| A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
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Mom Natalia and Baby Jeremiah, who was born on May 18, 2019. |
Welcome Back Fr. Phil!
The Rose On The Alter is for Jeremiah Baker, son of Anthony and Natalia Baker. Precious Jeremiah was born on May 18, 2019 and weighed in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. Mom and Baby are doing fine!
There Will Be A Celebration Of Life for Graham Frizzell on Tuesday May 28th, 2019 in the Chapel at 11am.
Discuss The Bishop Candidates with your parish electors and Fr. Phil at a get-together on Tuesday, May 28, at 7pm. If you cannot attend, pull us aside and share your thoughts one-on-one. The election of a bishop is very important: please continue to pray for all the clergy and lay delegates of the diocese who will vote on June 1.
Parish Electors: Erica Benson, Gwen Dugliss, Wendy Kiblawi with Jim Holubka and Colleen Lough as alternates.
The Four Candidates for their 1st Communion have been preparing every week. The date will be Sunday, June 2. The candidates are: Luke Armbruster, Nathan Howes, Luke Larkin and Landon VanEngelen. Also at this service, the Sunday School will give a brief performance.
Senior Recognitions: are set for Sunday, June 9. We will be honoring our graduates, sending them off to their future with our prayers and blessings. The 11th grade students and their parents will provide a breakfast before the service and the rest of us will honor the graduates after the service for a special send-off.
Last Day Of Sunday School will be June 9th. We will also honor our teachers & helpers
6th Annual Boat Cruise All are welcome to our parish boat cruise on the Detroit River scheduled for Saturday, June 15th beginning at 7:00pm. Tickets are $20.00 for adults, and free for children 18 and under. Mark your calendars and get ready for another fun night on the river hosted by the St. James Men’s Group.
VBS is coming up in August. The dates for VBS will be August 12-16.
New Confirmation Date! Bishop Gibbs will here on September 22, 2019 for Confirmation, instead of Sept. 29, 2019. Please make this change in your calendars. More information to come!
Prayers Needed for Jimmy Brock, age 20, who is in ICU at Trenton Beaumont recovering from a very serious car accident. If you would like to send a card of cheer there is a basket in the office for cards. Jimmy (and his mom Karen & sister Kate) have a long haul ahead. Let’s give them our St. James support. PS. Jimmy is a student at MSU.
Coffee Hour – In order for the Coffee Hours to continue, we need volunteers to make and serve the coffee. Someone usually gets the coffee going, but people are needed to serve and cleanup and bring light refreshments (Kroger cookies will do). Anyone is welcome to bring some treats that can be frozen or saved for another time. Of course, help for cleanup is always appreciated. Please take a turn hosting this time for fellowship. Look for the signup sheet on the table in Galloway Hall or see Joan Hemsworth
Service Recordings Our weekly 8am worship services are available online. Find them on our website saintjamesgi.net under the “Media” tab, or at youtube.com/user/saintjamesgi which is YouTube’s main site. Services are available live and for later viewing. This effort is especially for our sick, our homebound, Sunday School teachers, and others who cannot easily attend worship. Note, some 8am service attendees may briefly appear on video.
Table Talk Early polling results are in. A number of you have shared with me that conversations across the church’s 6′ round tables in Galloway Hall are difficult. Can you hear me now?! LOL In the coming months the church’s rectangular tables may be used to see what everyone thinks of them. The 6′ and 8′ rectangular tables are a valuable resource at Saint James and serve many roles, but a few of you have said that you think that their plastic tops have a utilitarian look. That may be true, but they seat 6 and 8 respectively, and 1 more at each end if needed or desired, and they are easy to talk across. So, what is the answer? If new tables for Galloway Hall should become a future discussion point there is an exciting table option that can be explored. If you haven’t done so already, please let me know what your thoughts are about tables. David Hartwell dhartwell4@yahoo.com 313 318-9009
The Thursday Book Group in on Spring Break. Groups begin again in summer. Look for a future announcement on the start-up date and book.
Open Bible Study A drop-in Bible study is held every Sunday morning in the Fireplace Room from 9:05-9:50AM. The study requires no prep and you can come on whatever Sundays are good for you. Come try it out.
Gluten-Free Wafers are always available at communion. Just ask.
Secretary Office Hours: Colleen is in the office Tue-Thur 9-2, & Fri 9-12.
FEATURES AND ARTICLES
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Nancy Clark on her 80 years in ECW! 
Happy Birthday Pat! 
Pruning Class
Dear family,
We have come to the end of the 2018-2019 ECW year. I would be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to thank both Erica Benson and Natalia Morris Baker for honorably completing their two-year ECW terms of leadership. This last year Erica served as the ECW Vice President and worked tirelessly on programming and organization for the ECW. Erica served the board with a bright personality and a depth of wisdom. I think her laughter will forever ring in board meetings. Erica, thank you so much for bringing your gifts to the table and serving so well. We look forward to your leadership in the children’s program at St James in the upcoming year.
Natalia, thank you for your faithfulness as the ECW secretary this year. You were committed; you were a voice of reason and kindness for the board and the general membership. Natalia’s out reach to the world is second to none. We look forward to welcoming Jeremiah to the family of St James and watching your new family life evolve. Thank you so much for bringing your voice and heart to the table.
To both Erica and Natalia, thank you! Thank you for the many ministries you serve in the church. Thank you for your commitment. Thank you for just being you! Well done!
Colleen Lough
ECW President 2018-2019
Thanks for all you have done!
Passing of the President Necklace 
Woman of the Year– Collie Hooper-Yan
Kate Hartwell — “Lisette’s Legacy”
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
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We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
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Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Bruce Stahlman | Andrew Brunell | John Brass | |
| Linda Kohn | Jean Fernandes | Jackson Beidler | |
| Robert Kohn | Michael Stoddart | Gregory Kohn | |
| Alex | Shaun Stahlman | Bill Riley | |
| Elena Coleman | James Marion | Ralph | |
| Dominik Mackowski | William Sabo | William Sabo | |
| Lynn Chemla | Jackie | Sally Byers | |
| Lori Ferguson | Michelle Taylor | Kate | |
| Michael Cleaver | Mary Phillips | Rob Castle | |
| Jimmy Brock |
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 Madagascar, El Hogar in Honduras, and the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen in Detroit.
Pray for those serving in the military AJ Allen, Cole Kohair, 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 734-676-1727
| STAFF | CHURCH OFFICE | office@saintjamesgi.net | 734-676-1727 | |||
| Rector | The Rev. Phil Dinwiddie | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Minister of Music | Jim Johnson | jjcricket1958@yahoo.com | ||||
| Secretary
Sexton |
Colleen Herman
Harold Schwochow |
office@saintjamesgi.net
office@saintjamesgi.net |
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| VESTRY | Member-at-large | Mark Ferguson ‘22 | Thefergusons1108@me.com | |||
| Member-at-Large | Warren Johnson ‘22 | warnie@comcast.net | ||||
| Youth Member-At-Large | William Johnson ‘22 | warnie@comcast.net | ||||
| Member -At Large | Sue Weston ‘22 | Suelovessnow@yahoo.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 | Jim Johnson | Jjcricket1958@yahoo.com | ||||
| Chapel Tours | Kate Hartwell | (313) 318-3275 | ||||
| Children’s Ministries | Nancy Crysler | ncrysler@outlook.com | ||||
| Choir | Jim Johnson | Jjcricket1958@yahoo.com | ||||
| 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 | Jim Holubka | (313) 389-1833 | ||||
| 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
| May 26, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Michael Glover, Chris Robertson, Sara Bates |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Meren James |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Kim Faistenhammer (1st reading) |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Lynn Blanks |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| Ushers | Paul & Lynn Blanks, David & Judy Christie |
| Greeters | Dave & Judy Christie |
| 10 am Acolytes | Crystal Turner, Joe Boswell |
| 10 am Crucifer | Mitch Lewis |
| Prayer Team | Sue Anderson & Amy Kohair |
| June 2, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Carol Nankervis, Jennifer Dermody, Gwyn Dugliss |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Mike Callahan |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Mike Bisaro |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| Ushers | Jack Hartley, Chuck Kurth, Merri & Zack Lewis |
| Greeters | Chuck & Linda Kurth |
| 10 am Acolytes | |
| 10 am Crucifer | |
| Prayer Team | Tom & Erica Benson |
| June 9, 2019 | |
| Altar Guild | Joan Hemsworth, Jennifer Engle, Kim Faistenhammer |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sue Callahan (2nd reading) |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston (1st reading) |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Jack Hartley (2nd reading) |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Blanche H. (1st reading) |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Nancy Crysler |
| Ushers | S. Cartwright, Jennifer Dermody, Sara & Scott Lazuka |
| Greeters | Martha Gape, Jennifer Dermody |
| 10 am Acolytes | |
| 10 am Crucifer | |
| Prayer Team | Colleen Lough & Madeleine Jones |