St. James Episcopal Church Newport Beach

The St. James Virtual Choir sings the hymn God of the sparrow God of the whale for our service honoring St. Francis of Assisi, on the same day we held the Blessing of the Animals (Oct. 4, 2020). Words: Jaroslav J. Vajda (19192008). Copyright 1983, Concordia Publishing House. Music: Roeder, Carl Flentge Schalk (b. 1929). Copyright 1983, GIA Publications, Inc. Words and music reprinted and streamed with permission under One License #A-723414. All rights reserved.

In this week’s COVIDeo and e-newsletter, Rev. Cindy reminds us that, in this aftermath-of-the-election season we are in, that God is in the midst of it all. We are in the midst of our pledge season, too, so please send in (or bring) your 2021 pledge cards! American Nations author Colin Woodard will be with us on Zoom on Wednesday, Nov. 18th. - https://mailchi.mp/1d685a7/nov-6-2020-covideo-from-st-james

From our archives, here is Rev. Cindy’s All Saints’ Sunday sermon from Nov. 5, 2017: Revelation Gives Us Hope, in which she says that the reading from the Book of Revelation on this day points us to the hope of the resurrected life in Christa life which the saints of God also point us towards.

When Jesus scaled the mount of God is a hymn by Michael Hudson based on the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew’s Gospel. It’s from his collection Songs for the Cycle, with a tune by Kent K. Steinbrenner, harmonized and arranged by Daniel F. Resch, and sung by the St. James Virtual Trio for St. James’ All Saints’ Day service on Nov. 1, 2020. Words: From Songs for the Cycle, p. 13, copyright 2004 Church Publishing, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under OneLicense #A-723414. All rights reserved. Music: Observation, Kent K. Steinbrenner, arr. Daniel F. Resch. Copyright 2017, Kent K. Steinbrenner. Arr. copyright 2020, Daniel F. Resch. Melody & arrangement used by permission of the authors. All rights reserved.

The Rev. Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees leads St. James' service for All Saints' Day on Nov. 1, 2020.

A pastoral letter from the Rev. Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees about the O.C. wildfires https://mailchi.mp//a-pastoral-letter-from-the-rev-canon-c

The virtual choirs of St. James Episcopal Church (Newport Beach) and St. Clement’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church (San Clemente) sing Michael Hudson’s hymn Many Choices Meet Us, set to the 17th-century French church melody Adoro devote.

The Rev. Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees leads St. James' service for Proper 25, Year A (the 21st Sunday after Pentecost) on Oct. 25, 2020. The Rev. Canon Charles W. Sacquety, Jr., will be preaching.

In this e-newsletter and COVIDeo, Rev. Cindy talks about our 2021 Vision Budget, and asks us to prayerfully consider what we will be giving to St. James in the coming year. Our Sacred Ground series continues on Oct. 25th and 28th, and we're reading the book American Nations, whose author will be with us via Zoom on Nov. 18th - https://mailchi.mp/cd06f/october-23rd-covideo-from-st-james

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette’s hymn, Is it lawful to pay taxes, referencing the Gospel passage of Matthew 22:1522 where Jesus says to pay Caesar what is Caesar’s, and give to God what is God’s, is sung here by the St. James Virtual Choir for our service on Oct. 18, 2020. Hymn copyright 2014, Carolyn Winfrey Gillette; all rights reserved; used by permission. Arrangement of the hymn tune Nettleton by Daniel F. Resch; copyright 2020, Daniel F. Resch. All rights reserved; used by permission.

The Rev. Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees leads St. James' service for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24A).

The Rev. Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees leads St. James' service for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23A).

In this week’s COVIDeo and e-newsletter, come see the sights we had at St. James’ annual Blessing of the Animals, which was held in conjunction with the Gray Matter Museum’s Bark Bash this year on Sunday, Oct. 4th. Lots of fun for the whole familywe can’t wait to do it again next year, too! Also, our stewardship social will be after church on Sunday, and the Red Cross blood drive is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21st. - https://mailchi.mp/50fbe4989e/oct-9th-covideo-from-st-james

In today's e-newsletter from St. James, the Rev. Frances Takis, a deacon from Africa, thanks St. James for our international stewardship outreach to her church, All Saints, in Mbabane, eSwatini (Swaziland). Our Sacred Ground series continues on Oct. 25th and 28th, and we're reading the book American Nations, whose author will be with us via Zoom on Nov. 18th. - https://mailchi.mp/08b46/october-16th-covideo-from-st-james

The Rev. Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees leads St. James’ service for St. Francis’ Day on Oct. 4, 2020.

In this month’s St. James Faith Lab newsletter, we look at the roles that artificial intelligence and microtargeting, among others, are playing in the upcoming election.