Summer 2026 Number 12

August 27, 2026

TONIGHT!



The End-of-Season Potluck

Thursday, August 27th at 5:30 PM

Bring a dish to share and a drink of your choice and join us at the home of Martha Wilson on 56 Indian Neck Road.

This Week's Preacher:

The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith

Mark Beckwith is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark (NJ), a position he held for twelve years. He currently serves as liaison for Bishops United Against Gun Violence, a network of bishops he co-founded in 2012. He is co-chair of Braver Faith, one of the many programs of Braver Angels, a national movement to depolarize America, working particularly with faith communities. He is the author of Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines (Morehouse Publishing, 2022). He blogs weekly on mark beckwith.net, which includes his recently posted podcasts – Reconciliation Roundtable, featuring leaders who describe their spiritual and political journeys. He lives in Jaffery, New Hampshire, and has two children and two grandchildren.



8:30 AM Patio Conversation

9:30 AM Worship with Holy Eucharist



This Week’s Patio Conversation

Back By Popular Demand:

What Does The Qur'an Have To Say to Christians? 

8:30 AM

Days after 9/11 at a memorial service, Jamie Hamilton heard for the first time a recitation of the Qur’an and experienced a call from God to read it —a call she resisted! Yet she did read, and learned through the stories in the Qur’an about Jesus, Moses, Solomon, Mary and others. Paradoxically, by reading the Qur’an Jamie became a more committed Christian, especially as she identified religious concepts of Unity, Original Blessing, and the mystery of embracing the unseen, a realization that the verses from the Qur’an are universal in their invitation to all of us to surrender to the gift of God’s grace and to live within our deeper self, no matter how that is expressed.

Jamie Hamilton is a priest, educator, friend, and mother. 

For twenty years, she was both an educator and administrator at Phillips Exeter Academy, NH.  For seven years, she served as Rector of All Saints Church in Peterborough, NH. Jamie retired in October 2021, and is now living in Jaffrey, NH, enjoying the sweet time of leisure, consulting and writing a book about reading the Qur'an with high school students.

Your Packing To Do List

If you are cleaning out your pantry in the next few weeks, please bring noon-perishable, packaged foods to the chapel and we will get them to the Wellfleet Food Pantry. The Pantry is an annual recipient of one of our outreach grants. 

Photo: Janet Vincent

Mark Your Calendar

Next week’s preacher will be the Very Rev. Tracey Lind, Priest-In-Charge. It will be Tracey's last sunday of the season.

The funeral service for Barbara Ketchum, beloved St. James parishioner who died on July 15th, will be held in the Chapel on Thursday, September 3rd at 10:00 AM

Looking for a volunteer for next summer to keep our FaceBook page up-to-date throughout the season (June through September). Please speak with Tracey or Emily on Sunday if you are interested, or email:

Sing with us!

Wednesdays at 4:00



Singing is one of life’s great pleasures, and singing together can be a powerful spiritual expression. If you would enjoy additional opportunities to sing with friends, please join us in the chapel on Wednesdays at 4 pm through September 2.

Please join us! — Peter Kosewski, Musician

THE CALENDAR

Photo: Janet Vincent

Your Generosity Makes a Difference!

For most of our 70+ years, St. James the Fisherman has supported community programs and local services through outreach grants. Last year, we gave $40,000 to 18 nonprofit organizations that serve year-round residents and seasonal workers. 

Your contribution to the Chapel matters. Once again this year, we hope to give away 50% of our annual revenue.

 The need is great; help us with your support. 

The Chapel of

St. James the Fisherman

The Very Rev. Tracey Lind, Priest-in-Charge

Stewart Wood, Warden

Peter Kosewski, Musician