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Christmas Eve family play, “The Crippled Lamb” by Max Lucado. Sent by Sue Anderson |
Welcomed in Holy Baptism Today we welcome Giovanna Grace Bisaro into our fellowship in Christ.
ECW General Meeting This Week Please grab a coffee and a treat and join us after the 10:00am service in the Fireplace Room for a quick meeting. Remember that all women of St. James are members of our ECW. You do not have to sign up, pay dues or commit to anything. Just show up and join us to hear about what’s going on in the Church. We try to keep the meetings short because we know that your families are enjoying coffee hour and that doesn’t last too long. We would love to have some of the younger women give us input as to what they would like to see happening at our Church.
An All-Parish Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, January 18th, at 11:15 am. Join us for a celebration of our life together.
Ministry Area Reports Due Monday, January 12 to be included in our parish Annual Report. Please submit your report for 2014 to office@saintjamesgi.net
Questions for Sermons A January sermon will be dedicated to answering parishioner questions about Scripture, Theology, Doctrine, Social Issues, Worship, History or Tradition. Send your question to rector@saintjamesgi.net or place it in the box by Fr. Phil’s door.
Good News Weekly Online Did you know you can find the Good News Weekly on our website? You can access past issues as well as the most current news. Look for the “Good News” link at the top of the page. www.saintjamesgi.net
Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm. These are open drop-in hours, so you do not need an appointment. These meetings are usually 30 minutes or less. For a longer meeting call or email ahead to schedule a time.
Join us for a Weekday Eucharist every Wednesday at 10:15am. Wednesdays at 11am join us for “Coffee and Conversation” in Galloway Hall.
An On-going Bible Study is held each Sunday at 9 AM in the Fireplace Room.
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Craft night
Calling all ladies of St. James. Please join us on Monday night, January 12th for an ECW craft night. We will be working on a couple of crafts that we will donate to one of our outreach programs. These will be easy crafts that require no special talents. Not feeling crafty????, then just join us for some light refreshments and girl talk. We won’t make you work. We ladies do love to get together and just enjoy each other’s company. The Blue Book says “Salad Potluck”, but we have decided that you don’t need to bring anything. We will supply light refreshments. We will begin around 7 pm. Hope to see you for an evening of fun.
Thirty-One Bag party
On January 25th, we will be hosting a “thirty-one” party after the 10:00 service. Our own Patricia Saavedra is a representative for these bags and has offered to help us host a party so that we can use the rewards to purchase beautiful bags with the Saint James logo to serve as welcome bags for new parishioners. For those of you who are not familiar with these products, they are wonderful! They have storage solutions, organizational solutions, beautiful totes and purses. They have hundreds of different options and personalization styles. Once you see them, you will be hooked!
– Lynda VanEngelen
Parish Retreat: God is With Us
Please mark your calendars The all Parish Retreat will be on Friday, March 13th and Saturday, March 14th. The retreat will take place at St. James and will be facilitated by the wonderful Rev. Sally Boelter. We will have a signup sheet in the hallway shortly, so please make plans to attend. This retreat is open to all members of St. James, including the men.
Let Every Voice be Heard
There is no time like the present to start getting your voice in shape for the upcoming Beautiful Hymns of Old community hymn sing. Please sing 5 LAs and 5 MEs after me — LA LA LA LA LA, ME ME ME ME ME, and again — LA LA LA LA LA, ME ME ME ME ME. Very good!! Faithfully continue practicing these vocal exercises until we see and hear you at the hymn sing. Did we mention that this is a FREE hymn sing?! Circle Sunday, January 25 on your calendar and plan to come sing with us at 3:00 in the afternoon. You are welcome to come early to find that perfect seat. Our Doors Open Wide at 2:30. After we sing the last hymn we hope you will stay for refreshments and conversation.
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
Birthdays this week:
| Curt Crysler (1/12) | Robin Knudson (1/13) | Brandon Dinwiddie (1/13) | |
| Dennis Bracey (1/14) | Lauren Gurisko (1/16) | Patrick Matragrano (1/16) | |
| Joseph Engle (1/17) | Jennifer Phillips (1/17) |
Pray for the infirm & homebound:
| Elaine Ameluxen | Bernice Collins | Sally Frisch |
Pray for the Departed:
| Glenn H. Johnson |
Healing prayers for:
| Lee | Jerry Zavadil | David Crysler | |
| Pat Hust | John Santori | Marsha Childress | |
| Pete Fernandez | Jean Fernandez | Andrew Brunell | |
| Jerry |
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, Billie Ray Brewer, John Chambers, J.B. Faistenhammer, Giovanni Gandolfi, Cristopher Gernand, Devon Goyert, Steven Grzywa Jr., Matt Hertl, Keith Johnson, Laura Levillier, Blake Liddle, Ken Matthews, Buckley Neal, PJ Ramsey, Beatriz & 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.