St. James is such a wonderful, giving parish home; a true exemplification of stewardship. We help our own but also our community -- food drives, benefits for the youth’s mission trip, we pray for those who are not in our own home, we serve as a meeting place for Alcoholics Anonymous, tutor reading to children from a neighborhood elementary school, support less fortunate families at holiday time, the homeless when it’s frightful weather and the list goes on and on and on.

Do you ever notice that no matter how little you may think you have, there is always someone less fortunate? Typically we don’t think twice about providing towels for a shelter resident or a coat no longer worn going to someone homeless when it’s frigid but have you considered St. James on your list of the needy? Hopefully you have and your stewardship to your home community is at the top of your list when donating. During a food drive for instance, you amply select overstock of staples in your pantry but do you also consider digging a bit deeper occasionally to make a donation here at home? Know that good stewardship doesn’t lie in stashing and saving, but in giving.

"And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:19

We ask that you remember that good stewardship doesn’t lie in stashing and saving, but in giving.