Visiting Saint James
Welcome to our community!
If you've landed on this page, chances are, you are thinking about visiting Saint James. Below is lots of information to make your first time with us more enjoyable.
The campus of Saint James is located at 119 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA 17602. Download the campus map here.
The Duke Street Garage offers free parking on Sundays to those who arrive after 7:00 AM and leave by 11:00 AM.
The first hour of parking is $2.00 for those who leave the garage after 11:00 AM.
We have several handicapped accessible entrances on campus.
Parish House: There is a handicapped accessible entrance at the rear of the building, accessible from Cherry Street.
Church: There are two handicapped accessible entrances. One is located just outside the Chapel. The other is located off of the cloister and leads into the narthex.
Download the campus map here.
Parish House: There is a handicapped accessible entrance at the rear of the building, accessible from Cherry Street.
Church: There are two handicapped accessible entrances. One is located just outside the Chapel. The other is located off of the cloister and leads into the narthex.
Download the campus map here.
Parish House: Restrooms are available on the first and second floors. There is also an ADA family restroom on the first floor, with a changing table, toward the rear of the parish house.
Church: Restrooms are located on the lower level of the church. They are accessible via the Narthex elevator or the steps next to the Chapel. There is also an ADA family restroom next to the sacristy on the main floor. Diaper changing tables are located in the downstairs women's restroom and in the family restroom on the main floor.
Download the campus map here.
Church: Restrooms are located on the lower level of the church. They are accessible via the Narthex elevator or the steps next to the Chapel. There is also an ADA family restroom next to the sacristy on the main floor. Diaper changing tables are located in the downstairs women's restroom and in the family restroom on the main floor.
Download the campus map here.
We offer many opportunities for worship on the weekend.
Our Saturday night 5:00 PM mass is offered on the second Saturday of the month and features a broad array of live music woven into the traditional Episcopal liturgy and are presented on the second Saturday of the month. This service is in person and is usually an hour long.
The 8:30 AM Sunday Mass is more traditional with a few hymns, shorter sermon and Holy Communion—great for early risers and lasts about an hour!
Our largest service of worship, the 10:30 AM Mass, celebrates Holy Communion with a full choir (during the school year), hymns and traditional liturgy. Children are invited to join children's Chapel during this service, and nursery care is available for children up to the age of four. This service is streamed live and can be over an hour.
Our Saturday night 5:00 PM mass is offered on the second Saturday of the month and features a broad array of live music woven into the traditional Episcopal liturgy and are presented on the second Saturday of the month. This service is in person and is usually an hour long.
The 8:30 AM Sunday Mass is more traditional with a few hymns, shorter sermon and Holy Communion—great for early risers and lasts about an hour!
Our largest service of worship, the 10:30 AM Mass, celebrates Holy Communion with a full choir (during the school year), hymns and traditional liturgy. Children are invited to join children's Chapel during this service, and nursery care is available for children up to the age of four. This service is streamed live and can be over an hour.
All Christians are welcome to receive Holy Eucharist with bread and wine or by bread alone. Gluten-free wafers are available. If you prefer not to receive, we invite you to come forward for a blessing if you desire.
The order of service is taken from The Book of Common Prayer available in the pew racks.
Everything you need for the service— including the liturgy, hymns and announcements—is provided in the service bulletin distributed by our ushers.
Everything you need for the service— including the liturgy, hymns and announcements—is provided in the service bulletin distributed by our ushers.
The Forum Room, where we congregate for food, faith and fellowship, is in the Parish House two doors north from the Church. Enter the front door and walk straight back past the restrooms. Download the campus map here.
Sundays at 9:30
Each Sunday during the school year, Saint James offers the Godly Play curriculum of spiritual practice for young children in kindergarten through grade 5 that encourages them to nurture their beliefs and faith through wonder and play. Learn more about Godly Play at Saint James here. Middle and high schoolers also meet at 9:30 to explore a variety of topics related to their growing spirituality. To learn more about programs for youth, click here.
During the 10:30 Service
Children ages 4 through 5th grade begin the service in the Sanctuary where they can experience the processional and the opening congregational prayers with their family. After the opening Collect, children are invited to the front of the Sanctuary to make their way to Children's Chapel* and participate in songs, prayers, brief meditation and storytelling of the day’s Gospel and/or New and Old Testament readings.
A children’s shelf located in the Narthex offers items that may aid your child’s worship experience during the remainder of the Mass. Crayons, religious books, finger labyrinths and other items are available for your child’s use. Please return the items to the shelf at the end of the service.
*Schedule varies over summer
Each Sunday during the school year, Saint James offers the Godly Play curriculum of spiritual practice for young children in kindergarten through grade 5 that encourages them to nurture their beliefs and faith through wonder and play. Learn more about Godly Play at Saint James here. Middle and high schoolers also meet at 9:30 to explore a variety of topics related to their growing spirituality. To learn more about programs for youth, click here.
During the 10:30 Service
Children ages 4 through 5th grade begin the service in the Sanctuary where they can experience the processional and the opening congregational prayers with their family. After the opening Collect, children are invited to the front of the Sanctuary to make their way to Children's Chapel* and participate in songs, prayers, brief meditation and storytelling of the day’s Gospel and/or New and Old Testament readings.
A children’s shelf located in the Narthex offers items that may aid your child’s worship experience during the remainder of the Mass. Crayons, religious books, finger labyrinths and other items are available for your child’s use. Please return the items to the shelf at the end of the service.
*Schedule varies over summer
The nursery is located in the lower level of the church and is available for infants through age four during the Sunday 10:30 AM Mass. Click here to learn more about our nursery schedule and procedures.
We encourage everyone to be comfortable and to wear what they want to worship services. You’ll see quite a bit of variety from suits and dresses to jeans and t-shirts, even shorts and flip flops in the summer. People dress perhaps more casually for the Saturday evening and Sunday evening contemplative services. For all our services, we say come as you are!
Our historic church yard is open to the public during the daytime seven days a week.
Download the Saint James Campus Map
The Narthex at Saint James is off of the Duke Street entrance.
Click here to view our array of live-streamed services.
