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If you’re searching for a community of faith to call home, you are welcome at Saint James. We are a mix of talents, ideas, ages, and backgrounds. We offer many worship, service, learning, and fellowship opportunities for all ages.
We believe in the importance of living the example of Jesus, by responding to his call to take care of the other people in our world.
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Bonnie Inkman Living Legacy Scholarship Winners have Been Selected!
The Saint James United Methodist Church Scholarship Ministry is delighted to announce this year’s recipients of the Bonnie Inkman Living Legacy Scholarship.
Go to our Scholarship Program page to learn more…
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Signs and Faithfulness
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 1:18-25 (NRSVue)
Today, this 4th Sunday of Advent our keyword is LOVE. We have already experienced the focus of Hope, Peace & Joy. We continue to wait for LOVE tapping into the world’s longing for redemption, salvation, and transformation. We look back to the story of the Incarnation and look forward to the coming of the kingdom of heaven, when the will of God will be done on earth as in heaven. All the earth is waiting for this fulfillment. In worship, we can see the signs of the nearness of Emmanuel, God with us.
9:30 am – Live and Online Worship in the Sanctuary
10:30 am – Friendship Time
- Rev. Patricia Abell, Pastor
- Kelli Young, Director of Music Ministry
- Clarice Snyder, Organist/Pianist
- Susan Mascaro, Liturgist
- Saint James Chancel Choir
- Jelinda Blum, Children’s Message
- Laural Clark, Handbell Choir Director
- Saint James Handbell Choir
- Narrator: Jeff Hensley
- Soloist: Anand Abraham
- Flute: Susan Day
- Page Turner: Jane Ohlmacher
- Saint Vincent Pallotti High School Chorus members:
Jazmine Cadima-Aragon,
Jeremiah Grier,
Iris Robinson
Next Worship Services
Christmas Eve 4 pm Service, December 24, 2025
What a Gift!…The Christmas Mouse
SCRIPTURE: Luke 2: 1-20
Beloved in Christ, this Christmas Eve we gather again, in duty & in delight, to prepare ourselves to hear again the message of the angels, and to go in heart and mind to Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, and the Babe lying in a manger.
Let us hear again from Holy Scripture, the story of our loving God, seeking, leading, and providing for our redemption by this holy Child; let us make this house of prayer full with our hymns of praise.
Let us hear again from Holy Scripture, the story of our loving God, seeking, leading, and providing for our redemption by this holy Child; let us make this house of prayer full with our hymns of praise.
4 pm – Live and Online Worship in the Sanctuary
- Rev. Patricia Abell, Pastor
- Kelli Young, Director of Music Ministry
- Clarice Snyder, Organist/Pianist
- Nancy Janson, Liturgist
Christmas Eve 7 pm Service, December 24, 2025
HOLY Being – Love Came Down
SCRIPTURE: Luke 2: 1-20
Beloved in Christ, this Christmas Eve we gather again, in duty & in delight, to prepare ourselves to hear again the message of the angels, and to go in heart and mind to Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, and the Babe lying in a manger.
Let us hear again from Holy Scripture, the story of our loving God, seeking, leading, and providing for our redemption by this holy Child; let us make this house of prayer full with our hymns of praise.
Let us hear again from Holy Scripture, the story of our loving God, seeking, leading, and providing for our redemption by this holy Child; let us make this house of prayer full with our hymns of praise.
7 pm – Live and Online Worship in the Sanctuary
- Rev. Patricia Abell, Pastor
- Kelli Young, Director of Music Ministry
- Clarice Snyder, Organist/Pianist
- Nancy Janson, Liturgist
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