A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net Our sexton, Harold, always has a smile on his face as he works to keep our building and grounds in great shape!

Harvest Dinner and Music Recital! We gather on Saturday, Nov 12, for a Harvest Dinner potluck, beginning at 6:30pm, followed by an AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC RECITAL beginning at 7:30pm. Come to either part, or both!

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 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.

Full-time Caregivers face many challenges. A 1-hour documentary about these challenges and the graces of caregiving will be shown at Saint James on Wednesday, November 9, at 11:30am after the morning service at 10:15am and potluck at 11. A short discussion will follow.

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.

A Superfun Children’s Choir  (K-5) meets each Sunday directly following the 10am service. Talk to Jill Robinson (robinsonjill25@yahoo.com) or Bobby for info.

Prepare and Serve an Early Thanksgiving Meal at Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen on Saturday, Nov. 19^th.  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.

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.

Congratulations to Warren Johnson on becoming an Eagle Scout, the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouting program of the Boy Scouts.

Can You Hear well in the 10am service? Is our sound system up to snuff? We’re conducting an informal poll. Please let us know your experience.

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. 9^th. 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

 

 Bottoms Up Diaper Bank

 Oct 27, 2016

Dear friends of the Bottoms Up Diaper Bank:

Look what your generosity and support have done in the past year!  The Bottoms Up Diaper Bank has collected over 85,000 diapers since  our firs collection on November 29, 2015. We are supplying diapers to one hundred and fifty-nine (159) babies through Fish & Loaves Food Pantry in Taylor. Most food pantires do not provide diapers and people have been driving extra distances knowing there are diapers on the shelves at Fish and Loaves. We have been greeted with tremendous enthusiasm and gratitude every time we deliver additional diapers.  We are asking for your continued generosity, prayers and support as this important mission continues.

 Yours in Christ,

Committee for the Bottoms up Diaper Bank

 

SERVING THIS WEEK

THESE ROLES ARE ALWAYS OPEN to new participants. To serve in one of these capacities send an email to that effect to office@saintjamesgi.net .

November 6
Altar Guild	Carole Vandenberg, Carol Nankervis, Marilou Arvin
8am 1st lesson reader	Meren James
8am Eucharistic Minister	Tom Coleman
10 am 1st lesson reader	Linda Shannon
10am 2nd lesson & chalice	Todd Rankine
10am prayers & chalice	Jane Colwell
Ushers	Paul & Lynn Blanks, Dave & Judy Christie
Greeters	Paul & Lynn Blanks
10 am Crucifer	Mitch Lewis
10am Acolytes Prayer Team	Sam Rankine & Charlotte Glover           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.

1. 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: We have some beautiful Germanic pieces being performed today, from Brahms’ Chorale Prelude to today’s anthem, and Pachelbel’s Chorale settings. I encourage you to look up the translations of these texts and give them another listen, it will enhance your experience! The translation for today’s choir anthem is as follows:

Psalm 84:5. Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

Stay tuned for upcoming music events in the area:

• Sunday Nov. 6, 3PM: “Dueling Pianists” from the Toledo Symphony Orchestra at St. Timothy’s Episcopal in Perrysburg, OH
• Friday Nov. 11, 2PM: Barbershop Music through the Grosse Ile Musicale at the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club
• Saturday, Nov. 12, 6:45PM: Harvest Dinner and Folk Music Concert, Galloway Hall

 

CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS

We Celebrate Birthdays This Week

	Christian DeFrain (11/6)	Anna Shumate (11/6)	Jane Colwell (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)
	Donna Crabtree (11/11)	Karl Schroeder (11/11)	Mackinzie Davenport (11/12)

We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week

Larry & Donna Crabtree (11/9)

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.