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GREETINGS ON THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
THE ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S CORNBEEF DINNER is planned for Saturday, March 16! Tickets are available from Colleen Lough. Tickets $15/Adults, $10/Students, and $50/Family. Reach out to Colleen at (734) 460-3700.
FREE 2024 WALL CALENDARS can be found on the resource table. The top page is December 2023. The rest of the pages are the 2024 months.
ECLIPSE GLASSES for the April 8 Eclipse will be available at Saint James! This is so you can protect your eyes while you get out there and enjoy God’s creation. Beginning March 10 you will find certified and approved eclipse-safe glasses that are Made In America on the Resource Table. Take note: Normal sunglasses are NOT okay for viewing an eclipse. They let in 10-20% sunlight, while eclipse glasses let in 0.00032% or less and are ISO approved. We’re ordering 300 glasses, so please take them, even for extended family & neighborhood kids. We want to protect people’s eyes!
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME begins Mar 10. Spring Forward!
EASTER LILY & MUSIC MEMORIALS are now being accepted. Your gifts honor those who have died and enable us to fill the worship space with Easter Flowers and Festival Brass!
TAKE AN HOUR FOR THE ALL-NIGHT VIGIL on Maundy Thursday. This is when Jesus said, “Could you not watch with me one hour?” Sign up to spend one hour in the chapel on this holy night. Each hour has two spots. We’ll provide warmth, a lit candle, Holy Communion, and spiritual books to join you. Sign up on the sheet on the main office window.
CAN YOU SHARE A MEDITATION ON GOOD FRIDAY as part of the service? The theme of the service will be “The Seven Last Words of Christ”. You would pick one of the last words, pray about what it means to you, and then write a 500-1000 word reflection to be read aloud on Good Friday. Fr. Phil will give you tons of support. Sign up on the sheet on the main office window. Here are Jesus’ last words: 1) “Forgive them, Father! For they know not what they do.” 2) “Today you will be with me in Paradise.” 3) “Woman, here is your son…. Here is your mother.” 4) “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 5) “I thirst.” 6) “It is finished.” 7) “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”
THE SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY on the Book of Ephesians continues this morning in the Fireplace Room from 9:05-9:50am. This is a drop-in study. No prep needed, just come!
IF YOU HAVEN’T GIVEN UP COFFEE FOR LENT then you’ll be pleased to know that a Saint James Coffee Club order will be called in to CoffeeAM on Monday, March 4. If you use a single-serve pod brewer you will be interested to know that last month a Club member ordered a box of Colombia Supremo ‘La Valle Verde’ single-serve coffee pods and, after brewing her first cup, took a moment to call me to say how much she enjoyed the taste experience with the CoffeeAM coffee, even in a 8 ounce cup. Contact David Hartwell to place an order or with any questions — 313 318-9009 cell / text. FYI — Coffee Club prices are less than the retail prices on the www.coffeeam.com website.
EUCHRE NIGHT CONTINUES on Monday March 4th in Galloway Hall at 6:30pm. The $5.00 fee goes to the high score players. $0.25 per euchre so bring your quarters! There will also be a 50/50 raffle available for a fundraiser. Good times are here! See you there. If you have any questions, please contact Hanry Fisher at (313) 424-5785.
SOUP’S ON! Kate and David Hartwell, and other Saint Jamesers have attended a few of these Salvation Army ‘Soup Day’ fundraisers in the past, and have enjoyed them — a lot! Kate and David will get there at 10 o’clock or so on Tuesday, March 5 to get in line to reserve a table or two. RSVP to David Hartwell by midnight Monday, March 4 — 313 318-9009 cell /text. They plan to bring enough red Saint James aprons for all of us to wear! Meet them there! After the ‘Soup Day’ doors open at 11:00 a.m. all bets are off for a seat at our table(s)! Soup’s On!
FIRST COMMUNIONS will happen on Sunday, April 14. Classes for First Communion are for students 2nd grade and older. They are held during the first half of the service in a hallway classroom.
LENT POTLUCKS AND PROGRAM continue this Wednesday. Come at 6:15pm if you want to join a 15 minute chapel service of Evening Prayer. The potluck starts at 6:30pm in Galloway Hall. A program led by Fr. Phil begins at 7:10. Potluck hosts are: CHOIRS-Mar 6; 8 O’CLOCKERS-Mar 13; VESTRY-Mar 20. Bring your own place settings if desired.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is the subject of this year’s Lenten Potluck Program with Fr. Phil. This week we look at AI image-generators.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES are around the corner!
Palm Sunday is March 24 at 8am & 10am in Galloway Hall
Maundy Thursday Potluck is March 28 at 6:30pm in Galloway Hall
Good Friday is March 29 at 1pm in our Historic Chapel
Holy Saturday for Kids is March 30 at 10:30am in Galloway Hall
EASTER CANDLELIGHT SERVICE! is March 31 at 7:30 am in Chapel
EASTER FESTIVAL EUCHARIST! is March 31 at 10 am in Main Church
THE SACRED HEART FOOD PANTRY is an island-wide ministry that all churches contribute to. Place shelf-stable & nourishing food items in the labeled basket by the Resource Table and we’ll get them to Sacred Heart.
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!
THE RONDO STRING QUARTET will play at the 10am service on the 4th Sunday of Lent, March 10.
SHARE PRAYERS by writing them in the red booklet as you enter the worship space. New items each week will be read aloud in the
service.
CAN YOU READ THE PRAYERS? Fr. Phil is looking for volunteers to read prayers aloud during the 10AM service.
“THE LIFE OF CHRIST” HAS STARTED – Saturdays at 9:30am in the church library across from the office we are discussing different aspects of Jesus’ life. Pat Zavadil has led this group many times to rave reviews. Come and be a part of this introduction to the life of Jesus Christ.
THE ISLAND ECUMENICAL CHOIR will present their Lenten Concert on March 24th at 3pm right here in our Main Sanctuary!
LENT MADNESS IS ON! Who will win the Golden Halo? Each day of Lent features a matchup of two historical saints. On Lentmadness.org you can read about each saint and vote on who is most saintly. Their life stories are very encouraging.
A MEN’S BREAKFAST MEETING is planned for Galloway Hall on Saturday March 2nd .
BOOK CLUB meets on Thursday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. in the library.
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MEMBER DIRECTORIES are available in print or PDF.
SERMONS are posted at YouTube.com/SaintJamesGi and saintjamesgi.net
“SAINT’S STORIES” SERVICES are held in the chapel on Wednesday mornings at 10:15am. An optional potluck lunch follows.
CHECK THE OFFICE CALENDAR when scheduling events at Saint James. Contact Colleen in the office at 734-676-1727 or
office@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. |
