Pastor’s Blog

We’re trying something new – a regular midweek worship service. It will be short (30 minutes) with more contemporary music. Here’s the schedule: 6pm                 – A light meal for everyone. 6-7pm              – Education for pre-k thru 5th graders (they get to eat too) 6:30pm            – A brief worship service (prayers, lessons, 2 songs) 7:00pm            – Confirmation, High School Youth Group, Adult Bible Study. Everyone should be heading home by 8pm, most much earlie

October 21, 2025 This week a group friends at Saint James finished reading the book of Job  together. It took us about two months of reading and discussing for about an hour a week. It was fascinating! In the book of Job , a very good person named Job loses everything and asks, ‘why me?’ This good person has three ‘ friends’  who try to help him think about the why question. Mostly they suggest unhelpfully that “Everything happens for a reason,” “God won’t give you more than

October 7, 2025 Saint James is an intergenerational community. It includes people of all ages. So while I am unable to be with my...

September 29, 2025 Did you know that October is Pastor Appreciation Month? It should be Pastoral Staff Appreciation Month  because Saint...