These gifts are too numerous to list here but are recorded in the memorial Gift Book. James has been blessed over the years with members who have given generously of their time and talent in caring for the church as well as for the grounds. The memorial Garden was created in 1974 in Memory of Geoffrey Hamlin a beloved member of St. James designed a garden around it and shrubbery about the church was planted. Soon after the bell tower was in place, the women of St. Austin, first United States ambassador to the United Nations, and his brother, Chauncy Austin, carved their initials into the old wooden wheel when they were children. The bell was removed from its original setting when the church was converted to a fire station in 1961. The bell, originally from the Congregational Church there, has been traced through its manufacturer, the Maneely Bell Company of Troy, New York, to pre-Civil War days. Steele Griswold knew of an historic bell in Highgate Center. In 1969 the bell tower was given for a memorial and erected with Richard G. In 1968, the new rectory was built on adjoining church land. James was formally accepted as a parish in 1964. James, and their loving concern for the parish. James for over a quarter of a century with their witness, their devotion to St. Alexander Smith was welcomed along with his wife, Janet and their four children who came to lead St. The wing is dedicated to Bishop Veddar Van Dyck who was bishop of Vermont when St. Growth continued and the church school wing was built in 1964. For the sanctuary, a font was acquired from All Saints Church in Shoreham, Vermont, an altar from Rock Point, and chancel furniture from the former Trinity Episcopal Church on Pratt Street in Winooski. The new church building was dedicated in September, 1959. At that time, the rectory was a house on Mansfield Avenue. The first resident priest, Father Allen Sither, was called. A “pre-fab” building was purchased from Creative Buildings and erected with the help of dedicated parishioners. Giles Willey gave us land adjacent to the Champlain Valley Fair Grounds. At that time, land was being sought for a church building. These assistants included the Reverends H.
Paul's Church in Burlington served this new mission until 1958. James was formally accepted as a mission of the diocese. The first services were held in the Fall of 1951 in the village of Essex Junction at the Masonic Temple and, later, over the fire station in the Essex Junction Town Hall. James is one of the newer parishes in the Diocese of Vermont.
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