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Summer 2026 Number 1
June 11, 2026
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Opening Sunday THIS WEEKEND, June 14th!
Thanks to some dedicated volunteers, the chapel has been cleaned and is ready to go. The flags and sign boards are up on Rt. 6 and at the steps of the path at the Post Office parking lot. The grounds at the Chapel have been cleaned, flowers have been planted and we are ready to greet you!
Join us this Sunday for our first worship of the season, with the Rev. Peter Olsen preaching and presiding.
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Summer Greetings from
St. James the Fisherman!
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It’s time to celebrate the 70th season of the Chapel of St. James the Fisherman in Wellfleet.
Sunday worship will begin at 9:30 on June 14 with Rev. Peter Olsen of Wellfleet preaching and presiding. The Rev. William Rich of Truro will be with us on June 21.
Emily and I will be in residence Sunday, June 28 through Sunday, September 6. Patio Conversations will be held at 8:30 on those mornings.
For a second year, Peter Kosewski, an imaginative and experienced church musician, will lead the chapel’s music program. Afternoon singing with Peter in the Chapel will be on Wednesdays at 4 pm, beginning June 24.
Check out our summer schedule below.
When we gather at the Chapel this summer, we will once again celebrate and reflect God’s work in our lives and the world around us. We will enjoy the gift of God’s creation, the blessing of Sabbath, the joy of community, and the abundance of food and drink.
With your generous financial support, we will also seek to maintain the Chapel’s tradition of sharing fifty percent of our annual giving with local non-profits who bring their own energy and generosity to a place we care so much about.
I hope to see you this summer for worship and community in a simple building with a simple table on a beautiful hillside on a spit of land sticking out into the sea.
Gratefully,
Tracey
The Very Rev. Tracey Lind
Priest-in-Charge
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2026 Summer Schedule
Holy Eucharist 9:30 AM
Patio Conversation at 8:30 AM
June 28 to September 6
| | | June 14 | The Rev. Peter Olsen | Retired Lutheran pastor and active blogger | | June 21 | The Rev. William Rich | Retired Vicar, Trinity Church, Boston, MA | | June 28 | The Very Rev.
Tracey Lind | Retired Dean,
Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, OH
Priest-in-Charge,
St. James Wellfleet | | July 5 | The Very Rev.
Tracey Lind |
| | July 12 | The Rt. Rev.
Julia Whitworth | Bishop, Diocese of Massachusetts | | July 19 | The Very Rev.
Pamela Werntz | Rector, Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA | | July 26 | The Very Rev.
Tracey Lind | Celebration of the Feast of St James the Fisherman | | August 2 | The Rev. Jen Daly | Deacon and Chaplain, Epiphany School,
Boston, MA | | August 9 | The Very Rev.
Lucinda Laird | Retired Dean and Rector, American Cathedral, Paris, France | | August 16 | The Very Rev.
Tracey Lind |
| | August 23 | The Very Rev.
Tracey Lind |
| | August 30 | The Right Rev.
Mark Beckwith | Retired Bishop,
Diocese of Newark NJ | | September 6 | The Very Rev.
Tracey Lind |
| | September 13 | The Rev.
Brenda Husson | Retired Rector, St. James Episcopal Church, NYC | | September 20 | The Rev.
Priscilla Wood | Retired Rector, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Framingham, MA | | | |
This Week's Preacher
The Rev. Peter Olsen
Peter Olsen is a retired pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and publisher of the blog, Peter’s Outer Cape Portico at revolsen.com.
He was ordained in 1982 and served as pastor of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Teaneck, New Jersey from then until 1987. At that time, he resigned to pursue a law degree at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey. Following graduation in 1990, he began practicing law full time at the firm of Francis & Berry in Morristown, New Jersey. In 1994 Rev. Olsen accepted a call as assistant to the Pastor at Church of the Savior in Paramus, New Jersey where he served as a part time minister and supply preacher for churches throughout Bergen County. He left the full time practice of law and his pastorate at Church of the Savior in October of 2008 to accept the call to serve as senior pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bogota, New Jersey.
Rev. Olsen retired from active full time ministry in June of 2018 and now resides in Wellfleet, Massachusetts with his wife, Sesle. They have three adult children and four grandchildren. Peter also serves on the Chapel of St. James the Fisherman's vestry.
Worship with Holy Eucharist 9:30 AM
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It's Our 70th Birthday!
Dear Friends of the Chapel,
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, July 25, 2026 when we will gather together to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Chapel of St. James the Fisherman! The celebration will take place at 6 pm at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center, 715 Old King’s Highway, Wellfleet.
We will enjoy a short program including an historical retrospective and music, as well as appetizers and a buffet dinner with wine and soft drinks catered by Van Rensselaer’s Restaurant.
The cost to attend is $46 per person, payable by check made out to St James the Fisherman (send to Martha Wilson PO Box 1446 Wellfleet MA 02667) or by cash/check in person at the Chapel, beginning Sunday, June 14.
In order to prepare our historical retrospective, from the founding of the chapel to the present day, we are hoping to gather photographs from the past 70 years. If you have any to share, please send them to Beth Chapman at Beth@Hopperafterdinner.com
If you have any questions, please reach out to our planning committee. We’re looking forward to celebrating with you!
Pat Penza (pgpenza@aol.com)
Martha Wilson (pinemoor@comcast.net)
Linda Irving (lirving4@aol.com)
Madison Riley (madman.riley@gmail.com)
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If You Would Like To Help....
We do need volunteers for Sunday worship throughout the summer
If you would like be a lector, intercessor or eucharistic minister, please email Holiday Houck at holidayh@aol.com
There will also be a sign-up board on the tea house.
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Help Us Stay In Touch With You
Please make sure we have your updated summer contact information (email, phone number) by emailing it to us at: stjameschapelwellfleet@gmail.com or fill out an information card when you get to the Chapel. Thanks!
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The Chapel of St. James the Fisherman relies on the generous gifts of members and friends. Please make a donation and support the ministry of the Chapel.
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Why You Received This Email:
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If you DO NOT want to be on our email newsletter list, please scroll down to the fine print and unsubscribe, below.
If you DO want to receive our email newsletters this summer, you're already on the list and there is nothing else required of you at the moment.
This is how we plan to keep you updated this summer:
(1) Our newsletter and calendar will be sent out once each week from now until the end of September;
(2) Occasionally we also will send a time-sensitive reminder about an event or a weather-related change to the schedule, but we will not inundate your inbox with e-blasts.
(3) Our website http://www.stjameschapelwellfleet.org/ also will have links to the latest e-news and events;
One last note: While we were in winter recess, we got a new database (ACS REALM) and a new email program (Constant Contact), which the editor and a few other volunteers are just getting to know. Please be patient while we figure out how it works.
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