James H. Drury
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James H. Drury

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The late Rev. James Hugh Drury was a beloved husband, father, brother, and son, a respected community leader, and a compassionate pastor simply known as “PJ” to most. In addition to honoring his lifetime call to pastor, James was also a restless creative. He was a jovial broadcast radio personality, a knowledgeable adjunct professor, an accomplished guitarist, and the skillful author and poet of the books A Sharpness of Grief, Do Not Dismiss What Is, and Let’s Go Walking. His favorite passion project was likely “How Everything Works,” an album of children’s songs he wrote, played, and recorded as a fundraiser for his grandchildren’s school. A self-described Air Force brat, James attended 13 different schools throughout the U.S. in his first 12 years of education, including three years of high school in Misawa, Japan. In 1970, he graduated from California Baptist College in Riverside with a B.A. in English Literature. In 1977, he graduated from Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA with a Master of Divinity. In 1990, he graduated from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX with a Master of Arts in Communication Arts. James then poured his robust life experience, considerable education, and capable spiritual leadership into the lives of thousands of people in multiple congregations. His first pastorate was Peace Lutheran Church in Lompoc, CA, from 1977–1982. He then led Christ the King Lutheran Church in Universal City, TX from 1982–1992. He then moved to Alaska to pastor Sitka Lutheran Church from 1992–2008. In 2008, he moved to Price, UT to pastor the Lutheran-Episcopal congregation at Ascension St. Matthew’s Church. James met his beloved wife Linda during his time in Sitka and doted upon her as well as her grandchildren and grown children. Like his father before him, he was a man who loved to help people. He strove to help both his local and spiritual communities thrive through the constant volunteering of his time. He played in various bands for local events throughout his life and enjoyed many different civic volunteer opportunities, like being the Board President of The Island Institute of Sitka, AK. He thoroughly enjoyed being the Volunteer Director for the Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School’s annual fifth-grade Shakespeare production. In addition to shepherding his flock, he was a clergy member of the Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, assisted the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on many communications projects, and was an Ecumenical Officer for the Utah Conference of the ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod. He is dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.
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