| A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
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Burdett Milkins sharing the gift of music by singing an anthem solo composed by Dave Martin, of the GIPC. |
Children interested in being in the Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve, (silent or speaking parts), will today after the 10 o’clock serve, during coffee hour to rehearse. Please contact Thomas Benson with any questions or to volunteer: thomas.b.benson@gmail.com
CHRISTMAS SERVICES:
Sunday, Dec 22 @ 5 p.m. – Blue Christmas (see below)
Tuesday, Dec 24 @ 4 p.m. – Pageant Service with Communion
Tuesday, Dec 24 @ 11 p.m. – Festival Service with Brass (Carols @ 10:30)
Wednesday, Dec 25 @ 10 a.m. – Christmas Day Service in Chapel
Our Longest Night Service (“Blue Christmas”) will be held in our historic chapel tonight, December 22, at 5pm. In the midst of all the high expectation of Christmas cheer people who are mourning feel a lot of pressure. Not in this service. As we mark the longest night of the year, the day of the greatest darkness, we make space for grief and remembrance.
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.
Thanks To Your Generosity we are able to replace the all the large single-pane windows in our Office and Education Wing through our capital campaign early next month. The dates for installation are Monday and Tuesday, January 13 & 14. This $55,000 project is truly a generational one that will pay off for decades to come. Thanks to you!
The Church Office Will Be Closed from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day. With great joy we will, of course, celebrate the first Sunday of Christmas on December 29th at our usual 8am and 10am services. Don’t forget the awesome New Year’s parish lunch to follow.
Amazon.com has the Episcopal charity in Honduras “El Hogar” as one of their official charities. This place which helps hundreds of homeless boys and girls a year was founded by one of our parishioners. If you want a portion of your purchase to go to El Hogar, surf over to smile.amazon.com and choose “El Hogar” as your designated charity. Julie Kohn recently received this in an email from Amazon….”Your charity, El Hogar Ministries Inc. recently received a quarterly donation of $231.42 thanks to customers shopping at smile.amazon.com. To date, Amazon Smile has donated a total of: $3,124.26 to El Hogar Ministries Inc, & $156,109,909.51 to all Charites.”
The 5th Sunday committee is making a list (of RSVPs) and checking it twice for the “New Year’s” Breakfast after the 10 o’clock church service on December 29, the last 5th Sunday in 2019. *
If you would like to (b)ring in the New Year a few days early with good food, fun, and fellowship, but have yet to RSVP, that is okay — reservations are still being accepted until the end of the day on Sunday, December 22.
RSVP to David Hartwell by email, cell phone, or text at dhartwell4@yahoo.com, or 313 318-9009, or look for a sign-up sheet on a clipboard in Galloway Hall. * FYI — Next year four months have five Sundays, or 5th Sundays. Be sure to circle March 29, May 31, August 30, and November 29 on your 2020 calendar — the 5th Sunday committee plans to celebrate them, and you are on the guest list!!! LOL Merry Christmas!
The New Year is almost here, and so are the “Read the Bible” handouts! You can “read the Bible” in a year and find encouragement, hope, life instructions, great stories, history, and help of all kinds, within its covers. The handout will be located on the resource table across from the office, and will help you along your journey.
Answering Your Question In a January Sermon What do you wonder about church, scripture, teaching, liturgy, doctrine, practice, or living the Christian life in this day and age? Send your question to rector@saintjamesgi.net or slide it under Fr. Phil’s church office door and we’ll address your question in a January sermon.
An Online Pledge Card is available now at www.saintjamesgi.net/bless1
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 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.
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.
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.
NEWS & WRITE-UPS
SEND YOUR WRITE-UPS OF RECENT HAPPENINGS
St. James Carolers spread happiness and cheer all around the Downriver area, when they sang their carols for the home bound!
Thank you, Herman Flute Choir!
Your Saturday night’s music concert lifted everyone’s Christmas Spirit up one more notch! Also, thanks to Wendy Kiblawi, Collie Yan, and Lois Zook for the lovely reception.
DTE worked hard on Friday afternoon 12/13/19
to pull out the old light poles from the front
and back of the church! It looks so much better
now!
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 | ||||
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
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We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| Philip & Sharon Metz (12/24) | |
Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Elena Coleman | Sally Byers | John Brass | |
| Philip Metz Sr. | Dr. Michael Porter Sr. | Michelle Mills | |
| Muffy Smith | Reno Santori | Sharon Rodelett | |
| John Santori | Michael Stoddart | Alex | |
| Robert Kohn | Jean Fernandes | James Marion | |
| Jackson Beidler | Ralph | Gregory Kohn | |
| Toni Mann | Bruce Stahlman | Linda Kohn | |
| Elise Metric | Peter Feamster | ||
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 22, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | M. Glover, J. Dermody, S. Bates, C. Robertson, J. Hemsworth |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sarah Bates (2nd reading) |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman (1st reading) |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Marcie Treadwell (2nd reading) |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Andrew Johnson (1st reading) |
| 10 am prayers & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| Ushers | Judy & David Christie, Sara & Scott Lazuka |
| Greeters | Natalia & Anthony Baker |
| Acolytes | Brandon Dinwiddie, Caleb Johnson |
| Crucifer | Landon Johnson |
| Prayer Team | Natalia & Anthony Baker |
| December 24 | Christmas Eve |
| Altar Guild | M. Glover, J. Dermody, S. Bates, C. Robertson, J. Hemsworth |
| 4pm 1st lesson reader | |
| 4pm Eucharistic Minister | |
| 11pm 1st lesson reader | Lynn Blanks |
| 11pm 2nd lesson & chalice | |
| 11pm prayers & chalice | Colleen Lough |
| 4pm Ushers
11pm Ushers |
David & Judy Christie, Robin Knudson, Chuck Kurth
Paul & Lynn Blanks, Carl Colwell, Jack Hartley |
| 4pm Greeters
11pm Greeters |
David & Judy Christie
Lynn & Paul Blanks |
| 4pm Crucifer
11pm Crucifer |
Elliot Paik
Mitch Lewis |
| 4pm Acolytes
11pm Acolytes |
| 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 |