ADULT VBS HELPERS, call Erin at 313-407-6249 or email her at eshelton@gmail.com to volunteer. Thank You!

TODAY WE WELCOME ERICA BENSON as our guest preacher. Erica served as Christian Education Director of Saint James for many years before discerning a call to ordained ministry. For the past two years she has been attending Virginia Theological Seminary. This summer she is interning at St. Andrews’, Ann Arbor. This coming year will be her last in seminary. As a Candidate for Holy Orders she is scheduled to be ordained to the deaconate late this year (priests are always ordained deacons first, following an ancient practice). God willing and the people consenting she will be ordained to the priesthood early next summer.

A PURSE FOR JIM JOHNSON is being collected as a thank you for his 6 years of ministry at Saint James. You can write a check to “Saint James” and mark on a sticky note, the check, and/or the envelope that it is for “JIM’S PURSE.” We’ll pool the money and give him a single gift at a celebration later this summer.

WHAT IS A BLESSING BOX? It’s a 24-hour Food pantry, set outside of a building, where the hungry and needy can freely access food when needed. Saint James will be installing a blessing box in August on the north side of the building under the chimney. Look for the Blessing of the Blessing Box on Sunday, August 4!

COVID IS BACK ON THE RISE, so monitor your health and stay home if you feel ill. This variant is supposedly super-catchy and very unpleasant. If you get COVID we strongly recommend that you visit the doctor asap, as there are medications that may shorten the illness if taken early enough.

ICE CREAM SUNDAYS continue this morning after the 10am service! To help fill the cooler with ice cream, sign up on the signup sheet located just inside the main entryway.

OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT is continuing after the short illness and quick recovery of Charlotte Campeau. She has a few people who have volunteered to help, but the more that help the faster it goes. If she hasn’t reached out to you, please reach out again, as your number may have been lost during the delay.

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO? Every Sunday night at 7pm there is a free concert on the commons until the end of August. End your weekend with wonderful music!

HELP WITH BRASS A group of people come to church on Thursday mornings to polish the church brass together. There is a rotation, so that a few things are done each week and everything is done once a month. It’s fun, helpful, and social. Could you help? Reach out to Diane Mammo or Gwyn Duglass. Thank you!

CAN YOU HELP MONITOR AND FILL THE BLESSING BOX? Please reach out to the office and we’ll make you a part of this select committee that is directly feeding the hungry.

OUR CHURCH CALENDAR is just a click away at SaintJamesGi.net. Click on the prominent link on our home page to see all the things.

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MEMBER DIRECTORIES are available in print or PDF.

A MIDWEEK SERVICE AND LUNCH POTLUCK is held in the chapel on Wednesday mornings at 10:15am. The potluck lunch follows.

WHEN SCHEDULING EVENTS, check the church calendar online at www.saintjamesgi.net . To be added to the calendar, you must schedule with Colleen in the office at 734-676-1727 or office@saintjamesgi.net.

SERMONS are posted at YouTube.com/SaintJamesGi and saintjamesgi.net

NEW MEMBERS, please fill out a new member form on the resource table so we can reach out to you with parish updates!

FR. PHIL’S OPEN OFFICE DROP-IN HOURS are Tuesdays from 4-6 p.m.

GLUTEN FREE WAFERS are always available at communion. Just ask!

SECRETARY OFFICE HOURS are Tue 9-2, Weds 9-3 & Thurs 9-4

CALL OR TEXT FR. PHIL at 734-775-7140.