite II)3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Offsite

Lumina Choir Rehearsal4:00 PM–5:00 PM | Choir Room

SJ Choir Rehearsal7:00 PM–8:30 PM | Choir Room

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16Morning Prayer8:00 AM–9:00 PM | Church

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17Al Anon8:00 AM–9:00 AM | Bishop Wright Rm

Altar Guild - Set Up8:00 AM-11:00 AM | Church

SCHEDULING MEETINGS AND EVENTS AT ST. JAMESPlease be sure to add all meetings and events to the calendar as soon as possible. There are many groups and events at St. James and we want to avoid schedule conflicts and double-bookings! It is also important for us to be aware of all events taking place in our facilities.

When submitting an event, please include the following information:

• Name of event (please be specific!)• Event description• Date of event• Start and End times• Time required for set up and/or take down• Room to be reserved• Resources needed (tables, chairs, video equipment, etc.)• Point of contact name and phone number/email

There is an Event Request Form available on the website (on the homepage, under the Events tab). For additional assistance, contact Don Barlow at don@stjamesp.org.

ST. JAMES PARISH• ESTABLISHED 1729 •

STAFF: Rector The Rev. Ronald G. Abrams | Associate Rector The Rev. Jay Sidebotham | Assistant Rector The Rev. Timothy M. Meyers | Assistant Rector The Rev. Chris Hamby | Deacon The Rev. Catherine W. Davis | Curate The Rev. Paula Griffin | Organist/Choirmaster John Sullivan | Facilities Administrator Don Barlow | Office/Financial Administrator Jan Hincke | Parish Coordinator Suzanne Adams | Parish Administrative Assistant Suzanne Murphy | Communications Director Sarah Cavalcanti | Youth Ministries Cookie Cantwell | Christian Formation Assistant Devyn Doyle | Registrar Gorda Singletary | Day School Director Stephanie Burney | Sextons Frank Brown, Douglas Maddox

VESTRY: Senior Warden Claude Bridger | Junior Warden Steve Thomas | Administration/Finance Fred Osann | Building/Grounds Owen Aylesworth | Christian Formation Frances Wells | Communications Allen Trask | Evangelism Steve Thomas | Outreach Mary Gornto | Parish Life/Hospitality Cindy Popajohn | Pastoral Care Claude Bridger | Stewardship Steve Coggins | Spiritual Growth Louise Sloan | Worship Adair Ellis | Youth/Young Adults Mike Brown | Clerk Diane Macaskill | Treasurer David Sprunt

Visit us online: www.stjamesp.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/stjamesp

Between Sundays blog: stjamesclergy.wordpress.com

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