| A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
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On the Sunday of our 150th Anniversary the altar flowers are placed at Lisette’s grave in Detroit. |
The Channel 4 Coverage of our 150th was impressive. If you missed it, check it out: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/church-founded-by-michigans-first-female-black-landowner-celebrates-150th-anniversary
Time Capsule! St. James will be burying a time capsule on August 19th to be opened in 50 years. We need assistance from every single one of you to make this successful. 1) Answer writing prompts provided or write your own thoughts. These will be compiled in a bound document. 2) Create a scrapbook page for your household that represents or tells about your household in anyway you can imagine. 3) Submit photos of events or loved ones or of the buildings and grounds that can be included in a photo book. All submissions must be in by Sunday, August 5th. Every Sunday at coffee hour leading up to August 5th supplies to participate in this way will be available. For your convenience, you may also send writing prompt responses and photos to stjatimecap@outlook.com. Tom and Erica Benson are heading up this project. Please see them with any questions or give them the above requested things.
Capital Campaign projects have begun. If you haven’t yet pledged, you can pledge on line at saintjamesgi.net/cc150 . Thank you for pitching in.
Register for VBS online at www.saintjamesgi.net. Vacation Bible School is a free week-long day camp open to all members of Saint James, residents of the Island, and friends. Children from 3 years old to 5th grade participate in all activities, while older youth get to serve as helpers and leaders. All are welcome! Adults, we need your help too. Please speak to Nancy Crysler, our children’s ministries coordinator, if you are available to help. August 13-17, 9-11:30am.
Road Trip!! The Saint James coffee and tea club is planning a Tuesday, August 7 road trip to Plymouth, Michigan and we hope you will come along for the ride! We will gather in the parking lot at the church at 8:45 in the morning, pile into carpool vehicles and leave by 9:00. Our first destination will be Espresso Elevado for the coffee lovers in the club, and then Sweet Afton Tea Room for the tea lovers in the club. Then it is time for some serious, or not so serious, shopping and sightseeing around town before we gather at Karl’s Cabin for lunch. An RSVP is requested and Tuesday, July 31 is the RSVP deadline. A reservation for 20 has been made at Karl’s Cabin. This road trip to Plymouth promises to be a lot of fun. Be one of the first 20 to RSVP! David Hartwell / dhartwell4@yahoo.com / 313 318-9009
Prayer Ministry This Summer continues in the chapel. If you would like prayers during communion, come to the back of the church by the red doors that lead to the front parking lot. In that small narthex the prayer minister will be glad to hear your needs and pray with you.
Save the Float We are in need of a place to store our beautiful Island chapel float to be used in future years. Please let us know if you have a pole barn or storage area that could help.
The Next Soup Kitchen Will Be This Saturday, July 21st Our Prep Crew will meet in our Chapel parking lot at 8:20am to load up they cars and head out. Servers should be at Spirit of Hope by 11:30am. We will all be on our way home, or out to lunch, by 1:40pm.
Open Bible Study A drop-in Bible Study runs every Sunday morning from 9:05-9:50AM in the Fireplace Room. The study requires no preparation, and you can come on whatever Sundays are convenient for you. Drop in any time!
Coffee Hour Thank you to those who have brought in desserts for Coffee Hour. It really helps to have these in our freezer when no one has volunteered to man the kitchen. Help for setup, serving and clean-up is always appreciated, especially when there is only one person in the kitchen. Please consider taking a turn so that Coffee Hour can continue. Look for the signup sheet in a blue folder that is usually on the dessert table.
Gluten-Free Wafers are always available at communion. Just ask.
Secretary Office Hours: Colleen is in the office Tues-Thurs 9-2, & Fri 9-noon.
Open Office Hours Fr. Phil is available for appointments throughout the week for meetings of any length, but on Tuesday evenings you never need an appointment. Drop in any Tuesday between 4:30-6:30 pm and say hello
FEATURES AND ARTICLES
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Buckwheat Pancake Recipe For those who have asked, here is the recipe for last week’s 150th Anniversary Buckwheat pancakes:
1 Cup buckwheat flour
1 Cup white flour (or whole wheat)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
4 Tbsp unsalted butter (melted)
1 Tbsp pure maple syrup
2 large eggs
2 1/4 Cup buttermilk
Whisk together the buckwheat and white flours, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, maple syrup, and eggs. Add the buttermilk to the butter mixture. Dump the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and beat until just combined — do not overmix! The batter will be thick. *** Heat a griddle or skillet over medium heat. Lightly slick the surface of the griddle with butter or cooking spray. Spoon 1/3 Cup batter onto the hot surface. Cook for 2 minutes then flip. Cook until golden brown. — Thanks to our caterer, The Gormet Gal (Missy Misko: 734-635-5454), for providing the meal last Sunday and for sharing her recipe with us.
What Happened at General Convention? The Episcopal Church just wrapped up its 12-day convention. Lots of important decisions were made, and Fr. Phil was there for them all. His top three news items include 1) a plan to keep the current Book of Common Prayer, while encouraging liturgical experimentation and the creation of supplemental liturgies; 2) Marriage Equality for the whole church, where everyone, gay or straight, can be married in their home church; and 3) the admission of Cuba as a new diocese in the Episcopal Church. Lots more than this happened, though. We also added people to our saints calendar, passed a budget that prioritizes evangelism, racial reconciliation, and creation care, and created a number of Task Forces to do such things as study liturgical development, sexual harassment of women in the ministry, and to find ways of remaining in communion with one another, even when we have strongly held differing opinions. To hear more ask Fr. Phil about the experience. Also you can read this Episcopal News Service synopsis of the convention: https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/07/16/general-convention-wrap-up-following-the-way-of-jesus/
WISH LIST
* Essential Choir Books for the new year. 20 books @ $25 = $500.00
* New Soup Kitchen Freezer – $674.00 – Our freezer died this week! Can you help us purchase a new one? This is used to hold food for the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen.
🎵 🎶 🎶 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
Music Notes: Today we hear music from several late Renaissance and early Baroque composers who were very popular in their day.
Upcoming Music Events:
Summer Music Listening Classes continue in July. These classes last about an hour, during which we will talk about a significant composer of church music and listen to one or more major works. Upcoming classes will be:
July 19, 7:30pm: Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) and the Sunrise Mass
July 26, 7:30pm: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and the Resurrection Oratorio
August 2, 7:30pm: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) and the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
August 9, 7:30pm: Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960) and La Pasión según San Marcos
See Bobby Conduct a symphony in Romania by clicking on this link. He’s very impressive! tinyurl.com/bobbyconducting
150TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS!
The Blessing of the Time Capsule — August 19th at 10AM
An outdoor Sunday Service featuring the blessing and burying of a time capsule to be opened at our 200th Anniversary celebration in the year 2068.
A Church-Fest blowout kick-off — September 9th at 10AM
A Lisette Play
October 13, 2018 4:30 pm
Anniversary Recital
November 10, 2018 7:30 pm
Blessing of the Renewal Projects
December 16, 2018
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
| Sue Anderson (7/25) | Sharon Hopkins (7/25) | Brooke Turner (7/25) | |
| Kaedence Henrickson (7/25) | Gregg Barton (7/27) | ||
We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
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Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Elke | Andrew Brunell | Joe Rodelett | |
| Hannah Thomas | Jerry Zavadil | John Brass | |
| Linda Kohn | Jean Fernandes | Jackson Beidler | |
| Robert Kohn | Michael Stoddart | Gregory Kohn | |
| Ron Kohn | Julie Kohn | Lindsay Labaddie | |
| Sheila Miles | William Robbines | Laurie Miles | |
| Gabby & Elena |
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 AJ Allen, Buckley Neal, JP Pandoff, Brett Ready, Dr. Bettina Sauter, Alexander Turin, 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
PARISH CONTACTS
To update information contact goodnews@saintjamesgi.net or 734-676-17
| STAFF | CHURCH OFFICE | office@saintjamesgi.net | 734-676-1727 | |||
| Rector | The Rev. Phil Dinwiddie | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Minister of Music | Bobby Ragoonanan | music@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Secretary
Sexton |
Colleen Herman
Harold Schwochow |
office@saintjamesgi.net
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| VESTRY | Treasurer | Curt Crysler ‘19 | treasurer@saintjamesgi.net | |||
| Member-at-Large | Carl Colwell ‘19 | carl@carlcolwell.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Margaret Horvath ‘19 | mhorvath@comcast.net | ||||
| Recording Secretary | Lynda VanEngelen ‘19 | barrylyndahtg@wowway.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 | Bobby Ragoonanan | office@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Chapel Tours | Kate Hartwell | (313) 318-3275 | ||||
| Children’s Ministries | Nancy Crysler | ncrysler@outlook.com | ||||
| Choir | Bobby Ragoonanan | music@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| 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 | Colleen Lough | colleenlough@gmail.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 | Jim Holubka | jholubka@sbcglobal.net | ||||
| Memorial Garden | Carole Vandenberg | (734) 671-6492 | ||||
| Office | Colleen Herman | office@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Pastoral Care Team | Marie Johnson | (734) 671-6502 | ||||
| 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 | Marie Johnson | (734) 671-6502 | ||||
| Worship Committee | Fr. Phil | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Youth Group – Sr. High | Fr. Phil | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
SERVING THIS WEEK
THESE ROLES ARE ALWAYS OPEN to new participants.
To join a team contact the office at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
| July 22 | |
| Altar Guild | Carole Vandenberg, Marilou Arvin |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Mike Callahan |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Kim Faistenhammer |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Mark McPherson |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Nancy Crysler |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Colleen Lough |
| Ushers | Merri & Jack Lewis |
| Greeters | Dave & Judy Christie |
| 10 am Crucifer | |
| Prayer Team | Colleen Lough |
| July 29 | |
| Altar Guild | Michael Glover, Meren James |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sarah Bates |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Larry Crabtree |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Warren Johnson |
| Ushers | Sue Anderson, Carl Colwell, Robin Knudson |
| Greeters | Sue Anderson, Robin Knudson |
| 10 am Crucifer | |
| Prayer Team | Anthony Baker |
| August 5 | |
| Altar Guild | Joan Hemsworth, Lil Everlove |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sue Callahan |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Kim Faistenhammer |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Francis Gardiner |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| Ushers | Ron Bonis, Stuart Cartwright |
| Greeters | Chuck & Linda Kurth |
| 10 am Crucifer | |
| Prayer Team | Herman Rugel |