Chapel Program at St. James' Episcopal School

As an Episcopal School, St. James' is proud to offer an age-appropriate chapel program for our students.

For the younger students in the Green and Red classrooms, bible stories are told and songs sung in the classroom.

Our older friends in the Orange and Blue classrooms have chapel twice weekly. On Thursdays, each classroom gathers for a chapel service in the classroom and on Tuesdays, they meet in our library. The Tuesday service consists of worship songs, prayers, and a short story from The Jesus Storybook Bible. On Thursday, the students complete a particular activity, an art or culinary-based lesson that ties into the story from earlier in the week. Ms. Kathie, a member of St. James' Episcopal Church and a teacher in the Blue Classroom in the afternoon, leads these chapel activities.

On special occasions or feast days, such as All Saints' Day November 1st, our older students gather in the sanctuary of St. James' Church. During the special service for All Saints' Day, the children learned that they could be saints, too. They also learned that this day is a glad/sad day: sad because we remember those who have died and we love and miss them, but glad because God didn't lose them, because no one is lost to God.

Through our chapel program and everything we do at SJES, we seek to help children develop "an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and to persevere, a spirit to know and to love God, and the feeling of joy and wonder in all God's works."

If you have any question about our chapel program, please contact Ms. Kathie at kathie@stjamesepiscopalschool.org or Ms. Ellen at ellen@stjamesepiscopalschool.org