St. James Presbyterian Church (the "Kirk"). We are in a beautiful heritage building located in the downtown area of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Regular worship services are held Sunday mornings in the winter at 11:00am and during the summer months at 10:00am.

All visitors are welcome.

*PLEASE NOTE*
*NEW SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP TIME - 10:30AM*

E-mail Addresses:
Church - kirkstjames@pei.aibn.com
Rev. Geoff Ross - geoffrey.ross@pei.aibn.com
KIRK NEWS FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2010

Nursery Coverage and Children’s Worship is Available!
Nursery is available for children from birth to age three. For children age 4 to 7 there is a children’s worship class and for children age 8 to 11 we have our Following Jesus class. All are welcome.

Large Print Bulletins
Large print bulletins are available at the main doors.

Today

Welcome!
If it is your first time to St. James – or you are returning to St. James after a time away, please know that we are happy to have you and we hope that you find our worship engaging and our community welcoming. We are glad that you are here and we hope that we will see you again in the coming weeks.

Fellowship Time
Please join us after church on the front lawn for fellowship time with the fellowship committee as our hosts.

Thank you
We would like to say thank you to Rev. Alan Stewart for speaking today. Next week our speaker will be Rev. George Robertson.

This Week’s Music
We are grateful to Dale Sorensen for the beautiful trombone solos. Dale teaches at UPEI, plays in the Charlottetown Festival orchestra, the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony Nova Scotia.

This Week/Month

Pastoral Care
Please note that Rev. Ross will be on leave in July and August. If there are any pastoral concerns that come up during that time then please call Christy Ashby at 892-7987, Rev. Alan Stewart at 367-2743 or the office at 892-2839.


Office Closed
The office will be closed for holidays from Tuesday, August 3rd to Monday, August 9th.

Kirk Recitals
Wednesdays at Noon Series of Chamber Music Programs returns to the Kirk of St. James, 35 Fitzroy Street, Charlottetown. The recitals will take place at 12:10pm and will usually conclude by 12:50. The artists are all donating their talents. There is no admission fee, but donations toward the upkeep of the beautiful space are appreciated.

August 11, Edwin Hughes & Sonya Wadden Hughes,
guitar and flute
August 25, James Gardiner, trumpet

Frances McBurnie, director of music at the Kirk, will assist in the recitals except for August 11.

Community Events

Organ Recital
Organ Recitals 2010 presents Coro Dolce, PEI’s newest choral group; Carl B. Mathis, music director, Thursday, August 5, 12:10 – 12:50 pm in St. Peter’s Cathedral, All Souls’ Lane, performing works by Watson, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Handel, Fauré, Willan and others. Free Admission.

Mindscapes P.E.I
The Canadian Mental Health Association on P.E.I. is celebrating 50 years and one of our main celebratory this year is Mindscapes P.E.I., an art and poetry exhibition to be presented in collaboration with Confederation Centre Art Gallery from September 16 to October 10, 2010. CMHA/PEI is asking for art or poetry submissions by August 9th from anyone whose life has been affected by mental illness. This includes anyone who has, or had, a mental illness, or anyone closely connected to them. For Submission Guidelines please visit our website: www.cmha.pe.ca, email celebration2010@cmha.pe.ca , call 628-3653, or stop by our offices at 178 Fitzroy Street, 2nd Floor.
Upcoming events

For a complete list of events, please check the Calender