St.

James St George Episcopal Church March 2016

From the Rector The Pilgrimage
The life of faith is, and has always been, a We continue our Pilgrimage at 9a.m. on Sunday
journey into the unknown. Centuries ago, God mornings in Caines Hall. On Feb. 21, we explored
invited Abram to take his wife and to leave vulnerability and how we feel it impacts us as
everything (and everyone) he knew, departing to a
individuals, as a parish, and as a diocese. On Feb.
land that God would show him. God's promise
was that they would be the parents of a great nation,
28, we explored "openings" and where we see
in spite of their advanced age and their childless them when encountering people and difficulties we
marriage. Generations later, when the Israelites may experience. On March 6, the topic was
were enslaved in Egypt, God led them on a journey "clarity". We asked ourselves what things we are
out of their oppression, through the midst of the sea, sometimes blind to, what is the source of our
and into the desert, promising them a land flowing blindness and what helps restore our sight? On
with milk and honey. Still later, Jesus invited fishermen, tax collectors, March 13, 2016, our topic will be "arrival". Are
and all manner of people to drop everything to follow him into the there times you have felt the church was slow to
Kingdom of God which was to be revealed in their midst. act when you or your community needed it? We
During this holy season of Lent, we are engaged in the Diocesan
would love to have you join us and express your
Pilgrimage, a journey of faith into a future that is yet to be revealed. Our
parish community is engaged in a similar journey that will take us to a new
ideas and concerns.
place as we live into the future. As individuals, every step we take is a
journey into an unwritten future and our faith is what will make all these Peace,
journeys possible. Lauren and Janice
Pilgrimage, the journey of faith, always leads us into the unknown and
that is always scary. More often than not, we'd rather not go on any trip Parishioner Spotlight
when we don't know where we're headed. Even if we are oppressed,
unhappy, and struggling where we are, our thinking often tells us that this Lauren Edwards resides in Peckville and is
place is probably better than what we might end up with. Our fears are employed by Friendship House. She is a lector.
powerful and quite convincing. Only faith can help us to overcome what
so often keeps us stuck where we are. Janice Black
When we head out, especially on the journey of faith, we don't get to resides in
plan the route. Abram didn't know where he was going. The Israelites Archbald and
wandered for forty years in that desert. and Jesus' journey with his is a retired
followers led to Calvary. Journeys into the unknown are guaranteed to nurse. She is
make us uncomfortable and that will often result in our wanting to control an usher and a
things, but faith will help us to allow things to unfold as they should. One member of the
thing is certain. Going back is not an option because time moves only in
cleaning staff.
one direction: forward.
Because of their faith, Abraham and Sarah are the parents of millions
of children who came after them. The People of Israel actually found that Together Lauren (left) and Janice (right) are
land flowing with milk and honey, making it their home. Jesus' story did leading our Pilgrimage.
not end on a cross, but in the glory of the resurrection and his followers
began to gather others around the story of what God had done in Jesus and
in them. Parish News
Our diocese, our parish, and every one of us, is invited to join the
The Lenten Ecumenical
pilgrimage, that ongoing journey of faith into the future that God has
dreamed for us from the beginning of every beginning. May we have the Prayers, held at St. James
courage to trust God and to respond in faith. And may God dance with joy St. George Church on
at our faithfulness. Wednesday, February 24,
2016, were very well
attended. The offering of $260.00 was donated to
the Breadbasket of NEPA.
 Our Mission - To love as Christ loves The History of Our Church
by Walter Avery
Sunday School Upcoming Events John J. Jermyn
Food pantry - was born in
Sunday school is held at 10:00 am, Rendham,
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
and is taught on alternate Sundays just north of
11: 00 am – 1:00 pm
by Carol Brownstein and Heather London, England.
St. James St. George Church
Evans. Just like the adults, the He arrived in this
children are experiencing their own Peacemeal – country in 1847,
Pilgrimage. Saturday, April 09, 2016 and settled in
Elm Park Methodist Church Scranton. He is
There will be no Sunday School on 4:30 pm given credit for opening the first mine
Palm Sunday (March 20th) or Easter in Scranton. He then came up the
Sunday (March 27th). Sunday School Vestry Meeting-
Monday, April 11, 2016 valley, taking over abandoned mines,
will resume on April 3, 2016. Looking making them profitable, selling them,
ahead, April 24, 2016, will be "Bring a 7:00 pm
St. James St. George Church and moving on. One of the first of
Friend". these mines was in Gibsonburg (now
Earth Day Cleanup called Jermyn in his honor). He paid
Saturday, April 16, 2016 $1.00 for land where St. James Church
would be built.
Directory Picture Day
By appointment
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Contact Information
More information to follow next Address: 398 Washington Avenue,
month Jermyn, PA 18433
Telephone: 570-876-4896
Lenten Services
e-mail: ssjandg@yahoo.com
Fri 3/11 7:00 pm St James St. George Stations of the Cross
Wed 3/16 7:00 pm Peckville Presbyterian Preacher Shambora Website: ssjandg.weebly.com
Fri 3/18 7:00 pm St James St. George Stations of the Cross
Thurs 3/24 6:30 pm Christ Church, Forest City Maundy Thursday Services
Fri 3/25 6:30 pm Trinity Church, Carbondale Good Friday Bible Study 9:00 am
Sat 3/26 6:30 pm St James St. George Easter Vigil Church/Sunday School 10:00 am

St. James St. George Episcopal Church

398 Washington Avenue
Jermyn, PA 18433