Church Services at Saint James

Worship throughout the week

Services with this symbol are streamed live. Click here to visit our streaming services page.

Saturday Mass 5 PM | Monthly

Presented once a month, these masses offer something new and surprising to inspire and challenge you in your faith journey. A broad array of live music features favorite artists from the past, contemporary artists and contemplative themes while being integrated into traditional Episcopal liturgy.

Click here to check our events calendar for times each month.

Sunday Mass 8:30 AM

This early service is smaller, quieter and more traditional. If you are an early riser, this is the ideal service for you. Join us for a few hymns, a shorter sermon and Holy Communion. Children are always welcome!

Sunday Mass 10:30 AM

Our largest service of worship with a full choir and Holy Communion. Both formal and friendly, this is modern worship in all its traditional glory. Children are invited to join Children’s Chapel during this service, and nursery care is available for children up to the age of four.

Children’s full participation is welcome during the entirety of the service. For those families who desire it, we provide chapel as a worship experience for Saint James’ younger parishioners following the general flow of the lessons, as found in the Book of Common Prayer, and following the practices of the Godly Play Foundation® for storytelling and wondering about sacred texts.

For a full listing of all our services and events, visit our events calendar.

First Friday Compline: Ancient Prayers for the Modern Soul, 9 - 9:30 PM

Held on First Friday during a city-wide celebration of the arts, this short meditative service is sung by candlelight in the beautifully lit sanctuary and is the perfect way to end this Friday night.

Daily Prayer in the Chapel

Now offered in person and via Zoom.

  • Sunday Evening Prayer 7:00 PM; Click here to join via Zoom.
  • Monday Morning Prayer 8:30 AM; Click here to join via Zoom.
  • Wednesday Evening Prayer with the Saints, 5:30 PM; Click here to join via Zoom.
  • Friday Morning Prayer 8:30 AM; Click here to join via Zoom.

Contemplative Prayer Meditation in the Chapel

Now offered via Zoom. Click here for the Zoom links.

These meditative services include Christian meditation, centering prayer, a daily reading of John Main and a simple chant from the Taize model.

  • Tuesday, 8:00 AM
  • Thursday, 8:00 AM
  • Friday, 6:45 AM

Thursday Holy Eucharist with Healing Prayers, 12:05 PM

This intimate, shorter midday service is held in the quietness of our chapel and combines the service of holy communion with an opportunity to also offer prayer for healing. This is the perfect refuge during a lunch break and a way to reconnect with God during a busy week.

Community-based Services

We offer a variety of community-based services in the homes of our young families and in the retirement communities of many of our senior citizens. Willow Valley Services on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 3 PM in The Glen and Moravian Manor services are 1st Thursday of March, June, September, December at 10:30 AM.

Contemplative Mass, Sunday evenings at 5 PM

Our contemplative mass meets in the Saint James Chapel and is a quiet, reflective service that draws from the great spiritual wisdom of Jesus in the gospels. Explore with us holy teaching and sacred music of other faith traditions, too. Come as you are, adopt the posture that’s most comfortable (yoga mats are welcome; chairs are available) and allow yourself to enter into a very different experience of God and Holy Communion.