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A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
Shot through the heart: David Hartwell and Carl Colwell joking around! |
HAPPY EASTER May your Great Fifty Days be joyous!
WELCOMED IN HOLY BAPTISM Today we mark the baptism of Richard Edward Grzegorczyk Jr. and Jillian Cardoza. Welcome and Congratulations!
A Saint James’ Clean-Up Day is scheduled for Sunday, May 15th after church. Wear jeans to church and bring lawn equipment. Our goal is to spruce up the grounds for the sunny months that are coming. We’ll be spreading mulch and other outdoor tasks. Special Thanks to Sharon Metz and Joan Hemsworth who have volunteered to make a simple meal for us workers!
Red is the Color of Pentecost. We invite you to wear red next week for Pentecost Sunday, May 15th, as we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit!
Thank You to Our Many Volunteers, Donors, and Shoppers at our spring rummage sale. Look for an update on the event in coming weeks.
Graduate Recognition Sunday Is being planned for a Sunday in June. Please let the office know if you are graduating (from anything!) so we can include you.
The Rejuvenation Committee Will Be Cleaning The Chapel and help is needed on May 13th @ 9 a.m. Contact Judy Christie 734-323-8663, Kate Hartwell 313-318-3275, or Sue Hartley 675-9503. Lunch will be provided.
Baccalaureate Service is Wednesday, June 8th at 7pm. The service will be held at the high school with a cookie reception following. All church members are invited to attend and celebrate with our graduates.
New Kroger Community Rewards cycle has begun. If the bottom of your Kroger receipt now reads, “At your request, Kroger is donating to St. James Episcopal Church—Grosse Ile,” you are enrolled for 2016-2017. If your receipt does not show this, please go to KrogerCommunityRewards.com and enroll/re-enroll right away so you can continue earning for Saint James. Our group number is 82842. Questions: Contact Lynn Blanks, 676-3967.
Looking For A Lost Coin Mark McPherson lost a silver coin from his watch chain On April 24th. It is lightweight, about the size of a half-dollar coin, with a hole in it. It’s been on Mark’s watch-chain for over 30 years and he misses it! He’s offering a reward if you find it. Call Mark at 671-5424.
Tickets for the Saint James Boat Cruise on the Detroit River on Saturday, June 11, will be available for purchase on Sunday mornings beginning May 15. Tickets for adults are $20. Children under 18 can attend free when accompanied by a parent. The cruise will be catered this year, and will start with an optional Communion in the Park.
There’s Power in Your Blood. Help save lives by giving blood at the Red Cross Blood Drive at Sacred Heart on Sunday, May 22, 8am – 2pm. Appointments can be made at redcrossblood.org (sponsor code “sacredheart”) or by calling 734-692-4255.
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.
Ladies, Mark Your Calendars For The ECW Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 15 at 5PM at the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club.
Open Book Theatre Company, run by our secretary Krista, will soon have a new home at 1621 West Road in Trenton – Look for shows to begin there in September! The final show of this season, Calypso’s Corner, is running May 6-21, at the rented venue in Southgate. Visit openbooktc.com for more information, or just ask Krista. She’s always happy to talk about it!
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 If you’d like to add or update your picture in the directory send your new picture to office@saintjamesgi.net. Please also send any corrections and additions to phone, address and e-mail. 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.
Beginner’s Belly Dance Continues will continue to run on Wednesdays (omitting in Galloway Hall at 7pm.
We Continue To Collect Diapers for the “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.
Not Your Conventional Bottle Drive! St. Frances Cabrini Free Clinic located in Corktown can use your old prescription bottles. Please remember to remove all labels prior to donating them. There is a donation basket set up in the hallway.
New Group Studies are being offered through Saint James. Join us Sunday mornings at 9:05 in the Fireplace Room. A second weekly Study runs on Thursday mornings at 10:30am in the Library. Beginning and ending with centering prayer, most of the time is spent discussing the reading selection on Faith, by such authors as Thomas Aquinas, Ghandi, C. S. Lewis, Augustine of Hippo.
A Weekday Eucharist focused on the life of a saint is held every Wed. at 10:15am.
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).
Out There With Outreach: Third Saturdays in May – Sept. at the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen:
“Soup” in May at the Spirit of Hope will be on Saturday, May 21st. Saint James will prepare the meal which Sacred Heart will serve. We will be there from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m.
On Saturday, June 18th, the Detroit Moose Hockey Team will do the whole day without us.
On Saturday, July 16th, Saint James will do the whole day alone, preparing & serving. We’ll be there from 9:15 a.m. until 1:45 p.m.
On Saturday, August 20th, Sacred Heart will do the whole day alone.
On Saturday, September 17th, Saint James will prepare the meal and Sacred Heart will serve.
That’s it for the Summer of 2016 at the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen! We would be so happy to have your help! We always have a great time! Sign-ups are now listed for all summer dates on the Soup Kitchen bulletin board in the hallway at Saint James. If you have any questions, please call Amy Kohair at 734-693-0694 orFrank Kohair at 734-693-5974.
SERVING THIS WEEK
Email goodnews@saintjamesgi.net if you want to serve in one of these capacities.
| May 8 | Mother’s Day |
| Altar Guild | Linda Kurth, Blanche Hutchison, Marilou Arvin |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Mark McPherson |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Herman Rugel |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| Ushers | Carl Colwell, Dave & Judy Christie, Robin Knudson |
| Greeters | Lil Everlove & Marie Johnson |
| 10 am Crucifer | Daiejah Tatem |
| 10am Acolytes
Prayer Team |
Alex Bidari & Mitch Lewis
Sue Anderson & Madeleine Jones |
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.
- Evangelism Ink Pens to share – 500 pens $275
- New floor in the River Room Kitchen $600
- Hard Cover Bibles in the Pews $2,000
- Automatic per-cup Espresso Machine for Galloway $1,200
- Landscape and decorate area outside breezeway $1,700
- Chapel window plexiglass $6,000
- Island-wide mailing $3,000
- Finish the Organ Fund ($35,000 of the $65,000 has been received.)
Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
🎵 🎶 🎶🎵 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
A Weekly Series by Daniel Susan, our Minister of Music
“Come and pray in us, Holy Spirit” is a well-sung prayer from the Ecumenical Community of Taizé, France, and this prayer will be lifted up both this week and next at the 10 am Eucharist. The ten days between the Ascension of Christ and the day of Pentecost could be compared to Holy Saturday in one way: We are left alone. Jesus has gone and although there is a promise of comfort yet to come, we may have doubts. So we sing and pray as the apostle’s surely did, for the Holy Spirit – the “comforter” – to come. We will hear this in some of the music on this second-to-last Sunday in the Easter season. There is a gravity-like pull towards Pentecost which is present in the ancient daily prayer of the church, but which can be missed when this time includes only one liturgy (during this time those who follow the daily office may well have prayed as many as 80 liturgies!). At Taize, each week thousands of young people make a pilgrimage and spend four or five hours every day singing their prayers. Who knew that quiet, devout, sung prayer would nourish young people so faithfully? It is so popular that the number of adult visitors is limited in order to fit all the young. The music that developed there to suit multiple languages and the short stay of guests resulted in the simple songs increasingly heard in the world Church. Google “Taizé” and get lost in their deep website, available in over 30 languages. If you ever despair of the future of the Church, this may buoy your spirit. It’s not a busy, noisy affair, mostly it’s quiet – very quiet and heart-felt – an increasingly rare occurrence in our world. “Come and pray in us, Holy Spirit.”
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
| Patricia Zavadil (5/8) | Marilynn Lange (5/8) | Beth Holliday (5/9) | |
| Erik Hemsworth (5/10) | Lewis Will (5/12) |
We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| Christina & Joshua Henrickson (5/9) | Rose & Glenn Czajka (5/11) | |
| Monica & Douglas Treadwell (5/12) | Bettine & Gerald Cleaver (5/14) | |
| Geraldine & Thomas Bidari (5/15) | Yvette & Andrew Johnson (5/15) |
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 | Linda Petras | Judy Williams | |
| Mary | Charles | Carol Tyler Gacioch | |
| Robert | Christopher | Bradley | |
| Rachael Village | Lola Boyd | Jackson Bruce Beidler | |
| Joan Klose | Pat Smith | Allison Bell | |
| Rick | Kathy |
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.