1/27/2021

Opportunities to worship, share, learn, and stay connected at St James Episcopal Church in Manitowoc.

Spring Primary information As people of faith, voting is one way we can contribute to the well-being of our neighbors and communities. The upcoming Spring Primary on February 16 includes candidates for State Superintendent of Public Education as well as judges and local government officials. Learn what is on your ballot and how to register to vote or how you can cast your ballot at myvote.wi.gov. You can also find nonpartisan information on the candidates at vote411.org/ballot.  St James Weekly In addition to items in this email, the attached St James Weekly PDF includes a variety of other announcements, weekly Vestry Notes, and our weekly prayer list. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 1/24 ST JAMES WEEKLY Mid-Week Worship - Wednesdays at 4PM Join us for a mid-week Worship service on Wednesdays at 4PM. Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device: go.mysjec.com/wednesday Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799 When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 670 567 006 then press # When prompted for Participant ID, press # When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero] Everybody is encouraged to read/pray/sing at appropriate times during Mid-Week Worship. If you need to mute your phone for any reason, use your phone's mute button or press *6 to mute/unmute. St James Book Group - Wednesday 1/27 at 7PM The St James Book Group will continue to meet in 2021. We’ll start the year meeting virtually due to the continued pandemic and our desire to keep people as protected as possible. Our virtual gatherings may be joined by either telephone or internet (you may choose to use video or not on the internet connection). Our January meeting will be on Wednesday, January 27 from 7-8PM. We will plan to meet the 4th Wednesday of the month through October, and then the 3rd Wednesday of November (11/17) and December (12/15). If you would like to borrow a book from the inter-library loan, please contact Anne Schuette (920-242-2819). Anne will continue to be our liaison for the Interlibrary books and will work with the library and Peggy Turnbull to set up this year's reading schedule. Please feel free to participate even if you have not read the book. Invite a friend. If you have technical difficulties Amma Diane Murray (920-860-5152) will try to help you with these. At our December meeting we selected Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter Downsizing. Decluttering. Discarding. Sooner or later, all of us are faced with things we no longer need or want. But when we drop our old clothes and other items off at a local donation center, where do they go? Sometimes across the country-or even halfway across the world-to people and places who find value in what we leave behind. In Secondhand, journalist Adam Minter takes us on an unexpected adventure into the often-hidden, multibillion-dollar industry of reuse: thrift stores in the American Southwest to vintage shops in Tokyo, flea markets in Southeast Asia to used-goods enterprises in Ghana, and more. Along the way, Minter meets the fascinating people who handle-and profit from-our rising tide of discarded stuff, and asks a pressing question: In a world that craves shiny and new, is there room for it all? Secondhand offers hopeful answers and hard truths. A history of the stuff we've used and a contemplation of why we keep buying more, it also reveals the marketing practices, design failures, and racial prejudices that push used items into landfills instead of new homes. Secondhand shows us that it doesn't have to be this way, and what really needs to change to build a sustainable future free of excess stuff. Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device: go.mysjec.com/bookgroup Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799 When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 873 5481 2492 then press # When prompted for Participant ID, press # When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero] Other books for 2021: Fredrick Backman Anxious People Arshay Cooper A Most Beautiful Thing Danielle Evans The Office of Historical Corrections  Louise Erdrich The Night Watchman   Doris Kearns Goodwin Wait Till Next Year Matt Haig The Midnight Library Miles Harvey The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch  Catherine Ryan Hyde  Have you seen Luis Velez?  Sue Monk Kidd The Book of Longings   Katherine Sharp Landdeck Women With Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II Peggy Turnbull The Joy of Their Holiness  Morning Prayer - Fridays at 6:30AM Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device: go.mysjec.com/friday Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799 When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 831 5230 0483 then press # When prompted for Participant ID, press # When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero] Everybody is encouraged to read/pray/sing at the appropriate times during Morning Prayer. If you need to mute your phone for any reason, use your phone's mute button or press *6 to mute/unmute. CLICK HERE FOR 1/29 FRIDAY MORNING PRAYER READINGS Bible Study - Sundays at 8:45AM We start at 8:45AM and end by 9:45AM (allowing a break before 10AM Worship starts). 1/10-2/14 - Discussion of book "Passionate for Justice: Ida B Wells as Prophet for Our Time" by Catherine Meeks & Nibs Stroupe (contact Amma Diane if you'd like a copy of the book). (This weekly book discussion will also be offered at 10AM on Mondays during the same time period.) See announcement below for more information.  Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device: go.mysjec.com/biblestudy Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799 When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 580 876 932 then press # When prompted for Participant ID, press # When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero] If you need to mute your phone for any reason, use your phone's mute button or press *6 to mute/unmute. Sunday Worship (Holy Eucharist) - Sundays at 10AM 1/31 4th Sunday after the Epiphany * 2/7 5th Sunday after the Epiphany 2/15 Last Sunday after the Epiphany * * indicates The Rev Deacon Jerry Molitor is preaching View and interact during our Sunday Worship services on Facebook or YouTube on Sundays at 10AM Central: go.mysjec.com/facebook OR go.mysjec.com/youtube Most of the words and song lyrics for the service appear in the videos, or you can download the bulletin: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 1/31 BULLETIN You may need to refresh the page if you arrive before the live stream begins. If you 'Like' and 'Get Notifications' from our Facebook page you'll receive a notification each time we start a new live video. If you 'Subscribe' to our YouTube channel and then click the bell icon you'll receive a notification any time we post a new video. If you can't watch live, you can watch at the same links at a later time/day on Facebook or YouTube. Congregational book read Sundays & Mondays -- join in any time! Join us in reading Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells as Prophet for Our Time by Catherine Meeks and Nibs Stroupe. This is a book read and discussion that should help us as individuals and as a faith community explore how race and gender affect our lives and what we might do to help address the issues facing us, our communities, our country, and the world. Discussions will take place... Sundays 1/10-2/14 at 8:45AM, with Amma Diane facilitating;  Mondays 1/11-2/15 at 10AM, with Joan Estes facilitating We'll discuss one chapter each week. You don't need to attend every week--come when you can! The same connection info will be used for both days: Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device: go.mysjec.com/biblestudy Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799 When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 580 876 932 then press # When prompted for Participant ID, press # When prompted for Password, enter 0 then press # [number zero] Another option is to participate in the discussion by one-on-one phone conversations, which Amma Diane will coordinate. Let her know if you’d like this option. The Vestry will also be reading this as a group. Contact Amma Diane if you’d like a book or have any questions. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry interview The Most Rev Michael Curry is the presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church. His latest book "Love is the Way: Holding Onto Hope in Troubling Times," reveals how love fueled his journey from descendant of slaves to the top position in a predominantly white church. He recently joined Judy Woodruff for a 7-minute interview on PBS News Hour to discuss how love can help overcome adversities. CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO OR READ TRANSCRIPT St James Becoming Beloved Community race conversation continues Sunday 2/21 at 11AM We've gathered on 9/13, 10/18, 11/15, 12/20, and 1/17 to share our thoughts following the 7-week Becoming Beloved Community series and where God may be leading us in response. Participants want to continue the conversation about race and invite others to join at 11AM on Sunday 2/21. This series is designed to help us grow as a community of reconcilers, justice-makers, and healers who share a passion for the dream of God. Click the link to participate using a computer, laptop, tablet, or other device: go.mysjec.com/beloved Or participate from any phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799 When prompted for Meeting ID, enter 865 7336 7198 # When prompted for Participant ID, press # When prompted for Password, enter 0 # [number zero] Thanks for your support! We appreciate your continued financial support while we are being the church in this different way. Checks can still be mailed to the church, and are regularly counted and deposited. You can also set up payments through your bank (most offer this for free). Online options are available with the link below. We know that these are difficult times for some, and we understand if you are unable to support the church financially. Please contact Amma Diane if you need help connecting to assistance or resources. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS SECURE ONLINE GIVING THROUGH OUR WEB SITE Our special offering in the month of January goes to Painting Pathways Clubhouse, helping those in our community with a diagnosed mental illness-- please label your gifts accordingly. Celebrating Our Gifts This month we are Celebrating Our Gifts, including with a special 10AM Worship service on Sunday, November 15. The Vestry sent a mailing to all households on November 1, including updates and celebration of the progress we've made on many of our St James Tree of Life goals this year. (You can download a PDF of the mailing and pledge card using the links below.) We invite you to continue to support our shared mission and ministry by making your financial commitment for 2021, as you are able. Your pledges help us develop our 2021 budget—please return your card by mail or drop in the church mail slot. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 11/1 MAILING CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PLEDGE CARD St James Weekly and email list timing St James Weekly is included in two emails per week, and mailed once per week. When sharing information about projects, programs, and events please send the info as early as possible so we are able to promote over a longer period of time, when appropriate. (To help limit the burden on everybody’s inboxes, we intentionally send only two emails per week to our email list, unless there is a death or other urgent matter.) Do you ever have trouble clicking our links? For a variety of technical reasons, links in the emails we send may sometimes malfunction. These are often due to incompatible updates or security settings on various device, software, and web sites. If you click a link in our emails (or attached PDFs) and it doesn't work properly, type in the link manually. Open your web browser and type in the exact link (don't add www or anything else). Manually typing the link should always work properly. We use customized shorter URLs in the format "go.mysjec.com/_______" that make manually typing links easier than the longer URLs for most events. If you encounter a link that doesn't work when you type it in manually, please contact Tony (text, call, or email info@mysjec.com). Thanks! View our past services any time View our previous services any time you like on our YouTube channel: go.mysjec.com/youtube If you 'Subscribe' to our YouTube channel and then click the bell icon you'll receive a notification any time we post a new video. We appreciate your feedback Thank you to everybody who has taken the time to participate in our various opportunities to engage remotely for worship, sharing, learning, and connection. Until further notice we'll be maintaining our schedule on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, as well as other special services and remote gatherings. Thank you for watching/listening! Thank you for commenting and engaging with each other! And thank you for liking and sharing our videos, Facebook page, and YouTube channel to help spread the word! We appreciate your feedback about any of these new technologies we are implementing. If you had any technical issues or technical questions, please let us know. Please email your feedback and questions to info@mysjec.com St James Episcopal Church | 434 N 8th Street, Manitowoc, WI 54220 mysjec.com | facebook.com/sjecmanitowoc NOTE: If you unsubscribe using the link below, you will no longer receive any email list messages from St James Episcopal Church. If you do this, please contact Amma Diane if you wish to receive paper mailings instead.