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A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
Homemade communion bread in the hands of the baker, Jennifer Engle.
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LENT POTLUCK & PROGRAM
We continue this week with our program: “Five Great Challenges in the Christian Life”:
Week 2: Sin Sin Sin
Week 3: Owning Faith
Week 4: Finding Balance
Week 5: Changing Faith?
The Wednesday Night programs follow this schedule:
6:15 Evening Prayer in Chapel
6:30 Potluck in Galloway Hall
7:00 Program by Fr. Phil
Come to all three parts, or as many as can work for you!
Island Mini-Retreat Discover a time for Deepening, and for waiting in Hope through this mini-retreat with prayer, reflection and sharing. The Heart’s Journey Through The Seasons, WINTER: Tuesday, March 1, 10:00 -11:30 a.m or Thursday, March 3, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. For more details contact Sister Betty at 676-1378, x203
The Red Doors Bulletin Board Series: A Month Of Remembrance / A woman of Vision / A Treasured Gift. Be sure to stop by the bulletin board in the main hallway this week to Experience Lisette’s dream. We hope that you have enjoyed this latest Red Doors Chapel Series and better understand how Lisette deserves a place in history.
The Alma Choir will sing with the GI High School Madrigal Choir at a free concert Tuesday, March 1st at 7pm in the High School auditorium.
We Celebrate Women’s Stories on March 6, at 2pm in the chapel, with a moving performance by Collette Cullen as she portrays Annie Sullivan who taught the deaf and blind Helen Keller to read and talk. The Grosse Ile Alliance for the Arts will be honoring women in public service and government.
An ECW Day Trip To Du Mouchelles is planned for Tuesday, March 15th. Please join us as we have a fun outing to Du Mouchelles in downtown Detroit. We will leave Saint James at 9am and car pool. Each person is invited to bring an item to be appraised to estimate its value. We will have lunch somewhere in Midtown or Corktown. There is a signup sheet on the Fellowship board in the hallway.
the If Feet Could Talk sock ministry has left the building. It has gone to fulfill its mission of providing clean, warm socks for individuals at Mariners Inn, Detroit Veteran Center, and COTS in Detroit who are homeless or struggling to make ends meet. More socks are also being individually handed out by volunteers from church to homeless people on Detroit street corners. It is a testament to the size of the hearts of Saint James church members that two 55 gallon collection drums have been overfilled with sock donations over the past several months. God bless all of you who helped make this first year ministry effort a tremendous success.
Are You A Team Player? Saint James is thinking of organizing a dartball league. Both women and men are welcome, o previous dart throwing experience required. Dartball is an easy game to learn that involves darts being thrown underhand at a large board that resembles a baseball field with colored areas that denote bases, using baseball-like rules and scoring. If there is enough interest Saint James may plan some dartball exhibitions during the spring and summer months at which time all who are interested can try their hand at the game. League play would begin in the fall. If you sign up you are under no obligation, it just shows that you have an interest in the game. Contact David Hartwell at dhartwell4@yahoo.com or 313 318-9009 to sign up or with any questions or comments. Thank you.
Kurt Vonnegut Short Stories will be brought to the stage for Open Book Theatre’s production of Who Am I This Time? running March 4-19th in Southgate. On March 5th at 7:15 at a special preshow event Professor Greg Sumner will offer a short overview of the life and fiction of this uniquely autobiographical writer. The stories we bring to the stage display the best of Vonnegut’s craft as he explores themes of identity, loss and love with a sensitivity and dark humor that speaks to us today. www.openbooktc.com
The Ten-Week Preparation For Confirmation is under way for 6 students: Andrew Ador Johnson, Warren Johnson, William Johnson, Abbey McNeill, Tommy Shumate and Hannah Thomas. Please pray for these special young people.
Games to Share? We are looking for some fun games for our young people. If anyone has a corn hole game, foosball, air hockey etc. game they would like to donate, it would be much appreciated. The games can be used as learning tools in Sunday School . Contact Nancy Crysler, ncrsyler@outlook.com
A Shared, Simple Meal is the setting for Saint James’ Foyer Groups. Foyers meet to share a meal and conversation for four months and then dissolve. This series of once-monthly meetings run from March to June. Sign up on the signup board, or by contacting the church office office@saintjamesgi.net 734-676-1727.
Brand New Bible Studies are being offered through Saint James this Winter. Join us Sunday mornings at 9:05 in the Fireplace Room. A second weekly Bible Study runs on Thursday mornings at 10:30am in the Library. Sign up on the Bulletin Boards by the front doors to be part of our new Home Group Bible Studies, or email goodnews@saintjamesgi.net.
Coffee Lovers Unite through the Saint James CBCBC (Coffee Bean Collective Buying Club). We order coffee from CoffeeAM, who fresh roasts our individual orders in sizes as small as 1/2 pound. Order your coffee ground to match your brewing method or you may order whole bean coffee. Please let David Hartwell know if you are interested in the CBCBC. dhartwell4@yahoo.com or phone / text 313 318-9009.
An Open Bible Study is held every Sunday Morning in the Fireplace Room at 9:05 am. We are currently reading & discussing the Gospel of Luke a chapter at a time.
A Weekday Eucharist focused on the life of a saint is held every Wed. at 10:15am.
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Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm.
Coffee and Fellowship follow the 10am Service every Sunday in Galloway Hall. Volunteers are always needed to host, contact Joan Hemsworth (734-675-8191).
FEATURES & ARTICLES
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BOTTOMS UP DIAPER BANK
Recently the Interfaith Council was asked to join the Grosse Ile Presbyterian in implementing the “Bottoms Up” diaper program. This is an ongoing diaper bank that provides diapers to families in need. We would partner with Fish & Loaves, a local food pantry in Taylor, MI.
We learned many surprising facts:
Diapers can’t be purchased with WIC or Bridge cards.
Parents may miss work if they can’t supply diapers at free or subsidized daycare.
Cloth diapers can’t be washed at laundromats, for health reasons.
Diapers for one baby can average between $60-$80 per month.
Due to cost and lack of diapers a baby may remain in one diaper all day.
Fish & Loaves will distribute diapers to qualified, low-income families with babies and toddlers.The goal is to provides enough diapers so parents can take their babies to daycare. This would enable them to work and provide for their family.
How can you help??
Donate diapers in the container in our hallway.
Write a check to GIPC–notation “Bottoms Up”. (Give to Jane or Susan)
Donate diaper coupons.
Ask if your company is interested in being a corporate sponsor.
Parents of young children can register for rewards at places like
Huggies, Pampers, and Babies R Us.
If you have any questions please contact:
Jane Colwell (734-671-9446) or Susan Lowery (734-675-0417)
SERVING THIS WEEK
Email goodnews@saintjamesgi.net if you want to serve in one of these capacities.
| February 28 | |
| Altar Guild | Marie Johnson, Jennifer Dermody, Nancy Clark |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Mark McPherson |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | David Hartwell |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Mike Bisaro |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Carolyn Hoey |
| Ushers | Walt Denson, Zach & Merri Lewis, Chuck Kurth |
| Greeters | Chuck & Linda Kurth |
| 10 am Crucifer | Daijah Tatem |
| 10am Acolytes
Prayer Team |
Zoie Christie & Jacob Christie
Maria Turner & Herman Rugel |
SAINT JAMES WISH LIST
Below are some things that St. James would love to have, but the budget does not allow them at this time. If one of these items speaks to your heart, please make a donation toward the purchase. All partial gifts will be gratefully accepted and put toward the total cost. Also, if you see or think of something that should be on this list, please let us know.
- Area rug for Sunday School classrooms $150
- New plexiglass on the Evangelists window $6,000
- Island-wide Evangelism mailing $3,000
- 4 Long tablecloths for the 8ft. tables $120
- Landscape and decorate area outside breezeway
- New windows for Galloway Hall
Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
🎵 🎶 🎶🎵 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
A Weekly Series by Daniel Susan, our Minister of Music
The Negro Spiritual “Let my people go” is widely known and its place as the offertory is prompted by the first and second readings this week. It carries the double-meaning of many of these songs from American slave life. In this case, the freedom of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt, and the potential freedom of African-American slaves in the 19th century. Most people are aware of the two messages as many spirituals contain directions and encouragement for slaves to connect to the “underground railroad” and freedom even as the overt meaning is biblical or spiritual. Slave owners could hear these and not suspect that they were coded messages for earthly deliverance from slavery. We hear the story of Moses in the light of the Resurrection story. Particularly at the Great Vigil of Easter, Moses leading the people through the Red Sea to freedom is as Christ leading us through baptism to our salvation. And yes, “Negro Spiritual” is the preferred term for the spiritual songs born of African-American slave life.
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
| Zack Bohl (2/28) | Betty Jones (2/28) | Edward Larsen (2/29) | |
| Scott Biddle (3/3) | Owen Henrickson (3/4) | Finn Henrickson (3/4) | |
| Jill Robinson (3/5) | Gwyn Dugliss (3/6) |
Please Pray This Week For Healing:
| Lee | Jerry Zavadil | Maureen Kohn | |
| Jerry | John Kurth | Marsha Childress | |
| Pete Fernandes | Jean Fernandes | Andrew Brunell | |
| Philip Metz, Sr | Linda Petras | Judy Williams | |
| Michael Gratz | Charles | Carol Tyler Gacioch | |
| Robert | Christopher | Bradley | |
| Greg Larkin | Nicole | Jackson Bruce Beidler | |
| Joan Klose | Thomas Thompson | George Faistenhammer | |
| Lola Boyd |
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 Kenya, El Hogar in Honduras, and the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen in Detroit.
Pray for those serving in the military Drew, Jimmy Adams, AJ Allen, Billie Ray Brewer, John Chambers, J.B. Faistenhammer, Cristopher Gernand, Devon Goyert, Steven Grzywa Jr., Matt Hertl, Keith Johnson, Laura Levillier, Blake Liddle, Ken Matthews, Buckley Neal, PJ Ramsey, Brett Ready, Ronald Riling, Christopher Rodgers, Kristina Rodgers, Bettina Sauter, Jonathan Southerland, Jeff Speer, and Travis Tam.
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.