Anglican Parish of St. James, Kentville

09/15/2026

Families are invited to join with other families across the diocese in a fun and creative Advent project to help prepare your hearts and homes for Christmas! A Jesse Tree is sort of like an Advent calendar – each day through Advent you read a bible story and add an ornament representing that...

09/15/2026

09/14/2026

We will have this service of blessing & commissioning at both our 8am & 10:30am services! All are welcome

09/14/2026

The Connectors EIGHT participated in Session #5 of our Diocesan missional leadership learning cohort, meeting in Truro, NS. Themes explored were loving your neighbours, rediscovering possibilities in local community, habits of highly missional people, how to share your faith and 'what is church (anyways)'?

From front, left: Esther Kennedy, Dawn Purcell, Lyda Miller, Shannon Kam, Dennis Cole and Lillian Bulya; back/left: Chris Pharo, Joel Pratt, Stephen Weiss, Ron Cutler (facilitator), Katie Taylor Flynn and Blane Finnie. (Absent from photo: Kim Lively (facilitator))

We ASK YOUR PRAYERS for their continued discernment, learning, missional experimenting and 'connecting'.

09/12/2026

The service of Ron Hill

09/11/2026

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Please note that due to repairs being done as a result of the flood there will be disruptions in office functioning. Please call ahead if you have any questions or need support from the office. Thank you!

09/09/2026

During this Season of Creation we give thanks for all of God's creatures. During our Community Roots Camp we were joined by Travis McEnery, who taught us about the beauty and complexity of his spider friends. To follow his adventures follow Travis on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/
Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Season of Creation

09/05/2026

For anyone that would like to take part in Ron’s service, we will be gathering at St. James for the livestream on Saturday at 1pm

Richard “Ron” Hill, 92, of Kentville, Nova Scotia, and formerly of Somerville, New Brunswick, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Sunday, August 23, 2026. Born in Alfreton, England on January 15, 1934, Ron was the son of ...

09/01/2026

It is with broken hearts we share the passing of Jean Gaudet on August 30th, 2026.

Her service will be Wednesday, Sept 9th, 1pm at St. James Anglican Church.

May Light Perpetual Shine Upon her.

https://www.whitefamilyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/194122/

09/01/2026

Our rector, Archdeacon Kris Mackenzie will be attending this gathering in Victoria with many others from our Diocese. There will also be a celebration at the Cathedral Church of All Saints Halifax on November 30th at 6pm.

This November, Anglicans from across the country will gather in Victoria, B.C., to mark the 50th anniversary of the priesting of women in the Anglican Church of Canada.

The Anglican Foundation of Canada is proud to support this national celebration and the opportunity it creates to honour the courage, vocation, leadership, and faithful perseverance of women in ordained ministry across generations.

Bursaries are available, and the application deadline has been extended to September 15.

Learn more and register here:
https://pci.jotform.com/260475825936064