Do you enjoy welcoming people, assisting with communion, reading the lessons, or have you always wished you could carry the cross or preside at Morning Prayer?  Perhaps you might like to share a personal parable, reading or poem or even become a lay preacher.  These opportunities and more are available to you!  Please speak with Fr. Jeremy if you are interested in participating and sharing your talents with us.

• Worship Team
• Altar Guild
• Vestry (Parish Council)
• Singing, Music, & Taize Ministry
• Lay Preaching
• Reading-the-Word
• Welcomers
• Gardening
• Eucharistic Ministry
• Parish Office Volunteers
• Parish Life / Hospitality
  

On the fourth Friday of every month, St James hosts a community dinner from 5pm to 7pm. The food is free and open to all.

Arlington, Sunderland, Sandgate Summer Lunch Program is available for students of these communities as well.  Please contact your child’s school principal for information.  A week worth of lunch supplies are available once a week, on Tuesday’s for pick-up.

St. James Episcopal Church is a member of the Interfaith Council of the Northshire (IFC), composed of ten faith-based congregations in the northern part of Bennington County. Clergy and representatives from member houses of worship collaborate on programs and projects designed to educate, enlighten, and provide for unmet community needs. 

With mutual respect for the faith traditions of each congregation, the IFC develops community engagement and outreach efforts that include a range of programs and projects, some of which are independent but fall under its nonprofit designation. 

•  Emergency Needs Fund (IFC program): providing urgently needed financial help – e.g. for housing, car repairs, food/gas cards, utility bills, medical/dental expenses, home repairs – to those who have no other source of emergency assistance. (Contact clergy for information.)
• Auto Angels (IFC program): giving donated cars to those in need of personal transportation to employment, to school, and for family assistance. (Contact clergy for information.)
• IFC’s Storage Locker (IFC service): providing storage space for donated household furnishings for those in need. (Contact clergy for information.)
• Neighbor to Neighbor (under the IFC umbrella): providing transportation (by volunteer drivers) for older, disabled, or housebound residents to medical appointments and for other personal needs. Volunteers also make home visits and participate in a monthly entertainment program that keeps care recipients connected with each other and with the larger community. More information is available at www.n2n.org

The IFC also hosts an annual Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial service, a Thanksgiving worship service, a biennial interfaith Passover Seder, fundraising auctions, and special events in response to community and worldwide happenings.