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SUMMARY:Lenten Mid-Week Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Come & Worship…Come & See! \nAll are welcome to St. James Lutheran Church for Lenten Mid-Week Dinner & Worship. \nDinner is at 5:15 p.m. and worship begins at 6:30 p.m. \nDinner will be provided by\nMarch 8:  Adult Discussion Group\nMarch 15:  Church Council\nMarch 22:  Movers & Shapers and Faith & Fellowship Sunday School Classes\nMarch 29:  The Seekers & Exploring Faith Sunday School Classes \nOur Unfailing Light Worship Service will include messages from various church members.  The theme for this year’s Lenten Season is Led by the Spirit: Stories of Faith Amidst the Wilderness. \nMessage given by\nMarch 8: Mark Witherow\nMarch 15:  Andy Keyser\nMarch 22:  Wayne Hill\nMarch 29:  Pastor Fritz Foltz \nApril 5 (Holy Week):  Pete Bender\nDuring Holy Week all worship services are at 7:00 p.m. and there is no meal on April 5.  
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/lent2023-2/
LOCATION:St. James Lutheran Church\, 109 York Street\, Gettysburg\, PA\, 17325
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Worship
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Andrew":MAILTO:ageib@stjamesgettysburg.org
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SUMMARY:Lenten Mid-Week Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Come & Worship…Come & See! \nAll are welcome to St. James Lutheran Church for Lenten Mid-Week Dinner & Worship. \nDinner is at 5:15 p.m. and worship begins at 6:30 p.m. \nDinner will be provided by\nMarch 1:  Evangelism & Fellowship Committee\nMarch 8:  Adult Discussion Group\nMarch 15:  Church Council\nMarch 22:  Movers & Shapers and Faith & Fellowship Sunday School Classes\nMarch 29:  The Seekers & Exploring Faith Sunday School Classes \nOur Unfailing Light Worship Service will include messages from various church members.  The theme for this year’s Lenten Season is Led by the Spirit: Stories of Faith Amidst the Wilderness. \nMessage given by\nMarch 1:  Amy Crist\nMarch 8: Mark Witherow\nMarch 15:  Andy Keyser\nMarch 22:  Wayne Hill\nMarch 29:  Pastor Fritz Foltz \nApril 5 (Holy Week):  Pete Bender\nDuring Holy Week all worship services are at 7:00 p.m. and there is no meal on April 5.   \n 
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/lent2023-1/
LOCATION:St. James Lutheran Church\, 109 York Street\, Gettysburg\, PA\, 17325
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Worship
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Andrew":MAILTO:ageib@stjamesgettysburg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T133000
DTSTAMP:20260618T000919
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SUMMARY:New Member Class & Lunch
DESCRIPTION:New Member Class & Lunch\nSunday\, February 8\, 2026\nimmediately following the 10:45 a.m. worship service (around noon)\nSt. James Gathering Area\nLunch provided by the Evangelism Committee \nAll who are interested in learning more about St. James are invited to attend a New Member Class & Lunch.  We’ll discuss what it means to be Lutheran\, the Lutheran liturgy and worship style\, the committees you can get involved with\, and our passion to reach out and serve the community at large. \nOur Mission:  We respond to God’s abundant grace by being hearers\, proclaimers\, and doers of the Word. \nOur Vision:  Forgiven and invited to live and to love like Jesus. \nPlease speak with Pastor Andrew or Pastor Libby if you would like to come to the New Member Class & Lunch. Or simply RSVP below. \nOne thing we will ask you to complete is a prospective member form.  This form is long but it collects all of the information for our database\, and to learn more about your church background.  If you are ready to share this information\, you can do this at any time. \nPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastEmail *Number of People Attending *select number123456Names of people coming with you.		\n			Name of tell\n			\n		\n		Is there anything else you'd like to tell us?  Any food allergies?Submit
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/new-member-class/
LOCATION:St. James Lutheran Church\, 109 York Street\, Gettysburg\, PA\, 17325
CATEGORIES:Get to Know St. James
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Andrew":MAILTO:ageib@stjamesgettysburg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221123T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221123T200000
DTSTAMP:20260618T000919
CREATED:20221021T044555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T165029Z
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SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Eve Fellowship & Worship
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to our Thanksgiving Eve Fellowship & Worship Service. \nWe will begin the evening with fellowship in the lower level of the church.  The menu will be fried chicken\, mashed potatoes\, green beans\, and glazed carrots.  Please RSVP and indicate if you will bring a meal item to share. \nThen we will move to the worship space to have a service filled with gratitude for all of God’s blessings.  This will be a very upbeat and new worship service for St. James.  We are exited to introduce a new Bluegrass Liturgy!  Jonathan Noel\, Minister of Music\, and some fellow musicians have been selecting and practicing music. \nWe will also be collecting food pantry items for SCCAP\, and the offering collected that evening will be donated to SCCAP.  Food and monetary donations will help make someone’s Christmas a little brighter! \nCome!  Feel the spirit move through you.  Give thanks\, and praise be to God! \nRSVP here:\n[caldera_form id=”CF635a9442e55f3″]
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/thanksgiving-eve-2022/
LOCATION:St. James Lutheran Church\, 109 York Street\, Gettysburg\, PA\, 17325
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Youth
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Andrew":MAILTO:ageib@stjamesgettysburg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T193000
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SUMMARY:Cellist Sophie Shao\, presented by Gettysburg Community Concert Association
DESCRIPTION:Gettysburg Community Concert Association has invited Sophie Shao to come to Gettysburg\, and perform at St. James Lutheran Church.\nAdmission:  $20 or membership to GCCA \nCellist Sophie Shao\, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions\, is a versatile and passionate artist whose performances the New York Times has noted as “eloquent\, powerful” and the Washington Post called “deeply satisfying.” \nShao has appeared as soloist to critical acclaim throughout the United States: the Smith Center in Las Vegas\, Lied Center in Lincoln\, Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa\, California\, the Palladium in Carmel\, Indiana\, the Walter Reade Theater and Rose Studio at Lincoln Center. Last season she performed the UK premiere of Howard Shore’s concerto “Mythic Gardens” with Keith Lockhart and the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Watford Colosseum in Watford\, England and with Ludwig Wicki and the 21st Century Orchestra at the KKL in Lucerne\, Switzerland. Other past concerto performances include Haydn and Elgar Concerti with Lockhart and the BBC Concert Orchestra\, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony\, Richard Wilson’s “The Cello Has Many Secrets” with the American Symphony Orchestra\, and has returned with the ASO to perform Saint-Saens’s “La muse et la poete” at the Bard Music Festival. \nLearn more about the Gettysburg Community Concert Association.
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/cellist-sophie-shao/
LOCATION:St. James Worship Space\, 109 York Street\, Gettysburg
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jonathan Noel":MAILTO:jnoel@stjamesgettysburg.org
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SUMMARY:Fall Festival & Blessing of Animals
DESCRIPTION:Come to our annual Fall Festival & Blessing of Animals\, Sunday\, September 18 at Tom & Barbara Vossler’s farm in Gettysburg. \nThe afternoon is filled with fun and fellowship for the entire family!  Please feel free to bring the grandkids or a friend. \nGames & activities\nMusic\nFellowship \nWe’ll start the afternoon with the Blessing of Animals at 1:00 p.m.  Be sure to bring your pets – large and small! \nWe will eat at 2:00 p.m.  Pulled pork\, rolls\, and beverages will be provided.  Please bring a side dish or dessert to share.  At St. James we always try to go-green so please bring reusable place settings (plates\, utensils\, napkins).  We will have a tent along with tables and chairs.  If you’d like to bring your own chair\, you are welcome to do that too. \nRSVP so we have an accurate head count for food. \nNew this year as part of the Fall Festival and Blessing of Animals\, we will have a tree planting at the Vossler’s Farm.  St. James members have been challenged to participate in the Keystone 10 Millions Trees Partnership.  We will help the Vossler’s plant their trees at the farm.
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/fall-festival-2022/
LOCATION:Vossler Farm\, 665 Knoxlyn Road\, Gettysburg\, PA\, 17325
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220911T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220911T170000
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SUMMARY:God's work. Our hands. Sunday
DESCRIPTION:God’s work. Our hands. Sunday is a single day when Lutherans across the nation come together to serve our communities \nThis day is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church\, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. \nService activities offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic convictions as Lutherans: that all of life in Jesus Christ – every act of service\, in every daily calling\, in every corner of life – flows freely from a living\, daring confidence in God’s grace. \nSt. James Lutheran Church and other Lutheran Church in the Gettysburg Conference come together to serve organizations within our community through a variety of service projects. \nHere are the God’s work. Our hands. Sunday service opportunities for 2022: \n\nRuth’s Harvest Food Collection:  Collecting food for food insecure children – meet at Lincoln Elementary School\nLWR Quilt Making – Meet at Christ Lutheran Church\, Gettysburg\nCamp Nawakwa Beautification – Meet at Camp Nawakwa in Arendtsville to complete projects around the camp\nLWR Blanket Making – Meet at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Biglerville\n\nSign-up for your service project here. \nGathering time is at 1:00 p.m.  Please note that this year volunteers will launch from the service sites.  (In previous years\, there was a Sending Service from a central location; this will not be occurring this year.)
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/gods-work-our-hands-sunday/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T173000
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SUMMARY:Evening Picnic and Prayer at Camp Nawakwa
DESCRIPTION:We’ve got a great opportunity for fellowship with Seminary First Years and congregation members of Trinity Arendtsville! \nCome on Thursday\, September 1 to Camp Nawakwa at the Upper Camp.\nWe’ll eat at 5:30 p.m. and have evening prayer at 6:30 p.m. \nThe prayer time will be lead by Gil Waldkoenig. \nPlease be sure to RSVP\, as all food and supplies will be provided.  Be sure you use the link below to let us know you are coming.  All you need to do is bring a chair and a friend! \nMeal items will be provided by the St. James Evangelism Committee and will include grilled burgers\, hotdogs\, veggie burgers\, salads\, chips and desserts.  Beverages will also be provided. \nYou are welcome to come early to relax\, walk or play at Nawakwa.  If you’d like to bring a yard game or two\, you are welcome to do that as well.
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/evening-picnic/
LOCATION:Camp Nawakwa\, 1033 Nawakwa Road\, Biglerville\, PA\, 17307
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Andrew":MAILTO:ageib@stjamesgettysburg.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220629T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220629T170000
DTSTAMP:20260618T000919
CREATED:20220621T175824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220622T224112Z
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SUMMARY:High School Canoe & Kayak + Picnic at Codorus
DESCRIPTION:Come for a picnic and canoeing and kayaking trip at Codorus State Park.  You are welcome to bring your friends.  If you need transportation\, please coordinator with Mr. Adam.
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/high-school-canoe-kayak-picnic-at-codorus/
LOCATION:Codorus State Park
CATEGORIES:Youth
ORGANIZER;CN="Adam Michael":MAILTO:youth@stjamesgettysburg.org
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220626T103000
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SUMMARY:Call Committee Listening Session 6/26
DESCRIPTION:Come to a Call Committee Listening Session! \nObjectives are to obtain feedback from church members about the direction and future of St. James\, and how a called associate pastor will help lead us in that direction.
URL:https://stjamesgettysburg.org/event/call-committee-listening-session/
LOCATION:St. James Worship Space\, 109 York Street\, Gettysburg
CATEGORIES:Call Process
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