New Friends Join St. James’ this Week How exciting this week to see a large lift transport our new statues up the front of the church building and place them in their designated niches. The statues look amazing! And just think – they will be looking out over Wilshire Blvd and Koreatown for the next one hundred years, and more. What a powerful witness to the great spiritual and social justice leaders who have come before us: The Bishop Barbara Harris, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bishop Simon Kim,...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Scouts' Pancake Breakfast: This Sunday, February 8th The Scouts will be hosting their Annual Pancake Breakfast on Scout Sunday this Sunday. Breakfast is $8 per person and $20 for a family of 4. They will be serving after the 8 AM and 10:30 AM services in the parish hall. Monks Participating in the Walk for Peace Visit St. James’ School This week, our students welcomed three Buddhist monks to our weekly Chapel ceremony - our theme was peace. You may know the Venerable Luangpor Jeww, alongside...
21 days ago • 2 min read
One Hundred Years Later... Our four wonderful new statues have arrived and are set to be installed in their new niche homes in February. In the meantime, they are spending time with us in the sanctuary! (Below, see our statue of Bishop Barbara Harris, the first woman and woman of color to be consecrated bishop in the Anglican Communion). And the glorious new crown for our bell tower, designed by Rhett Judice, is shipping this week. Welcome to Our New Vestry Members Congratulations to our new...
27 days ago • 1 min read
Annual Meeting Be sure to attend this year’s Annual Meeting. We will have orange juice, coffee and bagels and lots of information about St. James, as well as an election for new vestry members and delegates to convention. Don’t miss this exciting moment of the church year! We will be doing electronic voting again this year, so please be sure to bring your smartphone with you. Online voting may be accessed here. We have a sample question posted so you can try it out! Vestry Slate Thank you to...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Gift Card Scams There seems to be a considerable uptick in gift card scams. No one from St. James will ever email you saying we’re in a meeting but need you to go get us some gift cards. Please report emails like this as spam. Vestry Slate Thank you to Jean Dillingham, Cathy Helm, Bright Onyenwe, Sandra Spencer, SaraJane Thies, and Marsha Vargas for stepping forward to be on the Vestry slate this year. Please take the time to read about our candidates for the Vestry Class of 2029 here. Since...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
St. James in-the-City | LOS ANGELESSTJLA.org Evensong This Sunday This Sunday at 4:15 PM we will have our first evensong of 2026! Please join us for an evening of sacred music. New Website This week we launched an updated version of our website. We're still updating and adding content, but please email contact@stjla.org if you have any feedback or suggestions. Pledge Statements This afternoon, 2025 pledge statements were emailed. If you did not receive your pledge statements or if you have...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
St. James in-the-City | LOS ANGELESSTJLA.org Please join us for Christmas services and our upcoming Great Music events in 2026 CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE Christmas Eve 4:00 PM Family Pageant with Eucharist 7:00 PM Solemn Eucharist celebrating the Nativity of Our Lord 9:00 PM Solemn Eucharist celebrating the Nativity of Our Lord Christmas Day 10:30 AM Solemn Eucharist celebrating the Nativity of Our Lord 12:30 PM Korean-Language Eucharist celebrating the Nativity of Our Lord If you would like to...
2 months ago • 3 min read
St. James in-the-City | LOS ANGELESSTJLA.org Christmas Eve Request Greetings Families with Children, This year we will have three Christmas Eve services, and the first one, at 4PM, is our annual Family Service. I am looking for children of all ages to read; and, I would also like a Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus and other Nativity characters. So, please email if you plan to attend the 4pm service on Christmas Eve and would like a reading or a role. Many thanks!! Kate+ kcress@stjla.org Advent...
3 months ago • 1 min read
St. James in-the-City | LOS ANGELESSTJLA.org A Message from our Interim Director of Music, Bruce Neswick Greetings, St. James! I am thrilled to be joining you as your Interim Director of Music, and the expectation is that I will serve this wonderful parish from Advent through July. It is an honor to follow in the steps of my beloved friend and colleague Jim Buonemani, who built, over the course of his 30+ years here, one of the finest music programs in the Episcopal Church. The choir, in...
3 months ago • 1 min read
