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Updated Parish Website About to Go Online (see below)
St. James Choir
The official choir season starts on Sunday, September 10, with the choir singing at the 10 AM service. If you’re interested in joining the choir, please come to our first rehearsal (or any later one), which is this Sunday (September 3), after the 10 AM service (and a brief time at coffee hour). Rehearsals are held in the Choir Room, across from the Parish Office on the main floor of the parish center. We welcome new choristers to our ranks; it’s a wonderful way to meet other parishioners and enjoy terrific music. For now, everything happens on Sundays, with rehearsals at 9 a.m. (starting September 10), and after church. Questions, call Katherine Brighty at 860-448-1725.
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Newsletter online address is about to change because . . .
The September edition of our Net newsletter can now be read by clicking here or find it on our website at www.stjamesnl.org/newsletter. However, we are in the process of updating our current St. James website because our online management company, ACS, has shifted its website support to a new company, Duda. To see a preview of the new website, you can check it out here. The pages, photos and content has been updated, with information drawn from the current website, the Annual Report and also an integration with the "Parish Report" information that was all at the back of the website previously.
Please take a look at it and let me know if there need to be changes, updates, or a picture of yourself that doesn't do you any favors! The new website will go "live" probably on Tuesday morning. The website address, www.stjamesnl.org, will stay the same, but the link to the Net newsletter will change at that time to www.stjamesnl.org/news-events.
Dave Downes - stjamesnlweb@stjames.com
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New London Resident Survey on Local Internet Access
The City of New London is conducting an online survey in order to gain insight from the community on the satisfaction levels of affordability, reliability and availability of local internet services. St. James is helping get the word out about the survey, which can be completed by clicking here. Surveys need to get in soon.
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The ECCT Racial Healing Justice & Reconciliation Ministry is offering a presentation and conversation on Critical Race Theory on Saturday, September 9, from 9 - 11 AM online. For further information go to the eventbrite site here.
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Save the Dates:
Picnic Date Change: Due to a scheduling conflict, the picnic and outdoor worship service has been moved from September 10 to October 1.
For this Homecoming Sunday, we would like to invite the folks we have not seen
at St. James in a while to come back “home” and join us at our annual
picnic. We will be sending out an invitation to anyone whom you can think
of that you haven’t seen at St. James who used to be here. They would come
as our guests, no need to bring food or to pay. It would be our chance to
invite them back into the community at a fun celebration. If you know of
anyone you would like to have included in this invitation, please notify the
office by Sept 15.
Email parishoffice@stjamesnl.org or call 860.443.4989.
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Join us on Tuesday, September 19 at 6 PM in the parish hall for a wonderful meal and a conversation about Planned Giving. Learn about how to make arrangements for those you love and perhaps St. James Church as well, in your estate planning.
Please complete the sign-up sheet which is available at both entrances to the church or contact the parish office.
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Wednesday Morning Book Group (updated): Every other Wednesday morning beginning September 20 from 10 – 11 AM in Hallam Lounge Denise will meet to discuss Diana Butler Bass’s book Grateful, which can be found at thriftbooks.com. Please order the book and come having read the Prologue.
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The St. James Supper Group will meet on Friday, September 22 at 6 PM, at the Dog Watch Restaurant, 20 Stonington Road, Mystic. Please call Lori Sarkett at 860-287-5500 or the parish office 860-443-4989 to make a reservation by Wednesday, September 20.
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The St. James Book Club will next meet on Wednesday , September 27 at 6 PM at Sue Chojnacki’s home on 175 Niantic River Rd , Waterford. We will be discussing Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.
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Thursday Evening Bible Study: Beginning Thursday, September 28, Denise will have Bible Study every other Thursday evening following the Thursday Eucharist (service will take place each week). Pizza and drinks will be provided. We will be using the upcoming Sunday lectionary readings as our study guides.
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Sunday Morning Services in the Church - September 3, 2023
8 AM Rite II - In person
Celebrant: Rev. Denise Cabana
Lector: Elizabeth Morgan
Usher: Marcia Pierce
Minister of Communion: Doug Scott
10 AM Rite II - In person and on Zoom and YouTube
Celebrant: Rev. Denise Cabana
Readings: Will Sieburg; Prayers: Roxanne Steed
Usher: John Umland
Minister of Communion: Marci Marciniak
Lesson Readings: Click here
The Zoom connection for Sunday service at 10 AM is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89357969444?pwd=REdjU09FcmhkRzFPUUdIcjBGTjN5dz09
Meeting ID: 893 5796 9444
Passcode: 578386
By phone at: 1-929-205-6099
To call from out of the US: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcRK06nGWL
Note that these Zoom services can also be seen in real time or any time on YouTube Live at our YouTube channel here. Closed captioning is available on YouTube.
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Compline (Zoom only) is offered on Monday evenings at 8 PM. To join the Compline Prayer Service each Monday at 8 PM, click HERE.
Meeting ID: 858 5779 1597
Passcode: 021996
By phone: 1 312 626 6799
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Join us for our regular Thursday evening Contemporary Holy Eucharist at 5 PM in the Hallam Chapel.
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St. James has a Prayer Circle—and we invite you to add names (or issues) for which you’d like some additional “prayer help” from your Parish family. The names/issues can be listed in the Daily Office book, found at the Huntington Street entrance of the Church on Sundays, or call Grace Barnum at 860.235.8701 or contact Ellen, Parish Administrator, at 860.443.4989.
If you are in need of pastoral and/or other assistance, please contact Ellen in the parish office. We want to “be there” for you! Health care laws prohibit hospital and/or rehabilitation centers from sharing information about admissions. If you are aware of another who would appreciate a visit, please call the parish office.
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Online Donation Options Available: If you wish to donate to St. James electronically for any reason, please click the DONATE button below This will allow you to select a payment method, amount and reason for the donation. Pledge payments by check are still preferred because the processing company takes 3% of debit/credit card donations and 1% of ACH donations made online.
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