WELCOME HOME
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.
SAINT JAMES UMC IS STREAMING LIVE!
Our Sunday Worship Service is in person in our sanctuary and also streamed live on YouTube. If you would like to receive a worship guide, just click on the link below or send us an email.
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Save the Date!
Vacation Bible School
July 6 – July 10
9:30 am – 12:00 pm.
Register today for a fun-filled week of games, story-telling and crafts. Preschoolers (3-year-old) through 11 year olds are welcome to attend. Kids will explore what it means to be rooted in relationship with God, their creator, a safe place in life’s storms.
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, March 8, 2026
The Way Around
In our series about this journey called life, we focus today on how the journey changes us. This can lead to not always being understood. Jesus found this out as he pushed against the status quo of his day leading to a fair amount of rejection. Close family, friends and neighbors may cling to an idea of who we are and cannot imagine we have grown beyond that identity. And likewise, we may do the same to them. We are called to move ahead and do what we feel called to do, claiming who we know we are, taking the way around what others think we ought to do and be. And we offer the same steadfast love and encouragement to others.
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 32: 1-11; Luke 13: 31-34 (NRSVUE)
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
- Erik Matson, Guest Organist
- Jan Petrosh, Liturgist
- Tainya Clarke, Children’s Message
- Saint James Chancel Choir
Next Worship Services
Sunday, March 15, 2026
The Way Home
We continue our worship series that invites us to contemplate our journeys in life. Yet even in the midst of journeys, we never lose a desire for “home.” No matter what we call “home” in this physical world, we yearn for a spiritual home within that offers serenity, acceptance, and belonging without question. The extravagant acceptance of the father for the son in Jesus’ parable of the wandering son is difficult for us to believe sometimes–that no matter what we have done, who we are, how far we are from what we want to become, we are welcomed home by the Loving Parent.
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 25:4-10; Luke 15: 11b-32 (NRSVUE)
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
- Jane Ohlmacher, Guest Organist
- Mary Anne Espenshade, Liturgist
- Edie Candee, Children’s Message
- Laural Clark, Handbell Director
- Saint James Handbell Choir
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