A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
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Lynda VanEngelen passes the cross to the new ECW President, MaryLou Cartwright.
We Move To The Chapel for our 10am service beginning next Sunday, June 19. On September 4th our 10am service will return to the main sanctuary.
We Give Thanks This Morning for the music ministry of our choirs, and especially Daniel Susan, as today is his last day with us. Join us in Galloway Hall after the 10am service to say goodbye and wish him Godspeed. If you would like to contribute to a purse, please clearly mark an envelope with “Daniel Susan Purse” and include cash or a check made out to Saint James’ Episcopal Church. Place the envelope in the box outside the treasurer’s office in the main hallway or in the box inside the office door. Gifts will be combined and sent as a single gift of thanks later this month.
Today Is The Last Day Of Sunday School until Fall. Thank you parents for bringing your children to learn more about God’s word. We would like to give thanks and recognition to our teachers: Sarah Hemsworth, Sue Johnson, Patricia Saavedra, Maria Turner and Nancy Crysler and assistants: Beth Holliday, Jessica Roekle, Brenda Roekle and Jennifer Drake. Patricia Saavedra also chaired the Children’s Halloween Party and Easter Party with her team and Libby Dinwiddie chaired the Green’s Market Kid’s Angel Night. It takes a village to raise up the younger generation of believers as we promised when these children were baptized here at St. James. Thank you all!
A Short ECW Meeting is being held today following Daniel’s reception. We will finalize the plans for the marker for our founder Lisette’s gravesite.
Graduate Recognition Sunday is planned for next Sunday, June 19th. Please let the office know if you are graduating (from anything!) so we can include you.
We Are Pleased to Pray for the Men and Women serving in our military, but fear our list may have fallen out of date. Please take the time to let the office know of your friends and family currently serving in the military. We will refresh our list in September, and remove any names we haven’t had confirmed by then (new names given to us will be added immediately!)
Thank You For Your Prayers for Jackson Bruce Beidler. Great-great aunt Julie Kohn reports he is progressing well, having even rolled over at 4 months, reaching regular growth milestones. Thankfully he was not born with a “brain tumor” as was previously noted, but with brain trauma, which appears to be healing.
We Serve at the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen on Saturday June 18th. We will prepare and serve the meal in 2 shifts. The 1st crew will meet in our Chapel parking lot at 8:20 a.m. to meet at the Soup Kitchen at 9:00 a,m, We’ll set-up and prepare the meal. You will be finished at around 11:30, if not before. The 2nd crew will need to arrive at Spirit of Hope before 11:30 a.m. to serve the meal and clean-up. You will be on your way home by 1:45. If you want to work with both crews please sign up on both lists. For more information talk to Amy Kohair 734-693-0694 or Frank Kohair 734-693-5904
Vacation Bible School is scheduled for the first week in August: mark your calendars, kids and team! This year’s theme takes us back to the first VBS of memory at Saint James 30 plus years ago: Old Testament Times. We will be needing about 4 tents to place on the front lawn. If anyone would be willing to loan one, please contact Nancy Crysler. Also, there will be a sign up on the Kid’s bulletin board near the restrooms for VBS jobs or contact Nancy. It is always a special week where all ages get together to make memories for our young ones. If you haven’t seen Fr. Phil in action at VBS, be prepared to be entertained!
A Memorial Service for Judy (Barbier) Hitter will be held in the chapel on Saturday, June 18th at 10:30am.
The Rev. R. Scott Krejci, past rector of Saint James (1982 – 1993), will be leading our 8am and 10am services on July 10th. Don’t miss this holy blast from the past!
We Are Updating The Records On The Youth in our congregation. If you haven’t already, please confirm your child’s name, grade (preschool- college) and birthday with the office (office@saintjamesgi.net)
The Coffee Served After Worship Services on Sunday and Wednesday will continue to come from exotic coffee producing countries. This Sunday, June 12, we “travel” to Tanzania for a cup or two of great tasting Tanzania Peaberry coffee. Learn a little bit more about this coffee and this country by visiting http://www.coffeeam.com/tanpeab.html.
The Staff At The St. Frances Cabrini Free Clinic extend heartfelt thanks to everyone at Saint James for the donation of prescription bottles. Our bottles filled an entire 13 gallon size bag! The clinic has recently learned that they will be forced to endure budget cuts so our bottle donations are definitely appreciated and our bottle drive will continue. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Andy June or visit Cabrini’s website at www.cabriniclinic.org
Beginner’s Belly Dance Continues to run on Wednesdays at 7pm.
Join The Pastoral Care Committee to adopt a homebound parishioner, visiting them every week or two, bringing a bulletin and communion. This group is also the core of the emergency prayer chain, which is activated in times of immediate need. Contact chair Marie Johnson mariewarrenj@comcast.net or Fr. Phil.
We’re Updating Our Picture Directory Send corrections or a new/updated picture to office@saintjamesgi.net. Look for the new version in the fall. If you don’t have a current version you can pick one up on the table outside the office.
Holy Moments Happen Around Us Every Day – a quiet moment at home between a parent and child, an evening of boisterous laughter with friends and family, or an encounter with God’s beautiful creation. We encourage you to open your hearts and minds to see the holiness in every day. And when you capture a holy moment on film (or rather, digitally!) send it to goodnews@gmail.com. We’ll share them here to inspire others to see the holy in every moment.
We Continue To Collect Diapers for “Bottoms Up.” Diapers and coupons can be placed in the box in the hallway. Contact Jane Colwell (734-671-9446) or Susan Lowery (734-675-0417) with questions or to make a monetary donation.
New Group Studies have formed at Saint James. Join us Sunday mornings at 9:05am in the Fireplace Room for an open Bible Study. A weekly open book study runs on Thursday mornings, beginning at 10:30am in the Library, reading short passages from luminaries like Ghandi, C. S. Lewis, and Elie Weisel.
A Weekly Eucharist focusing on a saint is held every Weds. at 10:15am in the chapel.
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 contact Joan Hemsworth (734-675-8191).
Blessing of the Bicycles
Father Phil, Pastor Sean, Father Mike, and others celebrate the Blessing of the Bikes
SERVING THIS WEEK
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| June 12 | |
| Altar Guild | Michael Glover, Marilou Arvin, Jennifer Engle |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Mark McPherson |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | David Hartwell |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Jack Hartley |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Pat Zavadil |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| Ushers | Carl Colwell, Dave & Judy Christie, Jack Hartley |
| Greeters | Lil Everlove, Marie Johnson |
| 10 am Crucifer | Daiejah Tatem |
| 10am Acolytes
Prayer Team |
Alex Bidari & Charlotte Glover
Herman Rugel & Linda Shannon |
SAINT JAMES WISH LIST
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.
- New floor in the River Room Kitchen $600
- Bibles in the Pews $2,000
- Landscape and decorate area outside breezeway $1,700
- Chapel window plexiglass $6,000
- Island-wide mailing $3,000
- Fall flowers and decorations for hallway and Galloway $400
- Finish the Organ Fund ($35,000 of the $65,000 is already received.)
Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
🎵 🎶 🎶🎵 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
A Weekly Series by Daniel Susan, our Minister of Music
Our collective song is the alabaster jar of ointment that we pour on the feet of Jesus. Our song is the throne that we raise on our shoulders to lift Jesus up. It is the drink of cold water we offer a thirsty person on a hot day. When we turn on our headlights in the fog we don’t do it to see better, but so that others see us in the same way that our song together is not always just for ourselves but for others. These Christian hymns that we offer are the handrails on the stairway that often go unnoticed and unneeded until they aren’t; there is finally that day when the railing is the difference between life and death – the day we have rehearsed for, not always knowing why. The “boat drill” on shipboard to practice for the moment when the unsinkable fails us and we must rely on these preparations that have often seemed only a game – this is the hymn we sing together. If our soul, mind, and body are stocked with the singing of the Word, it will come back to comfort, to heal, to call us to confession, and to give us words and music to lift our voice in praise as well as prayer. Think on these things. Pray on these things. Sing on these things! Rinse, repeat.
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
| Jamie Stamper (6/12) | Jamie Stamper (6/12) | Marilou Arvin (6/14) | |||
| Andy June (6/15) | Marjorie Treadwell (6/17) | Jean Beaubien (6/18) | |||
| Ava Kiblawi (6/18) | Samuel Rankine (6/18) | Cathy Karl (6/19) | |||
| Millie Miles (6/19) | |||||
We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| Karl & Kathryn Schroeder (6/12) | Carole & Bernie Vandenberg (6/18) |
Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Lee | Jerry Zavadil | Maureen Kohn | |
| Jerry | John Kurth | Marsha Childress | |
| Pete Fernandes | Jean Fernandes | Andrew Brunell | |
| Philip Metz, Sr. | Dorothy Galloway Crooks | Judy Williams | |
| Allison Bell | Charles | Carol Tyler Gacioch | |
| Joan Klose | Elizabeth Verdugo | Jackson Bruce Beidler |
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.