7 from Kevin - Aug 2021
Kevin Jeske-Polyak • August 2, 2021
  • A tag team of Doorstep Ministry volunteers including Patty C, Susan A, Pam S, and Susan D recently performed a helpful task related to sorting and archiving important church membership records.


  • Tim L has been providing outstanding music direction and supportive assistance to Ashley B, who has been courageously facing and overcoming some difficult health-related challenges.


  • Rick B and Butch Y provided a swift emergency response during a major water leak incident created by the failure of a concealed hot water heater and directed efficient coordination of the subsequent mop up activities.


  • Marilyn C provided top-notch orientation and training for the new Parish Administrator for several weeks to assure a smooth transition following her earned retirement after 16 years of dedicated service to St. James.


  • Linda G expertly tended to all the communication details related to our ministries of in-reach during the busy months of June & July, including prayer requests, memorial services, weekend updates, service booklets, and our monthly newsletter.


  • Reggie H offered timely assistance and technical support to Jane C with her library inventory project, (including more than 2,000 titles), and to Kevin J-P who required assistance related to transitioning computer application configurations.


  • Linda D, Betty B, and Becky C have been tending to the abundant horticulture activities that add so much to the peaceful serenity afforded to all who take the time to stop and reflect, even if for brief moments at a time.


Thanks to everyone for becoming engaged in our mission at St. James at whatever level they are able, including all effort that is noticed and so much more that may be less noticed.  Rest assured, nothing is unnoticed by God and St. James is stronger because of everyone's combined effort.

By John Mark Wiggers June 12, 2025
By John Mark Wiggers June 5, 2025
By John Mark Wiggers June 5, 2025
By John Mark Wiggers May 22, 2025
By John Mark Wiggers May 15, 2025
By John Mark Wiggers May 12, 2025
Friends and Neighbors, This Sunday is Mother's Day and also Good Shepherd Sunday. Both celebrations have been shaped and changed over the years. Good Shepherd Sunday got the name as we do read the passage from John 10 about Jesus the Good Shepherd, and Mother's Day has roots going back to Mothering Sunday in England. The establishment of Mother's Day in the United States was motivated by the recognition of the work of Ann Reeves Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe, and Anna M. Jarvis. These women worked for sanitary health care for soldiers and were advocates for peace during the Civil War. They imagined a union of mothers who would call for peace because mothers knew so deeply the loss of their children to war. Mothering and shepherding call for similar qualities of protection and care.
By John Mark Wiggers May 12, 2025
We continue celebrating Easter as we move into a month full of celebrations and transitions. I am looking forward to just hanging out with folks this Saturday night at our spaghetti dinner. You can find details about that in this email. Please mark your calendars for the annual Justice Knox Celebration on May 19 from 6:30 PM- 8:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church. We will have dinner and share stories about the next steps. You will also be asked to consider making an investment in the work of Justice Knox. I hope that you will consider giving to this important ministry.
By John Mark Wiggers April 24, 2025
Alleluia. Christ is risen. We celebrated the resurrection with so much joy this past Sunday. The Easter feast continues for 50 days. Thank you to everyone who made Holy Week and Easter Sunday so special. You helped people feel welcomed to this place where we proclaim the welcoming love of Christ in word, deed, song, Easter egg hunts, and something good to eat. We welcome others because we have known the love of Christ and want to share it.
By John Mark Wiggers April 17, 2025
Friends and Neighbors, As we journey through Holy Week, I encourage you to pause and consider those events that lead us to the joyful celebration of Easter. May that also be reflected in our lives. We walk through hard things and know that God is with us. We hold to the hope that nothing can separate us from the love of God.
By John Mark Wiggers April 17, 2025
Friends and Neighbors, As the weather teases us with warm days followed by chilly ones, we enter Holy Week. You have probably heard me encouraging folks to experience the journey to the cross and the grave so we might celebrate the resurrection with that insight. God has shared this human experience and is with us in the darkness and the light. Our liturgies of Holy Week take us on that journey with Jesus and remind us that God is indeed with us on our own journeys.
Show More