Welcome to the Episcopal Church community of Warrenton, Virginia
Saint James’ Episcopal Church on Culpeper Street in Old Town Warrenton is an inclusive and welcoming church community that warmly embraces people from all walks of life.
We offer a diverse range of opportunities for liturgical worship, meaningful spiritual exploration and dedicated service to others in need. Our congregation includes older adults, young families with children, and everyone in between.
Sunday worship
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8 a.m.
This Eucharistic worship service follows Rite II from the Book of Common Prayer. Since there is no music, it’s the shorter of our two Sunday-morning worship services, lasting about 45 minutes.
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10:15 a.m.
This is the larger of the two Sunday-morning services. We gather to the sound of the organ as the choir, acolytes and other worship ministers process through the congregation. The liturgy is complemented by hymns, anthems and service music among prayers and periods of silence before culminating with Communion. Children are invited to Children’s Church for the first half of the service. This service usually lasts around one hour and 15 minutes.
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Weekly worship services
Our principal worship services are on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. There is also a small Eucharistic service on Wednesdays at noon. On Thursday mornings, Bishop Ted Gulick leads a Eucharistic service followed by breakfast and discussion. Guided by the Book of Common Prayer, our worship is Eucharistic, liturgical, corporate and sacramental.
Families with children are especially welcome at Saint James’. We have a vibrant family ministry to make children and young people feel a full part of our congregation. Children from age 4 to fifth grade are invited to Children’s Church during the first half of each Sunday’s 10:15 service, and nursery is available each Sunday morning. Our High School Youth Group meets most Sunday evenings during the school year, and the Middle School Youth Group meets every other week. There are also many opportunities for children and youth to serve during worship and in the community.
Children and youth
Saint James’ Episcopal School
Saint James' Episcopal School provides exceptional, affordable educational offerings in Preschool (age 2) through Grade 5 that build strong intellect, character, and faith. Our excellent learning experience offers purposefully small class sizes, truly caring faculty, appropriately challenging academics, Christ-centered worship, and multiple global and local service opportunities.
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Contact
Please make yourself known to us if you’d like to learn more about Saint James’ Episcopal Church or have any other inquiry. The office is generally open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m on weekdays.
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Email
admin@saintjameswarrenton.org
Phone
540-347-4342
Address
73 Culpeper Street
Warrenton, Virginia 20186
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Address
73 Culpeper Street
Warrenton, Virginia 20186
Parking
Street parking is available on Culpeper Street in front of the church. There is also parking available at the public lot between West Franklin Street and West Lee Street, and in the Saint James’ Episcopal School lot on Beckham Street.
Accessibility
The church is accessible for people using wheelchairs or walkers.