| A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net Brandon Dinwiddie standing with his dad, Fr. Phil during service.
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Have you heard about our new Prayer Shawl/Blanket Ministry? These blankets and shawls are handmade by women from St. James and are blessed by Fr. Phil for the congregation to give to any loved one, neighbor, etc. that they feel would benefit from healing prayers. The blankets and shawls are a physical comfort while the prayers bestowed on them offer spiritual comfort as well. The blankets and shawls are in gift bags and are located on the top shelf of the coat rack by the office. There is a folder that has a log in it for you to place the name of the person you will be giving it to as well as your name as the giver. Please do not include addresses or phone numbers, just the names. This will be a continuing ministry, so if we run out, be assured more are in the process of being made! If you can knit, crochet, sew, or just tie a knot, and you would like to participate in making them, please contact Sharon
The ECW wants to thank everyone for the donation of all the pinecones, but they have all they need for this year. Please do not bring any more pinecones! Thank you!
Greens market Order Forms are in your bulletin this week. Please turn in your orders by Nov. 12th for Large wreaths and Nov. 24th for all other items. Please see the green order from for more information.
All Saints Candy Guessing Jars are in Galloway hall. Have some festive fun and guess how many candies or food items are in each jar. While you’re at it, you’ll learn a bit about the saints too! The closest guess without going over wins the contents of the jar.
An All-Island Thanksgiving service will be held at St. Thomas Lutheran Church this year, located on Meridian Road, at 7pm, on Wednesday November 27. Fr. Phil will be the preacher.
In the Newly Renovated Women’s Bathroom, please do not tape flyers to the mirrors, walls, or paper towel dispensers.
Red Doors – Meal and a Movie Date: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019
Time: 10:30 sharp – meet in the Saint James parking lot to car pool
Brunch: 11:00 – PT Christoff’s Movie: 1:05 – AMC Woodhaven
- Please Make sure you have called or sent a text to Kate or signed up at church if you are planning on going. Text or Call: Kate (313)318-3275
Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
In-Gathering Sunday is November 24. Please bring your pledge card on this morning, If you have not already mailed it in, or placed it in the offering plate. On this morning we will bless our pledges of support in an act of worship and offering to God.
The 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.
Gift Cards Donate Money To The Church. It is November and the Holiday Season is officially under way. That means it is time to shop for your favorite people. Avoid the stress. Order gift cards through the church and a portion of your order goes to support Saint James. All your favorite stores are offered: dining, entertainment, gas and auto, electronics and office, health and beauty, home improvement, clothing and accessories, sporting goods, etc. An information/order form can be found on the resource table outside of the main office. Complete the order form and give your check (payable to St. James Scrip) to Colleen in the office or to Lynn Blanks. Thank you for supporting Saint James -Lynn
Christmas Carolers Wanted! Last year we had a blast singing around town. So why not do it again? If you are interested let Natalia Baker know at nataliamorris130@gmail.com or 908-656-0915. Dates are 12/7 and 12/14. Stay tuned for more details!
The ChristNET Warming Shelter is coming to Grosse Ile. From Sunday, November 17th through November 24th at the Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church (GIPC), approximately 30 homeless people will be served dinner, given a warm place to sleep, and served breakfast. Every island church hosts one night. We are responsible for Monday night, November 18th.
Volunteers are needed at GIPC on:
♥ Sunday, November 17th at noon to help set up.
♥ Monday Night, November 18-19 from 2:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
♥ Sunday, November 24th at 6:30 a.m. to help tear down & pack up. Please sign up at the Inter-Faith Council Bulletin Board in the main hallway or call Sue Lowery (675-0417)/Jane Colwell (612-1222). We are so grateful for all the past volunteers, who have agreed to help again this year. Also we ask for your prayers for our guests and those of us who volunteer in this ministry.
Mark your calendars: The Blessing of the Greens is Friday Night, Dec 6 @ 7PM followed by early-sales and a wonderful reception. The sale also runs on Saturday, Dec 7, from 9AM to 2PM
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!
**The Resource Table across from the office needs help. It is stained, marked and battered. Can you help us refinish this table? Either take it and return it done in 10 days or less, or provide $400 for us to pay for it to be refinished?
🎵 🎶 🎶 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
Upcoming Event: Saturday, December 14, 2019 7:00 P.M. in the main church. “The Herman Flute Choir Christmas Special” This program is directed by Colleen Herman and features her students. The audience will enjoy the opportunity to sing well loved carols and more!
About the Anthem. Blessed Assurance Scripture References: all st. = 1 Pet. 1:8, 1 John 3:1-3 This text and ‘To God Be the Glory” (473) are probably the best known texts by Fanny J. Crosby. She said the following about her writing of the text: Sometimes a tune is furnished me for which to write the words. The hymn titled “Blessed Assurance” was made in this manner. My dear friend Phoebe Palmer Knapp (Mrs. Joseph), so well-known as a writer and singer of most excellent music and as an aid and inspiration to all who knew her, had composed the tune; and it seemed to me one of the sweetest I had heard for a long time. She asked me what it said. I replied, “Blessed assurance.” I felt while bringing the words and tones together that the air and the hymn were intended for each other -from Fanny Crosby’s Memories.
Crosby’s text and Knapp’s tune were published in John R. Sweney’s Gems of Praise in 1873. The hymn was also published in both the American and British editions of the Ira D. Sankey hymnals and was more recently featured in Billy Graham Crusades. It is an immensely popular hymn in English-speaking Christendom. Blessed Assurance” is a typical gospel hymn of the late nineteenth century. It is simple, truly evangelical in spirit, and has an emotional appeal that comes from its rousing tune and from the personal experience described in the text. It is a fine testimonial hymn of praise to Christ for his work of redemption (st. 1) and for the joy of serving Jesus (st. 3).
And did those feet in ancient time’ is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. The date of 1804 on the title page is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was printed c. 1808. Today it is best known as the hymn “Jerusalem“, with music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916. The poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus, accompanied by Joseph of Arimathea, a tin merchant, travelled to what is now England and visited Glastonbury during his unknown years. The poem’s theme is linked to the Book of Revelation (3:12 and 21:2) describing a Second Coming, wherein Jesus establishes a New Jerusalem.
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.
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Out There With Outreach: November 10, 2019
SPIRIT OF HOPE “THANKSGIVING” MEAL COMING UP ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2019 AND, making Candy Popper treats!
On this Sunday, Nov. 10th we will make candy poppers with the kids after church. Please bring your left-over wrapped Halloween candy, empty T.P. tubes, Scotch tape, wrapping paper and “zip ribbon”. There is a big box in the hall by the sign-up sheets for the supplies. The candy poppers will be a treat for our guests for the “Thanksgiving meal”. The leftovers will be used for a “Christmas meal” treat to be provided and served by our partners: Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Sat. December 21st.
Spirit of Hope “Thanksgiving” Meal coming up on Sat, Nov 16, 2019
On Nov, 16th Saint James will provide and serve a “Thanksgiving” meal for our guests at Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen.
There are three sign-up sheets on the Outreach/Soup Kitchen bulletin board in the hallway between the Sunday School room and the Choir Practice room.
The first sheet is to sign-up to prepare the meal. We will meet in our Chapel parking lot at 8:20 a.m. to load up the supplies in the cars and to carpool. We will arrive at Spirit of Hope at approx. 9:15. You should be on your way home by 11:00.
The second sheet is to sign up for the Serving and clean-up. You should be at the Spirit of Hope by 11:30.
The third sheet is to volunteer to buy, roast, slice, and bag a turkey. Please deliver the roasted, sliced, and zip-lock bagged turkey to our Soup Kitchen freezer (in the back room through Galloway Hall) before Sat. Nov. 16. If you are also volunteering to help prep. and or serve the meal, you may bring the slice turkey with you. It would be nice if you included the juice from the turkey in a separate bag for gravy. No gizzards please. Patricia Saavedra & her mom Janet are making pumpkin rolls for dessert! The Candy Poppers will be a holiday treat! Blanche Hutchinson will prepare and bring toiletries she has bagged for our guests.
If you sign up but can’t come, please let us know so that we can fill your spot. Thanks so much, we really need your help!
May God bless you All. Any questions, please call or text: Amy Kohair 734-693-0694 or Frank Kohair 734-693-5904
On Wednesdays after the healing services & Potlucks, we will be wiring cones and berries to decorate wreaths for greens market. On the same days, Frank Kohair & Pete Jett will be making hooks out of the hangers we saved from Rummage Sales to hang wreaths. They would appreciate help from any others with strong hands to help with this project! Thank you one and all!
Upcoming ECW Events:
Nov. 10 ECW General Meeting
Nov. 13 12:00 Outreach : Penrickton School for the Blind
Nov. 20 Wire cones & berries
Nov. 30 Greens Market Set Up
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
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We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| Curt & Nancy Crysler (11/14) | |
Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Jennifer Engle | Sally Byers | John Brass | |
| Elena Coleman | Kari Valmassei | Jennifer A. | |
| Carole Vandenberg | Claude Johnson | Michelle Mills | |
| Baby Cerulean | Julia | Hank P. | |
| Philip Metz Sr. | Sophia Pratt | Sharon Rodelett | |
| Sara K | Tracy Ortlieb | Olivia Jane Dever | |
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
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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
| 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 |
| November 17, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Jennifer Dermody, Sue Callahan, Madeleine Jones |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Meren James |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Larry Crabtree |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| Ushers | Paul & Lynn Blanks, Pete Jett, Chi Paik |
| Greeters | Robin Knudson, Marie Johnson |
| Acolytes | Jackson DePaul, Paiten Christie |
| Crucifer | Anna Shumate |
| Prayer Team | Natalia & Anthony Baker |
| November 24, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Sue Hartley, Kim Faistenhammer, Laura Fornwalt |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Mike Callahan |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Jack Hartley |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| Ushers | David & Judy Christie, Merri & Zack Lewis |
| Greeters | Chuck & Linda Kurth |
| Acolytes | Elliot Paik, Caleb Johnson |
| Crucifer | Landon Johnson |
| Prayer Team | Herman Rugel & Linda Shannon |