Parents seeking Baptism for their children need to be active Baptized Members with their membership registered in this congregation, and should also take the class so they can be more pro-active in their children's faith development. Slots are assigned on a first to register basis. The church is not in the marriage business, but rather is in the faith development business. Marriage in the Church is a form of Christian Vocation. We prepare for it in the context of worship, participation in the life of the Christian Community, and study of relational theology with clergy.
Preparation is done in groups where possible.
To be married in the church, at least one individual of the couple must be an active member of Saint James. Please contact clergy prior to setting a marriage date. We were forced to defer a Pilgrimage last year because of the unavailability of group tickets during the end of the Millennial Madness, but folks are asking, and rightly so. An instructed journey into the sights and sounds of our biblical faith is an experience of a lifetime. No one who has gone with me has ever heard the Gospel readings each Sunday the same again.