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  Weekly Announcements - February 19 - 26

  The Journal -  February Journal is available. The newsletter of the people of St. James is updated monthly.

Election Committee names seven nominees
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Announcements 
Children's Christian Education
Children's Study - Kindergarten through Grade 5 - begins February 26th (...read more)
Concert Series
The 2011 - 2012 Series is here ... (read more)
Mt. Olivet Cemetary History
Read a history of Civil War Veterans buried in Mt. Olivet ... (read more)
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a special thought 
I asked for Strength...
And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom...
And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity...
And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage...
And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love...
And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favors...
And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted...
I received everything I needed!

   Anonymous
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 Episcopal News Service 
[Episcopal News Service] One of a growing number of Episcopal Church priests takes Ash Wednesday out of the church and into the streets or, in this case, the train station.
[Oficial de Asuntos Públicos] Sermones que funcionan [Sermones que iluminan –en la serie en español], una oferta popular y muy utilizada por el clero y líderes laicos de la Oficina de Comunicación, se expande para ofrecer servicios adicionales. Lanzada el Miércoles de Ceniza, 22 de febrero, la ampliada serie de Sermones que funcionan seguirá ofreciendo [...]
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] Sermons That Work, the popular and heavily utilized offering for clergy and lay leaders from the Office of Communication, is expanding to provide additional services. Launched on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, the expanded Sermons That Work will continue to offer ready-to-preach sermons and weekly Bible study, while now providing [...]
[Episcopal News Service] Cualquiera que considere la Cuaresma como [una estación] aburrida o terriblemente seria no se ha conocido al Rdo. Tim Schenck. En tanto otros episcopales pueden estar contemplando si renunciar al chocolate o a las bebidas alcohólicas, o considerando qué disciplina espiritual imponerse durante estos solemnes 40 días, Schenck se dedica a sopesar [...]
[Episcopal News Service] On the eve of the Super Bowl, a luncheon speaker reflected on his 50-year career, which included positions as a head college football coach and leader of the National Football Foundation and Football Hall of Fame. Football, he declared, was all about the money, and a well-oiled publicity machine keeps it at [...]
[Episcopal News Service] When considering what makes for great godparents, think 12-step program sponsor. “One of the things I tell parents when I’m doing baptismal preparation is, it’s like the sponsor in an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) context,” said the Rev. Ruth Lawson Kirk, rector of Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Wilmington, Delaware. “You want somebody [...]
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] On April 21, the Episcopal Church will sponsor a forum on a critical topic: The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment. Originating from St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City, UT, the two-hour ecumenical forum will be live webcast beginning at 10 am Mountain (9 am Pacific, 11 [...]

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