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A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
Warren Johnson received his Eagle Scout, the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouting program of the Boy Scouts. |
Men’s Breakfast this Saturday. 8:30am at Mom’s Restaurant
An All-Island Thanksgiving Service will be held on the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week at 7pm. This year this rotating service will be held at Sacred Heart, Sister Betty Leon preaching. An All-Island Choir is assembled for this service. Speak to our Minister of Music, Bobby Ragoonanan to learn more. Canned food will be collected at this service for the Sacred Heart Food Pantry.
The ECW Will Gather Monday, November 14th at 6:30pm for a Salad Potluck Meal followed by a craft night to work on projects for Green’s Market. This is a change from the original programming listed in the Blue Book.
Looking For A Volunteer, Or Several Volunteers, To Make Hooks for the Greens Market wreaths and swags. Contact Collie if you can help!
The Thanks+Giving Fun Run is held every year at Saint James’ on the morning of Thanksgiving. The Kid’s 1-Mile Dash begins at 8:30am. A there-and-back 5k Run/Walk along the river begins at 9am. Register online at saintjamesgi.net and tell your friends! To volunteer, email funrun@saintjamesgi.net.
A Pajama Drive Led By A Student At Grosse Ile Schools is happening during the month of November at all the Island Churches and several organizations off-island. Ms. Molly Matthews is collecting donations of pajamas, which she will distribute to the Penrickton Center for the Blind in Taylor, St. Leo’s church in Detroit, and the Sacred Heart food pantry on the Island. Donation boxes can be found in our main hallway. The collection ends December 1st.
Holiday Scrip is Ready For Ordering Order gift cards from hundreds of retailers and a portion goes directly to Saint James. You can use the gift cards to buy your Christmas presents or give them as presents. The list of retailers and order forms are located on the information table. Orders must be prepaid and checks (preferred) made payable to “Saint James Scrip”. The last day to order is Sunday, December 11. Contact Lynn Blanks, 676-3967 for more information.
Nancy Clark Continues To Recover In Grand Rapids after a fall, she is in rehab after surgery for a broken knee. If you’d like to send her an encouraging note she can be reached at: Nancy Clark, c/o Susan Levine, 2860 Bonnell Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49606
Homebaked Goods Needed For Green’s Market Pull out your holiday recipes and consider baking something for the goodies table. Any desserts, sweets, breads or preserves are most welcome! Please drop them off on Friday Dec 2nd or the morning of the sale before 9:00am
A Superfun Children’s Choir (K-5) meets each Sunday directly following the 10am service. Talk to Jill Robinson (robinsonjill25@yahoo.com) or Bobby.
Prepare and Serve an Early Thanksgiving Meal at Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen on Saturday, Nov. 19th. We will need to fill 2 shifts: #1 Cooking & #2 Serving. We will also need friends to donate, roast, slice and bag up turkeys! Sign up on the Outreach Bulletin Board. Questions? Call Amy Kohair 734-693-0694.
Please Save Your Left-Over Halloween Candy And T.P. Rolls! Our Youth Groups will use these to make “candy poppers” as gifts to the people at Spirit of Hope.
Free Organ In Perfect Working Condition. Larry Crabtree is looking for a good home for his Rodgers model 100, two manual with full 32 note pedalboard.
We Are Not Currently Collecting Prescription Bottles thanks to your amazing support of the Cabrini Clinic prescription bottle drive. The clinic is fully stocked due to everyone’s diligent efforts and is temporarily not accepting bottle donations The clinic always accepts unexpired medication in the original package (no narcotics please). If you have any questions contact Andy at andrewjune23@gmail.com or text or call (734) 626-9868. Thank you again for your wonderful donations.
Stewardship Scorecard: We now have 59 pledges for 2017. Of those who pledged, 26 increased their overall pledge for 2017. Most were significant increases. 10 more pledging units committed to the Crowley Fund in 2017 than in 2016. 19 families and individuals who pledged for 2016 are still deciding for 2017.
The United Thank Offering (UTO), provides a way for men, women and children to give daily thanks to God. The mission of the UTO is to distribute funds (through grants) to people and communities in need of financial support here in our diocese, in our nation, and around the world. Everyone is encouraged to take home a UTO “blue box” – available both in the narthex and Galloway Hall.
Group Studies of many kinds are offered through Saint James. On Sunday mornings we gather at 9:05am in the Fireplace Room for a Bible Study. On Thursday mornings we meet at 10:30am in the library for discussion on short passages from luminaries like Ghandi and C. S. Lewis. On Wednesday mornings we celebrate a Saint’s lifestory in a 10:15am service in the chapel. On Wednesday evenings the WOW (Women on Wednesday) group meets in members’ homes. Contact the office for more information on any of these open studies!
Beginner’s Belly Dance runs on Wednesdays at 7pm in Galloway Hall through Nov. 9th. Then the group will take a break for the holidays and resume on January 4, 2017.
Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm.
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Serve the Homeless through Inter-Faith Council and ChristNet
Sign up on the Inter-Faith Council Bulletin Board in the hall
or call Sue Lowery (675-0417) or Jane Colwell (671-9446).
Volunteers are needed for ChristNet on:
Sunday, November 13th around noon to help set up at GI Presbyterian Church
Monday, November 14th
- From 7:30 p.m. -12 p.m. to receive and assist guests, assist with dinner, cleanup and staff the warming center.
- From 11:30 p.m. – 4 a.m. to staff the warming center, and prepare lunches for guests to be distributed after breakfast.
- From 3:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. to staff warming center, awaken guests, serve breakfast, distribute lunches, cleanup, wash towels.
- Provide side dishes and dessert for dinner.
Sunday, November 20th at 6:30 a.m. to help tear down, pack up, clean or go to the Laundromat to wash bedding.
Christnet is a warming shelter comes to Grosse Ile twice a year as it rotates around the Downriver Community. Approximately 30 homeless people will be served dinner, given a place to sleep, and provided breakfast in the morning. The Grosse Ile Presbyterian church will be housing our guests. Every island church hosts the event for one night. St. James’ is responsible for Monday night, Nov. 14th.
Thank you for your help! Sue and Jane
SERVING THIS WEEK
THESE ROLES ARE ALWAYS OPEN to new participants.
To join a team contact the office at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
| November 13 | |
| Altar Guild | Sue Hartley, Jennifer Dermody, Gwyn Dugliss |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Margaret Horvath |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | David Hartwell |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | MaryLou Cartwright |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Walt Denson |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| Ushers | Carl Colwell, Jack Hartwell, Zach & Merri Lewis |
| Greeters | Lil Everlove, Wendy Kiblawi |
| 10 am Crucifer | Daijah Tatem |
| 10am Acolytes | Joy Boswell and Zoie Christie |
| Prayer Team | Herman Rugel and 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.
Piano Cover for the Fireplace Room piano: $350
Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
🎵 🎶 🎶🎵 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
Choir season is up and running, and it’s never too late to join! We are doing some very exciting music this year, including some great standards by composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and John Rutter, exciting new pieces by composers Libby Larsen and Benjamin Wegner, and even a Bach Cantata in December, “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” BWV 61, complete with soloists and orchestra! This is not a year you want to miss! Bell choir will also be doing some exciting work this year as well! Please let me know if you plan to attend! The St. James Bell Choir rehearses Thursdays at 6:30PM, and the St. James Adult Choir rehearses Thursdays at 7:30PM. All are welcome!
Please consider joining in the music at St. James, we have lots of excellent programming this year. If you have reservations about joining that I can smooth over, or even just want to chat and learn some more about music, I’m always happy to talk! I’m easily reached at music@saintjamesgi.net.
This morning’s musical point of interest: Welcome to the warm and colorful world of the French Romantic Period! The music you will hear on the organ this morning are all compositions by 19th century French composers, filled with stirring chromaticism, evocative harmonies, and timbres unique to the French school of organ composition.
Stay tuned for upcoming music events in the area:
Dec. 18: Bach Cantata Sunday, right here at St. James during the 10AM service, complete with choir, soloists, and orchestra performing “Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland” BWV 61. It’s a morning you don’t want to miss! Bring a friend!
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
| Michael Stoddart (11/14) | Griffin Barton (11/14) | Mary Phillips (11/15) | |
| Jennifer Parmalee (11/17) | Ian Lewis (11/19) | Avery Lewis (11/19) |
We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| Nancy & Curt Crysler (11/14) | Lillian and Joseph Everlove (11/20) |
Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Lee | Jerry Zavadil | Maureen Kohn | |
| Jerry | John Kurth | Nancy Clark | |
| Pete Fernandes | Jean Fernandes | Andrew Brunell | |
| Philip Metz, Sr. | Linda Zara | Brandon Heaberlin | |
| Allison Bell | Charles | Alice Graziani | |
| Joan Klose | Marge Stahlman | Jackson Bruce Beidler | |
| Deborah Stoddart | Tamara Howes | Annie Krueger | |
| Michael Stoddart | Jennifer Lill | ||
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, J.B. Faistenhammer, Buckley Neal, Brett Ready, Dr. Bettina Sauter, and Alexander Turin.
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.