Save the date for Doors Open Milwaukee

St. James will be participating in Doors Open Milwaukee on September 22 and 23, from 10:00AM until 5:00PM each day. Doors Open Milwaukee will once again open the doors to scores of wonderful buildings free of charge to the public –buildings that hold hidden treasures and special stories – from churches to office buildings, theaters to work sites, museums to hotels, clubs to universities; all sites of historic, architectural, cultural, or commercial interest. Doors Open Milwaukee asked if St. James would open our doors, and we agreed. Our hope is to show not just the beautiful building we have been given, but the ways in which we use our building for ministry. Doors Open Milwaukee will have some volunteers at the doors to join us in a radical welcome. We would like people to sign up to sit in different spaces of our building, to share the Good News of Jesus at St. James. We will sign up in shifts (on the bulletin boards) from 10:00AM to 5:00PM of that weekend.

“Milwaukeeans spend most of our lives in a built environment that has been evolving for 175 years, but we rarely see more than the facades. Once a year the doors will open, and the treasures in our midst will be available for all to enjoy.” —John Gurda, Milwaukee historian