Celebrating over 150 years
Enriching people’s spiritual life through worship, discipleship, community and service.
Celebrating over 150 years
Enriching people’s spiritual life through worship, discipleship, community and service.
About St. James
About St. James
St. James the Apostle Anglican Church has been a worshiping community in Sharon/East Gwillimbury for over 150 years (est. 1869). The church retains its charm from the original white clapboard building of 1869 and provides an intimate yet familiar worship space just south of the historic Sharon Temple on Leslie Street.
We've been honoured to serve God and the people of Sharon within a relatively small community that is about to see enormous growth. We are continually adapting to the changing needs of our community and are always looking for new ways that we can join in God's good work.
We are a gathering of God's beloved children who seek to do God's will by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and welcoming the stranger. We are an open and inclusive community that upholds the dignity of every human being, and we strive to be good stewards of creation.
​St. James is part of a regionalized ministry in Holland Deanery and in partnership with
Trinity Anglican Church of Aurora: https://www.trinityaurora.ca
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Our Team
Our Team
The people who make things happen!
The people who make things happen!
The Reverend Daniel Graves, Priest-in-Charge
Fr. Dan is the Priest-in-Charge, with responsibility for Christian education and faith formation. He served previously as the incumbent of Trinity, Bradford and St. Paul’s, Newmarket. He is also the Incumbent and Theologian-in-Residence at Trinity Anglican Church, Aurora. He also writes and publishes on Anglican history and theology, inclusive of the work of the sixteenth century theologian, Richard Hooker.
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He is married to Athena, and they have two children, Leighton and Ana.
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The Reverend Michelle Yeung, Associate Priest​
Rev’d Michelle is the Associate Priest of St. James The Apostle, Sharon and Trinity Aurora. She served as a pastoral associate in 2014 at St. Paul, L’Amoreaux in Scarborough, and in 2018 at All Saints’ Markham, where she was also Assistant Curate.. Michelle graduated with an M.Div. Pioneer from Wycliffe College in 2017.
She is married to Kevin, and they have two children attending university and a mixed black Labrador named Gracie.
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The Reverend Wendy Lywood - Honorary Assistant
Wendy began in parish ministry in 1989 in a three point rural parish in the Diocese of Brandon. She moved from there to L’Arche Daybreak in Richmond Hill (1992), where she worked and has been a member of the community since that time. She was an Honorary Assistant at St Mary’s, Richmond Hill.
In 2012 Wendy moved to Newmarket and became a member of St James The Apostle, Sharon. She is grateful to be part of such a loving and welcoming parish family.
Wendy enjoys the beauty of nature through hiking and photography. She also enjoys the beauty of people through family and friendship.
Janice Hodgson, ODT - Parish Administrator & Rector's Warden
After serving for many years as our treasurer, Janice became our Parish's Administrator and the Rector's Warden, adding to her already vast list of roles at St. James. On an entirely voluntary basis, Janice also administers our clothing depot/food closet and Community Meal. She also coordinates outreach, serves on the stewardship committee, ACW, and chancel guild. Janice is also a recipient of and member in the Order of the Diocese of Toronto. If you need to know something, just ask Janice!
Connie Scriver - Music Director
Judy Knighton - People's Warden
Judy is a long-standing member of the community who, on top of her duties as People's Warden, serves as our Vestry Clerk and Envelope Secretary.
We're thankful to Judy for sharing her many gifts with us!
Connie has been the musician and choir director at St. James for over 30 years and still finds the time to tour with her various bands ( yes- she's that cool). She's committed to "praying twice", as she says, with the music at St. James. She's written many sacred ​pieces of music for the liturgy at St. James and our worship has been greatly enhanced by her contributions!