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A HOLY MOMENT OF THE WEEK Send yours to goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
Brandon helps his daddy at the interment for great uncle Todd Davison |
ECW Meeting Change The scheduled ECW General Meeting for Sunday, November 9th has been changed to Sunday, November 16th at 11:15 am. All women of St. James are automatically members of ECW. Our hope is that you will join us.
Fall Cleanup Sunday Nov. 23rd after church. Please dress casually if you can spare an hour or two helping to prepare the grounds for winter. Bring yard tools if you have them, such as rakes, clippers, gloves, etc. We will need to clean out the flower beds, pick up dead branches, trim trees away from the buildings and clean gutters. Please call Dave Hemsworth if there are any other items you would like to have addressed. 734-552-6671
Donate Candy to Holiday Poppers Don’t want to gain weight? Donate your leftover snack sized Halloween candy for our holiday poppers for the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen. We’re also accepting donations of toilet paper rolls, ribbon and wrapping paper.
Submit Your Recipes! ECW is creating a fundraiser cookbook and we would love your recipes! Email Linda at lkshannon1@comcast.net with your submission.
The next Family-Friendly Games Night will be held on the 22nd of November.
A Call for New Vestry members Each fall we choose a group of church members to meet monthly to guide the vision, maintenance and ministry of our church. A strong vestry includes people from every background, age, gender and skillset. If you can help, or to nominate someone, contact Andrew Johnson or Fr. Phil.
Help Us fill Toiletry Bags for the Homeless Donations can be placed in the marked box across from the office. Most needed items include: combs, toothpaste (travel size), toothbrushes, wash clothes, razors, shaving cream (travel size) and deodorant (travel size). For more info please contact Blanche at 734-789-1798.
Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm. These are open drop-in hours, so you do not need an appointment.
Join us for Coffee & Conversation every Wednesday at 11am in Galloway Hall.
Gluten-Free Wafers are always available. Request one at the altar rail.
An On-going Bible Study is held each Sunday at 9 AM in the Fireplace Room.
FEATURES & ARTICLES
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Architectural Tour
Last Saturday thirty three Saint James tourists left the church parking lot in a bright yellow bus and headed off for an architectural tour and a glorious day of history, great food and fellowship. We had a wonderful tour of the Elmwood Cemetery where we passed through the stunning entrance designed by Gordon W. Lloyd our chapel architect. We visited the gravesites of Elizabeth Denison Forth our chapel’s benefactress and many more who were prominent figures in our church history. We also enjoyed a gourmet lunch and tour of The Whitney, one of Detroit’s most iconic mansions, designed by Gordon W. Lloyd for lumber baron David Whitney. You can read more about these historic places of interest at www.elmwoodhistoriccemetery.org or www.thewhitney.com.
SPIRIT OF HOPE SOUP KITCHEN: Nov 15 & Dec 20
Our next turn to work at the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen in Detroit will be Saturday Nov. 15 for their Thanksgiving Meal. We will prepare the meal and set up. Sacred Heart will serve the meal and clean up. We will load the cars and leave from our Chapel parking lot around 8:30. You will be home before noon. We also need volunteers to purchase, roast, slice and bag turkeys in advance! Your bagged, sliced turkey (breast or whole turkey) may be put into the Soup Kitchen freezer in the back room just off Galloway Hall, or you may bring it with you. We will prepare the side dishes at the Soup Kitchen. Patricia Saavedra & her mom, Janet, have volunteered to make pumpkin rolls for dessert. Please contact “Wonder Woman Saavedra” to see if she needs help.
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 we will be preparing our Christmas Ham Dinner for Spirit of Hope and Sacred Heart will again be the servers. We will leave for Spirit of Hope from the Chapel Parking lot at around 8:30 and be home before noon. For this meal, we would love to serve homemade Christmas cookies for dessert! Please drop off your cookies in a labeled, disposable box. You can’t imagine how excited the people are over your cookies!
Sign up on the outreach board! Thank you all for your great generosity. Any questions? Call Amy Kohair cell: 734-693-0694
Movie Night Saturday, Nov 15th 7:00pm.
Popcorn and light refreshments will be served.
Oceans of Pearls PG-13: Winner of Best Feature Film at the 2009 Detroit Windsor International Film Festival. Written, directed and filmed in Detroit! This film is about Amrit Singh, a doctor from two worlds, but belongs to neither. A turban wearing Sikh, he has lived life in North America out of sorts and out of place. But when he is offered a prestigious position as a transplant surgeon in a Detroit hospital, the young doctor sees this as an opportunity to start fresh. He struggles to be the man he believes he is and the person he wants to be. Compromising his faith has consequences and he begins to reexamine the value of the religious traditions he turned his back on.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone PG: Harry Potter, a young boy with a great destiny, is rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle. He proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
ChristNet needs your help
ChristNet, a warming shelter, is coming to Grosse Ile from Sunday, Nov. 16th through Nov. 23rd. Approximately 30 homeless people will be served dinner and breakfast. The Grosse Ile Presbyterian church will be housing our guests. Through Interfaith Council every island church hosts the event for one night. This year St. James’ is responsible for Monday night, Nov. 17th.
Volunteers are needed on:
Sunday, November 16th at appx noon to help set up at the Presbyterian church
Monday, November 17th
– From 7 p.m. -12 p.m. to receive and assist guests, serve 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 dessert for dinner.
Sunday, November 23rd at 6:30 a.m. to help tear down, pack up, clean or go to the Laundromat to wash bedding. The more who volunteer the quicker the work is done.
We invite you to join us. Please sign up at the Inter-Faith Council Bulletin Board in the hall or call Sue Lowery (675-0417)/Jane (671-9446). Also we ask for your prayers this week for our guests and those of us who volunteer in this ministry.
Sue & Jane
THANKS+GIVING FUN RUN
Saint James’ is hosting our 1st ANNUAL THANKS+GIVING FUN RUN! Join us on Thanksgiving morning for an 8:30am Kid’s Dash, and/or a 9:00am 5K. Run it or walk it, it’s fun for the whole family! 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. We need your help to make this event a success. Tell your friends and volunteer!
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
Birthdays this week:
| Elise Buhl (11/9) | Kira Carroll (11/10) | Donna Crabtree (11/11) | |
| Karl Schroeder (11/11) | Mackinzie Davenport (11/12) | Michael Stoddart (11/14) | |
| Griffin Barton (11/14) | Mary Phillips (11/15) |
Wedding Anniversaries:
| Donna & Larry Crabtree (11/9) | Nancy & curt Crysler (11/14) |
Pray for the infirm & homebound:
| Elaine Ameluxen | Bernice Collins | Sally Frisch |
Healing prayers for:
| Kathy Dennis | Jerry Zavadil | David Crysler | |
| Pat Hust | John Santori | Marsha Childress | |
| Deborah Stoddart | Allison Bell | Lea Ellwood-Filkins | |
| Jean Fernandez | Lucas | Nancy Robinson | |
| Lee | Judy William |
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, Billie Ray Brewer, John Chambers, J.B. Faistenhammer, Giovanni Gandolfi, Cristopher Gernand, Devon Goyert, Steven Grzywa Jr., Matt Hertl, Keith Johnson, Laura Levillier, Blake Liddle, Ken Matthews, Buckley Neal, PJ Ramsey, Beatriz & 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.