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At St. James the Less, we love kids! To learn about our children's programs, click here on Kids Belong.
Read about the Groundbreakers Summer Childrens' Program in our local Trib here! Or click here for the flyer. Our own exciting summer program for children takes place each Sunday morning over the summer, starting at 9:45 a.m. (apart from 5 July and 2 August). Please bring your children, grandchildren, friends’ & neighbors’ children. No Groundbreakers program this Sunday, July 5th.
Good News: Every first Tuesday of the month our parish serves a meal at the Good News Community Kitchen. If you would like to bring food or serve, please sign up for Tuesday, July 7. Any questions can be directed to one of our Good News Coordinators, Kathleen Cleven, Andy Roane or Betsy Tracy.
Join Us at Ravinia: An Evening With STEVE MILLER BAND on Friday, July 17. Concert begins at 8:00 p.m. Lawn opens at 5:00 p.m. Please look for Blue & White balloons at 6:00 p.m.to help locate our SJTL Friends! Pack your Ravinia dinner baskets and join us for a Lawn Picnic Party before the concert begins. Look for the sign up sheet & Sign Up! We’ll make announcements in church to ensure a great turn out. Bring your friends!
“Kingdom” - Wednesday, July 22* from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Come to the second of our latest short course exploring the Kingdom of God - “An Unexpected Kingdom”. Kingdom is not a word you can easily avoid in the Bible- appearing over 50 times in Matthew’s Gospel alone. Over the summer, the younger children will be learning about Building God’s Kingdom, in the children’s summer program. Living in a republic, have you ever wondered what it means to belong to the Kingdom of Heaven or the Kingdom of God? Come and find out! The course will be facilitated by the Rev. Jane Schaefer and Sue Babbs. Talk with us to learn more about this course. All are welcome! This course is suitable for teens and adults. Please sign up on the bulletin board. *Please note that this date in July has been changed from the originally publicized July 8.
Eat Pancakes, Support the Youth! Butterfields Pancake House, in the shopping center on the South West corner of Sanders and Dundee Roads in Northbrook, has agreed to donate 15% of each bill to St. James The Less when a parishioner comes in to eat. All you have to do is tell them that you are from St. James the Less and they will keep track of your bill and donate 15% to our Youth Group funds. So go enjoy some wonderful pancakes, waffles, omelettes, sandwiches, soups, and salads and support our youth!
We are excited to be bringing Vacation Bible School (VBS) back to St. James the Less! Mark your calendars for August 3 - August 7. We will be meeting 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday - Friday. We are looking forward to great music, fun crafts, exploring God’s Light at Crocodile Dock and enjoying friends! Click here to find out more about what's happening at Crocodile Dock! If you would like to join the VBS planning team, please contact Julie Williams at 847.837.0267 or julie.williams@hewitt.com. There will also be opportunities to help support VBS through volunteering during VBS week or providing supplies. We look forward to a fun VBS week at St. James the Less.
The Youth Group BLOG can be found here. Check it out soon! It is full of information about Youth Group, meeting times, and upcoming events. Also, the youth group activity schedule has now been posted for March - May 2009.
Please remember to bring canned goods for the Northfield Township Food Pantry
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Quilts Beyond Borders: We had another successful quilting day to make quilts for Ethiopia on Saturday, May 16th. To learn more about this work, please see the flyer, which is available here. So far we have made over 40 quilts for Ethiopian orphans. Please click here for photos.
| Our exciting Groundbreakers summer program for children has begun! Click here to see pictures! |  |
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| Season of Sound concluded its 2009 season with the Misa Criolla. Click on the picture for more photos. |
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| Our Sunday School children presented their projects in support of Heifer International on Sunday, March 15th. Click on the picture to see photos from the event! |  |
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