Did you know Mary M is the person who lovingly mails birthday cards to St. James parishioners every month?  Of course, the only way she can be reminded of your birthday is if you enter the month and day of your birth in your Realm Profile.  If you need help figuring out how to do that, please reach out to Drew J-P drew@kap10associates.com.

• The Helping Hands Ministry works hard throughout the year distributing bags of groceries and other sundry items to neighbors in need.  Our Helping Hands volunteers (including Mike & Elizabeth A, Gail B, Caroline C-Y, Stacy H, Junior H, Charles & Diane L, Karen M, Mark R, Jim R, Jimmie W, and Bill & Ginny C) work especially hard during Thanksgiving & Christmas to help provide an extra special warm and meaningful holiday experience.  

• For several years, the A/V Team has produced video recordings of our 10:30 service to air on Community Television. During the COVID pandemic, we started simulcasting our Zoom church services on Facebook. When we returned to in-person church services, we began live streaming on YouTube.  Most recently, we have installed a robotic camera at the rear of the church requiring all kinds of hardware & software configurations.  With enormous help from Bro Andrew M at the Diocese, we are hopeful we have finally made all the necessary technical adjustments. Thanks to everyone for your patience.

• Among her many volunteer roles, Jane C systematically inserts the announcement sheets and presses the folded creases on our weekly service bulletins with an appropriately sized can of soup.  Even as we are still recovering from decreased attendance due to COVID, this amounts to an average of 100 service bulletins every week.  

• Working closely with Bob W., members of the St. James Finance Committee, including Carol Y, Drew J-P, Nancy P, Carla L, Lee C, Luke H, Steve S, and Stacy H, work very hard to develop operational budgets and generate the necessary reports to help ministry leaders manage their expenses.

• During your next visit to St. James, be sure to peer through the gate at the memorial garden to view the beautiful original bronze statue of the Madonna created by Mary M and donated to the church by Mary & Damon B. Her quiet and soothing presence will bring comfort to all who visit the memorial garden in the future.

• St. James Doorstep Ministry volunteers greet neighbors at the door and on the phone.  They also prepare and distribute bagged lunches to neighbors without food during the week. Patty C, Drew J-P, Mary M, Damon B, Kim Y, Susan A, Pam S, Susan & Boyce D, Carol Y, and Marilyn & Hoyt C work very effectively as a team feeding & tending our neighbors.

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.