All are invited to join us for a night of singing and celebration, as the St. James chior and handbells present their Christmas cantata, I Hear The Prophet Callin'. The music begins at 5PM with refreshments to follow in the Fellowship Hall. 
All are invited to join us for our Fall Festival and Craft Bazaar on Saturday, October 9, from 10AM to 2PM. There will be fun activities for kids and plenty of food to eat. The Craft Bazaar will offer homemade jellies/jams, baked goods, hand-made crafts, children’s items, and so much more! Also, come and see the cool cars in our Classic Car Show. We hope to see you there!
We also had a dessert contest, and we handed out an evangelism award to the person who brought the most friends. We really do have lots of talent at St. James, and we not only love worshipping together but we also enjoy letting our hair down and having a good time.
skits and a scripture verse-based scavenger hunt. 
Our time together also gave us a chance to hear from teachers and students in all of the Sunday School classes. We have classes for people of every age from infant through adult. Everyone is welcome to join us at 9:15AM each Sunday. We would love for you to join us.
While they were there, they taught Vacation Bible School to 250 children, and they presented cross necklaces to them made by the children of our church. In return, the children of Tanzania made crosses that were brought back to our kids here. 
Sent there with much support and many prayers from our congregation, these ladies were able to provide school uniforms for 25 orphans and layettes for 25 newborn babies. 
They were also able to help build a house for a widow, her 4 children, and her brother. 
We give thanks to our Father God for the many ways in which He works through his people here and throughout the world. We also continue to pray for families and children in Tanzania, that they will always know the deep love of Jesus for them.
Just as Christ took this fisherman, James, to be his servant, teaching him how to be humble and faithful, so too, may Christ take us and show us how to serve faithfully.
Here's an e-mail received from Cathy, the team leader, around 11:30AM:
Greetings Everyone! This is a note to let you know that the Mission 2010 team has made it to Dar es Salaam. We all traveled well. It took us 32 hours to get here. We were delayed leaving Washington and Addis Ababa. Welcome to Tanzania. All of our luggage made it as well. Mary was at the airport to greet us and she will travel with us to Magoye. It was really good to see our drivers. Brighton Killewa came down from Arusha to greet us as well. We are preparing for dinner at 7PM. We will begin preparation to leave in the morning at 8AM. I will try to send a message when we get to Iringa.
Love to all,
Cathy
Pictured here is a small group of young people from ELCA's Region 9, which includes the NC Synod, SC Synod, Virginia Synod, FL-Bahamas Synod, Caribbean Synod, and the Southeastern Synod. This week, they gathered for theological instruction, worship, and service projects in a program called, "Bishop's School," at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. The best part about this picture is that one of those young people is from St. James! Congratulations to Joshua West, who was chosen to attend Bishop's School 2010. What an honor! We can't wait to hear about all of the great things he learned.
What have we here? Pictured above are a few of the guys who have played in our men's softball league this year. What a great season they've had! This year, St. James has had both co-ed and men's softball teams. What a wonderful way to share fellowship and fun together in Christ's name.
Together, we not only worshipped our Lord Jesus Christ, 
but we also learned some fun Bible stories about God's love and care in the lives of Peter, Paul, and John. 
And, most importantly, all of the kids practiced sharing God's love with others, as well. Our children went home and invited their friends to VBS, and they also brought in money to help needy kids in Tanzania, who don't have much food, fresh water, or clothing. Wow! 
While we learned about God's love, we also played some swashbuckling games, 
ate some delicious snacks, 
and created some cool crafts together. 
VBS was so much fun!
Ahoy! Give summer boredom the heave-ho. All hands on deck for some swashbuckling Bible Adventures, Crafts, Games, Music, and Snacks! Grab your friends, and bring them aboard. VBS will meet on June 14-18, and will go from 6:30-8:30PM. We have activities for kids as young as age 2 up through kids who have just finished 6th grade. Click on the big colorful ship on our website, or contact the church office to register now at 359-2122. Come and join our High Seas Expedition!
Together you helped us raise more than $5,000 to go toward mission work in our sister synod, Tanzania. We are so grateful for everyone's generosity and hard work in this effort and can't wait to see our funds used to build a home for those in need!
to building a retaining wall and cleaning up a local park; 
to building our own food pantry so that we can store canned goods for needy people in our community; 
to making 95 scarves and collecting 5 additional blankets for Veterans in need; 
to repairing and upgrading the homes of 2 two widows in need in the area; 
to offering free car maintenance checks to members of the community; 
to collecting 12 baskets of groceries from Food Lion for hungry people in the area; 
to creating 150 "Book Bag Blessings" (food bags) for school children who have no food to eat on the weekends...
we love serving people in Christ's name!
Is something wrong with your car, but you don't have the money to find out what it is? Drop by St. James Lutheran Church this Saturday from 9AM-2PM for a free car maintenance check. We will have licensed mechanics there to check under the hood, top off fluids, and let you know what "really" needs to be fixed. We will also offer child car seat safety checks and fingerprinting for children. We care about your safety!
