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Events at St. James
Annual General Parish Meeting

Where & When
Date: 1 March 2015
Time: 12.00
Location: St . James
The Annual Parish Meeting will be March 1st 2015, after the 11am Eucharist.
 
Annual reports from the various ministries will be presented, and new Vestry members will be elected.
Afterwards there will be a free Parish Lunch for everyone in the Undercroft. 




 
New Vestry Members

During the Annual Parish Meeting there will be elections for new Vestry Members.

There are four vacancies this year. If you would like to nominate someone or you feel that you would like to stand for election please contact the church office or Father Mark directly.

Many, many thanks to those Vestry Members standing down :
Diane Chaplin
Antonietta Ferraioli
Erica Kopczynski
Betty Nadalini

Bishop's Visitation & Confirmations January 18, 2015

Where & When
Date: January 18, 2015
Time:11 am
Location:St.James
Congratulations to the four members of St James who were confirmed last Sunday and also to Timothy Chaplin who renewed his Baptismal Vows .

The Confirmands were:
Livia Chaplin, Margi Hammer, Shannon Hanna and Jacqui Owen .

Many thanks also to everyone who brought something to eat on Sunday and also all the people who worked hard to make it such a special day.

 
Week of prayer for Christian Unity 18- 25 January

Settimana di preghiera per l'unita dei cristiani 18-25 Gennaio 2015
'Dammi un po d'acqua da Bere'
The Schedule is as follows:-
Saturday 17 January 6.40pm- 'The 10 commandments' Comunit� Ebraica di Firenze, Via Farini 4.
Sunday 18 January 5pm- Chiesa Ortodossa Romena dell'Ascensione del Signore. Costa San Giorgio, 27
Monday 19 January 6pm- Chiesa Evangelica Valdese, Via Micheli, 26
Tuesday 20 January 6pm- Chiesa Cattolica dell'immacolata e San Martino, Via Paoletti 36
Wednesday 21 January 6pm- Chiesa Evangelica Battista, Via Borgonissanti, 6
Thursday 22 January  6pm-Chiesa Ortodossa Russa della Nativit� di N.S Ges� Cristo e di S Nicola, Via Leone X,8
Friday 23 January 6pm- St. Marks, Via Maggio,16
Saturday 24 January 4.30pm- Chiesa Cristiana Avventista del Settimo Giorno, Via del Pergolino 1/4
Sunday 25 January 5pm- Oratorio di San Nicola al Ceppo, Via Pandolfini 7
Monday 26 January 6pm- Moschea , Borgo Allegri 64r.



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cOMUNITA iSLAMI
Weekend Retreat: March 13-15, 2015

Boundaries, Balance and Blessings.
Letting Your Yes be Yes and Your No be No.

Leader: The Rev. Canon Dr. Sandye A. Wilson
Deadline for registration is February 16, 2015.
Location: Guesthouse of the Missionsbenediktinerinnen, Bahnhofstr,3,82327 Tutzing (near Munich, Germany)
For further information please contact the Rev Dorothee Hahn
( [email protected]) or the Rev. Deacon Richard Cole ([email protected])
 
Your St. James
Noonday Prayers

Where & When
Date: Tuesday to Friday
Time: 12.00- 12.10
Location: St James
Noonday Prayer in the Church 

 

St. James Church holds Noonday Prayer in the Church every Tuesday through Friday at 12:00 PM.

 

Come join us for 10 minutes of prayer and meditation. Noonday Prayer will be led by the clergy and staff of St. James Church, and any volunteer who is interested in this leadership. Please contact the Church office.


The History of St . James Church

The History of St. James Church is available for 25 euro. Copies are always displayed at the back of the church.

Full of interesting information about St James, it is a great gift for friends abroad and a memory to treasure from your visit to Florence.
 
Next of Kin Contact details
Full on Church
We have been thinking that it would be a good idea
to keep a list of Parishioner's next of kin.
 
Would you like us to keep your next of kin details in the office, so that we can contact them in the event of an emergency?
If you wish please email or bring a list of telephone numbers, emails and any other information you feel might be helpful, and we will keep it on file in the office.
This information will be  held in the confidence and used only in the event of an emergency.
 
Weekly Food Drive

Where & When
Date: Sundays
Time: 9:00 & 11:00
Location: Church
Help the Hungry  

 

Every Sunday in Church, the St. James Foodbank is collecting
donations of food. Please support this important ministry by donating any of the following items: small tins of canned beans(packs of 3),soft cheese triangles, 80 gram and 160 gram cans of tuna, crackers, small boxes of juice, and especially baby food ( fruit) and
 baby formula.

 

The shopping cart will be at the back of the Church, waiting to be filled!

  

We are no longer giving out pasta or rice.

 

Grazie di cuore! 


 

St. James' Townhouse Available for bookings

Come Stay in the St. James' Townhouse

St. James' Town House, in the heart of Florence, is the perfect place to stay with friends or family. We are centrally located near the train station, the Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, and many other favorite places to visit. We accept reservations for a minimum of 1 week and a maximum of 3 months. Your stay with us is considered a donation to St. James Church. Contact us for availability and further information. Everyone is Welcome at St. James' Town House!

 

St. James' Town House is a three story apartment with its own entrance on via Bernardo Rucellai, next to the church rectory and part of the parish complex. It is a spacious 3-bedroom, 3-bath apartment, furnished with antiques, and overlooking the church and the rectory garden. It is fully equipped with linens for both bed and bath, along with kitchen supplies. There is satellite television that includes many English language programs, a washing machine, dishwasher, microwave oven, and iron. The bedrooms and living room are air conditioned. Off- street parking within the grounds of the church for one car.

 

Newly renovated Carriage House

St. James Carriage House will be available to rent from the end of April this year.
 
Like our ever-popular Town House, the Carriage House is located on the church property, with a private garden and small patio to relax and refresh the spirit after a full day in the city.
It is a three story house with a private entrance. The Carriage House has a lovely living/dining room,kitchen, and bath on the ground floor; bedroom sitting room and balcony/ terrace on the third floor with a picture window overlooking the Corsini Gardens.
Fully equipped with fine linens for both bed and bath, china and glassware, along with kitchen supplies, the Carriage House has everything needed for your stay.Selected antiques have been carefully chosen. Also included are satellite TV, air-conditioning, and free WIFI and off-street parking within the grounds of the church for one car. The Carriage House is the perfect place for one or two people. There is a fold-out bed on the third floor which can sleep 2 people as well.
It should be noted that there is only one bathroom, which is located on the ground floor and there is a spiral staircase to the other floors.
Contact Betty Nadalini for availability and further information.
[email protected]
I MAI VISTI, THE NEVER SEEN, Uffizzi

The official end of the Christmas season comes with Epiphany, January 6, a legal holiday that is characterized by special events and openings in Florence.
I MAI VISTI, 'THE NEVER SEEN'
Each year the Uffizi museum, with the support of the Friends of the Uffizi Association, celebrates the holiday season with an exhibition of master works from their collections in storage - the "Mai Visti" or "Never Seen."
This year's gift to visitors and Florentines is the Uffizi's never-before-seen collection, the largest in the Western world, of Russian icons, now on display in the Sala delle Reali Poste on the ground floor, just across the square from the main entrance.   
The show will be on view until February 1, 2015 from 10 am - 5 pm, closed Monday; no admission is charged.  Free guided tours will be available in English on January 4 and 6 at 3 pm; and in Italian on the same days every 20 minutes from 2 to 4 pm.   A minimum 5 euro donation is requested, which will go towards the funding of a restoration of a work at the Uffizi.  To reserve a tour, contact [email protected].
Free workshops for children are also being held on every Saturday during January at 10:30 am. To book a workshop email [email protected]
Rosanna Cirigliano & Elizabeth Wicks         
courtesy Magenta Publishing & La Repubblica, Florence 
       source: 
 
http://www.magentaflorence.com/florences-epiphany-gift-i-mai-visti/      
http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/01/02/news/florences_epiphany_gifts_starring_i_mai_visti-104167224/
 
 

" As with gladness men of old did the guiding star behold; as with joy they hailed its light, leading onward, beaming bright, so, most  gracious Lord, may we evermore be led to thee"

                                                                                                                Hymn 119 V1.     

  Music: melody Conrad Kocher; arr.William Henry Monk.  

St. James Church, Florence
Via B. Rucellai, 9
Firenze, Italy
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