Posted by John Strobl on August 28, 2010 under General | 
St. James’ Boy Scout Troop 63 will be hosting the September 25 Community Dinner at St. James’
Started in June of 1999, the Community Dinner at St. James’ was started as a program to help feed those that could use a free meal and companionship, at the end of each month when funds may be low, and people find it hard to keep food on the table.
The FREE Dinners are open to Goshen residents and are held the last Saturday of each month, with dinner being served from 5:30pm-6:30pm at St. James’ Episcopal Church,1 St. James Place, Goshen, N.Y.
Our goal is to provide nourishment and to strengthen the bonds of community, in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.
Our dinners are hosted by various community groups whose aim is to foster caring of community in our area. Come for a free meal and meet your neighbors.
We strive to include all community groups and individuals who wish to be part of this effort. We believe that, by working together as a community on common goals, we can do amazing things in Goshen.
For information about how your group, or you as an individual, can volunteer or get involved in the Free Community Dinners at St. James’ effort, please email strobl@frontiernet.net or call John Strobl at 845-294-9004
Posted by John Strobl on August 26, 2010 under General |
The St. James Camera Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the St. James’ Parish Hall from 7:15 pm to around 9:30 pm. Bring photos for review to this meeting. The next meeting at St. James’ is September 14 at 7:15pm.
The Photographer’s Prayer
God, as I bring my subject into focus and prepare to make each picture,
never let me forget that I am creating treasures for others as well as myself.
Help me, O Lord to be a artist, collecting the beauty of every soul.
Give me the perspective to see my Photographer’s art as a service to others
making life richer and more memorable.
And, Dear Lord, between the lights and the shadows, the ups and downs, and the rolling years,
keep me from getting out of focus or off-center so that my life’s work may be framed with dignity and colored with contentment.Amen Why Join Our Camera Club?
- Learn to take good photos!
- Sharpen and expand your photography.
- Learn more about your camera.
- Members enjoy photography and taking photos.
- Learn new techniques to take better pictures.
- Participate in fun field trips with other members of the club.
- Learn more about photographic composition and content.
- Group critiques are extremely educational.
- Enhance your pictures taken on vacation.
New members are always welcome! Sign up here
Open to all members of St. James’, their family and friends.
Contact: John Strobl at 294-9004 or Martin Bend at 888-2321
Please check out the fabulous pictures from our camera club members.
Visit us at http://www.flickr.com/groups/stjamescameraclubny/
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September 11 is our next distribution. The Goshen Ecumenical Pantry Inc. Housed in the Goshen First Presbyterian Church at 33 Park Place, Goshen, hands our food to Goshen residents, on the second Saturday of each month from 9:30am to 10:30am. Please arrive around 9:00am to lend a helping hand.
Goshen Ecumenical Pantry Inc @ The Goshen First Presbyterian Church, 33 Park Place, Goshen, New York 10924. Church Phone # 294-7991 or info at 294-9004.
Goshen Ecumenical Pantry, Inc. is the FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN GOSHEN, ST. JAMES’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH, GOSHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, ST. JOHN A.U.M.P. CHURCH, GOSHEN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, TEMPLE BETH SHALOM
The Goshen Ecumenical Pantry, Inc. a non-profit organization incorporated in 1993 is comprised of volunteers from local area Goshen Churches and Temple as well as concerned individuals from the Goshen community.
The purpose of the Pantry is to promote spirit of benevolence and to advance and preserve the welfare and physical well being of the homeless, needy and poverty stricken by means of administering the collection, transportation and distribution of donated food and food products.
The Pantry is funded through Grants from HPNAP (Hunger Prevention Nutrition Assistance Program of New York), and Shoprite’s Partners in Caring Program, Walmart, private donations and our Souper Bowl of Caring Fundraiser.
The Pantry distributes food and food products donated primarily by the members of the local Churches and Temple, with additional donations from area School Food Drives, the Scouting for Food Drive and Post Office Food Drive and area Businesses and organizations. We also purchase food thru the Regional Food Bank in Cornwall.
We distribute food to the needy in Goshen on the second Saturday of each month, at the Presbyterian Church Parish Hall at 9:30a.m. – 10:30a.m. We also distribute food to the Northgate Sr. Citizen Center once a month. We serve approximately 85 families.
The Goshen Ecumenical Pantry, Inc. will gladly accept donations of non- perishable food items and monetary gifts will be used to purchase additional food items.
How much food will I get? Each month when you shop, we will sign you up in the computer, and give you 2, 3 or 4 bags of pre bagged food. (The number will matter on the makeup of you family composition form). You will also get bread, meats and miscellaneous food, in addition to the pre bagged food.
Where or when do I sign up? Come to the pantry on the 2nd Saturday of the month between 9:30am-10:30a.m. with the required paper work (proof of Goshen residence and proof of each family member) and we will sign you up and give you food.
Donations are ALWAYS welcome! Food Donations: Fresh vegetables, eggs, anything perishable are welcome. These need to be brought to us on or near the time we distribute (2nd Saturday of each month around 9:15am) so they do not spoil. We can always use paper and plastic bags.
Foods to donate are Peanut Butter, Spaghetti Sauce, Jam/Jelly, Tuna Fish, Canned Meals, Macaroni & Cheese, Detergents, Hand Soap, TOILET PAPER, Pancake Mix & Syrup,Rice, Canned Vegetables & Fruits, SOUP, Canned Beans(all types), Pasta, Cake & Brownie Mix, Instant Potatoes, Coffee/Tea/Cocoa, Oatmeal, Puddings, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, etc. Foods can be donated to any Church in Goshen or the Temple in Florida, NY.
We do not want outdated foods, open, rusty or stained cans. In general, if in you wouldn’t eat it, throw it out don’t give it to us. We can’t accept home canned food. We are always looking for help to unload food from the Food Bank pickups, and we could use trucks and drivers to pick up the food at the food bank. Call John Strobl at 294-9004 if you can help or need info.
Posted by John Strobl on August 21, 2010 under General |
Pentecost (Season) The season after Pentecost, according to the calendar of the church year (BCP, p. 32). It begins on the Monday following Pentecost, and continues through most of the summer and autumn. It may include as many as twenty-eight Sundays, depending on the date of Easter. This includes Trinity Sunday which is the First Sunday after Pentecost. The BCP provides proper collects and readings for the other Sundays of the season. These propers are numbered and designated for use on the Sundays which are closest to specific days in the monthly calendar, whether before or after. For example, Proper 3 is designated for use, if needed, on the Sunday closest to May 25. Proper 29 is designated for use on the Sunday closest to Nov. 23. Prior to the 1979 BCP, Sundays in this long period of the church year were identified and counted in terms of the number of Sundays after Trinity Sunday instead of the number of Sundays after Pentecost. This period is also understood by some as “ordinary time,” a period of the church year not dedicated to a particular season or observance, as in the Roman Rite adapted after Vatican II.
Posted by John Strobl on March 13, 2010 under General |
Stations of the Cross Service at 12 Noon on Good Friday April 2, 2010, Fr Carl will be having Stations of the Cross followed by Bendiction of the Holy Eucharist.
The Stations of the Cross, or in Latin the Via Crucis, tell the story of the Passion of Jesus Christ in fourteen steps or stations. Walking the Stations is a tradition for Roman Catholics and also Anglicans and Lutherans. It is a common Lenten practice. Most of the stations come directly from Scripture while the others come from tradition.
The tradition to walk the path of the Stations of the Cross developed for the faithful to better contemplate the events of The Passion of Jesus Christ. The Stations were first only at the historical sites of the Passion, however European Christians on pilgrimage to the Holy Land took the idea of the Stations home with them, and made their own versions of the holy walk.
There are two traditions to the development of the Stations. The first tradition holds that the path of the Stations follows the route the Blessed Virgin Mary took after Jesus Christ’s resurrection. The other tradition is linked to St. Francis of Assisi and his followers who popularized the first Stations of the Cross when they were given custody of the holy sites in Jerusalem in the 14th century.
Posted by John Strobl on February 27, 2010 under Featured |
The Sacrament of Confirmation & Recepition, will be held at St.James’, Saturday, March 6, 2010. The Eucharist will begin at 10:30am. The Right Reverend Mark S. Sisk, Bishop of New York, Officiating.
Confirmation
The Episcopal Church’s theology of Confirmation has continued to evolve along with its understanding of baptism. Confirmation is no longer seen as the completion of Christian initiation, nor is Confirmation a prerequisite for receiving communion. Baptism is full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ’s body the church (BCP, p. 298). Accordingly, Confirmation has been increasingly understood in terms of a mature, public reaffirmation of the Christian faith and the baptismal promises. Some dioceses require that candidates for Confirmation be at least sixteen years old to insure that the candidates are making a mature and independent affirmation of their faith. There is considerable diversity of understanding and practice concerning Confirmation in the Episcopal Church. Confirmation has been characterized as “a rite seeking a theology.”
Reception (Christian Commitment)
Baptized persons who have been members of another Christian fellowship and who wish to be affiliated with the Episcopal Church may make a public affirmation of their faith and commitment to the responsibilities of their baptism in the presence of a bishop. The bishop lays hands on each candidate for reception and says, “We recognize you as a member of the one holy catholic and apostolic Church, and we receive you into the fellowship of this Communion” (BCP, p. 418). Candidates for reception normally have made a mature commitment in another Christian fellowship. Some dioceses have reserved reception for those candidates who have previously received sacramental confirmation with laying on of hands by a bishop in apostolic succession.
Posted by admin on November 22, 2009 under General |
We are a living, growing church going forth in the name of Christ. Service to the community is a large part of our fellowship.
MOMS Club
Alcoholics Anonymous
Boy Scouts Troop 63
St. James’ Camera Club
ECCO (Episcopal Community of Central Orange)
Posted by admin on November 20, 2009 under General |
Pictures are worth a thousand words! See the many wonderful images from the world of St. James Episcopal Church.
Christmas Fair 2008
Camera Club Pictures
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The Rev. Deacon Thomas Mark Liotta, BSG, a member of the Brotherhood of St. Gregory, a religious community in the Episcopal Church, became the Minister of Music at St. James’ Church in 1990 after having served in the same capacity in the Roman Catholic Church for many years.
Deacon Liotta began playing the organ while still in high school as substitute organist in the many churches in Troy, New York. He began his formal studies of the organ at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC with Mr. Robert Twynham, organist and choir director of the Cathedral of Mary the Queen in Baltimore, MD.
When he arrived in New York, he studied organ with Dr. Bronson Reagan, organist at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in New York City. He did his liturgical and choral training at the St. Pius X School of Liturgical Music of Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY where Mr. Walter Ehret, noted arranged and choral clinician, was his instructor in vocal methods and choral conducting.
Prior to being received into the Episcopal Church, Deacon Liotta was a member of the Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious order.
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In December 2000, St. James welcomed The Rev. M. Carl Lunden as its twenty-second Rector. Father Lunden was sponsored for ordination to the priesthood by Grace Episcopal Church in Middletown, NY.
He studied at The General Theological Seminary in New York City, from which he graduated cum laude in 1997. He spent three years as Priest-in-Charge of Ascension and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in West Park/Highland, New York before being called to St. James.
Father Lunden has two children, Bethany and John. Before joining the Episcopal Church, Father Lunden was a Roman Catholic seminarian and a member of the Conventual Franciscan Friars.
