Fellowship Members of the congregation come together through a variety of programs designed to provide opportunities for fellowship. The Barnabas Guild organizes parish dinners. Members of Connections meet twice a month for lunch, the Quilters once a week. The annual Christmas Fair is a social as well as a fundraising event that involves extensive group activity in preparation for this popular event. Outreach St. James sponsors six Community Meals a year as apart of a Franklin County program.
Parishioners cook, serve and wash the dishes for the approximately eighty guests that attend.
Second Helpings is a program of cooperation between Deerfield Academy and St. James, where leftover food from the academies dinning hall is brought to the St. James kitchen and served by members of St James and volunteer students from Deerfield Academy to anyone in need of a hot meal. This program happens every monday night and volunteers should contact the church office to sign up to help. There is a desire for additional programs. Thirty children attend Church School at St. James. The teachers use the Episcopal Church School curriculum, and organize a number of outreach activities.