Category: Stories of Hope (Disaster Relief)

By: Bill Medina This is a status report describing the efforts to date of St. James’s response to Hurricane Helene.After several days of heavy rain, the full fury of the storm hit on September 27. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, St. James, like most of the homes, businesses, churches and public buildings in […]

During Christmastide, St. James was filled with gifts from around the country to be distributed to our local Latino community who were hit hard by Helene. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s, gifts were shipped to St. James for the annual Holiday Project by iCreatives, a nationwide creative agency based in Florida. Working with the Rev. […]

This week, a group of young adults and two leaders have been using St. James as their base of operations to assist in the hurricane relief work in Bat Cave. Lauren Goodpaster, director of Outreach & Service-Away Programs at University of the South, is leading the team and has been working with David+, our rector, […]

Updated life lessons from Helene, 10/13/2024 As a boy growing up, my (Andrew) mom often said that a lot of Christian faith and compassion can be demonstrated by showing up with a chicken and rice casserole and listening. She said you cannot fix the problem that another person or family has, but you can show […]

It rained all day Thursday. The wind was fierce on Friday. The electricity went out Friday afternoon. The house was dark and weary Friday night. Early Saturday morning someone knocked on my back door before I was ready to get up. When I opened the door, it was Barbara with a cup of coffee she […]