St. James United Church St. John's NL
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Who we are
We warmly welcome you and invite you to join us on our YouTube channel, live at 11:00am on Sunday morning's for our regular worship service with Reverend James Ravenscroft. Or for contemporary worship Saturday afternoons. We are located at 330 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. If you are searching for a church home or are part of our church family.
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330 Elizabeth Ave
St. John's,
NL
A1B 1T9
Canada
Phone: 709-722-1881 ext. 200
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Rev. James Ravenscroft
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330 Elizabeth Ave
St. John's,
NL
A1B 1T9
Canada
Phone: 709-722-1881
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United Church of Canada
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Rev. James Ravenscroft
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Tracy Bishop
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St. James United Church Service Times
Regular worship Sunday mornings at 11 a.m.
Contemporary worship Saturday afternoons at 4:30 p.m.
Worship Schedule
August 2021
August 14 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
August 15 11:00 am 12th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
August 21 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
August 22 11:00 am 13th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
August 28 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
August 29 11:00 am 14th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
September 2021
September 4 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
September 5 11:00 am 15th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
September 11 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
September 12 11:00 am Creation Time 1 - 16th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
September 18 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
September 19 11:00 am Creation Time 2 - 17th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
September 25 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
September 26 11:00 am Creation Time 3 - 18th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
October 2021
October 2 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
October 3 11:00 am Creation Time 4 - World Wide Communion Sunday Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
October 9 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
October 10 11:00 am Creation Time 5 - Thanksgiving Sunday Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
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Contemporary worship Saturday afternoons at 4:30 p.m.
Worship Schedule
August 2021
August 14 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
August 15 11:00 am 12th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
August 21 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
August 22 11:00 am 13th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
August 28 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
August 29 11:00 am 14th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
September 2021
September 4 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
September 5 11:00 am 15th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
September 11 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
September 12 11:00 am Creation Time 1 - 16th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
September 18 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
September 19 11:00 am Creation Time 2 - 17th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
September 25 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
September 26 11:00 am Creation Time 3 - 18th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
October 2021
October 2 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
October 3 11:00 am Creation Time 4 - World Wide Communion Sunday Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
October 9 4:30 pm Contemporary Service Susan Sheppard, DLM - Digital Worship
October 10 11:00 am Creation Time 5 - Thanksgiving Sunday Rev. James Ravenscroft - Pre-Registration Required
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St. James United Church History
EARLY HISTORY OF ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH
The St. James United Church congregation had its origins in the rapid expansion of St. John’s following World War 11 and the development of the “northern suburbs” around Churchill Park and Elizabeth Avenue. As early as 1949 the St. John’s Presbytery of the United Church had given consideration to the establishment of a new United Church congregation in this area. However, it was not until March 27, 1956 that a Church Extension Committee was formally organized under the Chair of Rev. F.E. Vipond of Gower Street United Church. A year earlier on March 8, 1955 the Newfoundland Conference secured a 999-year lease for 9.66 acres of land on the north side of Elizabeth Avenue for church development from the St. John’s Housing Corporation.
The Church Extension Committee subsequently investigated the level of public interest in establishing a new congregation and in a follow-up meeting held on May 8, 1957 in Pitts Memorial Hall on Long’s Hill formal approval was given to pursuing the constitution of a new United Church congregation in the “northern suburbs”. A Committee of Twenty under the chair of Mr. Frederick W. Russell was then approved and between June, 1957 and early 1958 it determined that 235 adults with approximately 300 children were interested in joining a new United Church congregation. It is believed that Mrs. Ruby Joliffe is the only surviving congregational member of this Committee. On June 1, 1958 Mr. T. Alex Hickman assumed the Committee of Twenty Chair and, with the assistance of Rev. F.E. Vipond and seed money from city United Churches, the Rev. Donovan L. Brown, a native of Grand Bank, was engaged as the new congregation’s first minister, effective July 1, 1958.
In September, 1958 a Ways and Means Committee of the new congregation met and decided upon St. James United Church as its name which was then approved by St. John’s Presbytery. The first morning service of St. James was held at MacPherson Academy on November 16, 1858. Rev. Donovan L. Brown was formally inducted at this initial service but the St. James Sunday School commenced at MacPherson Academy as well several weeks before this initial service. The congregation’s first Annual Report dated December 31, 1958 showed an adult membership of 87 and 524 Sunday School registrations with an average attendance of 300 children, far beyond the wildest expectations!
A Church Building Committee was struck on November 24, 1958 to plan for a new church sanctuary to accommodate approximately 500 families and a new manse with an estimated cost of $150,000 to be funded by a bank loan of $100,000 and $40,000 from pledges and other sources. A Champaign Committee chaired by Mr. H. G. Puddester headed this initiative and by December 31, 1959 pledges and special gifts totalling $84,000 and $6,000 respectively were received. The bank loan was secured by personal guarantee pledges between $500 and $5,000 from 62 individuals within the congregation.
On June 8, 1960 the Right Reverend Angus J. MacQueen, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, turned the sod for the new St. James sanctuary which was completed on October 13, 1961 at a cost of $242,500, including a land cost of $52,500 provided by St. John’s Presbytery. It was consecrated during the initial service on October 15, 1961 by its second minister, the Rev. F. E. Vipond and by Rev. R. W. Braine. From its humble beginnings in 1958 there were 1575 individuals and approximately 300 families under pastoral oversight and a registered membership of 248 in the St. James congregation as of October 15, 1961.
The St. James United Church congregation had its origins in the rapid expansion of St. John’s following World War 11 and the development of the “northern suburbs” around Churchill Park and Elizabeth Avenue. As early as 1949 the St. John’s Presbytery of the United Church had given consideration to the establishment of a new United Church congregation in this area. However, it was not until March 27, 1956 that a Church Extension Committee was formally organized under the Chair of Rev. F.E. Vipond of Gower Street United Church. A year earlier on March 8, 1955 the Newfoundland Conference secured a 999-year lease for 9.66 acres of land on the north side of Elizabeth Avenue for church development from the St. John’s Housing Corporation.
The Church Extension Committee subsequently investigated the level of public interest in establishing a new congregation and in a follow-up meeting held on May 8, 1957 in Pitts Memorial Hall on Long’s Hill formal approval was given to pursuing the constitution of a new United Church congregation in the “northern suburbs”. A Committee of Twenty under the chair of Mr. Frederick W. Russell was then approved and between June, 1957 and early 1958 it determined that 235 adults with approximately 300 children were interested in joining a new United Church congregation. It is believed that Mrs. Ruby Joliffe is the only surviving congregational member of this Committee. On June 1, 1958 Mr. T. Alex Hickman assumed the Committee of Twenty Chair and, with the assistance of Rev. F.E. Vipond and seed money from city United Churches, the Rev. Donovan L. Brown, a native of Grand Bank, was engaged as the new congregation’s first minister, effective July 1, 1958.
A Church Building Committee was struck on November 24, 1958 to plan for a new church sanctuary to accommodate approximately 500 families and a new manse with an estimated cost of $150,000 to be funded by a bank loan of $100,000 and $40,000 from pledges and other sources. A Champaign Committee chaired by Mr. H. G. Puddester headed this initiative and by December 31, 1959 pledges and special gifts totalling $84,000 and $6,000 respectively were received. The bank loan was secured by personal guarantee pledges between $500 and $5,000 from 62 individuals within the congregation.
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When we stumble...
O Lord our God, Who has called us to serve You in the midst of the world's affairs, When we stumble, hold us; when we fall, lift us up. When we are hard pressed with evil, deliver us. When we turn from what is good, turn us back and bring us at last to Your glory.
St. James United Church listing was last updated on the 13th of August, 2021
