TRICK OR EAT!!!!!

St. James Food Bank Collection
Drop off Non Perishable Food, Personal items, or $$ 
At the Parsonage (8 E. Broad Way) OCT 31
Supporting:
Lovettsville Food Closet housed at New Jerusalem Church
Interfaith Relief in Leesburg
and Loudoun County Department of Family Services Drop In Center

Great Items to Donate:

100% Fruit Juice
Cereals (hot and cold)
Canned Fruits
Canned Corn
Chunky Style Soups
Macaroni and Cheese
Tuna, Salmon, Chicken, Ham
Peanut [...]

Ring..Ring the Election is Calling

With all the anxiety about the election and things flying at citizens from every angle, mail, Internet ads on our favorite sites, phone calls, signs, etc….  I decided to take a page out of Thich Nhat Hanh’s poetry book, namely the cuckoo telephone.  Every time one of these things interrupt your life, use it as [...]

Helping Others in Children’s Religious Education this Sunday

Please remember that the religious education program for children continues on this Sunday, October 12th at 10 AM.  We will have three classes for children: Pre-K and Kindergarten, Grades 1-3 and Grades 4-6.  Our education classes are held on the second Sunday of month.  The dates and themes for the remainder of 2008 are:
October 12th    [...]

Church Food Donation Update

St. James was excited to collect nearly $100 for local area food banks and some non-perishable food items at the Lovettsville Oktober Fest.
Our projects to help those in need will continue this month: You may bring peanut butter or other staple food for Interfaith Relief in Leesburg, items for the Lovettsville Food Closet, or items [...]

Letting the Mind Float in the Heart

Teaching and Guided Meditation taken from excerpts of the books Who Dies? by Steve Levine, The Quaker Book of Wisdom by Robert Lawrence Smith and Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach.
Teaching:
Sometimes we have bad thoughts, it is all part of being human.  Thoughts that the practice of loving kindness tells us are unacceptable.  Feelings we are certain our fellow practitioners [...]