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Happy
New Year!
Send Your Questions about church, scripture, liturgy, doctrine, practice, or the Christian life to rector@saintjamesgi.net or slide it under Fr. Phil’s church office door and he’ll address your question in a sermon on January 19.
Coffee Orders Due Tomorrow Since this Sunday is the first Sunday of the month, we will be calling in our coffee club order on Monday, January 6, Go to coffeeam.com to study the coffees. Before noon on Monday email dhartwell4@yahoo.com and let me (David Hartwell) know what I can order for you. As a club member you can also order 1/2 pound bags of coffee at discounts similar to the discounts on 1 pound bags. Be sure to let me know if you want drip grind, French press grind, espresso grind, or whole bean. Our orders will be roasted, bagged, shipped, and received by the end of the week. Look for your coffee(s) at church on Sunday, January 12.
Coffee Taste Test Volunteers – I am looking for volunteers to take part in a coffee taste test at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, January 7, in the church kitchen. We will be tasting two different grinds of caffeinated Christmas Blend coffee from the church’s coffee brewer, and there will be light snacks. Please let me know if you and your taste buds are planning to attend by emailing dhartwell4@yahoo.com or calling 313-318-9009!
Our Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Sunday, January 26 following the 10am service. Come hear reports on the year past and plans for the year ahead, plus elections and a finance report.
All Windows in the Education Wing will be replaced through the Capital Campaign on Monday and Tuesday, January 13 & 14. This $55,000 project is a generational one that will pay off for decades to come. Thanks to you!
You Can Help Our Office Staff by filling out a work order form if you need printing or other office support. We’ll get to your project as fast as we can. 48 hours guaranteed and 24 hours if possible!
The Bishop’s Consecration is planned for early February. All are welcome to join in the celebrations: * THE CONSECRATION CEREMONY will occur on Saturday, February 8, at the Ford Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. Doors open at 9am, processions begin at 10:30am, the liturgy begins formally at 11am, and a reception begins at 1pm. Because seating is limited Fr. Phil strongly encourages you to arrive early to ensure you find a seat. * A CONSECRATION VISITATION will be held on Friday, February 7, at “The Henry” in Dearborn from 6:30pm to 10pm so you can greet the bishop elect. Hors d’oeuvres will be served early in the evening and dancing will happen later in the evening. * THE FORMAL WELCOMING & SEATING of the 11th Bishop of Michigan will be held on Sunday, February 9, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Detroit as part of their 11am worship service.
If You Need Childcare during the bishop’s consecration, visit www.edomi.org/consecration to register.
Consecration Volunteers are needed in the areas of: Acolyte Crucifers, Acolyte Torch-Bearers, Altar Guild, Choir Singers, Eucharistic Ministers, Hospitality Team, Security Team, Stage Crew, Ushers, and Vergers. To register to help, visit www.edomi.org/consecration —Even if you have already submitted your name by email you must fill out this form to volunteer for these roles.
A Get-To-Know Bishop Bonnie Dinner will be held at Saint James on Wednesday, February 12 from 6:30 to 8:30pm in Galloway Hall. If possible, please bring a dish to share. Our bishop is making it a priority to visit every worshipping community in the diocese this year. This is our chance to visit with her. Time will made to hear from our new bishop (she will have been consecrated only 4 days earlier!). She also dearly wants to hear from us. To help coordinate the finer details of this dinner please speak with Fr. Phil or Blanche Hutchison our Senior Warden.
Nursery Care is available every Sunday from 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Church Service Recordings from our 8am service are at saintjamesgi.net under the “Media” tab, and at youtube.com/user/saintjamesgi
First Aid Kits are located under the main altar, on the coat rack by the office, in the main kitchen, and 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.
An Online Pledge Card is available now at www.saintjamesgi.net/bless1
Secretary Office Hours: Colleen is in the office Tue-Thur 9-2, & Fri 9-12.
Do You Play An Instrument? Contact our Minister of Music, Jim Johnson. We’d love to have you play a little something in church: music@saintjamesgi.net
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.
NEWS & WRITE-UPS
SEND YOUR WRITE-UPS OF RECENT HAPPENINGS
Thank You for Cookies: St. James’ Parishioners and Friends,
I would like to thank everyone who donated cookies for the Incarcersted Youth. I know you took time out of your busy schedules at the last minute to help us out. We were abundantly rewarded. My van was filled from front to back.
I worked at one of the parties. I saw so many young teenagers. As they walked through the line for cookies, their eyes were amazed and so thankful and humble. I was blessed that day.
Some of their prayers are “Grandmother’s health,” “Mom and brother safety,” “Be shown His purpose,” “Relationship with God,” “Forgive Father,” “Daughter and rest of family,” “Forgiveness and Patience,” Court date,” “See son and parents.”
Let us be thankful for the lives we have and pray for those who are “Locked Up-Not Locked Out of God’s Love and Protection.”
May you all be blessed in the New Year 2020, May God quiet you with His peace,
Comfort you with His presence, And bless you with His love.
Love and hugs, Sue Anderson
Psallite Concert — Some of us plan to go to this St. Tim’s Discovers concert in Perrysburg, Ohio on Sunday afternoon, January 12, maybe grabbing a bite to eat afterward. If this road trip sounds like fun and you would like to carpool with us just let me know.
David Hartwell dhartwell4@yahoo.com 313 318-9009 cell and text
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church , 871 E. Boundary, Perrysburg, Ohio
Soup Kitchen News The Spirit of Hope church is now called Trinity Episcopal Church! Trinity is a new missional community, with a shared history and new purpose and vision for service and spiritual care in our neighborhood. To find out more about the transition from Spirit of Hope to Trinity Episcopal Church, go to trinitydet.org/aboutus
Weekly Inspiration:
May this New Year bring Joy, Peace and
Happiness to You and Your Entire Family…
Remember, Every word of God is pure:
HE is a shield unto them that put their trust in HIM – Blanche Hutchison
THE 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!
- Do you have an item for the Wish List? Please speak to a Vestry member or Fr. Phil to have your wish listed here!
🎵 🎶 🎶 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
Upcoming Event:
Saturday, January 18, 2020 7:00 P.M. in the chapel. “Music of Change” The Grosse Ile Wind Quartet presents a program of music important to the civil rights movement and more. This program is especially meaningful as it follows the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Sunday, January 19, 2020 10:00 A.M. in the Main Church The choir presents two significant musical offerings on this day from two separate Bach Cantatas – “The Only Son From Heaven,” which is the closing chorale from BWV 22 and is appropriate to the Gospel for that day, and the familiar “Jesu bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring” which is also the closing chorale from BWV 147. We will have guest musicians to appropriately accompany these two works. If you would like to sponsor the cost of the musicians as a thank-offering or memorial, please speak with Jim Johnson.
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.
Wise Men Search for Jesus
Can you help the Wise Men find the way to the baby Jesus?
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
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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 | ||||
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
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We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| If you are celebrating an anniversary this week, please let the office know! | |
Pray For The Healing Of
| Joan Lee | Sally Byers | John Brass | |
| Philip Metz Sr. | Dr. Michael Porter Sr. | Elise Metric | |
| Jennifer A. | Reno Santori | Peter Feamster | |
| John Santori | Michael Stoddart | Alex | |
| Robert Kohn | Jean Fernandes | James Marion | |
| Jackson Beidler | Ralph | Gregory Kohn | |
| Toni Mann | Bruce Stahlman | Linda Kohn | |
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, Patrick Jagodzinski 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
SERVING THIS WEEK
THESE ROLES ARE ALWAYS OPEN to new participants.
To join a team contact the office at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
| December 29, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Diane Mammo, Lois Zook, Laura Fornwalt |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Meren James |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sarah Tribelhorn |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Carolyn Hoey |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Burdette Milkins |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| Ushers | S. Cartwright, Pete Jett, Chuck Kurth, Chi Paik |
| Greeters | Marie Johnson, Lil Everlove |
| Acolytes | Ethan Drake, Noah Saavedra |
| Crucifer | Austin Saavedra |
| Prayer Team | Herman Rugel & Linda Shao
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| January 5, 2020 | |
| Altar Guild | Sue Hartley, Gwyn Dugliss, Natalia Baker |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sue Callahan |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Natalia Baker |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Nancy Crysler |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Chi Paik |
| Ushers | David & Judy Christie, Merri & Zack Lewis |
| Greeters | Dave & Judy Christie |
| Acolytes | Paiten Christie, Jackson DePaul |
| Crucifer | Ethan Drake |
| Prayer Team | Colleen Lough & Madeleine Jones |
| January 12, 2020 | |
| Altar Guild | Joan Hemsworth, Carolyn Hoey, Marilou Arvin |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Margaret Horvath |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Herman Rugel |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jane Coleman |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| Ushers | Sue Anderson, S. Cartwright, J. Dermody, C. Kurth |
| Greeters | Sue Anderson, Jennifer Dermody |
| Acolytes | Reid Ferguson, Crystal Turner |
| Crucifer | Joi Boswell |
| Prayer Team | Natalia & Anthony Baker |