Support Communities

A number of support groups meet on a regular basis to support one another through shared circumstances. See calendar listings for details.
AA
Al-Anon
Divorce Support—contact Cheryl Brainard for upcoming events
Marriage Enrichment—contact Cheryl Brainard for upcoming events
Community of Hope International

St. James is a Community of Hope International (COHI) parish. Community of Hope International equips lay people to serve in all forms of pastoral care. Pastoral care is when a person is being "present" in a listening, compassionate, non-controlling manner to an individual or group for the purpose of consciously or unconsciously representing God to them and seeking to respond to …
Read More »Living Well in the Midst of Grief

When someone you love dies, you experience grief in a number of ways and one size does not fit all. The way we react to and process grief depends on the relationship, manner of death, if and how you were able to say goodbye, your beliefs, your background, and your personality.
We also grieve many things other than death and we want to acknowledge this also. There is grief that com…
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