St. James Episcopal Church
9 Williams Street
Clinton NY
tel: (315) 853-5359
e-mail: office@stjamesclinton.org
St. James office hours:
Tues-Fri, 9am - 1pm.
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St. James Choirs
St. James' Church has a strong musical presence. We have three choirs: the Adult Choir, the Junior Choir and the Children's Choir. They rehearse and perform from early September to mid-June.
We are always looking for new members, always listening to all the singing, always aware of how important music is to worship at St. James'.
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ADULT CHOIR
To be a member of the all-volunteer Adult Choir is to be a leader of worship. In an average Sunday service, the congregation and choir sing six hymns, a psalm, and three selections of service music. The choir will often provide four-part harmonies to hymns that are only melody in the hymnal. Many different styles of sung psalm are used, including
- cantor/response,
- Anglican chant,
- the Ionian Psalter,
- the Portland Psalter and
- the St. Martin's Psalter.
On its own, the choir sings an offertory anthem and a choir communion hymn. There is strong four to eight-part singing in the choir, and many good soloists. Every now and then a special piece is performed, such as Lotti's Crucifixus, Allegri's Miserere, Thompson's Alleluia, and the Wilcox arrangement of Lord of the Dance.
We are always looking for new members. Though our workload is substantial, we make sure to find time during our 7:30-9:00 pm Thursday rehearsals for fun and camaraderie. After all, you've got to have a bit of a break once in a while!
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CHILDREN'S CHOIRS
The youngest children begin their music experience at St. James' in the Children's Choir. This choir for the most part works on familiar and simplified tunes, which are memorized. As the members of this choir are generally too young to read, the words to the melodies are often simplified. The choir has a loose performance schedule throughout the year, and also prepares for special events such as the Christmas/Epiphany Pageant, Palm Sunday and Easter.
The Junior Choir members are generally from 7 to 12 years old. This choir works on music written for two or three parts. As with the Children's Choir, this choir's schedule is based on preparedness, though they always sing at least once for every season (Pentecost-Fall, Advent/Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost-Spring). The music this choir sings is becoming more complex as the children get older and more experienced.
Both the Children's Choir and the Junior Choir rehearse on Sunday mornings, after the service.
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Saturday Worship Service - 5:15 PM
Sunday Worship Service - 9:30 AM
Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, on Jan 12, 2010 and Chile suffered a 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 28th. St. James outreach has sent more than $1200 in Haiti relief funds. At the Parish pancake brunch on Feb 14th, we collected another $800 which will be send shortly. To donate, send checks to the church office, made out to ER-D or to St. James with Haiti on the memo line. If you prefer, contribute directly to ERD OR through
To donate material goods; go to Agape Flights. Agape Flights is flying often and able to land in Port au Prince. The supplies are reaching the medical clinics, orphanages, schools, and churches.
Click for updates on our Episcopal Brothers and Sisters; Episcopal Life on-line, The Sisters of St Margaret and the response of Province II; both Haiti and the Diocese of Central New York are part of Province II. A Prayer for Haiti...
Fair trade coffee St. James Church uses fair trade coffee. We see this as one step we can take in helping to alleviate poverty in the world by helping these farmers provide financially for their families.
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