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Today is Oktoberfest Sunday Following the 10am service a festive and joyful Oktoberfest luncheon will be provided in Galloway Hall. Thanks for David and Kate and co. for making the party happen!
The Heat is On! After replacing the boiler’s ignitor on Monday the heat has been functioning flawlessly. Thank you for your patience.
Our Diocesan Convention was held this past Friday and Saturday, October 25-26. To hear a detailed recap, including information on resolutions, budget, and mission, be sure to speak to one of your convention delegates: Erica Benson, Gwynn Dugliss, and Wendy Kiblawi.
The Names of Those Who Have Died since last All Saints Day are being collected. Please send the names to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net so they can be listed and read in our All Saints Sunday services. Time will also be made for you to honor those others who you love who have passed into God’s closer presence.
Wear White Next Sunday to get into the spirit of All Saints Sunday. (Of course clothes of every color are also appropriate!) At the service we will remember those who have gone before us, celebrate baptisms, hear a children’s sermon, and gather in an optional remembrance service in our memorial garden just following the main liturgy.
The Potato Fundraiser / Ireland Presentation went great on Monday. Thank you to everyone who made it a success! For those who have asked, Fr. Phil’s Irish Bread recipe can be found later in today’s Good News Weekly. Some of the ingredients are uncommon, but once you buy them you’ve got 5-10 great loafs of Irish bread waiting in your future. Sláinte!
A Bonfire is Planned For This Friday, November 1st. Sponsored by the Men’s Ministry, the fire is planned for our firepit beginning at 7pm. We have hay bales, chairs, and wood. Bring refreshments of your choice! Come and enjoy the All Saints evening with family and friends.
A Kid’s Halloween Party is planned for all children on Saturday morning, November 2, from 10–noon in Galloway Hall. Come in costume, as you like!
November 3 is a Kids Sunday to include a children’s sermon and special roles for children. Kids are welcome to wear their appropriate Halloween costumes to church, too. No Sunday School will be held on this day so families can be together for the whole service.
The Saint James Sunrise is a weekly email that includes all the upcoming Sunday’s announcements, serving schedules, and more. To be added to the Sunrise List, send a request to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net and we’ll be sure you are added.
Two clergy who served Saint James have recently passed. The Rev. Robert (Bob) Andrews was interred in our memorial garden on Saturday, October 12, in a small family ceremony. The Rev. William (Bill) Evans, who served as an assistant at St. James from 1975-1980, passed away on Saturday, October 19th. He will be interred out of state. Fr. Phil has a copy of the Eulogy to share, as you like. May they rest in peace.
The Next Soup Kitchen work day is Nov. 16, 2019. More info to come.
A THANKS+GIVING FUN RUN is set for Thanksgiving morning at Saint James. Join us for a 1 Mile Kid’s Dash at 8:30 a.m. and a 5K Run-Walk at 9:00 a.m. There are prizes! Register online at SaintJamesGi.net. Entry fees are free-will donations that support local families through local feeding ministries– the Sacred Heart Food Pantry, the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen, and Saint James ministries. All donations are tax deductible.
The Next Soup Kitchen work day is Nov. 16, 2019. More info to come.
The Mailboxes in the Hallway will be updated soon. If you do NOT want a mailbox please let Colleen know at 734-676-1727 or office@saintjamesgi.net. If you get a mailbox, please check it often.
Our Thursday Book Group is reading “What the Gospels Meant” by Garry Wills. The drop-in group meets on Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in the library.
Nursery Care is available every Sunday from 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Service Recordings from our 8am service are found at saintjamesgi.net under the “Media” tab, and at youtube.com/user/saintjamesgi
First Aid Kits are located throughout the church: 1) On the shelf under the main altar; 2) On the coat rack in the main hall by the office; 3) In the kitchen by the sink; and 4) In the chapel sacristy.
Sunday Bible Study An open, drop-in Bible study is held every Sunday in the Fireplace Room at 9 a.m. It requires no prep. Try it out this Sunday!
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.
Open Office Hours Fr. Phil is available on Tuesday evenings from 4:30 to 6:30 pm for anyone to drop in without an appointment. For a meeting of 40 minutes or more, please call or email to schedule an appointment.
SAINT JAMES WISH LIST
Listed 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 at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net!
♥ A Special thank you to Sue & Brian Weston for providing our Acolyte Robes and Crosses!
♥ Another Special thank you to the givers who are providing our new main church refrigerator! It is scheduled to arrive between Nov 1-7.
🎵 🎶 🎶 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
Our next program as part of the St. James Music Series 2019-2020 will be on Saturday, November 2 at 7:00 in the chapel and features “The Music of Dave Martin.” Dave Martin is a Downriver Detroit songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,, and music educator. Dave will present an evening of intimate acoustic music in St. James’ beautiful chapel. Selections will include original worship music he’s written for the Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church Band, as well as other songs about love, loss, belief, connection, joy, and redemption.
About the Anthem. This well-known text is yet another example of English Hymnody. Scripture References: all st. = John 6:37 At the age of 32, Charlotte Elliott (b. Clapham, London, England, 1789; d. Brighton, East Sussex, England, 1871) suffered a serious illness that left her a semi-invalid for the rest of her life. Within a year she went through a spiritual crisis and confessed to the Swiss evangelist Henri A. Cesar Malan (PHH 288) that she did not know how to come to Christ. He answered, “Come to him just as you are.” Thinking back on that experience twelve years later, in 1834, she wrote “Just as I Am” as a statement of her faith. Hymn writing provided a way for Elliot to cope with her pain and depression – she wrote approximately 150 hymns, which were published in her Invalid’s Hymn Book (several editions, 1834-1854), Hymns for a Week (1839), and Thoughts in Verse on Sacred Subjects (1869). Many of her hymns reflect her chronic pain and illness but also reveal that faith gave her perseverance and hope. “Just as I Am” was first published in the 1836 edition of Invalid’s Hymn Book with the subheading “Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37). She added a seventh stanza that same year, when the hymn was also published in her Hours of Sorrow Cheered and Comforted (1836). The Psalter Hymnal prints the four most common stanzas. Widely translated, this hymn has brought consolation to millions.
An Invitation for all pianists and instrumentalists… If you would like to play one or more selections during the 10:00 A.M. worship service, please speak with our Minister of Music Jim Johnson. As an inviting and inclusive community of worshipers, we want to give those with musical gifts the opportunity to participate in worship in such a way.
NEWS & UPDATES
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Rummage Sale Lunches Fall 2019
Thank you to all our helpers especially Liz Hartley and Wendy Kiblawi. On Monday Sharon Metz made baked spaghetti & with it we served a huge salad & rolls. We served 64 . Tuesday, Charlotte Campeau made her pulled pork & chicken, beans, coleslaw & rolls. We fed 73. Wednesday, Amy & Frank Kohair with Sue Callahan made taco soup with spaghetti salad & cornbread along with Judy Christie’s jello salad. We fed 73. On Thursday, Carol Schuett cooked ham, cheesy potatoes & strawberry pretzel salad. We fed 68. On Friday, Sue Weston made sloppy joes, buns, chips & salad along with Linda Kurth’s potato salad & Judy Christie’s jello. We fed 60. On Saturday Norma Smereka made hot dogs, cole slaw, salad with the chips a & jello. WE fed 65. It was a great week. Thank you for all your help & for the great desserts!! –Norma Smereka (AND THANK YOU, TOO, NORMA!!)
Fr. Phil’s Irish Soda Bread
~1 Cup Greek Yogurt (plop in large liquid measuring cup)
¾ Cup Buttermilk (pour on top of Greek yogurt to 1¾ line.)
1 Cup Whole-Wheat Flour
½ Cup Unbleached All-purpose Flour
½ Cup Rolled Oats
½ Cup Steel-cut Oats
1 Tbs Flaxseed Meal (Optional)
1 Tbs Wheat Germ (Optional)
1 Tbs Brown Sugar
⅔ Tbs Baking Soda
½ tsp Salt
1 Splash Vinegar (any kind)
Step 1 Butter a bread pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2 Mix together all dry ingredients (all but the buttermilk).
Step 3 Mix buttermilk/yogurt liquid together. Pour into the center of the dry ingredients. Mix gently with fingers or spatula, 30-45 seconds. Drop the dough into the bread pan and smooth it into the corners as necessary.
Step 4 Bake for 40 minutes. The crust will be brown and a toothpick will come out clean. The loaf may be shallow in the pan. Remove and cool.
Inspirational Thoughts :
Good Morning,
Wherever you are, I pray that God’s Love be with you.
Wherever you go, I pray He will Protect you.
Whatever you do, I pray that joy will fill your Heart;
Because you deserve every Good Gift a wonderful Life can Hold!
Blanche Hutchison, Senior Warden
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
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We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| If you have an Anniversary this week please let the office know! | |
Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Bruce Stahlman | Sally Byers | John Brass | |
| Linda Kohn | Jean Fernandes | Jackson Beidler | |
| Robert Kohn | Michael Stoddart | Gregory Kohn | |
| James Marion | Shaun Stahlman | Hank P. | |
| Ralph | Toni Mann | Alex | |
| John Santori | Jennifer A. | Sophia Pratt | |
| Daphne | Michelle Mills | Reno Santori | |
| Elena Coleman | Philip Metz Sr. | Sharon Rodelett | |
| Carole Vandenberg | |||
Pray for those serving in The Church For the 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, 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 | music@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Secretary
Sexton |
Colleen Herman
Harold Schwochow |
office@saintjamesgi.net
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 | Erica Benson | Ericabenson101@gmail.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 | Sharon Metz | midwestfrost@hotmail.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 | David Dowhan | daviddowhan@comcast.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 | Blanche Hutchison | (313)657-1726 | ||||
| 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
| October 27, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Joan Hemsworth, Gwyn Dugliss, Blanche Hutchison |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sue Callahan |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Kim Faistenhammer |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Herman Rugel |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| Ushers | David & Judy Christie, Pete Jett, Chi Paik |
| Greeters | Dave & Judy Christie |
| Acolytes | Jackson DePaul, Paiten Christie |
| Crucifer | Mitch Lewis |
| Prayer Team | Sue Anderson & Amy Kohair |
| November 3, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Carol Nankervis, Chris Robertson, Lois Zook |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Margaret Horvath |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Linda Shannon |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Colleen Lough |
| Ushers | Paul & Lynn Blanks |
| Greeters | Lil Everlove, Lynn Blanks |
| Acolytes | Joi Boswell, Crystal Turner |
| Crucifer | Anna Shumate |
| Prayer Team | Tom & Erica Benson |
| November 10, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Linda Kurth, Sarah Bates, Carolyn Hoey |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sarah Bates (2nd reading) |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston (1st reading) |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Anthony Baker (2nd reading) |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jim Holubka (1st reading) |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| Ushers | S. Anderson, S. Cartwright, J. Dermody, R. Knudson |
| Greeters | Natalie & Anthony Baker |
| Acolytes | Austin Saavedra, Noah Saavedra |
| Crucifer | |
| Prayer Team | Colleen Lough & Madeleine Jones |