St James UCC

06/03/2026

Below is a copy of the bulletin for Sunday, June 7.

Reminder: People’s Breakfast and Coffee & Quilts meet weekly all summer long!

🥞🍳People’s Breakfast — Tuesdays at 8:00 AM at the Mainline in Downer

☕️🧵Coffee & Quilts — Wednesdays at 9:00 AM at the church

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. ✝️Matthew 9:13

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05/31/2026

Sunday Worship
Trinity Sunday - Welcome All!

05/28/2026

Jim Martodam will be leading worship this Sunday, May 31st. A copy of the bulletin can be found below.

🍕 We have ONE pizza stand shift left to fill! Sunday, July 12 from 2pm - 4pm. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far - now let’s button up this list!

❤️ Thank you to everyone who made Becky feel so welcomed last week. It was a beautiful service on a beautiful day! We also want to thank everyone who participated in the Strengthen the Church offering. Your gifts are greatly appreciated by the UCC Conference.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20

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05/24/2026

Sunday Worship Service
Day of Pentecost

05/22/2026

Becky Bartholomay, who served pulpit supply for us on April 12, will be BACK to lead worship this week! We are so excited to have Becky with us again. A copy of the bulletin is below

❤️ We will be collecting our Strengthen The Church offering during worship. Our regional conference and the national UCC equally share the gifts given. The funds raised support leadership development, new churches, youth ministry, and innovation in existing congregations. If you would like to participate, please mark your offering with “STC” in the memo line or by using the designated envelopes in the narthex.

🇺🇸 This week we will also remember with gratitude those who gave their lives in service to others and to this nation. We honor their courage, mourn their loss, and hold in prayer all who carry grief, memory, and sacrifice in their hearts. We pray The Lord grants comfort to military families, veterans, and all who bear the wounds of war, both visible and unseen.

🕊️ You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth 🕊️ Psalm 104:30

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05/21/2026

Neon Church Service
✨Our last Neon Church until fall!✨

05/20/2026

Third Thursday Lunch! Tomorrow, May 21, 2026 from 11 AM to 1 PM.

☕️🍰 The menu includes mashed potatoes with meatballs or liver & onions, squash, coleslaw, fruit cocktail and cake dessert. Coffee and conversations available until 3 PM.

Free will donation with proceeds going to local charities. Take out is available! ❤️

05/19/2026

The Holy Spirit gathers us together. From across the country and the spectrums of human experience, we become united in Christ. And, united, the Spirit commissions us to work for a more just world for all.

The Strengthen the Church Offering supports congregations and leaders across the United Church of Christ as they respond to the Spirit’s call to be united in Christ for a more just world for all. The challenges our congregations face vary:

❤️Some seek ways to strengthen youth ministry

❤️Some hope to start new congregations

❤️Some look for innovative ways to renew existing congregations

❤️Some need help developing leaders

The giving in your congregation can ensure congregations get the help they need from their conference and the national ministries of the UCC. Together we can answer the Spirit’s call to be united in Christ for a just world for all.

05/17/2026

Graduation Sunday
Join us to celebrate our graduates!

05/15/2026

Jim Martodam will be leading worship this Sunday, May 17th. His message is titled “Heaven is Real.” Below is copy of the bulletin

🎓During worship we will celebrate our two high school graduates: Aubree Ernst and Kenzie Wheelright. Please join us downstairs after worship for cake, coffee and lemonade in their honor.

💙Aubree & Kenzie - May you go forward with courage, curiosity, and compassion. May you know you are deeply loved by God, just as you are. May your learning become wisdom, your success become service, and your lives become a blessing to others. And may the Spirit guide you toward justice, joy, and peace wherever life leads. Amen.

✝️ After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
John 17:1-2

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