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ANNOUNCEMENTS

For the week of

January 22

 Please click here to see this week's announcements.  In addition you will find the calendar for the week. our servant schedule for the coming Sunday and other items of interest.

 

BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING VIDEO

  Click here to watch the 2010 stewardship video. (Opens in new window)

 

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY FORM

  Click here for a registration form for the Golden Anniversary Auction on  February 12 at 5:00 pm.

 
 
 

 

2012 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

 Click here for a copy of the 2012 Annual Financial Report.


 
 
   

 

 


 Worship is at the center of the Word and Sacrament life of our church.  We regularly have communion as a part of our worship.  All are welcome to come worship our Lord Jesus Christ with us.

 

Childcare is available during these services.

Worship Schedule

 

8:30 am Service of Holy Communion

10:45 am Service of Holy Communion

Sunday School at 9:45 am

   

 

January 29

9:30 am only 

followed by the Annual Financial Meeting at 10:45 am

ST. JAMES BRASS

Click on the link below to hear St. James Brass on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/StJamesBrass

 

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God calls us
                                                

  • to follow Christ

  • to make disciples

  • and live the Gospel.


 


God calls us...

The mission and ministry of St. James Lutheran Church begin with God.  The church exists not as a human invention but because God calls it into being.  Our starting point is not what we want but what God wants.  Therefore we are always attentive to God, listening to where and how God is calling us.  Each week begins with worship--time devoted to looking beyond our wants and wishes to what God is saying to us.

 

...to follow Christ...

Christ wants followers, not admirers.  We believe that God became like us in Jesus Christ so that we might become like God.  This transformation does not happen by standing still but by moving from what is comfortable and familiar to go where Christ is leading the way:  serving, giving, loving.

 

 

...to make disciples...

Disciples of Jesus are not born, they are made.  The church is the training ground and practice arena for Christians.  Faith is to be lived out in the world.  Church is where we learn the grammar of a faithful life.  Faith is caught more than it is taught, so we need to spend time together with other believers and learn from their example.

 

 

...and to live the Gospel.

Our reason for being is not to serve the church but to serve God's people in the world.  Christ came that all might have life and have it abundantly.  Our lives can become channels for God's amazing grace.  We are meant to be instruments of God's peace.  Whatever blessings we have from God are meant to be shared.

 

 

Welcome

You are invited to join in sharing the goodness we have found in Jesus Christ and in the challenging yet joyful struggle to be faithful followers.

Peace in Christ,

Richard E. Holmer, Pastor

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