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A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
The beginner’s belly dance class entertained the crowds at this year’s Island Fest! |
Welcome, Bobby! Robert “Bobby” Ragoonanan, our new Minister of Music, started with us this week. Be sure to say hello, and sign up for a choir! Read more about what Bobby has planned for our music ministry in this week’s Music Notes.
Men and MudHens Journey to Toledo for Dinner and Ball Game with the Saint James Men’s Group on Friday August 26. There are still a few tickets available if you would like to join us. See Jim Holubka, or contact him at jholubka@sbcglobal.net
Altar Guild Brunch Sunday, August 28, 11:30 am at the lovely gardens of The Bishop’s Cottage on Macomb Street. Quiche or salad lunch is $15.00. All Altar Guild members and anyone interested in joining the Altar Guild are invited to attend. See Joan Hemsworth or Linda Kurth for more information. August 21 is the deadline for reservations.
Ladies, Be Our Guest At The ECW Kick Off Luncheon On Sept 18th at noon at Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club. Sign up on the table outside the chapel or on the ECW bulletin board. (ECW = Episcopal Church Women)
New Look? New Photo Directory! We are updating our Photo Directory this month. To update your contact information, or send us a new photo, please email office@saintjamesgi.net Photos do not need to be “studio quality,” but please make sure all faces are large and visible, (and please no sunglasses). Look for the new version at ChurchFest!
Bring Rummage After September 12 (Please hold the items you are setting aside until then.) The next sale is Sept. 30 and Oct 1.
If You Have a Warm Smile and Enjoy Making Others Feel Welcome, the Greeters Ministry may be for you! Use your gifts to welcome both new and current members 15 minutes before the service, up through the first 5 minutes of the service. Email Lynn Blanks at lblanks@wideopenwest.com or speak to her at church if this is something you feel called to do.
From Your Treasurer: Interim financial statements for January thru July will be mailed soon. Use yours to: 1) Measure the progress toward your 2016 goal; 2) Plan out your giving for the rest of 2016; and 3) Correct any errors, should there be any.
Small Electronic Organ Available For Free for anyone willing to pick it up. Technic model SX-EA3. Contact Dan Sanquist at 734 552-3883.
Help Feed the Hungry at the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen on Saturday, September 17. We will do the whole day: cooking and serving. There are two signups on the Outreach Bulletin Board. Questions? Contact Amy Kohair at 734 693-0694.
Forward Day by Day is the small booklet of daily devotionals that you see distributed on our resource tables. Pick one up quarterly!
A Weekly Eucharist focusing on a saint is held on Wed’s at 10:15am in the chapel.
Military Family? We will update the Military portion of our parish prayer list in September. Kindly contact the office to let us know who should be added or removed. (New names given to us will be added immediately!)
Beginner’s Belly Dance runs on Wednesdays at 7pm in Galloway Hall. Open to all.
Boar’s Head 2015 DVDs will be available for purchase starting this October 1. Pick them up at Grosse Ile Hardware for only $15. These professionally filmed memories of the entire production are sure to be a big Christmas hit.
Join The Pastoral Care Committee to adopt a homebound parishioner, visit them every week or two, and bring a bulletin and communion. This group is also the core of the emergency prayer chain, which is activated in times of immediate need. Contact Chair Marie Johnson mariewarrenj@comcast.net or Fr. Phil.
Holy Moments Happen Around Us Every Day – a quiet moment at home between a parent and child, an evening of boisterous laughter with friends and family, or an encounter with God’s beautiful creation. We encourage you to open your hearts and minds to see the holiness in every day. And when you capture a holy moment on film (or rather, digitally!) send it to goodnews@gmail.com. We’ll share them here to inspire others to see the holy in every moment.
If You Enjoy Time To Visit With Friends Old And New At Our Coffee Hour please consider volunteering to help with this weekly, low key event that is so integral to our fellowship. Your simple act of service for a short time after the 10am service, with easy set up and clean up, helps everyone enjoy this time together. Coffee and tea are provided, and the food can be simple, purchased snacks. To host contact Joan Hemsworth (734-675-8191) or look for the sign-up in the kitchen.
We Continue to Collect Prescription Bottles for the St. Frances Cabrini Free Clinic. If you have any questions, ask Andy June or visit www.cabriniclinic.org
We Continue To Collect Diapers for “Bottoms Up.” Diapers and coupons can be placed in the box in the hallway. Contact Jane Colwell (734-671-9446) or Susan Lowery (734-675-0417) with questions or to make a monetary donation.
New Group Studies have formed at Saint James. Join us Sunday mornings at 9:05am in the Fireplace Room for an open Bible Study. A weekly open book study runs on Thursday mornings, beginning at 10:30am in the Library, reading short passages from luminaries like Ghandi, C. S. Lewis, and Elie Weisel.
Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm.
Features & Articles
Long-form stories about upcoming events, or events just passed are printed here. Submit a Feature or Article by sending to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net. Photos are always welcome.
An All-Parish Meeting is scheduled for 11:10am on Sunday, September 4, in the Chapel. The purpose of this meeting is to vote on a new license agreement for our neighbors to the north, to legally allow them to use their dock 50 feet out in the Detroit River, though it stretches across our property line.
Background: In 2015 the Saint James’ vestry developed a license agreement to allow our neighbors to the north to legally access the three things that were discovered to be across our property line: 1) An electrical pump; 2) 4.05 feet of seawall; and 3) 16.9 feet of dock.
In light of the proposed license, our neighbors offered to “unencroach” as much as possible, by 1) Moving the encroaching pump to their side of the property line, and 2) Giving up ownership of the encroaching seawall, while agreeing to maintain it.
A new license agreement has been drafted, given the above actions. It has been developed in consultation with the neighbors, our diocese and our own attorney.
The Proposed License Agreement: The proposed license agreement that will be voted on in September has been discussed and accepted unanimously by the vestry. It benefits the church by 1) Licensing much less property; 2) Reducing the licensed area to a small portion of the Detroit River; 3) Formalizing the removal of the pump; 4) Requiring the neighbors to maintain the 4.05 feet of seawall that is on our side of the property line; 5) Ensuring the encroachment does not change the church’s property line due to “averse possession;” and 6) Making the license last for 35 years so this issue does not have to be continually revisited.
Copies Available: The full proposed license agreement can be found on the resource table across from the main office. Please take a copy of the agreement and look it over. If you have questions, you may address them to any member of the vestry, Fr. Phil, or Carl Colwell <carl@carlcolwell.com> who is both a vestryman and an attorney at law.
The All-Parish Meeting to discuss and vote on this proposed agreement will be held on Sunday, September 4, following the 10am service.
SERVING THIS WEEK
THESE ROLES ARE ALWAYS OPEN to new participants. To serve in one of these capacities send an email to that effect to office@saintjamesgi.net .
| August 14 | |
| Altar Guild | Michael Glover & Marilou Arvin |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Meren James |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10am 1st lesson reader | Marcie Treadwell |
| 2nd lesson, prayers chalice | Jim Holubka |
| Ushers | Carl Colwell & Jack Hartley |
| Greeters | Lil Everlove & Marie Johnson |
| Prayer Team | TBA |
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.
- KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR NEW ITEMS SOON!
Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
🎵 🎶 🎶🎵 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
A letter from the Minister of Music
Hello, my name is Robert (Bobby) Ragoonanan, and I am very excited to begin work as the Minister of Music at St. James Episcopal! We are looking forward to an exciting year of music, performing high-quality literature and expanding the program. To that end, let me say this: sign up for a choir! Even if you think you can’t sing or you sound bad, I PROMISE I can help (and, incidentally, I also teach voice lessons). We would like music to become central to the ministry of St. James and growing the size of the adult choir and bell choir is step one! These choirs rehearse on Thursday evenings starting in September.
I would also like to open up signup for an elementary school choir and a middle school/high school choir. There is a lot of potential for growth here at St. James and I am excited to see what we can build! The Elementary and Jr. High/High School Choirs will perform exciting music that will grow their musical abilities and provide spiritual uplift during services. Please sign up! Youth choirs will rehearse on Tuesday evenings starting in September.
Another possibility for singing at St. James will be a new choir I hope to establish if there is significant interest: the chamber choir. This small group would be open to high schoolers and older from anyone in the St. James congregation or elsewhere in the area. This choir would perform only occasionally, and would specialize in music from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. A specialty area of mine, we could perform some very exciting music in a choir like this.
Signup for any of these choirs and the bell choir will be posted outside the office door of the Minister of Music. You can also email me directly at music@saintjamesgi.net.
See you in rehearsal! –Bobby Ragoonanan
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
| Natalia Morris (8/14) | Diane Larkin (8/15) | Herman Rugel (8/15) | |
| Malcolm Williamson (8/18) | Tracie Uhse (8/19) | Lillian Everlove (8/20) | |
| Alaina Haggard (8/20) | Ella Barton (8/21) |
We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| Lynn & Paul Blanks (8/14) | Amy & Frank Kohair (8/15) | |
| Pat & Jerry Zavadil (8/20) | Pat & Dennis Bracey (8/21) | |
| Susan & Robert Burns (8/21) |
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. | Denise deBeausset | Judy Williams | |
| Allison Bell | Charles | Carol Tyler Gacioch | |
| Joan Klose | Marge Stahlman | Jackson Bruce Beidler | |
| Chris Schuster | Tamara Howes | Thomas | |
| Charlie Rice | Antoinette Woodward | Liam – being adopted | |
| Pat Zavadil | Wayne Laviolette | Irene Will | |
| Annie Krueger |
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, Dr. Bettina Sauter, Jonathan Southerland, Travis Tam, and Jeff Speer.
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.