Welcome to our website!

We are a group of people who travel a path together, discovering what it means to be Christian by putting our faith into action in everyday life. ''Christian'' is really more a verb that it is a noun! Living a compassionate life that is grounded in God is a worthwhile adventure, but it is not a simple task; so, it''s good to be part of a community.

Community can give us companionship and strength when we need them, and reminds us that we are rooted in something much larger than often we notice - God's faithful presence.

In response to God's invitation, we come to our churches to pray, to grow spiritually, to reach out to people in need, and to support one another. We are also invited by God to be a generous people as we offer all of ourselves in the ministries to which God calls each of us.

Here at St James and St John's we've been engaged in rebuilding and rejuvenating our life as individual church communities living and working together in the new Parish Of Mississippi Lake, along with our sister church St. James Carleton Place. Each church has a history of supporting its own individual outreach initiatives and programs while also working together, from time to time, liturgically and programmatically. Many people have contributed to the work and ministry of our churches in the past, and many others carry on their work in the present.

And so, again, a warm welcome to our website! Ultimately, it will probably always and forever be a ''work-in-progress" - partly because we're pretty busy around here, but also because we, too, are a work-in-progress!

In the Peace of Christ

All are welcome!