October 6th, 2024

We'd love for you to join us!

We would be pleased if you joined us in person or online from the comfort of your home for church services via Facebook Live at 9:30am.

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When Jesus starts talking about difficult things that affect us in our own culture and our own personal lives, we may get uncomfortable. We don’t always like the idea of having to forgive someone 490 times. In some cases, loving our neighbor can be especially difficult. We may not care what others think of us, either, so we’re not too concerned with doing unto them as we would have them do unto us.

So when Jesus gets asked about divorce, something that we’ve all been affected by in one way or another, we should pay attention to his answer to see if he’s answering the question that’s being asked or if he’s speaking to something at a deeper level than we initially realize.

When Jesus makes his prohibition against divorce, he’s knows what can happen to the affected party in that divorce. He wonders about the fickle nature of the one who would ask for the certificate of divorce. And he’s aware of what can happen to the other associated parties in the ensuing weeks and years. When he makes this prohibition against divorce, Jesus is less concerned with the law as it’s been passed down, and he is more concerned with those who may be hurt most by following that law.

This is a hard a passage to hear, and it’s been used to bad ends before and caused some people to stay in hurtful and dangerous relationships “because the Bible says so.” When we begin to understand that there is actually love and grace at the root of Jesus’s response, we may begin to wonder where else in our lives we are letting too much legalism get in the way of grace, where we’re putting up blockages in the paths of God’s mercy.

2024 Annual Bazaar

Friday, November 1st & Saturday, November 2nd

The Bazaar Ladies have worked all year to create items for our Bazaar.

There are still some tasks to be done that the Ladies are unable to do.

Your help is needed to complete those tasks.

Please Plan to Help on the Following Dates

Sunday, October 27th

After the 9:30 Service

Items in the Bazaar Workshop need to be brought upstairs to the Dining Hall.

Bazaar Bake Shop

We will have Homemade Items again this year.

Please bring your baked goods, jams, jellies, pickles, candies, etc. to the

Parish House at the following times.

Thursday, October 31st 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Friday, November 1st 8:00 am – 2:30 pm

Saturday, November 2nd 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Don’t Forget to Sign-Up to Help During the Bazaar

Sign-Up Sheets will be Posted in the Parish House

by Sunday, October 6th

Please stop by and see how you can contribute to the

success of this year’s Bazaar.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Shirley Alexander (302-738-5331)

or

Nancy Patterson (302-239-7649)

Any amount of time you are available to help will be appreciated.

THANK YOU!

The St. James’ Bazaar Ladies

All Saints Day Memorial Frontal

Each year as we draw closer to the feast of All Saints' Day, you are invited to call or email the office with names of loved ones that you would like to add to our All Saints' memorial frontal. This year All Saints' Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday, November 3, so please let us know who you would like to add as soon as possible.

You may call the Parish Office at 302-994-1584 or email us at (office@stjamesmillcreek.comcastbiz.net) with the pertinent information.

Thank you for your participation in this ongoing tradition and practice of our parish.

2024 St. James’ Annual Bazaar

We hope you plan to attend this year’s Bazaar

Friday, November 1st and Saturday, November 2nd

In the Great Hall in the Parish House

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Both Days

There Will Be

Door Prizes, Gifts, Baked Goods,

Bagged Lunches, and Drinks Available

The ladies are in the final stages of finishing projects for this year’s Bazaar. Before we know it, it will be our annual Dipping Day. That’s the day we gather in the kitchen to make all the chocolate dipped items that are popular with our shoppers. 

We will also have homemade goodies in our Bake Shop You will be able to purchase many of your favorite items made by our parishioners and friends.

We have received some nice items for the Raffle Tables. There is still room for additional prizes. We will accept donations for the Raffle Tables until

October 31^st.  

Our painters have been busy painting Christmas ornaments and other gift items. There are several new creations from our very creative group. 

The Bazaar Ladies continue to come up with new creations each year.

Please Plan to Sign Up to Help

Sign-Up sheets for Helpers will be posted in the Parish House starting

October 6th.

See you at the Bazaar,

The St. James’ Bazaar Ladies

e-Epistle Deadline

Announcements for the upcoming e-Epistle should be received in the office by the Thursday of the previous week. Items may be emailed to the office.

St. James' Mission and Outreach updates

Sharing God’s gifts with others

Reaching out to those in need

And serving them with dignity and respect…

New Castle County HOPE Center-for Individuals and Families in need of temporary housing and support services.

What started as temporary housing during the cold weather of 2020-2021 has grown into a permanent center that provides housing and support services for individuals and families who are without adequate housing in New Castle County. New Castle County (NCC) purchased the former Sheraton Hotel on Airport Rd (now named the New Castle County HOPE Center) and kept the hotel management staff to keep the facility running.  Working together, many non-profit organizations including Family Promise provide various services and support for individuals and families to obtain emergency and more significant housing and medical, psychological, and job skills opportunities as well. The hotel can accommodate 400 and suites and adjoining rooms are given to families and enable households to stay together. Housing is coordinated through the Delaware Housing Alliance. 

If you know of anyone who needs this housing, please ask them to call 1-833-FIND-BED (1-833-3463-233) and leave a message.

How can you help?

Review the list below and see where you might be able to help.

 Current items needed:

• Hygiene items such as deodorant, shampoo, and soap (regular and travel size)
• Individual sized peanut butter crackers, tuna, microwavable meals (pastas, soups, etc.)
• Non-alcohol hand sanitizer
• Tide pods or other laundry pods
• NEW Underwear, and socks - all sizes, children through adult
• New or gently used t-shirts and light jacket
• New books for adults and children

Please drop the items off:

     ·        Monday-Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the parish hall porch 

Please place your donations in the bin labeled Donations for HOPE Center on the porch of the parish hall. Liz will bring in the bin and any donated items at 12:30 p.m.

    ·        On Sunday, there is a container in the foyer of the church.

 We take the donations to the distribution center about every two weeks.

Thank you,

St. James' Mission/Outreach Ministry

Prayer Team Updates

Sunday Prayers of the People.  If you would like someone to be lifted in prayer at our Sunday service, please call the church office at 302-994-1584. The person's name will remain on the list for three weeks. If at that time you would like the person's name to remain on the list, please call the office again.

The parish prayer team continues to lift up prayer requests shared by parishioners through emails or calls to the church office, to individual members of the prayer team, or requests left in the prayer basket in the church foyer. We collect the prayer requests and other concerns of the parish, community, and world. All are welcome and encouraged to share their prayers.

For those who have an immediate prayer need, we invite you to email your prayer needs and request to Carolyn Mack at cdmack37@gmail.com or call 302-565-8675.

St. James' Pastoral Care Team

St. James' Pastoral Care Team continues to support our parish family and our community.

If you or someone you know is in need, we: 

·        send cards, make phone calls, and pray with you and/or for you.

·        Make home, hospital, and Eucharistic visits.

Please call the office (302-994-1584) and leave a message. Someone will get back to you. Messages are retrieved daily, seven days a week.

Please let us know if you need us or someone you know needs us. We will not know if you do not tell us.