About St. James'

St. James', Pullman, is an Episcopal Church, a member of the worldwide Anglican community.  We are "full service" parish of moderate size, with average Sunday attendance of about 85.  We offer educational programs for pre-school age through adults. 

We are liturgically innovative, with a recently constructed space for worship which allows us to focus separately on the principal rites of Baptism, Eucharist, and the Word.  Our choir and music, under the direction of Elena Panchenko, are a special point of pride, and we are served by two deacons: The Rev. Ted Nitz, with specialties in church history and liturgics, and Toni Sarai-Clark, who serves this church and the diocese in diversity issues, thanks to her Native and African American background

We also have a strong interest in social justice issues, and, from time to time, have made our leadership and building available for controversial campus issues. We also put a large effort into an August rummage sale under the leadership of Carol Gay.  Monies raised go to various groups in the community.

We have a number of groups with more special purposes, such an active Episcopal Church Women (ECW) group, and other more informal gatherings, like a Sunday morning coffee group, a men's breakfast, Bible studies, reading groups.  With Washington State University just across the street, we carry on a multi-faceted ministry there, including strong support of an ecumenical ministry and a faculty reading group. For nearly three decades we have shared our space with Community Child Care Center, which has nearly sixty pre-schoolers in our building during the week.

Our office is served by the very capable Carol Porter. If you call, you may get an answering machine, but we pay close attention to both inquiries and visitors.