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A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
Enjoying the doll house in the fireplace room.
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LENT POTLUCK & PROGRAM
We continue this week with our program: “Five Great Challenges in the Christian Life”:
Week 1: Growing Faith
Week 2: Sin Sin Sin
Week 3: Owning Faith
Week 4: Finding Balance
Week 5: Changing Faith?
The Wednesday Night programs follow this schedule:
6:15 Evening Prayer in Chapel
6:30 Potluck in Galloway Hall
7:00 Program by Fr. Phil
Come to all three parts, or as many as can work for you!
The Ten-Week Preparation For Confirmation is under way for 6 students: Andrew Ador Johnson, Warren Johnson, William Johnson, Abbey McNeill, Tommy Shumate and Hannah Thomas. As their outreach project, the group has chosen to meet with the residents of Applewood Nursing Home to cheer them up, help them and entertain them. All of the confirmands are musical and decided to learn and perform music for the Applewood residents. With the help of Sharon Thomas, Hannah’s mother who is a music teacher, the group is on its way to learning some older songs. Thank you to the parents who are preparing lunches for us during the classes which are held after the 10:00 services on Sundays. The group will be going to St. Paul’s Cathedral for a service in the near future. Please pray for these special young people who are about to make the most critical decision in their spiritual lives.
Games to Share? We are looking for some fun games for our young people. If anyone has a corn hole game, foosball, air hockey etc. game they would like to donate, it would be much appreciated. The games can be used as learning tools in Sunday School . Contact Nancy Crysler, ncrsyler@outlook.com
The Red Doors Bulletin Board Series: A Month Of Remembrance / A woman of Vision / A Treasured Gift. Be sure to stop by the bulletin board in the main hallway this week to understand the formation of Lisette’s vision. Next Week – Experience Lisette’s dream.
The Alma Choir will sing with the GI High School Madrigal Choir at a free concert Tuesday, March 1st at 7pm in the High School auditorium.
A Shared, Simple Meal is the setting for Saint James’ Foyer Groups. Foyers meet to share a meal and conversation for four months and then dissolve. This series of once-monthly meetings run from March to June. Sign up on the signup board, or by contacting the church office office@saintjamesgi.net 734-676-1727.
Brand New Bible Studies are being offered through Saint James this Winter. Join us Sunday mornings at 9:05 in the Fireplace Room. A second weekly Bible Study beings this week on Thursday mornings at 10:30am in the Library. Sign up on the Bulletin Boards by the front doors to be part of our new Home Group Bible Studies, or email goodnews@saintjamesgi.net.
Lenten Communion Bread Would you like to bake Communion Bread during Lent? We still need volunteers for March. Please contact Krista in the office.
An Open Bible Study is held every Sunday Morning in the Fireplace Room at 9:05 am. We are currently reading & discussing the Gospel of Luke a chapter at a time.
A Weekday Eucharist focused on the life of a saint is held every Wed. at 10:15am.
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Soup Kitchen Volunteers will next be needed on Sat. April 16th, when we will do that whole day alone: cooking and serving. We have February and March off. Sign-up sheets are on our bulletin board in the hallway near the “Godly Play” East River Room. For more information talk to Amy & Frank Kohair 734-693-0694
Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm.
Coffee and Fellowship follow the 10am Service every Sunday in Galloway Hall. Volunteers are always needed to host. If you are not able to host a coffee hour but would like to contribute something we can always use packaged cookies or anything that can be frozen and used when there is no volunteer for a particular Sunday. Talk to Joan Hemsworth if you have any questions (734-675-8191).
FEATURES & ARTICLES
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TO BEAN, OR NOT TO BEAN, THAT IS THE QUESTION
Welcome to the (de)caffeinated world of the Saint James CBCBC (Coffee Bean Collective Buying Club). No matter how you brew your coffee, whether with a drip coffee maker, a pod brewer, a french press, or some other brewing method, we’ve “bean” hoping you would join us. The CBCBC has no initiation fee, no dues, and no secret handshake, although a secret handshake might be fun!
We order coffee from CoffeeAM, a coffee roaster in Georgia, who fresh roasts our individual orders in sizes as small as 1/2 pound. Order your coffee ground to match your brewing method or you may order whole bean coffee. Don’t forget that Saint James now has a grinder that you are welcome to use if you are ordering whole bean regular coffee, but not flavored.
Please take a minute to let David Hartwell know if you would be interested in the CBCBC. If he does not hear from you he will assume you are a tea drinker. Just kidding!!! Email dhartwell4@yahoo.com or phone / text 313 318-9009.
A word from your Treasurer
Many in the congregation heard of our unfortunate financial year (2015) and responded immediately. As a result our January numbers were encouraging, both in attendance and revenue. We did it together in a feeling of family and teamwork. That’s the way it should be. Here is a question I hear often: “Why do we spend on things that can be put off until later?” Answer: The church’s two main bank accounts can be likened to family accounts. Most of us have a checking account from which we pay our ongoing expenses like DTE, phone, etc. Most also have a savings account. No matter the size of our savings account, we need to be careful when our checking account can’t cover our normal recurring bills and we have to borrow from savings to pay them. That was the case in 2015 for the church. The savings account was still alive and growing, but we had to borrow from it to pay the bills. Also, large capital expenses in 2015 were paid for by the Crowley Fund for Capital Expenses, which is a longterm savings especially for large projects that become necessary, like parking lots and roofs.
SERVING THIS WEEK
Email goodnews@saintjamesgi.net if you want to serve in one of these capacities.
| February 21 | |
| Altar Guild | Linda Kurth, Marie Johnson, Jennifer Engle |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Margaret Horvath |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Marcie Treadwell |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| Ushers | Carl Colwell, Dave & Judy Christie, Jack Hartley |
| Greeters | Lil Everlove, Marie Johnson |
| 10 am Crucifer | Danny Bohl |
| 10am Acolytes
Prayer Team |
Anna Shumate & Thomas Shumate
Sue Anderson & Madeleine Jones |
Angel List
Suggestions for above and beyond regular giving.
Partial gifts will be held until the full amount has been reached.
- New Tempered Glass on the Chapel Stained Glass $12,000–
- Island-wide Easter Mailing $3,000–
- Refurbish Chapel Historical Marker at East River $800–
Does your ministry area have needs beyond the budget?
Send needs with a cost amount to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net.
🎵 🎶 🎶🎵 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
A Weekly Series by Daniel Susan, our Minister of Music
J.S. Bach returns this week as Bach-the-preacher. Yet another well-known chorale (hymn) from his day is the basis of the prelude with a penitential text and expressive organ rendering. To call this preaching is not the stretch that it might seem. In Bach’s day long hymns were often divided up with various groups taking each verse. The choir might sing the first verse alone, the people the second, and the organ alone would render the third, clearly reflecting and amplifying the text. This pattern would continue until the hymn was complete. It can be tempting to think that music without words is “background” or “mood” music, but there is an old and once wide-spread tradition that instrumental music could carry deep meaning. Of course, to discern the message takes a more intimate knowledge of the text and tune, and many of these Bach musical-homilies are based on tunes and texts not known to us. At St. James many moments are graced with organ improvisations based on the day’s music. If it’s a hymn, then consulting the text might be enlightening to your personal devotion while the music preaches; I tend to select a verse in particular for a focus when launching into this kind of unpacking of our faith. Pray on the hymns. They’re not just for Sunday anymore!
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
Birthdays This Week
| Karen Brock (2/21) | Angelique Campeau (2/22) | Joe Hopkins (2/22) | |
| Gabriel DeFrain (2/25) | Gena Lorenz (2/25) | Sandra Rutledge (2/25) | |
| Sarah Shamus (2/25) | Elizabeth Bisaro (2/26) | Barb Church (2/26) | |
| Tina Wirtel (2/26) | Zack Bohl (2/28) | Betty Jones (2/28) |
Wedding Anniversaries
| Kate Sullivan & David Hartwell (2/23) | Mary & Gary Sawnick (2/25) |
Healing prayers for:
| Lee | Jerry Zavadil | Maureen Kohn | |
| Jerry | John Kurth | Marsha Childress | |
| Pete Fernandes | Jean Fernandes | Andrew Brunell | |
| Philip Metz, Sr | Linda Petras | Judy Williams | |
| Michael Gratz | Charles | Carol Tyler Gacioch | |
| Robert | Christopher | Bradley | |
| Nancy Volk | Nicole | Jackson Bruce Beidler | |
| Joan Klose | Thomas Thompson | George Faistenhammer | |
| Lola Boyd | Greg Larkin |
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.