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Carol Nankervis works with the students at Harms Elementary in southwest Detroit. |
RUMMAGE SALE THIS WEEKEND. Friday 9-3 and Saturday 9-noon (outdoor sales begin at 8am).
Saturday Cleanup Help is Needed for after the Rummage Sale on Saturday, October 3, beginning at 12:00 noon until about 2:30. We needs lots of people to pack up the leftovers and put the building back in order. Lunch will be served around 11:30 am. We can start gathering hangers around 10:00 am if anyone would like to come early. Sale workers are exhausted, so fresh bodies are much appreciated.
Thank You to Our Many Volunteers and shoppers at our fall rummage sale. Look for an update on the event in coming weeks.
Boar’s Head Sign-ups Sunday Afternoon The Grosse Ile Boar’s Head Festival is an All-Island Christmas Pageant that requires over 600 island volunteers to serve as Cast, Crew and Choir. (It’s a great time!) Sunday October 4th is the last day to sign up for cast and crew by dropping in at Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church any time from 1-5pm. Learn more at www.boarsheadgi.com
Final weekend for Award Winning Play The Shadow Box at Open Book Theatre Company. Click on the graphic for more information!
Our Annual Halloween Party is set for Sunday, October 25th from 3-5pm. Keep your eyeballs open for the ghoulish details!
A Greens Market Planning Meeting will be held this Wednesday, October 7th, at 11:45am. Anyone interested in planning or working Greens Market is invited to come.
The Men’s Breakfast is Sat, Oct. 10 at 8:30am at Mom’s on Fort Street in Trenton.
Youth Sunday is October 18th! Our children and youth will join us all morning, serving in all the roles of the church. Please be sure your children are here!
The Search For A Great Cup Of Coffee is happening now at Saint James. A new coffee brewer is being tested. Please come and try a cup.
Are You Good With Technology? Some of our homebound parishioners have requested Live-Streamed services, or on-demand copies online. Can you help?
Our Annual Blessing of the Animals will be held on the front lawn next Sunday, October 11, at 11:30am. Fr. Phil will gather with each family to lay hands on your pet and bless them. The ceremony will last as long as pets are present. Please keep animals on leashes for safety.
Join Us For A Hayride and Campfire on October 17 from 5-9 at Sue Anderson’s and Carl Sander’s home at 11047 Brandon Rd., South Rockwood. All ages welcome. Come enjoy a hayride, bonfire, hot dogs, chili, cider and donuts. Kids can bring fishing poles. We have a pond. Watch for directions in flyer at coffee hour. Questions? Call or text Sue Anderson at 734-558-7106.
Baptisms will be celebrated Sunday, Nov 1st, All Saint’s Sunday. To inquire about a baptism, speak to Fr. Phil or call the church office.
If Feet Could Talk Sock Ministry begins this Sunday, SOCKtober 4. We welcome and encourage your support of this outreach program that will provide pairs of new socks to homeless shelters in Detroit this fall and winter. You can participate in two ways — donate new pairs of socks into donation drums in the hallway and/or help in the distribution of the socks. You can also make monetary contributions to purchase socks. Anything you can do will be appreciated by those less fortunate than you and I. Thank you. Questions? Contact Madeleine Jones or David Hartwell.
The Heart’s Journey Through the Seasons is a wonderful interfaith opportunity for reflection and rediscovering God’s presence in our lives. This series is inspired by the book, The Circle of Life: The Heart’s Journey through the Seasons by Joyce Rupp & Macrina Wiedrkehr. It is led by Sr. Betty Leon, IHM and is open to all interested adults. The first gathering for autumn will be on Tuesday morning, October 20th from 9:30-11:00am at Sacred Heart Church Parish Center, Room B. The program will be repeated on Thursday evening October 22nd from 7:00-8:30pm. For more info call Amy Kohair 734-693-0694 or Kate Hartwell at 313-318-3275
Tutoring early elementary students is a wonderfully rewarding experience. Join a group from Grosse Ile Presbyterian that journeys to Harms elementary in Southwest Detroit every Monday afternoon. For more information contact Mary Sickafus at mssickafus@u-sit.net.
Make Your Voice Heard Our choir singers devote their time and talent to the support of the Church through her liturgy, sometimes singing alone, but mostly in leadership of the peoples’ song. We are gifted with talented voices but we need more if the congregation is to have the support they have come to expect on the music that we sing together. Prayerfully consider lending your God-given voice to our group. We have strong leaders, but need additional back-up. Feel free to sit in on a rehearsal to see how we work and play, Thursdays, 7.30 pm. St. Augustine said “Singing is for those who love” ~Daniel Susan
Music Lessons are Being Offered at Saint James with our own Music Minister, Daniel Susan. Lessons in piano, organ, harpsicord and music theory are offered for all ages and skill levels. Contact Daniel at 734-258-8754 for more information.
The Gospel of Thomas is being considered at our weekly Sunday morning Bible Study. The text discovered in 1945 supposedly contains over 100 sayings of Jesus not in the New Testament. Are they genuine? 9am Sundays in the Fireplace Room.
The Little Blue Boxes on the resource table across from the office are for the UTO, the “United Thank Offering” founded in 1889. Each year all the monies gathered are given away in the form of grants to meet compelling human need and support the mission and ministry of the church locally and worldwide. The fall ingathering (box collection) will take place in November. In gratitude for God’s grace, let’s give generously- your change can change lives. Thank you, Wendy K.
The Diocesan Episcopal Church Women Retreat will be held January 21-23, 2016, at Columbiere Center, Clarkston, MI. The theme is 40 Women of the Bible For more info, contact Beth LeClair at leclair143@wowway.com or 248-852-0942.
Coffee and Fellowship follow the 10am Service every Sunday in Galloway Hall.
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An On-going Bible Study is held each Sunday at 9 AM in the Fireplace Room.
Fr. Phil’s Open Office Hours are every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm..
A Weekday Eucharist focused on the life of a saint is held very Weds at 10:15 am.
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
Birthdays this week
| Samantha Bohl (10/5) | Randy Thomas (10/5) | Myra McInerney (10/6) | |
| Abigayle McNeill (10/7) | Joshua Goyet (10/9) | Steven Hemsworth (10/9) | |
| Tess Hoffman (10/9) | Alex Gall (10/10) | Erick Garza (10/11) | |
| Sherri Howes (10/11) | Sharon Roe (10/11) | Linda Shannon Rugel (10/11) |
Wedding Anniversaries
| Dianne & Mark Tissot (10/5) | Marjorie and Thomas Coleman (10/8) |
Healing prayers for:
| Lee | Jerry Zavadil | David Crysler | |
| Mildred | Patti Lewis | Marsha Childress | |
| Pete Fernandes | Jean Fernandes | Andrew Brunell | |
| Jerry | Van Johns | Don | |
| Stephen Conner | Ardsley | Carol Tyler Gacioch | |
| Laura | John Kurth | Dorothy Galloway Crooks | |
| Scarlet | Shelia Arbour | Daniel Davenport | |
| Philip Metz, Sr | Charles | Leslie Frisch Hanuscak | |
| Bob | Jim | Donna Crabtree | |
| Dorothy Jensen |
Pray for the infirm & homebound
| Sally Frisch | Joe Rogers |
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.
MUSIC NOTES
The joyous hymn “Now thank we all our God” is sung by much of the Christian world and has been popular since it was written in the early 17th Century. It is also traditionally a wedding hymn so it suggests today’s readings. The prelude is an improvisation which borrows from a 300 year-old keyboard march by the English composer Henry Purcell, and is also a common wedding processional. While some improvisations are totally new, it is also a long-standing tradition to borrow from existing works. Charles-Marie Widor was one of the preeminent composers of late 19th Century France, composing in all forms. His chief expression was through the organ, and as organist at the largest pipe organ in France (St. Sulpice, Paris), he not only raised the quality of music throughout the Church, he left us a large number of notable students, and fine music.