Lock-In

What do a bonfire,

a scavenger hunt,

a canned good drive,and carrot hats have in common?Youth Lock-In!!!!!

Youth Boxing for Hunger

Help the youth collect 1000 canned goods and food items to stock our food pantry and fight hunger on our streets. The youth at St. James are having their annual Boxing for Hunger drive and lock-in on Friday, March 18, beginning at 6PM in front of the church. They'll be collecting cans until 9PM. Please come out and donate food for this worthy cause.

Mid-Week Prayer Services

Beginning on Ash Wednesday, join us for mid-week prayer services throughout the season of Lent. This year's theme is 40 Days of Prayer during the 40 Days of Lent. Worship starts at 6:30PM in the sanctuary. All are welcome.

Preparing for Lent

~Shrove Tuesday Prayer~

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for it is from your goodness that we have this day to celebrate on the threshold of the Season of Lent.

Tomorrow we will fast. Today we feast. We thank you for the abundance of gifts you shower upon us. We thank you especially for one another. As we give you thanks, we are mindful of those who have so much less than we do. As we share these wonderful gifts together, we commit ourselves to greater generosity

toward those who need our support.

Prepare us for tomorrow. Tasting the fullness of what we have today, let us experience some hunger tomorrow. May our fasting make us more alert so that we might be ready to hear your Word and respond to your call.

As our feasting fills us with gratitude, so may our fasting hollow out in us

an attentiveness to hear the cry of the poor. May our self-denial turn our hearts to you and give us a new freedom for generous service to others.

We ask you these graces with our hearts full of delight and stirring with readiness for the journey ahead. We ask them with confidence in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Saturday Sisters

The Saturday Sisters is a group of women from St. James that meets together on the first Saturday morning of every month at 8:30AM for study and prayer. All ladies of the church are invited to join us this Saturday, March 5, in the parlor as we begin discussing our newest book, One Month to Live, by Kerry and Chris Shook. At this meeting, we will also be organizing our new monthly project, which is supporting the Cancer Center at Lexington Medical Center.

WELCA Sunday

This Sunday, February 27th, was Bold Women's Day, a day when the Women of the ELCA led us in celebrating all women followers of Jesus, who take risks on account of the gospel. The mission of the Women of the ELCA is to mobilize women to act boldly on their faith in Jesus Christ. During our worship service, we honored Mrs. Helen Monts, (11/5/26-10/10/10), a woman who was bold in her faith and who was a faithful member of the Women of the ELCA throughout her lifetime. We give thanks for Helen and for so many others like her, who make Christ known in this church and in the world.

All Lutheran women are invited to take part in monthly Women of the ELCA meetings beginning with a shared dinner with the Lutheran Men in Mission at 6:30PM, and then breaking up into our groups for bible study and service projects. Check our church calendar online to find out when our next meeting will be held.
The Women of the ELCA at St. James is also starting a new group for the girls of our church called Lutheran Girl Pioneers, that will meet regularly to hear about women in the Bible and to practice basic skills together including sewing, cooking, babysitting, and other fun activities. Our first Lutheran Girl Pioneers meeting will be held on Saturday, March 26, at 9:30 AM. Please call the church office for more details.

Sharing God's Love

Last Sunday, in honor of St. Valentine and in thankfulness for the love of God shown to us in Christ Jesus, we had a marriage and friendship blessing during worship at St. James. We also sang lots of hymns about God's love, and we heard again about God's call for us to love one another. A few days later, the children of our church created blooming Valentines for the shut-ins.

Currently, the toddlers in our church are collecting new toys for Happy Wheels, Columbia. These toys will be given to children in our local hospitals. People of all ages at St. James love sharing God's love with others.