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You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lordturns my darkness into light. Withyour help I can advance againsta troop with my God I can scale awall.

2 Samuel 22:29-30


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You Are HereDear Friends,

I am excited about all the good things God is doing here at St.

James. His graciousness over the past 12 years to provide the

resources to expand the school and modernize signicant portions

of our facility have created a wonderful opportunity to grow and

prosper.

While we have come far there is still much left to do. Our rst

priority is to continue to completion the program we presented

to you as part of the rst phase of Capstone. We have already

nished signicant projects undertaken two years ago including

landscape improvements, parsonage porch replacement, ofce

suite build out, disabled access to the Worship and Community

Centers, and multiple multi-use spaces for meetings and events.

We are committed to continue to upgrade this campus for the

long-term benet of our ministry. At the same time we must

begin to understand Gods plan for us to expand in order to shareHis love with more people in the City of Chicago.

While we continue our commitment to achieve excellence in our

church and school, we also need to expand our opportunity to

bring Christs love to other families. It is our vision to devote

ourselves to three initiatives: taking our school to the highest

level of excellence through creating a unique urban education,

creating a new campus to serve families with a licensed day care

facility and accredited preschool as an extension of our existing

program, and expanding our worship opportunities so more

people can receive the love and grace of Christ.

Every one of these initiatives builds on our strengths and is a

natural extension of our current and historic ministry. Every oneof these initiatives works to strengthen our future. And every one

of these initiatives glories God and His plan for salvation.

My invitation is simple: Join us in Advancing Christs Mission

in the City!

Rev. Robert B. Donovan Jr.Senior Pastor

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History 18572011

1871St. James is used

to house, feed and

clothe refugeesfrom the Chicago

re making this

St. James rst

recorded act of

mission in the city.

1857St. James begins

as a society

of German

immigrants who

start a school

at Willow and

Burling Streets.

1869

The school forms achurch plant as St.

Jacobi (St. James)

Evangelical Lutheran

Church U.A.C.

1874A third school

site is added at

Fullerton and

High Street.

1881

A fourth schoolsite is added

at Hoyne and

Wellington.

1905The schools

consolidate atFremont and

Gareld,

which is now

Fremont and

Dickens.

1922The parsonage is built

next to the church.

1916The existing

church is

constructed to

accommodate

growth.

1870Rev. A.W.

Bartling is

installed as

Senior Pastor.

1897Rev. Karl

Schmidt is

installed as

Senior Pastor.

1927Rev.Louis

Leidel is

installed

as Senior

Pastor.

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2000St. James

repositions itself

and embarks on

growth strategy.

2002$2.5 million

is pledged inresponse to the

Reaching Out

Building Up

Campaign.

2007The school

celebrates

150 years andis the oldest

continuously

operating school

in Chicago.

2009-2011$1.2 million is

pledged during

Phase I of Capstone,

which allows

for handicap

accessibility, more

meeting space and

updated facilities.

2004Dedication

of new

gymnasium

and four new

classrooms.

1936Rev. Arthur C.

Dahms is installed

as Senior Pastor.

1970Rev. RobertP. Degner

is installed

as Senior

Pastor.

1985Rev. Steven M.

Hummel is installed

as Senior Pastor.

1999Rev. Robert B.

Donovan Jr.

is installed as

Senior Pastor.

1961Rev. Herbert

Nommenson is installed

as Senior Pastor.



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Next StopCapstone is an initiative to move St. James beyond the boundaries of our street corner and participate in Christs

mission to share the gospel with others in the City of Chicago.

We are being called as a church to think outside of our own needs and share the blessings God has provided to

us with our neighbors. God has done amazing things through St. James over the past 12 years, and now He is

presenting us with even more opportunities for impact.

We believe God has a vision for St. James to be an impact church, a church that transforms the landscape of our

community, of our surrounding communities, of the greater Chicago area and of the world.

But it all begins with us. God is calling us to advance. To be a part of Capstone means to build upon what

God has done here in the past. Throughout the next two years, we hope

to implement a second campus that allows us to share Gods love and

forgiveness with more children, more young adults and more families

than we can now serve.

The following pages offer a broad plan for how we can faithfully achieve

this vision. The council of St. James has diligently worked

to hear Gods call and strategize a plan for the next

generation. Now we need you to prayerfully consider

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Gods call in your life to serve.

The planning stage now moves to

dening the details. Your gifts and

abilities as well as your commitment

to St. James will create a better place

and a stronger future.

Wont you join us and considerwhat it might look like for your life

if you made a commitment to build

with us a future where the city knew

Christ and His gift of love and how

faith could make a difference in their

lives. Please pray for Gods guidance

to use you joyfully in support of thisvital project.

Join us so together we canAdvance

Christs Mission.



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Unique Urban Education

Every parent wants his or her child to have the best

opportunity possible for a successful life. At St. James

we believe this includes a Christ centered education

with a strong and challenging academic program

instilling a values system that makes outstanding

citizens.

While we develop a model curriculum that will assure

a competitive education at Chicagos premiere high

schools we must continue to offer the best preschool

facility and learning experience possible while

identifying ourselves to the community as a unique

education opportunity.

Your support of this phase of Capstone will complete

newly remodeled bathrooms for our preschool

classrooms upgrading them from their original 1953

construction. We have nally competed the plans and

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permitting for this project and only need to have the

funds in order to complete construction in time for the

2011-2012 academic year.

Cost $ 150,000

Our streetscape face lift is half completed leaving the

school corner of Dickens and Fremont awaiting new

pavers, benches and a landscaped parkway providing

better safety for our children and a greener footprint for

the neighborhood. This work has also been permitted

and can be completed this summer with your support.

Cost $ 127,500

My investment in Capstone isnt just a nancial investment in a building. Its investing inteachers, resources and caretakers that will prepare my child for success now and in the future.

Lynn ClaryFellowship Council Member and School Parent



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A safe and loving environment allows a child to thrive. Our preschool has excelled at making this a reality for

families for almost 40 years. In todays world more families than ever before have parents who are in the work

force full-time and need loving and nurturing care as well as preschool for their children.

We believe God has blessed us with the ability to build on the strength of our preschool program and offer a

licensed child care facility for infants through kindergarten with all of the benets of a fully accredited Early

Childhood Program.

Extending our preschool program to a new site but coordinating the programs to be one school in two places

means we can reach more children to feed into our elementary school, serve more families with a Christ

centered education and offer parents the security that their son or daughter is safely cared for in a cost effective

and loving place.

Your support for this project to provide the start up costs for the market research and business plan will help

us to make the smart decisions and God pleasing effort to reach more families than we can now as well as

strengthen our current school for generations to come.

Cost - $150,000

Childcare and Family Center

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Once our second daughterbecame school age we soldour home and moved walkingdistance to St. James. Thatis how important the school

is to us. . . It really did changeour lives.

Sue ClaarSchool ParentAdvancing Christ's Mission in the City / 9


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New Starts - New Believers

St. James is part of a movement of congregations to

create ministries reaching more people by the year

2017, the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Reaching our neighbors to share the love of Christ is

at the heart of what we believe and what God calls us

to do.

Our beautiful church and school campus is growing

to its capacity which makes this the time to plan a

new start in order to make new believers for the sake

of Christ. There are hundreds of thousands of people

within a 20 minute drive from St. James who do not

have a vibrant relationship with Christ or know His

love. God gives us the responsibility to nd ways to

bring the gospel and its life giving reconciliation to

them.

As Lutherans we know this means to engage them in

Word and Sacrament or, in other words, the worship

community of the church. We propose to create a

new worship site away from the current Lincoln

Park campus that is intentionally designed to offer

alternative opportunities for worship and fellowship.

This second site could double the worship attendance

of the congregation and offer the same loving and

supportive community we all enjoy for hundreds of

others here in the city.

Your support for this initiative can fund the rst

years salary for a site Pastor necessary to develop a

new community and lead worship on a weekly basis.

Additionally, it will provide the specic equipment

necessary to convert a space into a worship venue.

Cost - $ 250,000

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To continue to be relevant we need to have the same foresight as theoriginal founders of our church. This campaign will allow us to build onwhat was given to us and bring more people to hear the word of Christand be a part of His vision.

Jonathan DrewsFellowship Council Member



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So here is what we are asking of you. We are asking for

your commitment to participate in the advancement ofChrists mission in Chicago. Your investment of both

time and nancial support will make it possible to keep

moving forward. More important though, a commitment

will provide you the opportunity to grow spiritually and

develop a closer relationship with God.

Gods way of nurturing our faith is by teaching us tobalance our management of both His kingdom needs and

our personal needs. When you nd contentment in Gods

urgency to share His love with others faith is strengthened

as trust grows.

Capstone provides you the benet of both serving the

needs of others while God serves you. There is no betterway to show your love for God and give thanks for His

blessing than to invest in this opportunity. Please accept

this invitation and generously commit to advance Christs

mission in the city.

All Aboard

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Two-Year Gift Chart

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1

3

5

7

9

10

12

Many

$50,000

$35,000

$25,000

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$7,500

$5,000

$2,500

$25,000

$17,500

$12,500

$10,000

$7,500

$5,000

$3,750

$2,500

$1,250

$2,083

$1,458

$1,042

$833

$625

$417

$313

$208

$104

$50,000

$35,000

$75,000

$100,000

$105,000

$90,000

$75,000

$60,000

$87,500

Gifts Needed Gift Level Annually Monthly Gift Total

Total Gift Goal $677,500

Prayerfullyconsider howGod will use

you and make yourcommitment on the

enclosed card.Drop-off your

commitment inthe ofce or bringit to worship on

April 17

as we celebrateAdvancing ChristsMission in the City.



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Phone773.525.4990

Websitewww.stjames-lutheran.org

Address2101 North Fremont StreetChicago, IL 60614

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