St. James' Episcopal Church- South Pasadena, CA

Hymn Meditation for The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit | SWEET SWEET SPIRIT This hymn formed a significant portion of Susanne Wright-Nava’s sermon from this past weekend. That sermon can be found on our webpage (www.sjcsp.org). Doris Akers is the author and composer of this well beloved Gospel hymn. She is one of the best known Gospel hymn writers of her generation. Born in Missouri, she spent 25 years of her life here in Los Angeles and was direc...tor of the Sky Pilot Choir. This spiritual was written in 1962 during her time in Los Angeles. As always, we invite you to either sing along at home or just follow along with the text and music as you continue your week in prayer. https://youtu.be/HbyP9ypbheE

Sunday Recap - July 4, 2021 - https://mailchi.mp/9c8c0e69df52/july

Happy 4th of July Weekend! & Service Updates - https://mailchi.mp/b6cb28231633/update-6493680

Sunday Recap - June 27, 2021 - https://mailchi.mp/66cfa821aee2/june-6493508

A reminder to set your clocks back this weekend, and join us Sunday at 9:00 am for the Feast of All Saints. - https://mailchi.mp/579f44f60097/feast-of-all-saints

Hymn Meditation: I Bind Unto Myself Today | ST. PATRICK’S BREASTPLATE/DEIRDRE The poetry of this hymn has its original form in a 9th century Celtic prayer. In the later part of the 19th century, Cecil Frances Alexander adapted it into the form we see today at the request of the Dean of the Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle in 1889. Comprising two Irish Melodies, this hymn was adapted and harmonized by two of the greatest composers of English Music: Charles Villiers Stanford and R...alph Vaughan Williams. Much has been written about the poetry used in this hymn. A favorite at St. James, the text invites us to bind ourselves to Christ through times of deep confusion and chaos. Search on this channel for the Rev. Canon Anne Tumilty’s sermon from this past Sunday to delve deeper into the texts that accompanied this great hymn. As always, we invite you to either sing along at home or just follow along with the text and music as you continue your week in prayer. https://youtu.be/YookaD-j24E

Sunday Recap - October 25, 2020 - https://mailchi.mp/0a2c187e3550/10-18-6458900

We are capable of beautiful things if only we try. CANDIDE You've been a fool And so have I,... But come and be my wife. And let us try, Before we die, To make some sense of life. We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good We'll do the best we know. We'll build our house and chop our wood And make our garden grow... And make our garden grow. CUNEGONDE I thought the world Was sugar cake For so our master said. But, now I'll teach My hands to bake Our loaf of daily bread. CANDIDE AND CUNEGONDE We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good We'll do the best we know. We'll build our house and chop our wood And make our garden grow... And make our garden grow. CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILLIAN, PAQUETTE, OLD LADY, DR. PANGLOSS Let dreamers dream What worlds they please Those Edens can't be found. The sweetest flowers, The fairest trees Are grown in solid ground. ENSEMBLE (a cappella) We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good We'll do the best we know. We'll build our house and chop our wood And make our garden grow. And make our garden grow!

On Sunday mornings at 9:00 am, we celebrate the Holy Eucharist in person on the patio at St. James'. If you would like to join the community in person for this small group, socially distanced, masked service, we ask that you arrive early enough to allow for a health check and for you to be seated before 9 am. Reservations are no longer required to attend this service. We hope you will join us! - https://mailchi.mp/f3a844cda831/join-us-in-person

In the midst of all that is going on in the world, out stewardship theme this year encourages us to be Faithful Together. From the abundance of our living, we are invited to share what we have, being faithful together as a parish, in thanksgiving to the one who has provided so much to us. Fred Pratt Green’s text of this hymn is often thought of as a fall/harvest hymn. While the literal ideas of plowing, sowing and reaping may seem foreign to us in Los Angeles, they are a metaphor for what it means to be Faithful Together. If this hymn tune is new to you and you don’t have a hymnal at home, please listen and follow along with the text as you continue your week in prayer. https://youtu.be/9JZo2hLpJJg