| A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
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Baby Henry , born to Matt & Stacey Folding on October 25! |
All Saint’s Day
The Rose on the Altar is for little Baby Henry Matthew Folding, who was born on October 25. 2018. He was born to Matt and Stacey Folding, and proud grandparents Greg and Diane Larkin!
We Welcome In Baptism – James Bernardo Allen is the son of AJ and Vanessa Allen, grandson of Collie Yan, close relative of the entire Johnson Family, and new brother in Christ to us all. Congratulations! A special coffee hour reception has been planned in James’ honor.
Coffee is Coffee … unless you are a Saint James Coffee Club member, in which case Bali Blue Moon, Brazil Santos, Honduras Silver Hills, Marrakesh Blend, Rainforest Crunch, and Sumatra Black Satin are some of the coffees that “speak to you”. Go to http://www.coffeeam.com, look over these member favorites as well as others, and then place a coffee order by noon on Monday, November 5 with David Hartwell / 313 318-9009 Phone and text / dhartwell4@yahoo.com.
The Time Change Happened This Morning! Did you remember to fall back?
VOTE on Tuesday, November 6TH!
Bobby Will Be Back on November 10, 2018. He will be performing an organ recital titled: The Organ in the Sanctuary. It will be featuring works by Willocks, Bach, Clerambault, and Franck. The Recital will start promptly at 7:30 pm.
Holiday Scrip is Here! It is November and the holiday season has officially begun. Take the stress out of Christmas shopping and buy the perfect presents for everyone on your list—-gift cards from our Saint James SCRIP program. For each gift card you purchase, a percentage goes to Saint James. Pick up an order form and the extensive list of retailers from the information table across from the office. Place your order with Lynn Blanks (676-3967) or with Colleen in the office. Make checks payable to St. James SCRIP. Stress-free shopping for you; dollars earned for Saint James. A winning combination!
A Tree of Gratitude will be placed in the hallway and is open to all members. Please pick up a leaf, write down what you are thankful for, and tape it to the tree. This will be happening throughout the entire month of November. See Natalia Baker for more information.
Help Us Plan the 2019 Budget by filling out a pledge card and placing it in the church office, the church offering plate, or in an envelope addressed to 25150 East River, Grosse Ile, MI 48138. For your convenience an online pledge card can be found at www.saintjamesgi.net/pledge or through the giving portal on our website. Thank you.
Greens Market If you have Holly, Boxwood or Juniper bushes which need pruning, please hold off until the week before Greens Market work week so it will be fresh for us to use on special arrangements.
Electrical Help Is Greatly Needed! Minor electrical repairs are needed around the church. Plugs need to be moved, light fixtures need changing etc. We can pay “church rates”. Please call Jeff Faistenhammer at 810-923-3599 if you can help us out!
Do You Play Flute? Our interim minister of music, Jim Johnson, wants to know if we have any members who play the flute who are interested in playing during Advent and Christmas. Please contact him at 734-788-4364 as soon as possible.
Serve The Homeless : ChristNet is a warming shelter that comes to Grosse Ile once 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. This time St. James is responsible for Monday Night, Nov. 12th. Volunteers are needed on Nov. 11 around noon, and Monday Nov. 12 from 5:30 -10:30, 10:15 – 3:15am, and 3am-8am. Also help is needed on Nov. 18th at 6:30am to help tear down and pack up everything. Please sign up on the Inter-Faith Council Bulleting Board in the hall or call Sue Lowery (675-0417) or Jane Colwell (671-9446).
Thanks+Giving Fun Run! will be held on November 22, 2018 Kid’s Dash at 8:30am, 5K Run/Walk at 9:00am. Register online at SaintJamesGi.net. Entry fees are free-will donations to support local families through Saint James’ ministries, the Sacred Heart Food Pantry, and the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen. All donations are tax deductible.
Tickets For Boar’s Head are now available! This year you can choose your seat, so the sooner you order the better your choice. The Grosse Ile Boar’s Head Festival is an island-wide celebration of Christmas with full orchestra, original music, a 60-person choir and many dramatic roles. Performances are Thursday Dec 6, Friday Dec 7, Saturday Dec 8, and Sunday Dec 9. Order Tickets at www.boarsheadgi.com. Free tickets to the performance of your choice and the Beefeater Brunch can be gotten by making a tax-deductible donation on the website under “Sponsor.” Don’t miss this community celebration of the Birth of Jesus Christ!
The ECW’s 43rd Annual Spiritual Journey “Sharing Our Stories” with Rev. Mary Jane Peck Jan. 17-19, 2018, Columbiere Center, Clarkston ($205 for a single room) ($185 for a double room) Check the ECW FB page or the hallway bulletin board for more info.
The Thursday Book Group meets at 1:30pm in the library. Our book is “The Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis, a classic with over 3,000 five-star ratings on Amazon. THE WEEK’S READINGS ARE POSTED on an orange sign in the library by the door.
Capital Campaign gifts can be given online at saintjamesgi.net/cc150 Thank you!
Open Bible Study A drop-in Bible Study runs every Sunday morning from 9:05-9:50AM in the Fireplace Room. The study requires no preparation, and you can come on whatever Sundays are convenient for you. Drop in any time!
Gluten-Free Wafers are always available at communion. Just ask.
Secretary Office Hours: Colleen is in the office Tues-Thurs 9-2, & Fri 9-noon.
Open Office Hours Fr. Phil is available for appointments throughout the week for meetings of any length, but on Tuesday evenings you never need an appointment. Drop in any Tuesday between 4:30-6:30 pm and say hello.
FEATURES AND ARTICLES
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Out There With Outreach: Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen and Candy Poppers:
Our next turn to prepare and serve the meal at the Spirit of Hope will be on Saturday, November 17th. (corner of Trumbull & Martin Luther King Blvd.) The meal we will prepare will be a full turkey dinner. Volunteers are invited to donate, roast, slice and zip-lock bag turkeys as well as the juice to prepare gravy.
You are welcome to put your roasted, sliced and bagged turkey in the Soup Kitchen freezer, in the back room, anytime before Nov. 17th. Please label the bags. Whole turkeys or breasts are great.
You will find the sign-up sheets on the Soup Kitchen bulletin board in the hall way between the Sunday School Room and the Choir Room. The sheets are for the prep crew, meeting in our Chapel Parking Lot at 8:20 a.m. to load up the cars and to car pool Downtown. If you are meeting us Downtown at Spirit of Hope, we will arrive there at approx. 9:15 a,m. The Serving crew should arrive at the Soup Kitchen at 11:30. You will be on your way home by 1:40 p.m. If you have any questions about Soup Kitchen or if you are unable to come after you have signed up to come, please call Amy Kohair at 734-693-0694.
We will be making “candy poppers”, with the Youth Groups soon to be holiday gifts for our guests. These treats will be passed out at our November 17th turkey dinner, at the Christmas Dinner (to be prepared and served by Sacred Heart on Sat. Dec. 15), as well as at our Christ/Net meal. We need individually wrapped candy for the poppers (left over Halloween candy), inside t.p. cardboard rolls, Christmas paper, zip ribbon and tape. There are boxes for these supplies under the Soup Kitchen bulletin boards.
Thank you so much for any help you can offer. Sincerely, Amy & Frank Kohair
Sacred Heart will prepare and serve the December 15th meal. We will have the day off.
If you have any questions about our volunteerism at the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen, please give us a call at 734-693-0694. Thank you so much & may God bless you.
Sincerely, Amy & Frank Kohair
SAINT JAMES WISH LIST
Listed 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 at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net!
*Do you have an item for the Wish List? Please speak to a Vestry member
or to Fr. Phil to have your wish listed here!
🎵 🎶 🎶 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
Upcoming Music Events:
Nov. 10, 7:30pm: The Organ in the Sanctuary. A recital by Robert Ragoonanan featuring works by Willocks, Bach, Clérambault, and Franck.
Jan. 19, 7:30: The Organ in the Chapel, featuring students from the U of M: An Arbor.
March 23, 7:30pm: Music from Bowling Green, featuring DMA students performing music from the 20th and 21st centuries’
April 21, 10am: Easter Sunday will feature a brass quintet, bell choir and the St. James Choir performing music for Easter
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
| Matthew Armbruster (11/4) | Erica Benson (11/4) | Jane Colwell (11/6) | |
| Anna Shumate (11/6) | Ethan Drake (11/7) | Tony Saavedra (11/8) | |
| Jillian Wirtel (11/8) | Brian Mahon (11/8) | Elise Buhl (11/9) | |
| Kira Carroll (11/10) | |||
We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
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Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Bruce Stahlman | Jerry Zavadil | John Brass | |
| Linda Kohn | Jean Fernandes | Jackson Beidler | |
| Robert Kohn | Michael Stoddart | Gregory Kohn | |
| Ron Kohn | Linda Rossi | Lindsay Labaddie | |
| Cynthia Lear | Shaun Stahlman | Michelle Mills | |
| John Marion | James Marion | Elke | |
| Kate Kohn Parrott | Lori Ferguson | Lyn Chemla | |
| Jackie |
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, 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 734-676-17
| 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 | Treasurer | Curt Crysler ‘19 | treasurer@saintjamesgi.net | |||
| Member-at-Large | Carl Colwell ‘19 | carl@carlcolwell.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Margaret Horvath ‘19 | mhorvath@comcast.net | ||||
| Recording Secretary | Lynda VanEngelen ‘19 | barrylyndahtg@wowway.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 | Bobby Ragoonanan | office@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Chapel Tours | Kate Hartwell | (313) 318-3275 | ||||
| Children’s Ministries | Nancy Crysler | ncrysler@outlook.com | ||||
| Choir | Bobby Ragoonanan | music@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| 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 | Marie Johnson | (734) 671-6502 | ||||
| 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
| November 4 | |
| Altar Guild | Joan Hemsworth, Linda Kurth, Marilou Arvin |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sue Callahan |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Mike Bisaro |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| Ushers | Paul & Lynn Blanks, Merri & Zach Lewis |
| Greeters | Wendy Kiblawi, Marie Johnson |
| 10 am Acolytes | Landon Johnson, Caleb Johnson |
| 10 am Crucifer | Andrew Johnson |
| Prayer Team | Tom & Erica Benson |
| November 11 | |
| Altar Guild | Linda Kurth, Lillian Everlove, Meren James |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Meren James |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Carolyn Huey |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Colleen Lough |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Jim Holubka |
| Ushers | Stu Cartwright, J. Dermody, J. Drake, Jack Hartley |
| Greeters | Jennifer Dermody, Jennifer Drake |
| 10 am Acolytes | Zoie Christie, Paiten Christie |
| 10 am Crucifer | Anna Shumate |
| Prayer Team | Colleen Lough & Madeleine Jones |
| November 18 | |
| Altar Guild | Sue Hartley, Blanche Hutchison, Lois Zook |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Margaret Horvath |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Anthony Baker |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Warren Johnson |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| Ushers | Sue Anderson, Carl Colwell, Robin Knudson, Chi Paik |
| Greeters | Natalia & Anthony Baker |
| 10 am Acolytes | Joi Boswell, Crystal Turner |
| 10 am Crucifer | Mitch Lewis |
| Prayer Team | Natalia & Anthony Baker |