September 17, 2023

Posted on by
HOLY MOMENTS OF THE WEEK
Send yours to GoodNews@SaintJamesGi.net
Happy Birthday to Marie Johnson, surrounded by her family of loving children and grandchildren! 
Our 2023-24 church year has begun! Check out our youth programs, sing in the choir, become greeter, host a coffee hour. There are many ways to engage!
Our 2023-24 church year has begun! Check out our youth programs, sing in the choir, become greeter, host a coffee hour. There are many ways to engage!
RECENT SERMONS
Do This When Someone Sins Against You
THE EMPIRE OF ROME vs. THE EMPIRE OF God — Take up your cross!
WHAT DO THE 4 BEASTS OF DANIEL 7 AND THE TERM “SON OF MAN” HAVE TO DO WITH JESUS BEING THE MESSIAH??
“HOW TO BE BETTER” Learning from Jesus and the Canaanite Woman
Happy Altar Guild
Sunday!
THE ALTAR GUILD’S 101ST ANNIVERSARY is being celebrated today, Sunday, Sept 17th. For 101 years these faithful women and men have prepared the sanctuary for services of every kind. Thank you one and all!

A CATERED LUNCH is planned for today after the 10am service, thanks to the Altar Guild. All are invited!

TODAY! AN ELECTRO-POP VIOLIN CONCERT will be held at 3:00pm at Sacred Heart Church this afternoon, Sunday, September 17. The group, called NUCLASSICA, puts on an electrifying, one-of-a-kind show, with a fiery hot image, extraordinary artistry and high-energy stage presence. You won’t want to miss it!

MINISTRY INVITATION SIGN-UPS ARE POSTED BY THE FRONT DOORS! Every role in church is continually open to those who want to help out. To become a lay reader, choir member, usher, greeter, member of the altar guild, or more, sign up by the front doors or send a quick note about your interest to the office and we’ll reach out to you with more information.

SUNDAY SCHOOL! Various classes for Pre-school through high school start today! After the young people receive communion they can leave the worship space and meet their teachers in the hallway. Classes end at 11:35am, so parents can enjoy a cup of coffee and conversation.

$567 WERE SENT TO MOROCCO this week through Episcopal Relief and Development. Thank you for your generosity and Christian love!

A SIMPLE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BETTY JONES will be held on Sunday, Sept 24, at 2pm, in the Memorial Garden. All are welcome.

A DEDICATION OF THE LEE AND NANCY CLARK GARDEN will be held next Sunday September 24th at 11:15am. Join us in the nook behind the chapel where all the new plantings are to be found.

PASTORAL CARE MEETING –On Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 7:00, there will be a meeting for the Pastoral Care team in the river room/Sunday School Room.  The team helps Father Phil with pastoral duties such as visiting the sick, or calling, sending cards as needed, occasional meals when needed, communicating with  college students, and prayers for the above.  Welcome to anyone who is called to serve in this way.  Contact Nancy Crysler for questions/ concerns. 734-673-3990.

INQUIRER’S CLASSES for new and existing members will be held on three Wednesday nights in October – Oct 11, 18, and 25 – in the library across from the office from 7-8pm. Come make some acquaintances, ask the questions you’ve been wondering about the Episcopal Church, and hear Fr. Phil explain some of our history and outlook. All are welcome!

SHOW AND SELL: THE GROSSE ILE ART ALLIANCE is looking for local artists to show and sell their work at the VFW on Macomb Street on October 6, 7 & 8. Entry info is on their website at grosseileartalliance.org.

THE CHURCH BOOK GROUP meets on Thursdays from 10:30am to noon.

ADD AN ANNOUNCEMENT by emailing goodnews@saintjamesgi.net with the short paragraph you would like us to print. We’ll make it happen.

SERMONS ARE POSTED in high quality on YouTube every Sunday afternoon. Check out YouTube.com/saintjamesgi

WEEKLY “SAINT’S STORIES” SERVICES are held in the chapel on Wednesdays at 10:15am. An optional potluck lunch follows.

DEDICATE SUNDAY FLOWERS in memory of a loved one, perhaps on the date they died or on their birthday. The recommended donation is $50, which covers two arrangements used at the 8am and 10am services. Just sign up on the poster and Linda Kurth will contact you to coordinate. Call Linda with questions: 734-675-1506.

RECEIVE CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS BY EMAIL by following this link and adding yourself to the mailing list: https://bit.ly/3FI20ba  Please add us to your contact list: stjamessunrise@gmail.com

CHECK THE OFFICE CALENDAR when scheduling events at Saint James. Contact Colleen in the office at 734-676-1727 or office@saintjamesgi.net.

NEWER MEMBERS, please fill out a new member form on the resource table so we can reach out to you with parish updates!

FR. PHIL’S OPEN OFFICE DROP-IN HOURS are Tuesdays from 4-6 p.m.

SERMONS are posted online at SaintJamesGi.net

GLUTEN FREE WAFERS are always available at communion. Just ask!

SECRETARY OFFICE HOURS:  Tue 9-2, Weds 9-3 and Thurs 9-4.

CALL OR TEXT FR. PHIL at 734-775-7140.
THE HISTORY OF THE ALTAR GUILD
The Altar Guild of Saint James was organized the fall of 1922 by Mrs. James Joy Miller with the request of the rector, the Rev. Edward Macomb Duff.  Mr. Duff had been using a small group of women from the Parish Aid Society to help him.  They were not organized.  Mrs. Warren S. Blauvelt, a later member of the Parish Aid Society helped promote the building of the rectory and actively supervised the Altar serving between 1900 and 1910.  These activities lapsed.  The Parish Aid Society officially began in 1916 and later became the ECW.  Our Altar Guild branched off from the ECW in 1922.

We began with a constitution adopted in 1940 at the suggestion of the Rev. Rollins Jonathan Fairbanks.  We had an installation of new members.  New members were approved by the rector.

We also had a Choir Mother who was appointed by the rector.  She had an assistant.  They took care of the choir robes and the acolytes robes.  The robes were kept clean and repaired. The Choir Mother position lasted about 30 years and no longer exists.
Very early on, it became apparent that the guild was in need of financial support.  It appealed to the Parish Aid Society, who voted them $25.00 annually and to the Vestry who allowed them $75.00 per year.  The first record of dues occurs in January 1935 when they were $.50 annually.  This amount was later increased to $1.00 per year.

We now have the Flower Fund which is very active.  People donate $50.00 per Sunday for memorials to family and loved ones.  We also have a special appeal at Christmas and Easter.  This supplies us with funds to actively survive.  The first calendar for memorial flowers was established in 1923.  The Sunday dates gradually filled up.  Flowers were delivered to the sick and bereaved.

The brass committee and the linen committee were established from the beginning of the Altar Guild.  They basically take care of all the linen and brass and silver vestments.

The earliest instructions for the Altar Guild are dated 1947.  Altar Guild did not set up the Eucharistic vestments.  They also did not mark the Altar Book.  Another change at Saint James is the Altar Guild does not take care of Fr. Dinwiddie’s vestments.  In 1947, “a freshly ironed surplice” was to hang in the sacristy.  Also, we were to lay out the proper stole.  Check the turnover to see if it needs changing.  (The turnover is the little white strip of linen that is sewed on the center of the stole)

Saint James Altar Guild has made many changes since 1922.
2023 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL!!
BIRTHDAYS

Heather DePaul 09/17
Olivia Barton 09/18
James McDonnell 09/19
Nancy Atkinson 09/20
Steven Lewis 09/20
Evelyn Howes 09/20

ANNIVERSARIES

Carl & Jane Colwell 09/17
Russ & Connie Turner 09/17
Joseph & Jennifer Engle 09/20
Tommy & Robin Jones 09/22

 IN OUR PRAYERS

Judy Alford
Julia Shamus
Carol Nankervis
Carl Engle
Brad Stahlman
Philip Metz, Sr.
Jenni Recio
Addie Recio
Joanne Lempicki
Reagan Kotzian
Dom Mackowski

SEMINARIANS
The Benson Family

To add your birthday, anniversary, or prayer,
email us at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
(Please check with people before adding them to the prayer list.)

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU,
AND SURROUND YOU WITH HIS LOVE.
MINISTRY SCHEDULES

ALTAR GUILD

September 16
Diane Mammo
Gwyn Dugliss
Lois Zook

September 23
Linda Kurth
Sharon Hopkins
Sue Johnson

September 30
Gwynn Dugliss
Marilou Arvin
Gail Barnes
Henry Fisher

USHER

September 17
8am
Gwyn Dugliss

10am
Gwyn Dugliss
Lois Zook
Karen Overesch
Beth Primeau

September 24
8am
Gwyn Dugliss

10am
David Christie
Judy Christie
Mark Ferguson
Lori Ferguson

October 1
8am
Gwyn Dugliss

10am
Zach Lewis
Merri Lewis
Chuck Kurth
Linda Kurth

LAY READERS AND PRAYER LEADERS

September 17
8:00 1st Reading                  Hubert Hermann
8:00 2nd Reading                 Hubert Hermann
10:00 1st Reading                Carolyn Hoey
10:00 2nd Reading/EM         Madeleine Jones
10:00 Prayers and Chalice   Dian Mammo, Blanche Hutchison
10:00 Acolytes                      Jennifer Dermody, Sue Johnson
10:00 Cross bearing            Jim Holubka

September 24
8:00 1st Reading                  Sarah Bates
8:00 2nd Reading                 Jim Holubka
10:00 1st Reading                Jack Hartley
10:00 2nd Reading/EM         Andrew Johnson
10:00 Prayers and Chalice   Jane Colwell

October 1
8:00 1st Reading                 Hubert Hermann
8:00 2nd Reading                Phil Metz
10:00 1st Reading                Anthony Baker
10:00 2nd Reading/EM        Mary Lou Cartwright
10:00 Prayers and Chalice   Blanche Hutchison

GREETERS
September 17
8am  Wendy Kiblawi
10am  Linda Kurth & Judy Christie

September 24
Dave & Judy Christie

October 1
Chuck & Linda Kurth