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The Reverend Susan Esco Chandler, Priest-in-Charge

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Celebrating 150 years as the Episcopal Church in Amesbury

 

Welcome to stjamesamesbury.org
We Thank You for your patience, as this website is currently under construction and not yet fully functional.
Please come back and visit soon! New links and information will be posted throughout the week.
We welcome your comments and suggestions at stjames.clergy@verizon.net

 

Join us for worship on Sundays

Holy Eucharist, Rite I
8:00 am

Holy Eucharist, Rite II
10:00 am

Nursery/Toddler Care
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Church School
Ages: 3-Middle School
9:45 am – 11:AM

Upcoming Events:

Week of November 16, 2008 –November 23, 2008

Monday:

  • Bible Study Group in the Nickerson Library 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm.  "Growing Together, Verse by Verse" is an easy-to-use discussion which brings the Bible alive.  If you want to be a part of a small group with Bible study as its focus, please join us.

Tuesday:

  • Centering Prayer at 10:00 am in the Chapel

Wednesday:

  • Adult Choir Rehearsals in the Parish Hall 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm.  Newcomers Welcome!

  • Watch our Sunday service on cable Channel 12 - 6:00 pm

Thursday:

  • Centering Prayer at 5:30 pm in the Chapel

Sunday:

  • Coffee Hour after the 10am service.

  • Confirmation Mentors meet after the 10am service.



Upcoming Events:

Advent

  • Would you like to host a communion during the upcoming season of Advent? Reverend Susan will come to your home, celebrate the Holy Eucharist and share in fellowship with all those in attendance. This is an old custom in the Episcopalian Church; as a host you simply provide the home-- the priest brings all things necessary! The hope is to offer a week night service; evening and time to be determined by host and priest. Look for this schedule on November 30th, the First Sunday of Advent.

Outreach

  • Our Holiday Outreach Project will be to collect children's mittens, hats, jackets, hoodies/sweatshirts for Pettengill House. Talk to Pat :McBride of St. Elizabeth's Guild for more information.

  • We will also continue to collect non-perishable food for the hungry in our communities – which we present and bless at the offertory. Grab a sack as you're leaving the sanctuary which has details/needs attached.

     

    Mission Statement of St. James Episcopal Church
    St. James is a strong and loving community that welcomes, encourages and empowers all to grow in Christ and to do God’s work in the world.

     

     

    Vision Statements
    Compiled from the Appreciative Inquiry Exercise

    • Being part of an extended family with “brothers and sisters” who care about you. 
    • Participating in the life of a community where your concerns make a difference.
    • Discovering companions with whom you can work to help bring to the world a greater measure of social, economic, and environmental justice.
    • Increasing your capacity for open and honest relationships with other people.
    • Approaching God directly, while growing and learning through traditional and alternative worship and prayer.
    • Having a place to celebrate the joys of birth, marriage, family and success as well as to find support in the sorrows of death, divorce, and failure.
    • Finding your roots in the rituals and traditions of an Episcopalian-Anglican faith with a rich history.
    • Growing in awareness of your personal values and your potential as a human being.