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Mysteries Of The Faith is the title of our Wednesday Potluck programs this year. With Fr. Phil we will explore major mysteries of the faith. Upcoming themes include: The Mystery of the Sacraments; The Mystery of Salvation; The Mystery of Heaven; The Mystery of Our Purpose on Earth.
Lenten Potluck and Program begins this week on Wed. evenings for 6:15 Evening Prayer, 6:30 Potluck Dinner and Program at 7:10. We will finish by 8pm or earlier. Come for everything or whatever parts fit your schedule. For the potluck please bring your own table setting and a dish to share. A main course is provided by the host group:
Lent 2— March 15— Altar Guild
Lent 3— March 22— ECW
Lent 4— March 29—8 O’Clockers
Lent 5— April 5—— Vestry
Middle School Youth Group will next meet TODAY after the 10am service (until noon). Join us for relaxed conversation, Bible stories, testimonies and snacks. Any questions please see Natalia or Anthony or call @ 908-656-0915.
Are You Ready For Some Fun, Ladies? ECW is presenting a unique fashion show on Monday, March 13th at 6:30pm This will be a strictly for fun fashion show. We have 10 lovely models who will be displaying our fashions for you to enjoy. Please come and show your appreciation to them all. We will follow the fashion show with our Stone soup. Please bring a cup of something to add to the soup pot. It will be cooking while we are enjoying the fashion show. Hope to see you all there!
Our Next Recital will be Saturday March 25 at 7:30pm. Bobby assures us that this is one that you shouldn’t miss! St. Paul based tenor Benjamin Wegner will join Minister of Music Robert Ragoonanan on the piano in an explosive recital featuring Benjamin Britten’s Holy Sonnets of John Donne and Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, right here in Galloway Hall!
Private Confession is always available in the Episcopal Church. Lent is an especially good time to consider making a confession. Falling under the category of “All may, some should, none must” Confession is usually undertaken by a person who is entering a new phase of life or who is having a hard time feeling forgiven or who is feeling a particular desire to clean the slate. To schedule a private confession contact Fr. Phil at rector@saintjamesgi.net or 734-775-7140.
Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner, Saturday March 18th, 5:30-7pm. Featuring Irish Music. Donation $12 for adults, $8 for children 6-17, and free for 5 & under.
First Communion Will Be Celebrated on Mother’s Day, May 14th at the 10am service for students in 2nd grade or above. Preparation for students will begin Sunday, March 19 and meet each Sunday (except Easter) after the 10am service for 30 minutes in the River Room. See Nancy Crysler to enroll your child(ren).
Sister Betty Continues Her Journey Through The Seasons with a mini-retreat exploring the season of spring as one of transformation: seed to bud, darkness to light, lost to found, and surrender to resurrection. Tuesday, March 21, 10-11:30am at Sacred Heart. Questions? Call Kate Hartwell at 313 318-3275.
Colorful Easter Eggs were a big hit with the guests of Spirit of Hope last year, and we’d like to provide them with this fun treat again this year! We’ll be cooking and serving the Easter meal on April 15th. If you’d like to provide some hard boiled eggs, please talk with Amy Kohair.
Updated UTO Ingathering Total- $750.00!! Look for examples of grant recipients on the ECW bulletin board soon. Blue Boxes continue to be available year round to express gratitude for our blessings in a tangible way. Another ingathering will take place in early 2018. Your change can change lives. Thank you!! Wendy Kiblawi
Save the Date for the Annual Saint James River Cruise on Sat. June 10th, 6:30-10, hosted by the Men’s Ministry. More information and tickets coming soon.
A Children’s Choir (K-5) meets on Sundays after the 10am service. Talk to Jill Robinson (robinsonjill25@yahoo.com) or Bobby to find out more.
Group Studies: On Sunday mornings we gather at 9:05am in the Fireplace Room for an open Bible Study. On Thursday mornings we meet at 10:30am in the library to discuss the writings of famous Saints. On Wednesday mornings we have a 10:15am service of Holy Communion in the chapel. Contact the office for more information.
Clarification on Open Office Hours Fr. Phil is available for appointments throughout the week for meetings of any length. Tuesday evenings are open office hours, meaning that on this particular night you can drop in without an appointment between 4:00-6:30 pm. Contact Fr. Phil any time: rector@saintjamesgi.net, cell: 734-775-7140 or at the office: 734-676-1727.
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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).
Christnet, 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. This time St. James’ is responsible for Monday night, March 20th.
Volunteers are needed on:
Sunday, March 19th around noon to help set up at Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church
Monday, March 20th
- From 5:30-10:30 p.m. to receive and assist guests, assist with dinner, cleanup and staff the warming center.
- From 10:15 p.m. – 3:15 a.m. to staff the warming center, and prepare lunches for guests to be distributed after breakfast.
- From 3a.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, March 26th 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.
Thank you for your help! Sue and Jane
Divorce Support Group
The York Connection at GIPC is now offering Transcending Divorce, our divorce support group. The group will meet each Thursday evening in the Fireside Room of Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church. The group will run from 6:30 – 8pm, and the sessions will last 10-12 weeks, depending upon the needs of the members. Please contact Shannon Higdon-Genter, 734 341-7879 cell, 734 676-7389 home or Shannonacsw@att.net with questions or to indicate interest in participating in this group. Class membership is open to residents of the downriver communities.
This group, using the writings of Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. from the Center for Loss and Life Transition, is focused on those individuals needing hope and healing after the pain of a divorce.
SERVING THIS WEEK
THESE ROLES ARE ALWAYS OPEN to new participants.
To join a team contact the office at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
| March 12 | |
| Altar Guild | Carol Nankervis, Jennifer Engle, Gwyn Dugliss |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Meren James |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Herman Rugel |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Todd Rankine |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Pat Zavadil |
| Ushers | Dave & Judy Christie, Walt Denson, Jack Hartley |
| Greeters | Sue Anderson, Wendy Kiblawi |
| 10 am Crucifer | Thomas Shumate |
| 10am Acolytes | Sam Rankine, Anna Shumate |
| Prayer Team | Maria Turner and Amy Kohair |
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.
- New music books for the bell choir – $240
Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
🎵 🎶 🎶🎵 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
If you have been on the fence about joining bells or vocal choir, it’s a great time to start! We will be starting fresh with new rep and learning musicianship skills, so swing on by and make music with us! 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. The children’s choir meets after the 10AM service. 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: Enjoy the German and French Baroque on the organ this morning. There are several chorale harmonizations being played this morning; taking a hymn tune and making a complicated organ solo piece out of it was a favorite technique of baroque composers. Be sure to notice how the tune of the preludes is the same tune as our first hymn!
Stay tuned for upcoming musi events in the area:
March 25, 7:30PM: St. Paul based tenor Benjamin Wegner will join Minister of Music Robert Ragoonanan on the piano in an explosive recital featuring Benjamin Britten’s Holy Sonnets of John Donne and Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, right here in Galloway Hall!
March 24, 8PM, and March 26, 3PM: check out Bowling Green State University’s Opera production, Street Scene, a jazz-based opera by Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes telling a very personal story of loss amidst the backdrop of the daily struggles of being an immigrant in 1940s New York.
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
| Bill Smereka (3/12) | Mitch Lewis (3/13) | Jeff Czajka (3/14) | |
| Warren K. Johnson (3/15) | Joe Miklos (3/15) | Sharon Thomas (3/16) | |
| Nathan Treadwell (3/17) | Greg Shamus (3/19) |
We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
| Donna & Walt Denson (3/16) | Deborah & Michael Stoddart (3/16) |
Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Lee | Jerry Zavadil | Maureen Kohn | |
| Jerry | John Kurth | Gordon | |
| Pete Fernandes | Jean Fernandes | Andrew Brunell | |
| Rebecca Grossklaus | Tamara Howes | Laura Crawford | |
| Allison Bell | Charles | Michael Stoddart | |
| Joan Klose | Jackson Bruce Beidler | Annie Krueger | |
| Irene John | Art John | Rhonda Boitkus | |
| Kevin Kaufman | Mary Jo Brough | Teddy Cleaver | |
| Misty | Joe Radelet | Amy Brockmiller | |
| Newberry family | Aidan LaForest |
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, 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.