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Refugee Focused Ministry

Tuesday, April 1 at 6pm in the Parish Life Center

There are nearly 40 million refugees globally. Recently, the government withdrew funds that had been promised to newly arrived refugees. Who are these refugees? What happens to them once they arrive in the United States, and what happens to them now without the support they were expecting? Join Kate Kaup (Furman Professor of Politics and International Affairs) and Andrew Lewis (Refugees Services Coordinator for Lutheran Services of the Carolinas Upstate) to briefly discuss the global, local and human impact of recent executive orders and hear from Kate and John Kaup about their experiences working with multiple refugee families over the past 12 months. 

Dinner at 6 PM with programming beginning around 6:30. There is no cost for this event, donations will be accepted.

All Parish Spring Workday

Saturday, April 5th from 9AM until Noon

Please join us to lend a hand at the Spring Workday to perform minor repairs and improvements to the church buildings and grounds. Junior Warden Ben Freeman will lead the Workday and tasks include cleaning, organizing, and repairing indoor and outdoor areas of the buildings and campus. People of all ages and skills are invited to help. Please contact Ben at (864)419-6590 or bjfenterprise1@gmail.com for more details and to volunteer.

Easter Flower Donations

You are invited to help us decorate St. James for Easter and honor your loved ones by making a donation for Easter lilies. The lilies will beautify the church for two weeks on Easter Sunday and April 27, after which you are welcome to take your plant(s) home to enjoy. Please use the link below to order your lilies. Dedications received by Monday, April 14, will be listed in the Easter bulletins.

Holy Week 2025