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A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
Dr. Joe Brough has coordinated our crucifers and acolytes for many years, and is now passing the cross on to a new volunteer. Thank you for your faithful service, Joe! |
Christmas Service Times are 4 pm for the Pageant Service and 11 pm. Come at 10:30pm for an optional 30 minutes of carol-singing celebration. Our Christmas Day service is held in the Chapel at 10 am.
Calling All Youth to be part of our annual Christmas Pageant at the 4:00 service on Christmas Eve. There is a place for everyone—angels, shepherds, Mary, Joseph, narrator, various animals, etc. Please contact Mrs. Crysler (734-673-3990) if you want to be a part of this heartwarming experience.
Blue Christmas is a service designed for anyone having a difficult time feeling joy this season. Join us Monday, December 21st at 7pm in the chapel for an evening of scripture, prayer and communion.
Music and Flower Memorials are due in the office by tomorrow, December 21st.
The Saint James’ Cookbook makes a great last minute gift! Books are on sale after worship, or stop by the office.
Shake and Shimmy in a beginner’s belly dance class. Come join this free, five-week introductory course taught by Erica Chappuis and have some fun while learning these ancient steps. This gentle dance is great exercise and is suited to every body in just about every shape. Dress for complete comfort and stretchability (leggings, leotards, yoga pants, t-shirts etc., are all great). Some hip scarves, veils and a few other props will be available so you can try them on – no need for special equipment! Erica has taken belly dance for 12 years and been to performance workshops in Hawaii and Ann Arbor. Wednesday evenings at 7pm. Beginning January 6 – February 3. Galloway Hall.
Begin This New Year In Prayer And Reflection as we open ourselves to God’s presence and action within us. The Seasons of the Heart, the once monthly, reflection program will be held again on Tuesday, January 5th at 10:00 am, and Thursday, January 7th. at 7:00 pm. The program is the same, choose whichever time works best for you. The theme is Winter: A time of Waiting. We meet in the library of Sacred Heart Parish, north wing. For information about this once monthly program, please call: Amy Kohair 734-693-0694, Kate Hartwell 313-318-3275 or contact Sr. Betty for details: betty@sacredheartgi.com
The Vestry is the name of the elected leadership body of each Episcopal Church. Our vestry consists of 12 persons who together guide the program, budget and vision of the church. A strong vestry is a diverse vestry consisting of people of different ages, experience, and expertise. Please talk to Fr. Phil to learn more.
Questions You’ve Always Wondered About will be the sole topic of a sermon or two in January. Please send your questions to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net or submit a question anonymously by passing it under the rector’s door. The more questions the better!
Many Pledge Cards have been returned, and many of you have accepted the challenge to increase your pledge of support by 10% this year. THANK YOU! If you have not yet let our treasurer know what you intend to give to Saint James’ next year, please go to http://www.saintjamesgi.net/pledge or find a pledge card in the church and place it in the Treasurer’s box in the hallway. We are crafting next year’s budget, and so need as accurate an estimate as possible as to what our shared resources for mission will be in 2016.
Walk Down Easy Street with your giving by making automatic, electronic payments to the mission of Saint James’. Have you ever gotten to the last 3 months of the year and realized you were behind on your pledge to the church? Were there checks you forgot to write on the Sundays you missed church? Do you want some peace of mind? Try electronic giving for a carefree drive along Easy Street. Find an instruction booklet outside the treasurer’s office or go to saintjamesgi.net/give on the internet. Tech support is available by email, text or phone to Curt Crysler-734-552-4245, ccrysler@solowp.com.
Prayer is Powerful, and the 10am Prayer Team is looking for more individuals to help with this important ministry. Please prayerfully consider if this might be a way for you to serve. Contact Herman Rugel at 250-3375 for more information.
The Collection Drums are filling with socks. The Saint James family has shown great compassion for the homeless in Detroit by placing new or gently used pairs of socks in the If Feet Could Talk collection drums. God bless all of you who have already donated or plan to do so in the coming weeks. Your act of kindness will make a difference in the life of another human being.
Volunteers Are Always Needed To Host The Coffee Hour. There is not a “special committee” to do this. Coffee hour happens only if everyone takes a turn making the coffee and bringing simple refreshments. See Joan Hemsworth if you have any questions (734-675-8191).
Weekly Open Bible Studies are held every Sunday Morning in the Fireplace Room at 9:05 am. Join in any time!
Coffee and Fellowship follow the 10am Service every Sunday in Galloway Hall.
Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saintjamesgi for updates.
Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm.
A Weekday Eucharist focused on the life of a saint is held every Wed. at 10:15am.
MUSIC NOTES
A Weekly Series by Daniel Susan, our Minister of Music
Johann Pachelbel is widely known for his rather over-exposed “Canon in D” but he wrote a large quantity of music both sacred and secular. He lived and wrote in the same general area (South Germany) where Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked thirty years later, both spending much of their career working for the Lutheran Church. Sebastian Bach did much of his early study with his uncle, J. Christoph Bach who was himself a student of Pachelbel. Today we will hear a number of his short fugues – compositions built on a “subject” that is repeated, developed, varied, and finally repeated in its original form. Fugue is related to a canon, in which a musical subject is repeated simultaneously by different parts, but overlaid by starting the same tune at different times – a bit like a musical cross-word puzzle. The “Fugues on the Magnificat” by Pachelbel are considered a masterpiece of Pre-Bach counterpoint (Fugue) yet are rarely heard.
SERVING THIS WEEK
Email goodnews@saintjamesgi.net if you want to serve in one of these capacities.
| December 20 | ||
| Altar Guild | Diane Mammo, Carol Nankervis, Madeleine Jones, Marilou Arvin, Joan Hemsworth | |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Mark McPherson | |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | David Hartwell | |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Sue Johnson | |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jim Holubka | |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Walt Denson | |
| Ushers | Dave & Judy Christie, Robin Knudsen, Chuck Kurth | |
| Greeters | Chuck & Linda Kurth | |
| 10 am Crucifer | Kaleb Turner | |
| 10am Acolytes | Anna Shumate, Thomas Shumate | |
| December 24 | |
| 4pm chalice | Marilynn & Jerry Lange |
| 11pm lesson reader | Lynn Blanks |
| 11pm chalice | Volunteers |
| Ushers 4pm | Dave & Judy Christie, Zach & Merri Lewis |
| Ushers 11pm | Walt Denson, Lynn & Paul Blanks, Jack Hartley |
| Greeters 4pm | Dave & Judy Christie |
| Greeters 11pm | Lynn & Paul Blanks |
| 11 pm Crucifer | Danny Bohl |
| 11pm Acolytes | Jacob & Zoie Christie |
| December 25 | |
| 10am 1st lesson reader10am Eucharistic Minister | Margaret HorvathDavid Hartwell |
| 10am Crucifer | Coleman Hartman |
ANGEL LIST
Suggestions for above and beyond regular giving
Does your ministry area have needs beyond the budget? Do you have a vision for something that could make a difference to church or the mission of God?
Send needs with a cost amount to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net.
Maybe an angel will bring you Good News!
- Life-sized wooden creche for Mary, Joseph, and Jesus $350 + labor
- Freebridge billboard for a month $1600
- Christmas lights installed on the church front lawn $750+
- New plexiglass on the chapel’s Evangelist’s window $12,000
- Island-wide mailing $3,000
- Area rug for Sunday School classroom $150
- Ornamental weeping pine for Memorial Garden $225
*All items are run by the wardens before being listed.
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ELECTRONIC GIVING If you give electronically but would still like to put something in the offering plate, we now have a solution for you. Electronic giving cards are now available. Take as many as you like from the basket on the table outside the church office and put one in the offering plate as it goes by.
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CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
Birthdays This Week
| Yvette Johnson (12/20) | Melanie Jones (12/21) | Desmond Blanton (12/23) | |
| Andrea Kalafut (12/24) | Merri Lewis (12/25) | Bernard Vandenberg (12/26) |
Wedding Anniversaries
| Sharon & Philip Metz (12/24) | Guy & Blanche Hutchison (12/26) |
Healing prayers for:
| Lee | Jerry Zavadil | Dorothy Galloway Crooks | |
| Jerry | John Kurth | Marsha Childress | |
| Pete Fernandes | Jean Fernandes | Andrew Brunell | |
| Philip Metz, Sr | Van Johns | Judy Williams | |
| Michael Gratz | Charles | Carol Tyler Gacioch | |
| Michelle Mills | Carolyn Hoey |
Pray for the infirm & homebound
| Sally Frisch |
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, Bettina Sauter, Jonathan Southerland, Jeff Speer, and Travis Tam.
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.