St. James 2023 Online Auction

St. James Episcopal Church was established on the green in Woodstock, Vermont in 1827, and is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, a part of the world-wide Anglican Communion.

St. James' has a long history of outreach caring for the community that surrounds it. Through our Outreach Committee, all proceeds from our Online Auction are distributed to local, national, and international organizations that help those in need. The Outreach Team plans and budgets for annual community support including DHMC Chaplaincy and scholarships. They conduct fundraising events and organize parishioner volunteer support for Dismas House dinners, the Red Bag/Woodstock Community Food Shelf, Christmas projects including; Woodstock Therapeutic House and Vermont Department of Family Services annual Christmas Stocking giving program.

St. James was organized as a parish church in 1825, when a group of Woodstock residents came together for the express purpose of forming a Protestant Episcopal Society under the authority of what was then known as the Eastern Diocese to secure the services of a priest. The first service in the old church building, a wooden structure which occupied the current site, was held on Christmas Day, 1827.

Today, St. James remains as a vibrant parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. It is part of The Episcopal Church, which has a presence in the U.S., Central America, and the Caribbean, and the Anglican Communion, which spans some 40 Provinces throughout the world.

The parish community strives to live out the commandment to love God and love our neighbors. The outreach made possible by the Fair is but one of the ways in which we engage in that work.