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A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
The folks at a recent Wednesday potluck lunch sent love and prayers to Pat Zavadil as she entered surgery last week. All turned out well! |
Disaster Relief: Exactly 11 years ago the State of Louisiana was hit by Hurricane Katrina. This month Louisiana has again been impacted by massive storms causing severe flooding. The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana has appealed for help (http://www.edola.org/pastoral-letter-on-the-flooding-in-the-diocese/). To honor this request, Saint James will be donating this week’s loose offering to the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana for flood relief efforts. Visit the link above for more ways that you can help.
New Look? New Photo Directory! Send new contact info or photos to office@saintjamesgi.net or update your contact information using the link on our homepage: (www.saintjamesgi.net) Photos do not need to be “studio quality,” but please make sure all faces are large, visible, and without sunglasses. Look for the new directory at CHURCHFEST, Sept 11.
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 learning more about 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)
Send Love And Encouragement To Eleanor George, a long time member of Saint James who moved to Ohio last year. She has a birthday this week, and unfortunately has also broken her wrist. We encourage you to send a card to brighten her day: Eleanor George, The Waterford, 7100 South Wilkinson Way Apt. 11, Perrysburg, OH 43551.
Bring Rummage After September 12 (Please hold the items you are setting aside until then.) The next sale is Sept. 30 and Oct 1.
Help Needed to Make Frames for Small Christmas Trees for the Greens Market The frames were previously made by the late Ed Phillips. Collie has a pattern and instructions, and is looking for a person or a group of people to make 50 frames for this year’s sale. Let Collie (734-671-1831) know if you are willing and able to help! If no tree frames are made there will not be any small table trees at the Greens Market.
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.
From Your Treasurer: Interim financial statements for Jan. thru July were mailed this week. 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.
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.
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!)
Boar’s Head 2015 DVDs will be available for purchase starting 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.
Weekly Group Studies at Saint James. Join us Sunday at 9:05am in the Fireplace Room for a Bible Study and Thursdays at 10:30am in the library, for discussion on short passages from luminaries like Ghandi, C. S. Lewis, and Elie Weisel.
Beginner’s Belly Dance runs on Wednesdays at 7pm in Galloway Hall. Open to all.
Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm.
Features & Articles
Vacation Bible School was a great success!
It’s official!!! Some families in a poverty ridden country in the world will be receiving a sheep, llama, honey bees and a flock of chicks thanks to the generosity of our Vacation Bible School (VBS) kids this year. The intent was to collect enough to purchase one sheep through Heifer International but the kids worked hard doing chores for money and some adults contributed as well. Every year VBS chooses a mission for which the children become acquainted and help to support. It’s all a part of our teaching children to reach out to others. What a nice visual to imagine some family enjoying the benefits of these animals.
VBS this year accommodated 60 kids enjoying a week of learning, singing, crafting, exploring Science, game playing and eating. The theme, “Old Bible Times,“ took the children on a journey of discovery about life in the times of Abraham and Moses. Starting with creation, Father Phil gave the children an overview of God’s plan for us from creation to redemption. Four tribes of Jacob were represented as the children were divided into groups housed in front yard tents complete with a village water well. Thanks to all who helped make VBS 2016 a memorable event for our own St. James kids and others in the community: Father Phil Dinwiddie, who delivered the spiritual messages and stories, led us in song and created the amazing video of the event (check it out on the web); Libby Dinwiddie who was our resident photographer and registrar; Lynda VanEngelen who also served as registrar and bell ringer; creating and directing the games was Collie Hooper-Yan; Art director was Joan Hemsworth with help from Amy Kohair; Imagination Station (science) leader, Nancy Crysler; kitchen coordinators were Michael Glover and Sue Lowery who generously provided supplies along with Dr. Malcom Williamson and kitchen helpers Wendy Kiblawi, Millie Miles, Nancy Clark, Marie Johnson, and Julie Kohn; Leaders for the 4 tribes of Jacob: Jane Colwell (and Anna Shumate), Judy Christie (with Zoie Christie); Avery Lewis and Sue Johnson (with William Johnson); other youth helpers included Warren Johnson, Tommy Shumate, Julia Shamus, Emma Behan, Grace Holliday, Trinity Swan, Amy Desmond, Alexis and Makinzie Davenport. Before VBS we had help with arts and crafts from Sue Anderson, Amy Kohair, Joan and Sarah Hemsworth, Jane Colwell, Collie Hooper-Yan, and Nancy Crysler. Tents were borrowed from Beth Holliday, Paul Primeau, the Lowery Family, and Anthony Baker and Natalia Morris. Jennifer Engel donated a ton of stuffed animals as prizes.
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.
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 21 | |
| Altar Guild | Carolyn Hoey & Lil Everlove |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Margaret Horvath |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | David Hartwell |
| 10am 1st lesson reader | Linda Shannon |
| 2nd lesson, prayers chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| Ushers | Lynn & Paul Blanks |
| Greeters | Lynn & Paul Blanks |
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
| Ella Barton (8/21) | Eleanor George (8/23) | Gregory Larken (8/23) | |
| Linda Petras (8/23) | Thomas Everlove (8/24) | David Hartwell (8/24) | |
| David Hemsworth (8/24) | Anna Robinson (8/25) | Heather Haggard (8/26) | |
| Marcie Treadwell Goyert (8/26) | Luke Lazorka (8/26) | Mary Nagy (8/26) | |
| Isabell Stepaniak (8/26) |
We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| Susan & Robert Burns (8/21) | Pat & Dennis Bracey (8/21)) | |
| Michael & John Glover (8/22) | Adrienne Gorris & Eddie Gall (8/23) | |
| Lori & Ed Will (8/23) | Emely & Bob Lange (8/23) |
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 | Mary B | Donna D | |
| Lisa Hayworth | Brett Ready | Mary F |
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, Alexander Turin, 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.