February 2025
Creative Touch Floral helps couples celebrating Valentine’s Day with flowers
Friday is February 14 also known as Valentine’s Day. Couples celebrate their love for one another, for some the day consists of dates and gifts. One such gift men give to their wife, fiancé or girlfriend is flowers. Creative Touch Floral in St. James is the center of flowers on Valentine’s Day in St. James.
St. James community comes together on plans as fear of deportation continues
President Donald Trump’s second term as president has cities across Minnesota and the country planning how to support people should a mass deportation happen. Adults and kids alike a terrified of what may happen each day, it has not waned since the start of Trump has taken office. In the city of St. James and the schools, there are a lot of adults and kids who deal with the concern and fear every day. Jon Wilson, a St. James High School government teacher said he talks about this with his students in his government class and kids are scared, literally scared to death of what is going to happen.
Celebrate the arts with “With a Song in My Heart”
The St. James Theater and Arts Board is presenting a celebration of the arts on Sunday, February 16 at the St. James High School Little Theater. The 3:00 p.m. program, “With a Song in My Heart”, includes dance, vocal, and instrumental music, an art show and dessert.
College News
Saint Mary’s University announced the names of students who were named to the 2024 fall semester Dean’s List. The list included 413 students who earned a GPA of 3.60 or better. Two students from the St. James area were named to the Dean’s List, Abigail Jacobs of Madelia and McKenzie Lang of St. James.
Active transportation in St. James continues to expand
St. James is one of ten cities to receive the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) funding support in the latest round of the Active Transportation Planning Assistance. MNDOT’s goal for the assistance program is to help cities increase the number of people who walk and bike in their communities.
God is waiting to hear from you
It’s probably no surprise to you that pastors wear many different “hats” … including preacher, teacher, counselor, administrator, and prayer (as in “one who prays”). At all sorts of occasions, large and small, it is the pastor who is often times asked to say a prayer. We are often seen and thought of as the professional prayer. The fact is, however, God wants to hear from all of us through prayer – not just pastors. We have a loving God who wants to hear from us in and through all things. In his book Where is God in My Praying? Dan Simundson (one of my professors) offered three reasons why it is difficult for people to pray.
