| A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
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Henry Benson helping Colleen with the Easter mailing by putting stamps on the envelopes, He is such a great helper! |
April 28th- ECW General Meeting. Yes, We are aware that this is the Sunday before Rummage and we are asking everyone to come with OPEN HEARTS and SMILES! Thank you in Advance Ladies! It should be a quick Meeting. Please cast your vote for Woman of the Year by this meeting! Thanks,
Natalia
6th Annual Boat Cruise All are welcome to our parish boat cruise on the Detroit River scheduled for Saturday, June 15th beginning at 7:00pm. Tickets are $20.00 for adults, and free for children 18 and under. Mark your calendars and get ready for another fun night on the river hosted by the St. James Men’s Group.
Now Accepting Rummage Your Rummage can be brought by the church any time. Call ahead if you need help. Special pick-ups can be coordinated in some cases. Call Warren Johnson at 734-280-0518. Unfortunately we cannot accept mattresses, heavy exercise equipment, TV Entertainment Centers, Large Tube TV’s (they don’t sell and require special disposal) or children’s car seats.
Our Spring rummage sale will be Friday May 3 (8a-4p) and Saturday May 4 (8a-noon) this year. Don’t forget that set up is April 27th starting at 8am.
First Communion Classes begin next Sunday after the 10am service. All baptized children are allowed to receive Holy Communion in the Episcopal Church, but at St. James we hold a special class for children of mid-Elementary School age to teach them about Jesus and prepare them to receive Holy Communion with new understanding and reverence. Our celebration of First Communion for those children will be held on Sunday, June 2. Contact Nancy Crysler to find out more.
Confirmation –Confirmation by the Bishop is held every three years at St. James, and 2019 is the year! On Sept. 29, Bishop Gibbs will be officiating at St. James and confirming those willing and eligible. Any high school student who would like to explore the possibility of Confirmation this Sept. please let Nancy Crysler know. We are also making it available to any future 8th grader this year as well. St. James has a number of mature 7th graders going into 8th grade in Sept. Confirmation is a public affirmation of your belief in Christianity. Even if you are not certain at this point of your beliefs, you are encouraged to attend the training to explore your faith. You can make a decision after the training. Confirmation classes will begin on Sunday Aug. 4 and run through Sept. They will be held after the 10:00 service for an hour with lunch served. Aug. isn’t the most convenient time for classes but we are subject to the Bishop’s schedule and we’ll work around yours. Please consider this opportunity prayerfully. It is a huge step in your spiritual growth.
Service Recordings Our weekly 8am worship services are available online. Find them on our website saintjamesgi.net under the “Media” tab, or at youtube.com/user/saintjamesgi which is YouTube’s main site. Services are available live and for later viewing. This effort is especially for our sick, our homebound, Sunday School teachers, and others who cannot easily attend worship. Note, some 8am service attendees may briefly appear on video.
Propose A Question To The Bishop-Candidates by surfing over to www.edomi.org/walkabouts and submitting your question through the web-form. Questions will be accepted through May 1.
Wednesday Morning Services will not be held in the week after Easter or the week of Rummage, April 24 and May 1. Weekly services start up again on Wednesday, May 8.
A Playroom for children after services and programs has been created with all kinds of fun toys and materials for kids. It’s right across from the Sunday School room. We prefer kids play there instead of the Sunday School room “after hours”.
Pruning Workshop sponsored by our Landscape team. Landscape Designer Heather Lakatosh will give a pruning/shrub maintenance workshop on Monday, May 6 at 10am. This will be done outside.
Church Clean Up Day —Saturday, May 11, 10 am. We’ll spend the morning cleaning up the landscape around the church. Not only to spruce up the looks of the church, but also have the grounds ready for new plantings. Bring your garden tools!
Hear The Bishop Candidates by attending one of the “Walk Abouts” that have been planned for Friday, May 17, at 7:00PM at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit, Saturday, May 18, at 4:00PM at All Saints’, East Lansing, and Sunday, May 19, at 3:30PM at St. Clare’s, Ann Arbor.
Ladies of St. James it’s time again for the annual ECW annual dinner. The dinner will be held on Sunday, May 19th at the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club at 6:00 p.m. Please remember that you don’t need to join the ECW, if you attend St. James, you are automatically a member of the ECW, so please consider attending. It’ a great way to meet more of our wonderful ladies. We will have a short meeting and present the “Woman of the Year Award”, have dinner and do lots of socializing. The registration forms will be coming out this week. Looking forward to seeing all of you.
Discuss The Bishop Candidates with your parish electors and Fr. Phil at a get-together on Tuesday, May 28, at 7pm. If you cannot attend, pull us aside and share your thoughts one-on-one. The election of a bishop is very important: please continue to pray for all the clergy and lay delegates of the diocese who will vote on June 1.
Parish Electors: Erica Benson, Gwen Dugliss, Wendy Kiblawi and Jim Holubka.
Fr. Phil is on Sabbatical leave from Monday, April 22 through Saturday, May 25. During this time we will have the opportunity to host four different priests—to hear their reflections and to be led by them in Holy Communion. Please keep Fr. Phil in your prayers in this time.
Leadership During Sabbatical is provided by our lay leaders and local clergy. For general needs contact our secretary Colleen Herman at office@saintjamesgi.net or 734-676-1727. For parish leadership needs contact our Senior Warden Blanche Hutchison at bhutchison1@hotmail.com or 313-657-1726. For ministry needs contact our Minister of Music Jim Johnson at music@saintjamesgi.net or 734-788-4364. For emergency care contact the Rev. Shirley McWhorter at 734-934-0748, or the Rev. Lynda Carter at 734-308-1189. While Fr. Phil is on sabbatical he will not be available, but he returns Sunday, March 25.
The Thursday Book Group in on Spring Break. Groups begin again in summer. Look for a future announcement on the start-up date and book.
Open Bible Study A drop-in Bible study is held every Sunday morning in the Fireplace Room from 9:05-9:50AM. The study requires no prep and you can come on whatever Sundays are good for you. Come try it out.
Gluten-Free Wafers are always available at communion. Just ask.
Secretary Office Hours: Colleen is in the office Tue-Thur 9-2, & Fri 9-12.
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It’s Rummage Sale Time!
Workdays are: Monday, April 29th thru Thursday, May 2, 9am – 4pm.
A delicious lunch is served every day!
Sale Days are: Friday, May 3rd from 9-4pm, and Saturday, May 4th from 9-noon. (Outside, Furniture, Books and Electronics open at 8am.)
Cleanup: Sat. May 4, Noon until about 2:30 pm.
Jobs include:
*Sort & distribute rummage * Make pickups and load & unload trucks * Price items * Fold & hang clothing * Test electrical items * Help in kitchen * Sell donuts/coffee on sale days * Cashier or pack items on sale days * Help with parking or guarding doors on sale days * Cleanup on Saturday – We really need help for this!! *
Table Talk The inspiration for the family style seating arrangement at the 5th Sunday Bruncheon on March 31 came from old church photographs of people gathered around rectangular tables in Galloway Hall. It occurred to us that if we used the church’s 8′ rectangular tables instead of the church’s 6′ round tables that conversations would be easier, more people could be seated more comfortably, there would be more flexibility for creative table/seating arrangements, and handling would be easier as well. And it was. Fellowship at the 5th Sunday Bruncheon celebration was embraced by all who attended, and many stayed long after all the food was eaten!!! LOL Perhaps it is time to take a page from the church’s past and reconsider rectangular tables for Galloway Hall. Feel free to let David and Kate Hartwell know what you think.
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
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We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
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Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Bruce Stahlman | Andrew Brunell | John Brass | |
| Linda Kohn | Jean Fernandes | Jackson Beidler | |
| Robert Kohn | Michael Stoddart | Gregory Kohn | |
| Alex | Shaun Stahlman | Bill Riley | |
| Timothy Frank | James Marion | Ralph | |
| Bruce Smith | William Sabo | Colleen Lough | |
| Michelle Taylor | Michael Cleaver | Sally Byers | |
Pray for those serving in The Church For leaders of the worldwide church, for Philip our priest, members of our vestry, heads of our guilds & committees, and the staff and lay leaders of this congregation; for those engaged in mission work, for Jamie Treadwell in England, Todd and Patsy McGregor & family in Madagascar, El Hogar in Honduras, and the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen in Detroit.
Pray for those serving in the military AJ Allen, Cole Kohair, Buckley Neal, JP Pandoff, Brett Ready, Dr. Bettina Sauter, Alexander Turin, and Alex Bearden.
**To ensure our Lists are current, petitions for healing are listed for 4 weeks per submission. Names may be re-submitted any number of times to office@saintjamesgi.net
PARISH CONTACTS
To update information contact goodnews@saintjamesgi.net or 734-676-1727
| STAFF | CHURCH OFFICE | office@saintjamesgi.net | 734-676-1727 | |||
| Rector | The Rev. Phil Dinwiddie | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Minister of Music | Jim Johnson | jjcricket1958@yahoo.com | ||||
| Secretary
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Colleen Herman
Harold Schwochow |
office@saintjamesgi.net
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| VESTRY | Member-at-large | Mark Ferguson ‘22 | Thefergusons1108@me.com | |||
| Member-at-Large | Warren Johnson ‘22 | warnie@comcast.net | ||||
| Youth Member-At-Large | William Johnson ‘22 | warnie@comcast.net | ||||
| Member -At Large | Sue Weston ‘22 | Suelovessnow@yahoo.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Mel Bonis ‘20 | melandron@wowway.com | ||||
| Building & Grounds Jr. Warden | Jeff Faistenhammer ‘20 | jfaisten@yahoo.com | ||||
| Secretary of the Vestry | Beth Primeau ‘20 | bethholliday323@gmail.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Barbara Valmassei ‘20 | btvalmassei@comcast.net | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Tom Benson ‘21 | thomas.b.benson@gmail.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Laurent Chappuis ‘21 | lbchappuis@icloud.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Kim Faistenhammer ‘21 | kfaisten@gmail.com | ||||
| Senior Warden | Blanche Hutchison ‘21 | bhutchison1@hotmail.com | ||||
| MINISTRIES | Acolytes | Tom & Erica Benson | (231) 690-9655 | |||
| Altar Guild | Linda Kurth
Michael Glover |
(734) 675-1506
(734) 676-1062 |
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| Bell Choir | Jim Johnson | Jjcricket1958@yahoo.com | ||||
| Chapel Tours | Kate Hartwell | (313) 318-3275 | ||||
| Children’s Ministries | Nancy Crysler | ncrysler@outlook.com | ||||
| Choir | Jim Johnson | Jjcricket1958@yahoo.com | ||||
| Church Rejuvenation | Sue Hartley
Judy Christie |
suecartwright1@comcast.net
(734) 323-8663 |
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| Counters | Curt Crysler | treasurer@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Eucharistic Ministers & Readers | Sue Weston | (734) 931-2232 | ||||
| Episcopal Church Women | Colleen Lough | colleenlough@gmail.com | ||||
| Finance Committee | Curt Crysler | treasurer@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Greeters | Lynn Blanks | lblanks@wideopenwest.com | ||||
| Helping Hands | Linda Kurth | (734) 675-1506 | ||||
| Interfaith Council/ Outreach | Sue Lowery
Jane Colwell |
(734) 675-0417
(734) 671-9446 |
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| Men’s Ministry Group | Jim Holubka | jholubka@sbcglobal.net | ||||
| Memorial Garden | Carole Vandenberg | (734) 671-6492 | ||||
| Office | Colleen Herman | office@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Pastoral Care Team | Jim Holubka | (313) 389-1833 | ||||
| Prayer Team | Herman Rugel | (734) 250-3375 | ||||
| Rainbow Bell Choir | Sue Johnson | (734) 783-1752 | ||||
| SCRIP & Kroger Rewards | Lynn & Paul Blanks | lblanks@wideopenwest.com | ||||
| Soup Kitchen | Amy & Frank Kohair | (734) 693-0694 | ||||
| Ushers | Carl Colwell | carlcolwell@hotmail.com | ||||
| Vestry | Marie Johnson | (734) 671-6502 | ||||
| Worship Committee | Fr. Phil | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Youth Group – Sr. High | Fr. Phil | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
SERVING THIS WEEK
THESE ROLES ARE ALWAYS OPEN to new participants.
To join a team contact the office at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
| April 28, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Carol Nankervis, Natalia Baker, Gwyn Dugliss |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Meren James |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Kim Faistenhammer |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Carolyn Hoey |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| Ushers | Stu Cartwright, Jack Hartley Robin Knudson, Chi Paik |
| Greeters | Wendy Kiblawi, Robin Knudson |
| 10 am Acolytes | Crystal Turner, Joi Boswell |
| 10 am Crucifer | Mitch Lewis |
| Prayer Team | Tom & Erica Benson |
| May 5, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Jennifer Dermody, Diane Mammo, Kim Faistenhammer |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Margaret Horvath |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Herman Rugel |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| Ushers | Sue Anderson, Chuck Kurth, Jerri & Zack Lewis |
| Greeters | Chuck & Linda Kurth |
| 10 am Acolytes | Caleb Johnson, Landon Johnson |
| 10 am Crucifer | Andrew Johnson |
| Prayer Team | Colleen Lough & Madeleine Jones |
| May 12, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Sue Hartley, Meren James, Blanche Hutchison |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Mike Callahan |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Larry Crabtree |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| Ushers | Stu Cartwright, J. Dermody, Sarah & Scott Lazuka |
| Greeters | Marie Johnson, Lil Everlove |
| 10 am Acolytes | Elliot Paik, Ethan Drake |
| 10 am Crucifer | Sam Rankine |
| Prayer Team | Natalia & Anthony Baker |